This story is republished with permission of Mother Jones. I was doom-scrolling on X a few months ago when a video about ...

The latest election results for Oakland and Alameda County including the mayor and district attorney recalls, City Council, OUSD board, ballot measures and more.

The Alameda County registrar of voters is the most important local official whom hardly anyone knows and yet everyone gets ...

This story was originally reported by Mother Jones and republished with permission. I was doom-scrolling on X a few months ago when a video about Oakland, California, caught my eye: “Do you know your ...

Morgan Taylor: “Definitely feeling nervous ahead of the election. On a national level, I have family in lots of different states, so I’m hearing not just the local bubble and the excitement around my ...

Mia Guzman, 12, left, celebrates Día de los Muertos with her mother, Noemi Garcia, 45, and aunt, Ericka Garcia, 47, at the Día de los Muertos Festival in Fruitvale on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. The three ...

A coalition of transit advocacy nonprofits solicited more than 160 Bay Area candidate’s responses before elections. Here’s a ...

In a change of plans, the large homeless shelter inside the Lake Merritt Lodge will move to a brand new apartment building in ...

Ray Bobbitt, whose African American Sports and Entertainment Group has a deal with Oakland to buy and redevelop the Coliseum, ...

Labor organizations representing city workers are spending heavily on the D1 and D3 City Council races and the campaign for ...

Over the summer, the Takalam media program presented an opportunity for Sharif to tell her story through film. The 2024 ...

A 2022 ballot measure gave noncitizen parents the right to vote for their school boards, but the city hasn’t yet moved to ...