OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao spoke publicly on Monday for the first time since FBI agents raided her home last week, defiantly declaring that she is innocent and that she won't step ...

Oakland officially get a new mayor Tuesday. The city council formally announced the results of March's special election and then Mayor-elect Barbara Lee was sworn in. Barbara Lee is first Black woman ...

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Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara ... is the official author, he says he has had daily conversations with Lee, who won’t be sworn in until mid-May. And Lee says she will propose changes she thinks ...

Jerry Brown and other previous Oakland mayors who said she was the seasoned, uniting presence the city needed after a divisive recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao in November. Thao was indicted on ...