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 ...

A shortfall in the city’s current fiscal year budget recently spurred Oakland leaders to lay off 42 employees and demote 34 ...

The idea that Mayor Thao was selling out Oakland even before she won the election, it speaks of arrogance and malicious ...

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 ...

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