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 ...

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With crime high, police staffing short, bond rating sliding and a massive structural deficit, layoffs seem inevitable.

The proposal includes cutting 80 jobs that are currently staffed. In addition, more than 325 vacancies will remain unfilled.

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 ...

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 ...

the results are clear that the people of Oakland have elected me as your next Mayor," she said. "Thank you, Oakland!" Lee, 78, is a Black female trailblazer who represented the city in Congress ...