Nine mayoral candidates filled the ranked choice ballot, but the focus of the race turned to two front leaders: former U.S.

A sprawling federal probe into alleged corruption in East Bay politics began in Oakland in June 2024 and appears to have ...

The revelation adds to an ever-emerging picture of alleged backroom dealing and political favoritism throughout Thao’s ...

Just after the former Oakland chief of staff was fired over a controversial meeting note that she says she was taken out of ...

Oakland voters recalled Thao from office back in November, but her legal troubles started in June when the FBI raided the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins announced Monday he will be firing most of his staff that were hired under previous Mayor Sheng Thao. Jenkins says that the staff will ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Nearly six months after Sheng Thao took office as mayor of Oakland, she still owed tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign manager who had helped deliver her a victory.

OAKLAND — The former chief of staff to ex-Mayor Sheng Thao has been fired over a reference to Black people that she wrote ...

OAKLAND — Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins on Monday fired all remaining office staff who had worked for recalled Mayor Sheng Thao, a day after dismissing Thao’s former chief of staff over a note ...

OAKLAND — Oakland’s top administrator texted and visited with two key players in ex-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s alleged “pay to play” bribery scheme about a housing project potentially ...