Kevin Jenkins arrived at Oakland City Hall for a City Council meeting recently as a first-term council member still making a name for himself. He departed several hours later as the interim mayor of a ...

Now Taylor’s challenge may be finding an identity for his campaign against a progressive heavyweight — former U.S. Rep.

An explosive report in November accused Sheriff Christina Corpus and her department’s leadership of misconduct.

Nikko Fortunato Bas recently finished her first month in office as a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors after being elected in November to the seat representing District 5, which ...

Even if he won’t formally acknowledge this recall bid until and unless it qualifies for a vote, Newsom would be wise to take ...

I’d be running away,’” Greg McConnell, a political consultant whose firm often backs tougher-on-crime, more fiscally ... and political misdealings of Sheng Thao and those who supported ...

A prominent Vietnamese American businessman is suing San Jose Councilmember Bien Doan for defamation after the two sparred in court last year — painting an alleged connection between San Jose and a ...

The longtime progressive Democrat is seen as the frontrunner in the special election to choose a leader following the recall of former mayor Sheng Thao. Lee, who long represented Oakland and ...

THE BUZZ: SAME CRIME, MORE PUNISHMENT — California Democrats — wary of appearing soft on crime after a rightward lurch by the ...

Vietnamese family drama 'The Real Sister' is headed to international screens following its breakout success at home.