Former Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) is neck and neck with her main rival in the Oakland special mayoral election, with the ...

OAKLAND (AP) — Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her longtime partner and two ... becoming the first Hmong-American woman to become the mayor of a major U.S. city. She faced criticism almost ...

Frustrated voters in Oakland, California, chose to oust Mayor Sheng Thao earlier this month ... mayor in November 2022 and became the first Hmong American to lead a major city.

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao appears with her lawyer Jeff Tsai outside the Federal Courthouse in Oakland, Calif. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, after being indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges ...

The Hmong who came to Minnesota have endured decades of war trauma since at least 1945. MinnPost's reporters work hard to ...

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 ...

(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Need a refresher on the Sheng Thao and East Bay federal corruption probes? Look here Months after federal indictments, Oakland land deal for new recycling plant in ...

He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015. Another Oakland City Hall shake-up is underway involving staff with ties to former Mayor Sheng Thao. Oakland Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins announced ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — On the day Sheng Thao was sworn-in as Oakland’s new mayor in January of 2023, she was flanked on stage by her family, supporters, city officials, and boyfriend ...

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.