Jeff Tsai introduced Thao to U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers as the mayor of Oakland. Gonzalez Rogers ...

Jones, well-connected in Oakland politics, first began dating Thao in the early 2010s when he was chief of staff for ...

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao stands in front of the United States District Court for a press conference following her arraignment of federal charges in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The federal indictment against recalled Mayor Sheng Thao and three others detailed alleged bribes spent on a negative mailer that helped Thao just before the Oakland mayor ...

Sheng Thao may be out of office, but the former Oakland mayor — recalled in November and indicted this month — is going to loom over Oakland politics at a critical time for the city.

Rivals of recalled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao react to indictment 03:56 The federal corruption charges against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao did not come as a surprise to many of her political ...

Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. A former staffer of recalled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said Thursday that she testified before a federal ...

Former Oakland, California, Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled by voters in November, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on corruption charges. In addition to Thao, the Justice Department ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has been indicted on federal bribery charges stemming from an FBI investigation into an alleged payment scheme with a Bay Area trash hauler.

OAKLAND — Among the many allegations of corruption in indictments filed Friday against ex-Mayor Sheng Thao is the notion she was bribed to influence the appointment of a city official who could ...