The Port of Oakland just appointed its first ever woman executive director. Here's what you need to know about the agency's ...

They have the top job and can hire and fire police chiefs and city administrators, but they're not the "strong mayors" some ...

Lee, who represented the East Bay in Congress for 25 years, opened her mayoral campaign headquarters in downtown Oakland on ...

Former congressmember Barbara Lee told a crowd of supporters that she’s ready to lead Oakland as her mayoral campaign kicked ...

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

Oakland mayor-elect Sheng Thao is greeted by supporters after speaking during a press conference at City Hall in downtown ...

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 ...

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her boyfriend, and two Oakland-based businessmen were in federal court this week on ...