Oakland's Measure NN, an increase and extension of an existing parcel tax for police and fire services, was ahead with about ...

The effort to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is now in the hands of voters, less than two years since she assumed office.

Oakland’s police watchdog, which was roiled by internal conflicts last year, has 3 new commissioners and a new inspector ...

(The Center Square) - The City of Oakland is cutting $63 million in spending to keep the lights on, $45 million of which is ...

Hiring freezes, travel restrictions, and reductions of city contracts have had little effect, and Oakland's finance ...

While large-scale protests weren't seen in Oakland in 2020 after former President Donald Trump lost, they did occur the days after Trump won in 2016.

The polls are closed in the Bay Area and California and rolls are starting to roll in for local and state races.

Sam Singer is the predator’s press man, the bad guy’s good guy,” the video’s anonymous narrator told me, listing a few of ...

California Department of Justice Releases Report on Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting of Curtis Barnett in Salinas ...

Police had investigated just one crime in Oakland as a homicide between Oct. 1 and Oct. 27, marking a staggeringly peaceful ...

With a vote of 64.22% in favor of the recall versus 35.78% opposed -- with 35,367 votes counted out of the city's 252,382 register voters -- Thao appeared to have a steep climb to victory as of about ...