Oakland is at a crossroads. With Mayor Sheng Thao facing federal bribery charges and public safety concerns mounting, the city's leadership crisis has reached ...

The April 15 special election comes as Oakland faces an $89 million budget deficit that has already led to layoffs.

The gloves first came off when moderator Dave Clark, a news anchor for KTVU, asked the candidates to address the specter of ...

Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee and former Councilmember Loren Taylor — have raised $293K and $25K, respectively. The other ...

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Thomas Reardon’s ruling capped an explosive saga that shed light on the FBI’s “pay to ...

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Thomas Reardon’s ruling capped an explosive saga that shed light on the FBI’s “pay to ...

Pastor Solomon Kinloch speaks during the eulogy for A'millah Currie, 2, and Darnell Currie, Jr., during the funeral services at Triumph Church on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, Detroit. (Clarence Tabb ...

A 22-year-old Tacoma man received a federal sentence in Oregon on Feb. 25, 2025 for coercing a minor in order to get sexually explicit photos. 34,854 people played the daily Crossword recently.

That’s a central difference between today’s political reality and the scene that faced organizers of the Newsom recall campaign ... in 2022 and axed Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao last fall.

Loren Taylor: A third-generation Oaklander and former city councilmember, Taylor is running for Oakland mayor after narrowly losing in his previous run against Sheng Thao. He is a founder of Empower ...

He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political ...