Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is Oakland's new mayor, vowing to address the city's challenges. Learn about her plans for a safer, more prosperous Oakland.

Thanks to government unions, Oakland voters chose to continue on the path of decline by electing establishment candidate ...

Former California Rep. Barbara Lee has won the Oakland mayoral race and vowed to work with city residents to ease racial and ...

Leslie Pielack has been surprised at the numbers of people who have visited a traveling exhibit highlighting Oakland County connections to the Underground Railroad. “It’s unbelievably popular ...

The Oakland Unified School District board voted Wednesday to push out the district’s superintendent of nearly 10 years. The move could create instability and widespread consequences as the ...

OAKLAND, Fla — Oakland police officer Barry Stykowski was recently promoted to sergeant, but has since been suspended. The chief said the suspension is to determine if he was truthful during the ...

Police in Benicia, California, recently impounded a Nissan 370Z parked in a driveway one day after the vehicle was allegedly “involved in a sideshow.” The police say they were able to place ...

OAKLAND — An Oakland man has been charged with kidnapping and robbing another man who had allegedly “snitched” on the suspect, court records show. Andre Keithley, 59, was charged with ...

A high-ranking city official in Oakland, California, has been fired over a resurfaced note that showed her referring to black people as “tokens,” according to reports. Chief of staff Leigh ...