The decision by Thao to sidestep the vote comes amid a last-minute change in how Oakland plans to pay for security guards at ...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao faces a November recall election with an unresolved FBI investigation hanging over campaign. Former ...

The A’s are preparing to move to Las Vegas after 56 years in the Bay Area. With it, Oakland loses its third professional sports team in quick succession.

If voters decide they want another mayor in November, Thao would lose her job immediately. Who takes over is a lot more complicated.

It’s been over 100 years since the last recall election against a mayor in Oakland. Unsurprisingly, some Oaklanders are a ...

The company will be paid up to $6 million for that work, along with another $3.2 million in backpay that the city owed the company for its services earlier this year.

Oakland police said on Thursday that its new license plate reader system is leading to the arrests of violent suspects.

The City of Oakland closed an encampment in West Oakland that had stood for years, finding shelter for 25 residents and ...

"The suspects were arrested near the Rockridge BART station." Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Police Chief Flloyd Mitchell are praising the success of the license plate readers. The mayor said she ...

The Hilton hotel near the Oakland airport has closed its doors after 56 years, after many other neighboring businesses have already closed due to ongoing crime in the area.