OAKLAND — The room fell silent Tuesday when Barbara Lee was sworn in as the city’s mayor. After a rousing standing ovation, ...

As the council president starting in 2021 ... candidates with solid handles on the gravity of the situation: Charlene Wang, Harold Lowe and Kanitha Matoury. In the city’s ranked choice voting ...

In the council race, Charlene Wang was leading in early returns late Tuesday, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters’ Office. Wang was ahead of the five other candidates on the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Charlene Wang grew up spending weekends in Oakland's Chinatown with her grandparents. Now, she's preparing to represent the area as Oakland's new District 2 city council member.

Charlene Wang was leading in early returns in the special election to select Oakland's next District 2 city councilmember Tuesday night, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters' Office.

Charlene Wang, a civil rights adviser, won the race Tuesday night to represent District 2 on the Oakland City Council. Wang, who is on leave from the Environmental Protection Agency, had just over ...

(Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) The positive vibes in the packed council chamber echoed those during a swearing-in earlier Tuesday of Charlene Wang ... as the council’s president, who runs ...