Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday as the new mayor of troubled Oakland, a San Francisco Bay ... to close its first location ever last year. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has sent California ...

April 20 (UPI) --Former California Rep. Barbara Lee has won the Oakland mayoral race and vowed to work with city residents to ease racial and economic tensions. "Oakland is a deeply divided city ...

OAKLAND, California — Former Rep. Barbara Lee will be Oakland’s next mayor, taking over a city she represented for decades at a time of deep political turmoil and economic uncertainty.

Former Rep. Barbara Lee, a progressive politician with more than 30 years of service under her belt, is projected to win Oakland, California’s special mayoral election. Lee and her more ...

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 ...

Barbara Lee has turned into a close contest with a week left to go before Oakland, California, voters head to the polls. Lee, a well-known progressive politician who was against the recall of ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- On the heels of California declaring a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, there are new questions and concerns over keeping not only people safe, but wildlife ...

Oakland, California, had its credit rating cut two levels by Fitch Ratings, which cited the challenge of plugging budget gaps amid a change in political leadership. The city of about 440,000 on ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Voters in Oakland, California, have ousted Mayor Sheng Thao just two years after she narrowly won office to lead the liberal San Francisco Bay Area city. The Associated ...

Languages: English. Email: e.palmer@newsweek.com. A fire that burned in Oakland, California, saw clouds of smoke rising nearly engulfing a busy freeway on Friday. The Oakland Fire Department said ...

Exactly one year after Oakland leaders announced a $2.5 million investment to save the city’s failing 911 Emergency Call Center, average answer times remain the worst in California by a wide margin.