On Friday, Oakland spokesperson Sean Maher said the city conducted a review of the contract for ABC Security Services and found that “an estimated $2.4 million in additional funding is needed to ...

Barbara Lee, Oakland's longtime progressive former congresswoman, was sworn in as the city's 52nd mayor on Tuesday, promising to usher in a new era of progress and unity in an embattled city she ...

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OAKLAND — Two men wounded in a shooting last week near City Hall that stemmed from an argument over a woman have been criminally charged, according to authorities and court documents.

Another Oakland City Hall shake-up is underway involving staff with ties to former Mayor Sheng Thao. Oakland Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins announced Monday morning that most of the Mayor's Office ...

Most of the Oakland mayor’s office staff will be let go at the end of the week, interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins said Monday, a day after he fired his chief of staff following the release of a note in ...

A coalition of Oakland municipal unions are calling on city officials to reverse a decision to help balance a massive budget shortfall by, in part, laying off scores of workers. In a letter to ...

OAKLAND — A top City Hall official said this week he had to promote a city staffer to appease ex-Mayor Sheng Thao, who is accused by federal prosecutors of being bribed to influence the staffer ...

I like supporting local events and small theater," said Oakland resident and ally Judith Stacey. And for Oakland City Hall, this may be just the opening act. "I want to keep having events in this ...

He remains hospitalized. The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. May 6 at the edge of Oakland City Hall Plaza near the intersection of 14th Street and Broadway where several men had gathered.