The city will make a "historic investment" over the next 25 years to ensure streets and sidewalks are more accessible to ...

Oakland has broke ground on street safety improvements near Lake Merritt, two years after a 4-year-old child was killed in ...

Former Rep. Barbara Lee is greeted by Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins, right, at City Hall before Lee filed paperwork to run for mayor in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay ...

Oakland city leaders are touting a recent decline in violent crime as evidence that their Ceasefire program is making an ...

Voters in Oakland, California, recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and allegations of corruption. They are now weighing whether to elect former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee as mayor ...

OAKLAND, California — Barbara Lee's homecoming run for Oakland mayor had all the markings of a blowout: Political power players swiftly united behind Lee, a progressive icon in her staunchly ...

Oakland voters have a provocative choice in next month's special election for mayor, as longtime former Rep. Barbara Lee faces off against Loren Taylor, a scrappy politician 31 years her junior.

Barbara Lee answers a question during the Oakland mayoral debate March 11, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) ...

Loren Taylor, right, answers a question next to fellow Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee during a debate Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. Credit: AP/Godofredo A. Vásquez ...

Taylor, an engineer, served on the Oakland City Council from 2019 to 2023 and narrowly lost a bid for mayor in 2022 to Sheng Thao. He supported the recall while Lee opposed it.