With crime high, police staffing short, bond rating sliding and a massive structural deficit, layoffs seem inevitable.

There's a winner in the Oakland mayor's race. Former East Bay ... Lee, who is 78, says she know the job ahead won't be easy, from reducing crime to dealing with the city's budget deficit.

Ruelas also could be recalled and then later be elected mayor. Ruelas said her main focuses have been on beautifying the city, working to fix roads and tackle graffiti. She ... he won't be there ...

Previous Conservative government 'made some very serious mistakes' on immigration, admits Philp Chris Philp says his party made "some very serious mistakes" over immigration, when they were last ...

Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins delivered a nearly $4.4 billion, two-year budget proposal to the City Council Monday, ...

The proposal includes cutting 80 jobs that are currently staffed. In addition, more than 325 vacancies will remain unfilled.

Oakland mayor-elect Barbara Lee says she plans to use her federal experience as a Congresswoman representing Oakland for three decades to help the city get back on track to be clean, safe ...

All of Oakland. Not just the voters who voted for me. So let the word go out that I mean that," Lee responded. Lee met with interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins on Monday morning and said she is ready to ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland mayor election results are still coming ... State Assembly for six years and the state Senate for two. She earned an undergraduate degree from Mills College in Oakland ...

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.