EXCLUSIVE: Suspect in Oakland shootout with witness in Sheng Thao corruption probe speaks out
He claims it was self-defense, but a man admits shooting at a key witness in the federal corruption case against former ...
Oakland’s mayoral candidates still trying to get out of Sheng Thao’s shadow
Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor’s backers have tried to paint the other as a continuation of Thao’s administration.
San Jose mayor supports Loren Taylor for Oakland mayor
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is throwing his weight behind Loren Taylor to become Oakland's next mayor. Back in November, voters ...
Governing5d
Oakland Mayoral Candidates Seek to Evade Shadow of Recalled Mayor
Three weeks before the April 15 special election for Oakland mayor, supporters of both Barbara ... more concerned with escaping the shadow of Sheng Thao than taking on the opposing campaign.
CBS News13d
Oakland mayor recall supporters target Barbara Lee in ad as election nears
As Oakland's special mayoral election approaches ... Early voting begins on Monday, and organizers behind the successful recall of Mayor Sheng Thao are now targeting Barbara Lee, who is widely ...
NBC Bay Area6d
Progressive icon Barbara Lee wants to be mayor of an Oakland marked by crime and homelessness
Oakland, California, voters who recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and allegations of corruption are weighing whether to give the job to former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, a ...
East Bay Times5d
Oakland’s mayoral candidates still trying to get out of Sheng Thao’s shadow
“They must have gone through a lot of video from council meetings to find that image,” he said in an interview about the photo of him and Thao together. Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao appears ...
Janesville Gazette6d
Oakland’s mayoral candidates still trying to get out of Sheng Thao’s shadow
Three weeks before the April 15 special election for Oakland mayor, supporters of both Barbara ... more concerned with escaping the shadow of Sheng Thao than taking on the opposing campaign.