Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor’s backers have tried to paint the other as a continuation of Thao’s administration.

He claims it was self-defense, but a man admits shooting at a key witness in the federal corruption case against former ...

“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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Former Mayor Sheng Thao was ousted barely two years into her term. Voters in November also recalled Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, whose territory included Oakland, and Los Angeles ...

In a twist of fate that could end up re-energizing Lee’s political career, Oakland found itself in need of a new chief executive after voters in November recalled Mayor Sheng Thao. The ouster ...