After coming up just short in the 2022 race to be the city’s mayor, Loren Taylor tried to keep himself busy. He helped launch ...

A California judge on Friday refused to dismiss a check fraud case tied to an Oakland businessman at the center of a federal ...

Former congressmember Barbara Lee told a crowd of supporters that she’s ready to lead Oakland as her mayoral campaign kicked ...

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Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was back in federal court Thursday morning for a status hearing in the criminal fraud case against her and three other defendants.

Jeff Tsai introduced Thao to U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers as the mayor of Oakland. Gonzalez Rogers ...

The ex-mayor, her romantic partner Andre Jones and father-son business duo David and Andy Duong are accused of coordinating a ...

Daniel Lurie’s supporters say his wealth means he owes no one any favors. But skeptics say the rich already have too much say ...

Mario Juarez had been charged over election mailers that are now at the center of an alleged criminal conspiracy by Oakland’s ...

Juarez, who pleaded not guilty, has been accused of bouncing checks that paid for election mailers that benefited Thao, Oakland’s recently indicted former mayor. Federal prosecutors have linked ...

A gay former aide to recalled Oakland mayor Sheng Thao has settled his restraining order against an Oakland man who was accused of harassing him. The workplace violence restraining order was filed by ...