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

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

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 ...

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 — Former Rep. Barbara Lee returned from Washington and quickly became the frontrunner for mayor of her chaos-wracked hometown.

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) ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s sons Craig Lee and Tony Lee, from left, acknowledge the crowd as she introduces them during the Mayoral Community Inauguration at Jack London Square’s Ferry Lawn in ...

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 ...