Thirteen months ago, we launched the Oakland Charter Reform Project by publishing an op-ed in this newspaper, “Broken Oakland needs more than a new mayor.” In that piece, we laid out the four ...

When images of FBI agents carrying boxes out of Sheng Thao’s Oakland home hit the news and social media in June of 2024, it was the public’s first glimpse of a possible investigation of the then-mayor ...

OAKLAND — Federal prosecutors have signaled they may call a San Leandro city councilman as a witness in the upcoming bribery and fraud trial against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and the men accused ...

He claims it was self-defense, but a man admits shooting at a key witness in the federal corruption case against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and others. This case keeps taking twists and turns, ...

It’s not particularly surprising to learn that comedian Sheng Wang is into plants. The comedian, who is performing at the Ryman Friday — his first solo performance in Nashville — has the perfect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal immigration agents detained a volunteer food shelf delivery driver on Wednesday in the parking lot of the Hallie Q. Brown ...

Esme Murphy, a reporter and Sunday morning anchor for WCCO-TV, has been a member of the WCCO-TV staff since December 1990. She is also a weekend talk show host on WCCO Radio. Born and raised in New ...

Federal immigration agents detained a volunteer food shelf delivery driver on Wednesday in the parking lot of the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center on St. Paul’s Kent Street, city-owned property that ...

*Barbara Lee, the long-serving Democratic congresswoman, has been elected the new mayor of Oakland, CA. Her win follows a competitive ranked-choice special election that captured growing public ...