Oakland has been struggling with high crime rates, increased homelessness, a sluggish post-pandemic recovery, and a budget ...

Ranked choice voting is inherently undemocratic, needlessly makes vote counting take longer, and does not deliver better ...

Voters in San Jose, Alameda County and Oakland deserve the final say in the selection of their representatives.

Now that Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has been recalled, it's up to the voters to decide who will next lead the city. So, how ...

Loren Taylor ran against Sheng Thao for Oakland mayor two years ago — and will run again for the mayoral seat now that Thao has been fired in a recall by voters. The former Oakland Councilman ...

Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato-Bas has been declared the winner for a vacant Alameda County Supervisor’s seat ...

Anti-camping ordinances and misleading rhetoric from leaders expose how systemic laws criminalize being homeless nationwide.

Frustrated voters in Oakland, California, chose to oust Mayor Sheng Thao earlier this month, making her the nation's first mayor of major city in more than a decade to get the boot. In a desperate ...

Here's what could happen next. The historic recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao will soon leave a gaping hole in the city's ...

Columnist David Marcus warns Democrat mayors that resisting incoming President Trump's plans to deport illegal immigrants ...

Oakland residents will pick the successor to recalled Mayor Sheng Thao. Under the city charter, a special election must be held within 120 days of the official declaration of the vacancy ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - History has been made in Alameda County and in Oakland as the progressive-minded District Attorney Pamela Price and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao have been recalled by voters in ...