Many city leaders say the retired congresswoman will unite a fractured Oakland, while some worry she’s more of the same.

Time and time again, Oaklanders have faced our toughest obstacles by uniting to meet our challenges,” Lee said in a statement ...

Oakland voters in City Council District 2 will also pick a new representative. Born in Texas, Lee was a student at Mills ...

Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, who represented the East Bay in Congress for over two decades, announced plans to run for mayor ...

Lee’s foray into the contest, after the November recall of Mayor Sheng Thao, would be a seismic political shift for the embattled East Bay city, which is hurtling toward bankruptcy and whose voters ...

Oakland City Council voted unanimously to appoint Kevin Jenkins to be President and interim mayor, the city's third mayor in ...

Oakland is getting another change of leadership. The City Council voted to elect Kevin Jenkins as the new president, who will ...

Lee is likely to clear much of the field, with many of Oakland’s labor and business leaders ready to support her campaign.