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

Former U.S. representative Barbara Lee filed paperwork with the city of Oakland on Monday in a sign that she plans a ...

Former U.S. representative Barbara Lee on Monday filed paperwork with the city of Oakland, a sign that she may be planning a ...

Former Rep. Barbara Lee has filed paperwork to run for Oakland mayor. According to a filing on the California Secretary of ...

Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee has officially filed a campaign account to run for Oakland mayor. She filed the paperwork at ...

Former U.S. representative Barbara Lee filed paperwork with the city of Oakland on Monday in a sign that she plans a ...

Barbara Lee, who represented the East Bay in the House for more than two decades, opened a campaign account Monday to run for ...

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

Oakland played a game of political musical chairs Monday with a new mayor, city attorney and shifting city council taking over on the same day.

Jenkins was born and raised in East Oakland. He is the son of two Oakland Unified School District employees, a graduate of Oakland High School and was first elected to the council in 2022.

Oakland firefighters are speaking out about the temporary closure of two fire stations, saying that it endangers public ...