OAKLAND — The room fell silent Tuesday when Barbara Lee was sworn in as the city’s mayor. After a rousing standing ovation, ...

Kaplan is widely regarded as one of the most knowledgeable members of the council when it comes to finance and budget matters ...

Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee on Friday announced members of a transition team of politicians, business leaders, philanthropists, attorneys and nonprofit heads that will help her lead the city when ...

Amid threats of mass deportations during Mr. Trump’s first term, California declared itself a sanctuary state in 2017. Oakland ... city after a unanimous vote by its City Council, all seven ...

Polls are open until 8 p.m. for those in Clawson, Ferndale, Ferndale School District ... decide two city charter amendments. Proposal 1, if approved, would maintain the city council at four ...

A union-backed nonprofit challenged the level of environmental review that Oxnard gave to the project near The Collection ...

A 2-year-old girl, who was the subject of an Amber Alert, is safely back with her family, according to the California Highway Patrol and her family. In a rare sit-down meeting, Oakland business ...

Four out of five of California’s most-destructive wildfires, and nine of the 10 largest, have occurred since 2017.

Oakland is a big, diverse, and complicated city, and it’s foolhardy to generalize about its residents. But the 2025 mayor’s ...

The Village of Glendale's annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m. May 26 at Glendale Elementary on Congress Avenue. The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Veterans’ ...