Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...

In her first public statements about the bill’s deep cuts to health care and food aid, Lee explains why she stayed quiet ...

OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first moved from El Paso, Texas, to Southern California, where she had to ...

Oakland has a unique relationship with Juneteenth. So does Mayor Barbara Lee. Community seeks to overcome past narratives in Thursday celebrations ...

Lee already made two of her most important hires weeks ago: her chief of staff is Miya Saika Chen, who previously worked for ...

Oakland has a unique relationship with Juneteenth. So does Mayor Barbara Lee. Community seeks to overcome past narratives in Thursday celebrations ...

Renters do not receive tax advantages equivalent to those available to homeowners. Homeowners, if they itemize, can deduct home mortgage interest, and with the increase in state and local tax (SALT) ...

A large fire that began in a commercial warehouse in Oakland on Friday afternoon and spread to a second building and multiple ...

Preliminary investigations show that the building was possibly being used as a cannabis grow site, Oakland Fire Department ...

A massive fire swept through a warehouse in Oakland Friday afternoon and spread to at least one other building and vehicles ...

San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose are dealing with similar problems of vacant offices and homelessness, but one of them has ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said the city is working with the police department to prepare for Saturday's No Kings protest.