less than four months after she retired from a decades-long congressional career. Oakland, a city of about 436,000 residents across the bay from San Francisco, has struggled to bounce back from ...

OAKLAND, California — Former Rep. Barbara Lee will be Oakland’s next mayor, taking over a city she represented for decades at a time of deep political turmoil and economic uncertainty.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose a new mayor in a special election marked by growing frustration over a city leadership vacuum, budget woes ...

Former Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., defeated former Oakland City Council member Loren Taylor in Oakland's special election for mayor, following months of uncertainty for the struggling city.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- There are only four days left for Oakland voters to select their new mayor -- who will also be the city's fourth mayor since December. The top two candidates, former ...

(KRON) — The Oakland Kids First! children’s fund owes the City of Oakland’s general fund more than $7.2 million due to continuous errors committed by the City of Oakland’s Finance ...

Oakland mayoral candidates make final push ahead of special election 03:48 In the final days on the campaign trail for Oakland City Mayor, former Congresswoman Barbara Lee and former Oakland City ...

He was sworn in earlier this year on a platform of working to create a safer and cleaner Oakland and felt Lee brought the change the city needed. "People want something new and want change," he said.

Just two years after successfully electing a 37-year-old with no experience outside city government as mayor of Oakland, government unions secured another victory for their preferred candidate ...

OAKLAND — Barbara Lee, the retired congresswoman seen by supporters as a stabilizing force for a city in a crisis of leadership, has been elected Oakland’s next mayor over former Councilmember ...

OAKLAND — The special election Tuesday to find Oakland a new mayor will also fill a vacancy in one of the city’s most diverse council districts, a race that has flown relatively under the ...