On Sunday, dozens of demonstrators gathered near the area of Grand Avenue and Park View Terrace near Lake Merritt. In ...

The famed Berkeley sociology professor was hit and killed by a speeding drunk driver. His friends want changes.

The longtime progressive former Congresswoman Barbara Lee announced her victory Saturday in the special election to decide the next Oakland mayor after challenger Loren Taylor conceded.

A 33-year-old Oakland man is dead following a shooting early Saturday morning in the uptown district of Oakland. The incident happened around 12:40 a.m. in the 500 block of 18th Street.

Lee, 78, was widely viewed as a lock to be named Oakland's next mayor . Barbara Lee, the long-time Democratic U.S. Representative for California, has won what turned out to be a hotly contested ...

Former Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was projected to win a special election to become the next mayor of Oakland, according to Decision Desk HQ, in what became a closer-than-expected race amid ...

As a months-long and sometimes contentious Oakland mayoral campaign ended Tuesday, voters in the special election chose between two familiar faces: former Rep. Barbara Lee, who spent 26 years in ...

Former Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee surged ahead in the race to become Oakland’s next mayor, according to an election update released Friday evening, and held a lead projected to be ...