(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND — A top City Hall official said this week he had to promote a city staffer to appease ex-Mayor Sheng Thao, who is accused by federal prosecutors of being ...

who served five years in Oakland City Hall. He was Director of Communications for Mayor Libby Schaaf, the predecessor to recalled mayor, Sheng Thao. On Friday, Thao plead not guilty to six counts ...

Who is Co-Conspirator 1? All signs point to Oakland political operative who survived attempted hit last June California Waste Solutions, which is separately at the center of a wide-reaching ...

Since then, FBI agents have cast a wide net while investigating Oakland’s City Hall — a dragnet that, federal prosecutors now say, was focused on a bribery and kick-back scheme, alleged ...

Oakland police are investigating a Wednesday night homicide in the city's Fruitvale neighborhood. Officers were sent to the 4200 block of Bancroft Avenue at about 9 p.m. Wednesday in response to ...

Since then, FBI agents have cast a wide net while investigating Oakland’s City Hall — a dragnet that, federal prosecutors now say, was focused on a bribery and kick-back scheme, alleged ...

A subsequent federal grand jury subpoena demanded that Oakland City Hall turn over a trove of documents in connection with the investigation. "Our communities depend on local government for ...

In disappointing news, former Tampa Bay Rays stars Fernando Rodney and Ben Zobrist have fallen off the ballot for the ...

and third-generation Oakland resident Loren Taylor on the steps of City Hall Thursday. He spoke alongside supporters before filing official paperwork for his mayoral bid. "Number one ...

Federal officials announced Friday that they have indicted former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on ... that erode the public trust,” she said. “City Hall must never be for sale.” ...

PRICEY TRADITION — Democratic Rep. Juan Vargas spent a whopping $152,000 on holiday cards this year. The lawmaker has spent ...