Nearly three decades later, Mayor Barbara Lee — a political figure with similar name recognition — has begun a shortened term ...

City officials are deciding on a new two-year budget that would pad the new mayor’s office budget with an extra $1.7 million, ...

OAKLAND — The room fell silent Tuesday when Barbara Lee was sworn in as the city’s mayor. After a rousing standing ovation, it quieted once again when Lee acknowledged a personal significance of the ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee took her oath of office Tuesday and spoke of a “new era” for the city, marking an end to a chapter marred by the recall and federal indictment of her predecessor. “I know ...

Barbara Lee, Oakland's longtime progressive former congresswoman, was sworn in as the city's 52nd mayor on Tuesday, promising to usher in a new era of progress and unity in an embattled city she has ...

Prolific postpandemic purchaser snags third S.F. office building Big North Bay business park sold for the first time in 30 ...

Oakland officially got a new mayor Tuesday.The city council formally announced the results of March's special election and then Mayor-elect Barbara Lee was sworn in.Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee is ...

The “Oakland Inaugural Fund Committee” is asking for major contributions to support the new mayor’s inauguration.

Barbara Lee received a standing ovation on Tuesday as she entered the Oakland City Hall to take the oath of office. A congresswoman for three decades, Lee becomes the first Black woman to serve as ...

As Oakland faces a $260 million budget deficit over the next two years, city leaders asked residents to weigh in on a ...

East Oakland Futures Fest, the Summer Open Studios in Jingletown, the 2025 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate announcement, and more ...

OAKLAND — The room fell silent Tuesday when Barbara Lee was sworn in as the city’s mayor. After a rousing standing ovation, it quieted once again when Lee acknowledged a personal significance ...