Leigh Hanson came under fire this week after a note in which she referred to Black people as “tokens” became public.

An Oakland city staffer got backlash for reportedly calling Black people "tokens" in a handwritten note, but says there's more to story.

Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins fired Leigh Hanson, his chief of staff, on Sunday over a note she wrote last year that ...

OAKLAND, California — Barbara Lee’s homecoming run for Oakland mayor had all the markings of a blowout: Political power players swiftly united behind Lee, a progressive icon in her staunchly blue town ...

Sheng Thao’s chief of staff, indicated the mayor wanted to use $50,000 from her office budget to make good on her campaign ...

Sheng Thao’s chief of staff, indicated the mayor wanted to use $50,000 from her office budget to make good on her campaign ...

The revelation adds to an ever-emerging picture of alleged backroom dealing and political favoritism throughout Thao’s ...

Oakland voters are set to elect a new mayor in less than two weeks, following the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao and her ...

Nearly six months after Sheng Thao took office as mayor of Oakland, she still owed tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign manager who had helped ...

Oakland is caught in a leadership limbo, and according to the NAACP Oakland Branch, the city is also “on the brink of ...

The records, newly released to the public, shed light on the events leading up to a bombshell corruption investigation ...