The gloves first came off when moderator Dave Clark, a news anchor for KTVU, asked the candidates to address the specter of ex-Mayor Thao, who was recalled by 60% of voters last November and now faces felony charges of bribery and conspiracy.

Oakland's two top candidates for the open mayoral seat — former Congresswoman Barbara Lee and former Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor — went head to head in a live debate. "This moment demands leadership and it demands the ability to bring different sectors of our community together to get the job done,

One of the topics discussed at the Oakland mayoral debate was the city's significant budget deficit. We break down what each candidate had to say.

The money Loren Taylor and Barbara Lee are spending isn’t unusual by historical standards. The other seven candidates have raised next to nothing.

A committee named Supporters of Barbara Lee for Oakland Mayor 2025 has raised $168,000 in contributions, including $50,000 from each of the city’s two largest public-employee labor unions, SEIU Local 1021 and IFPTE Local 21, plus $10,000 from the city firefighters’ union.

In a fiery exchange during Tuesday night’s debate between Oakland’s top mayoral candidates, former councilman Loren Taylor directed a sharp barb at his opponent, former Congresswoman Barbara Lee, claiming that the same supporters who rallied behind the city’s embattled former mayor,

Former Rep. Joe Walsh (III.), an ex-GOP member-turned-pundit, speculated Sunday that President Trump could “stop” the midterm elections scheduled for next fall, or even run for president again in 2028. “He tried to overthrow an American election four years ago. I have no doubt that he could try to stop the midterm elections,” Walsh said of Trump…