OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao spoke publicly on Monday for the first time since FBI agents raided her home last week, defiantly declaring that she is innocent and that she won't step ...

With crime high, police staffing short, bond rating sliding and a massive structural deficit, layoffs seem inevitable.

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The idea that Mayor Thao was selling out Oakland even before she won the election, it speaks of arrogance and malicious ...