Barbara Lee said she is going to accept the “challenge” to run for mayor of Oakland in an April special election.  “I’ve never shied away from a challenge,” said progressive Democrat Lee in an emailed ...

Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, who represented the East Bay in Congress for over two decades, announced plans to run for mayor ...

Residents in Vallejo, California, are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to give them the same kind of police presence he provided ...

Former California Rep. Barbara Lee, a Democrat, has filed paperwork to run for mayor of Oakland in April’s special election.

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This special print edition commemorates and honors those who were lost the previous months.

Lee’s foray into the contest, after the November recall of Mayor Sheng Thao, would be a seismic political shift for the embattled East Bay city, which is hurtling toward bankruptcy and whose voters ...

Oakland voters just deposed two officials — largely over crime frustrations. While the statistics have improved, the city still has one of the worst crime rates in the state. Lee has long been a ...

The decrease in California mirrors a national decline, with initial data suggesting a drop in 35 states and Puerto Rico.