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 down from her post.

Oakland mayor says she won't rehire LeRonne Armstrong as OPD chief. By Julian Glover and Kristen Sze. Wednesday, October 18, 2023. ABC7 News asked Oakland Mayor Thao about her search for Oakland's ...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said she is not endorsing Prop. 36, the statewide ballot measure that would strengthen penalties for certain theft and drug crimes.

Thao added that she wishes the city had enough funds to hire up to 1,000 police officers but Oakland lacks the revenue. She said she’s trying to fix this problem by focusing on revenue ...

Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has announced she is supporting a recall effort targeting her successor, Sheng Thao. Schaaf criticized Thao in an interview Friday with KQED, saying that over the ...

Mayor Thao's former chief of staff described an office filled with confusion and chaos - much of it centered around the mayor's partner, Andre Jones, and that finally led her to resign.

Borenstein: Mayor-elect Barbara Lee can’t fix Oakland until she fixes the budget With crime high, police staffing short, bond rating sliding and a massive structural deficit, layoffs seem inevitable ...