The First Big-City Mayor to Face a Recall in Years Is Fighting for Her Job
Frustrated voters will decide on Tuesday whether to oust Sheng Thao, the mayor of Oakland, Calif., because of high crime and ...
Weather closes Joaquin Miller voting center in Oakland
A voting center in Oakland will be closed on Election Day after a Red Flag Warning was issued in the area. The Joaquin Miller ...
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Hedge fund exec bankrolling Oakland mayor recall shifts focus to down-ballot races
Piedmont resident Philip Dreyfuss recently spent thousands on a mailer backing candidates for city attorney and City Council ...
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Oakland’s Merchant of Bad Vibes
Not long after that, efforts began to recall Thao and newly elected DA Price, who was also implementing reforms to roll ...
A’s rebrand, drop ‘Oakland’ from name
The “Oakland A’s” are no longer. The team officially rebranded on Monday, dropping “Oakland” from its name, as seen on X. The ...
Who are the wealthy donors flooding Oakland’s election with out-of-town cash?
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao accuses a Piedmont hedge-fund manager of trying to “hijack our democracy” with campaign spending.
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Coal booster tries to oust Oakland mayor
One coal industry investor is attempting to oust Oakland, California, Mayor Sheng Thao, part of a yearslong battle over a ...
Faith leaders support Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and urge ‘no’ on historic recall
Thao was elected in 2022 as part of a progressive "blue wave." Calls for her recall began after she fired Police Chief ...