Barbara Lee is wrong: Oakland is no different than San Francisco and San Jose. Lee’s approach to the homelessness problem is ...

Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...

New data shows the number of unhoused residents has hardly budged since 2023 — though more of them are sheltered.

OPD Chief Floyd Mitchell said the 2023 ransomware cybersecurity attack that crippled some of Oakland's information technology ...

OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first moved from El Paso, Texas, to Southern California, where she had to ...

A progressive neurological disorder affecting 10 million people globally, Parkinson’s can cause disruptive symptoms such as tremors, immobility and loss of balance. Now, scientists at Northwestern ...

In her first public statements about the bill’s deep cuts to health care and food aid, Lee explains why she stayed quiet ...

Dan Siegel, A trailblazing activist who dedicated his life to fighting for civil liberties, human rights, the rights of ...

Mayor Lee, who campaigned on her record of leveraging federal resources, has so far remained silent about a bill that could ...

Renters do not receive tax advantages equivalent to those available to homeowners. Homeowners, if they itemize, can deduct home mortgage interest, and with the increase in state and local tax (SALT) ...

Lee already made two of her most important hires weeks ago: her chief of staff is Miya Saika Chen, who previously worked for ...