Early Oakland election results are in, with Lee poised to win and many more votes to count
The Alameda County Registrar of Voters released early election results Tuesday. The earliest returns include mail-in ballots and drop-box ballots received by Election Day. Later counts will include in-person poll read more…
Election Day coverage: Reporting all day from Oakland polls
In the basement floor of René C. Davidson Courthouse, in a room marked “Employees Only,” Alameda County elections workers sit in rows at 20 desks, facing each other, a computer read more…
Riders with disabilities fear bus cuts if Measure RTM fails
To get to San Francisco, artist Jillian Crochet, who is disabled, must plan her route well in advance. If she takes AC Transit, which requires traveling to and waiting at read more…
Former city administrator testifies Thao never told him to bypass bidding process on housing purchase
Former City Administrator Jestin Johnson testified Thursday that former Mayor Sheng Thao asked him to visit a modular-housing company at the center of her federal corruption trial but never instructed read more…
City moves to sell Garfield Park athletic field to OUSD
Oakland moved closer to selling a portion of Garfield Park to the Oakland Unified School District on Tuesday, raising questions about whether community groups will continue to have access to read more…
ICE entered Highland Hospital without a warrant; Alameda County Supervisors want answers
Alameda Health System officials told the Alameda County Supervisors Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were allowed into a patient’s room at Highland Hospital, though they did not show read more…
