The sweep at the mayor’s office appeared to follow public backlash toward Leigh Hanson, the former top Thao aide who was ...

The sweep at the mayor’s office appeared to follow public backlash toward Leigh Hanson, the former top Thao aide who was ...

Leigh Hanson came under fire this week after a note in which she referred to Black people as “tokens” became public.

A high-ranking Oakland city official has been fired after a note she wrote last year that appeared to refer to black people ...

Oakland voters recalled Thao from office back in November, but her legal troubles started in June when the FBI raided the ...

An Oakland city staffer got backlash for reportedly calling Black people "tokens" in a handwritten note, but says there's ...

A copy of a note Leigh Hanson wrote last year that appears to refer to Black people as “tokens.” At the time, Hanson was chief of staff to Sheng Thao, who was facing a recall election.

On the day Sheng Thao was sworn-in as Oakland’s new mayor in January of 2023, she was flanked on stage by her family, ...

Just after the former Oakland chief of staff was fired over a controversial meeting note that she says she was taken out of ...

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s Chief of Staff Leigh Hanson has been fired, KRON4 has confirmed. Hanson was released from her job on Sunday after documents reportedly ...

Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins on Monday fired most of the remaining staff in his office who were hired under ex-Mayor ...