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

OAKLAND — The former chief of staff to ex-Mayor Sheng Thao has been fired over a reference to Black people that she wrote ...

Hanson, a key leader in Thao’s office, came under fire this past week after the note containing the reference to Black people ...

The records, newly released to the public, shed light on the events leading up to a bombshell corruption investigation ...

Former Representative Barbara Lee entered the campaign for mayor of the Bay Area city as the favorite. But her main ...

Thao Lam is an author and illustrator from Toronto. Her picture books include Wallpaper, Thao, My Cat Looks Like My Dad and ...

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

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.

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 ...

President Xi Jinping concluded his state visit to Vietnam as Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and senior leaders bid him farewell at the airport.