Despite her relatively lower public profile, Lee has stayed busy — primarily in her mission to reform Oakland’s wonky system ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee isn’t mincing words about President Donald Trump’s latest remarks on her city. After Trump floated ...

Trump promised to activate the National Guard to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department, warning that cities such as ...

Oakland Chinatown community members gathered Thursday to express frustration over crime in their neighborhood after burglars ...

Two banks in Oakland's Chinatown were rammed by a U-Haul truck early Wednesday, followed by a robbery near an ATM hours later ...

U.S. News & World Report has dubbed Oakland the second most dangerous place in the country. Oakland came in second to Memphis ...

President Donald Trump has previously floated the idea of sending the National Guard to Oakland to bring down crime in the ...

Oakland has revamped some of its business and building permits, in part of a larger strategy to boost economic growth.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee pushed back against President Trump’s remarks on the city being “very bad” on crime.

Mayor Lee said she was motivated to streamline permitting because she had experienced "firsthand how frustrating it can be to ...

Frustration is growing with police union leaders in Oakland over staffing problems they say keep getting worse. This comes on ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said the city is “not going to back down” after President Trump called it out among a list of other ...