OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The effort to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao officially got underway on Saturday when a notice of intent was sent via certified mail to the mayor by retired Alameda ...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announces the firing of Oakland police Chief LeRonne Armstrong during a press conference at City Hall in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area ...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is at the center of the other high-profile recall effort in the Bay Area. The former city council member was elected in November 2022 in an extremely close election, winning ...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announced she is accepting that voters have decided to recall her. Thao, who has been mayor for two years, said she was honored to serve Oaklanders during her tenure.

An attorney representing Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao released a statement on Friday questioning the timing of an FBI raid her ...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao faces a November recall election with an unresolved FBI investigation hanging over campaign. Former FBI agent says the agency has guidelines about elections to appear non ...

It’s been a rough week for Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. Last week, a recall campaign to oust her from office qualified for the November ballot. Less than 24 hours later, the FBI raided her home. On ...

Many of the key figures behind the unprecedented recall of Sheng Thao have coalesced behind a favorite candidate in the mayor’s race: Loren Taylor. For close observers of Oakland politics, this ...

Now, she’s the first Oakland mayor in more than a century to face a recall election. The last time a recall vote took place was in 1917. It was against Mayor John Davis and did not pass.

The group, named Oakland United to Recall Sheng Thao, submitted 40,000 signatures in its bid to boot Thao from office — a once-rare political maneuver that is gaining prominence in California… ...