Oakland Interim Mayor Nikki Fortunato Bas speaks during the Dec. 17, 2024, meeting of the City Council. Bas, who was elected in November to a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, will ...

Oakland officially has a new, temporary mayor in Nikki Fortunato Bas, who is taking over for ousted former mayor Sheng Thao, whose last day in office was Tuesday. Bas moved from the City Council ...

Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas announced she had won the District 5 seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors race despite it being too close to call. In a social media ...

Leaders in sanctuary cities like Oakland and San Francisco outlined efforts to protect immigrant communities, even as they ...

African American Sports and Entertainment Group aims to redevelop 112-acre sports complex into housing, hotels and ...

Jenkins was born and raised in East Oakland. He is the son of two Oakland Unified School District employees, a graduate of Oakland High School and was first elected to the council in 2022.

City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas became interim mayor. But Fortunato Bas has been elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and is resigning from her role on the council.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors selected seven veteran prosecutors Thursday as finalists in the ongoing process to find a replacement for ousted district attorney Pamela Price.

Interim Mayor Nikki Fortunato Bas, who stepped into the office after Thao's recall, said in a prepared statement that she applauded Newsom's effort to extend the partnership with the Police ...

This is not mission accomplish. We are just getting started. I know the amazing leaders here will not rest until we drop the numbers to zero," said Nikki Fortunato Bas, Interim Mayor of Oakland.

Oakland City Council voted unanimously to appoint Kevin Jenkins to be President and interim mayor, the city's third mayor in two months, after the recall of Sheng Thao. Three new council members were ...