At Oakland's finance committee meeting on Tuesday, staff acknowledged that budget cuts are already underway - cuts estimated ...

The city of Oakland is facing millions of dollars in potential service cuts as part of its ongoing structural budget deficit, ...

The city faces a $240 million deficit that could necessitate cutting fire and police services over the next two years.

Oakland’s contingency budget with cuts has been triggered. Its precarious position is partly due to a revised Coliseum sale ...

The San Francisco Police Department's high-tech means of catching criminals is facing a challenge in a federal court after a nonprofit filed suit against the maker of Flock Safety license plate ...

It will likely take days and possibly weeks to know who won in some districts, due to how slowly California counts votes.

While California may be solidly Democratic in presidential contests, a handful of competitive races in November could ...

The California city was an early adopter of the election format but after clerical errors in the general election two years ago, local residents are ready to ditch the method despite its growing ...

She would lose reelection four years later. More recently, in the city’s 2022 mayoral election, Sheng Thao edged out Loren ...

Montana voters are being asked to vote on two constitutional amendments: CI-126 and CI-127. If passed, these amendments would essentially install ranked choice voting for Montana elections. Montana ...

The fire came one day shy of the 33rd anniversary of the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley hills fire that killed 25 people and destroyed ...