While federal funding cuts across the board impact multiple cities, Oakland is receiving a significant federal investment for its violence prevention program, "Operation Ceasefire." While federal ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee declared May 6 “Delroy Lindo Day” at a City Hall event on Wednesday honoring the acclaimed 73-year-old stage and film actor, who was nominated for an Oscar this year for his ...

OAKLAND — Ahead of a budget process that may be a key policy test in Barbara Lee’s shortened term in office, the mayor is urging voters to approve a new tax in June that would generate roughly $34 ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

On May 6, 1985, the NBC soap opera Santa Barbara introduced one of its most iconic characters with the debut of future Daytime Emmy-winner Nancy Lee Grahan as legal eagle Julia Wainwright. Grahan made ...

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – Barbara Lee Bickford, 79, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., passed away on May 8, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. Barbie was born in Waterville, to Ernest and Louise ...

The former Disney Channel star and his pregnant model wife tied the knot in July 2023 Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously ...

OAKLAND MAYOR BARBARA LEE took the stage during a community mayoral inaugural celebration over the weekend that brought revelers and politicians alike to Jack London Square. Lee was sworn in as ...

Mayor Barbara Lee said Oakland "is on the move" in her first State of the City speech Tuesday, touting progress made during her four-and-a-half months in office - and reiterated her defiance towards ...

Barbara Lee at an April 21 news conference after winning Oakland’s mayoral election: “I’m going to do the hard work and make the tough decisions. I think you know me — I mean, I’m pretty tough.” (Aric ...