An independent financial analysis of Oakland Unified School District highlights major issues with how the district is run.

Contra Costa County has decided to hire private security for election buildings after armed Department of Homeland Security officers hand-delivered a letter to the county clerk, demanding that they ...

With an election coming up, KALW headed to San Francisco’s Civic Center to ask people how they feel about voting.

What happens in California could shape how America taxes the superrich. But will its billionaire tax fill state coffers — or ...

The districts that will decide control of the House and Senate next year are spread across the country. Voting officials in ...

Mission Local's food critic on some neighborhood gems; our panel provides a status check on San Francisco's downtown; the ...

Two democratic politicians are fighting to represent us in Washington. Today, Supervisor Connie Chan and State Senator Scott Wiener make their case.

To understand this race and the current state of the neighborhood, Crosscurrents host Hana Baba spoke with Oaklandside ...

Vance was first propelled onto the political scene as a result of his memoir about growing up in poor, rural southern Ohio.

The federal corruption trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her former romantic partner, Andre Jones, and local businessmen, Andy and David Duong, resumes Monday morning. Nathan Gartrell, a ...

The U.S. has become more politically polarized, but research shows people overestimate their differences and there is 'messy middle' majority of Americans who share overlapping political views.

The judge said he was "deeply troubled" by the mistakes and rushed nature of the case over the FBI's Hunter Biden probes — one of several politically charged DOJ actions ahead of the midterms.