Sheng Thao considered using Oakland’s funds for consultant owed money by campaign, new docs suggest
Sheng Thao’s chief of staff, indicated the mayor wanted to use $50,000 from her office budget to make good on her campaign ...
Times-Herald3d
Docs seized by feds reveal inner workings of ex-Mayor Sheng Thao’s orbit
The records, newly released to the public, shed light on the events leading up to a bombshell corruption investigation ...
Oakland mayor fires chief of staff amid backlash over note referring to Black people as ‘tokens’
Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins fired Leigh Hanson, his chief of staff, on Sunday over a note she wrote last year that ...
Ex-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao directed top administrator to talk shop with alleged bribers
The revelation adds to an ever-emerging picture of alleged backroom dealing and political favoritism throughout Thao’s ...
Vallejo Times Herald2d
Thao considered using Oakland’s funds to cover her campaign debt, new documents suggest
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and her lawyer Jeff Tsai leave ...
Man arrested in shooting at house of potential Oakland corruption probe witness
Hermelindo Olber Ramosramos, 25, was taken into custody in East Oakland, about a week after Alameda County prosecutors ...
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Antioch police officer in racist texting scandal stands trial in federal case: Here's what happened
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- After a years-long FBI investigation into the Antioch police department uncovered a racist texting scandal, some of those officers finally took the stand in a federal ...
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When assassins came to his home, Oakland political operative fired back, then told cops he’d been targeted over criminal probe, police say
OAKLAND — It had all the makings ... Juarez has become a central figure in an ongoing criminal investigation that led to a series of June 20 FBI raids. Federal investigators searched a home ...
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Oakland Woman to Serve 33 Months for Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Using Stolen Identities
April 1, 2025 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Kari Marie Russo was sentenced on Monday to 33 months and one day in federal prison for submitting numerous fraudulent unemployment insurance claims using stolen ...