The bid to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao passed by a nearly two-to-one margin on Tuesday night. Unofficial final election results released early Wednesday by Alameda County showed 65.1% of voters in favor of recalling Thao, the labor-backed progressive ...

The effort to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is now in the hands of voters, less than two years since she assumed office.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was recalled Tuesday in a landslide amid voter discontent over the city’s rising crime rate, according