Oakland city officials and police said there has been a 33% drop in homicides in Oakland, and zero homicides in the city in October. Mayor Sheng Thao, Assistant Police Chief James Beere and others announced what they described as a drop in homicides at a news conference outside St.

OAKLAND, California — Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price are both leaving office after losing recall elections, the latest sign of voter frustration over local crime concerns.

History has been made in Alameda County and in Oakland as the progressive-minded District Attorney Pamela Price and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao have been recalled by voters in Tuesday's election.

Alameda County voted to recall District Attorney Pamela Price from office, according to the Associated Press, in the latest blow to progressive crime policies in California. Price is the second San Francisco Bay Area prosecutor to be ousted in the last two years after San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin as voter sentiment increasingly favors tough-on-crime policies.

Alameda County voters have approved a recall of District Attorney Pamela Price, the Alameda County Registrar’s Office/Associated Press confirmed Friday night.  Price

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price’s term will end early after voters ousted her in a historic recall that began with opposition to her progressive policies and was propelled by questionable moves and mistakes she made in office.