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.

Recall campaigns in the East Bay to oust Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price appear to have won by wide margins in unofficial results updated Wednesday morning.