Kamala Harris

It hasn’t always been easy for the Oakland-born vice president. But when Joe Biden announced last week he’s running for reelection, she was front and center in ads, ending speculation he might replace her.

Robert Sapien

San Jose fire chief leaves big questions unanswered after refusing to make public an investigative report about why a bikini-clad woman from the Pink Poodle strip club was riding in an on-duty city fire truck last fall.

John Fisher

Billionaire Oakland A’s owner, whose team has the lowest payroll and worst record in baseball, might get richer moving the A’s to Las Vegas. But the deal still could collapse like his other stadium plans have.