Starting next week, former Mayor Sheng Thao will appear in Courtroom 1 of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in downtown Oakland to stand trial for bribery and conspiracy.
Oakland residents can expect wall-to-wall coverage of the multi-week case, much of it delving deep into the weeds of the alleged conspiracy.
Readers who haven’t been following the case closely may struggle to keep track of the characters, evidence, allegations, and stakes. So we’ve put together a cheat sheet to help get you grounded in the biggest corruption case in Oakland’s history.
Who are the defendants?
Sheng Thao…