Oakland 'hella proud' as Harris joins Biden - despite progressives' misgivings

Bay Area residents hail their hometown hero's spot on the Democratic ticket, though some feel 'cognitive dissonance' over her record The mayor of Oakland rang in Tuesday's news that Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate with a bit of hometown slang: "Hella proud," Libby Schaaf tweeted. The historic selection of the California senator to a major party's presidential ticket - Harris is the first woman of Black and south-east Asian descent to run for vice-president - was cause for home...