Federal agents carried out an early-morning raid Thursday at the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao as part of a widespread sting that included two properties connected to a recycling company owned by a politically influential family. 

Agents were heard “banging” on the mayor’s door around 6 a.m., neighbor Maribel Sainez told Politico. The raid woke up most of the quiet streets in Oakland’s Lincoln Highlands neighborhood. 

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