KCBS In Depth: BART Strike, Transit and The Bay Bridge
Steve Hemminger, executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, on the BART strike, the Bay Bridge bolt fix and where alternative transit solutions stand in the Bay Area.
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Steve Hemminger, executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, on the BART strike, the Bay Bridge bolt fix and where alternative transit solutions stand in the Bay Area.
As the BART strike got under way Monday morning, AC Transit—which is embroiled in its own labor dispute—provided extra service between the East Bay and San Francisco to help bridge the gap for commuters, a spokesman said.
Most city of Oakland services were stopped Monday because of a one-day strike by unions representing 2,470 city employees.
A project to install a fiber broadband network system in San Francisco Municipal Railway's subway tunnel is being postponed until further notice due to the strike by BART workers.
Two people who were slain in Aptos over the weekend have been identified as the father and mother of the man arrested for their murders.
Yahoo acquired San Jose startup Bignoggins to help boost the Sunnyvale Internet company's suite of mobile apps and services.
State officials have suspended the license of the pilot in charge of the boat that side swiped the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last year for five months.
Zynga says its CEO, Mark Pincus, is stepping down to be replaced by Don Mattrick, the head of Microsoft's Xbox business.
With BART service shut down, ridesharing services were working to keep up with increased demand Monday.
The San Francisco Bay Ferry saw three times its normal ridership at Jack London Square in Oakland Monday morning because of the BART strike, a ferry spokesman said.
A 4-year-old boy was drowned in a community swimming pool at a San Jose mobile home park on Friday.
A new state law banning the possession or sale of shark fins took effect Monday although local Chinese neighborhood groups continued to fight the legislation in federal court and are holding a noon rally in Oakland's Chinatown.
Authorities say two women died and two men had to be rescued after a wave swept them into the water at a Santa Cruz-area beach.
The California Independent System Operator has issued a Flex Alert for Northern California for Monday and Tuesday, and is asking consumers to reduce their energy use because of anticipated high demand.
