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Police say that a demonstration involving dozens of student protesters who had occupied a building on the University of California, Berkeley campus has dispersed.
A few hours after protests ended at one Bay Area Rapid Transit station in San Francisco on Thursday, vandals destroyed machines and sprayed graffiti at another BART station across the city, an agency spokeswoman said.
More than 20 protesters were arrested at San Francisco's Powell Street station Thursday evening at a rally organized by a group whose goal is to disband the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department.
Hundreds of workers gathered in front of Hyatt properties in Santa Clara and San Francisco to protest working conditions and a lack of affordable health care.
As one protest group prepped for its fourth consecutive Monday protest at the Civic Center Bay Area Rapid Transit station Monday evening, another activist organization announced plans for a demonstration against BART police on Thursday.
BART advised passengers to be prepared for possible stations closures during the Monday evening commute if protesters once again try to disrupt train service.
We are learning more about the 35 who people were arrested during Monday evening's BART protest, which shut down two downtown San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit stations at several points throughout the roving demonstration.
Police Chief Kenton Rainey said that arrests will continue if protesters continue to gather on station platforms at future demonstrations.
Leaders of the San Francisco Bay Area's transit agency said they may adopt a policy allowing police to turn off wireless communications on train platforms but only in extreme public safety circumstances. The board of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system held a special public meeting Wednesday to discuss the issue.
BART directors were set to hold a special meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the transit agency's decision to shut down cellphone service at stations in an effort to thwart a planned protest.
The group Anonymous said they already plan to hold another protest next Monday and will continue to do so until they "get what they want."
A protest prompted BART to close Civic Center and Powell Street stations in San Francisco several times Monday evening.
Bay Area Rapid Transit officials are again warning passengers of a possible service delay during the Monday evening commute through San Francisco on word of a planned protest at the Civic Center station.
With the threat of another disruptive protest looming, BART officials issued a letter to BART customers Saturday defending BART's decision to interrupt cellphone service to prevent a protest on Aug. 11, and announcing that the issue would be discussed at a board meeting Wednesday.
Recent protests of the BART system have been fueled by computer hackings and street demonstrations by a group known as Anonymous. One man who claims to be a part of the clandestine "hactivist" squad agreed to talk to CBS 5.
The union representing train operators and station agents said there is a lack of communication and no plan in place to deal with the numerous issues that BART has faced over the last month.
The Federal Communications Commission is opening an investigation into the Bay Area Rapid Transit's shutdown of cell service in order to disrupt a planned protest.
A CBS 5 poll released Monday night found that a majority of the public in the Bay Area backed the transit agency's decision to cut off cellphone service.
Dozen of protesters gathered on a Bay Area Rapid Transit platforms in downtown San Francisco on Monday evening in response to the agency's interruption of cellphone service to prevent another protest last week.
A Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman defended Monday the agency's interruption of cellphone service to prevent a protest from happening at train stations in downtown San Francisco last week.
Bay Area Rapid Transit prepared for renewed protests Monday, a day after hackers broke into a BART user website and posted contact information for more than 2,000 customers.
BART's myBART website has been breached, including the release of thousands of user names, email addresses, passwords and other personal information.
The decision by Bay Area Rapid Transit officials to interrupt wireless service at several downtown San Francisco stations Thursday in an attempt to disrupt possible protest plans has drawn more and more criticism.
Cellphone service was cut off at several San Francisco BART stations on Thursday, all in an effort to quell a potential demonstration and protest.
A planned protest at the Bay Area Rapid Transit Service's Civic Center station over the shooting of a man last month failed to materialize during Thursday's commute.
