After the third rail near the South Hayward station lost power at around 10 a.m., affecting Hayward, South Hayward, Union City, and Fremont lines, service has been restored and Bart is running swimmingly. According to PG&E officials "the cause of the outage was not immediately known." But you just know someone touched the third rail, which you're never, ever supposed to do.......

A power outage has affected the Hayward-Fremont Bart line. Hayward, South Hayward, Union City, and Fremont are all feeling the powerlessness, and Bart is "currently working on setting up a bus bridge." In a shocking turn of events, even 511 has info on the outage.......

Never having to drive through this again? Sob. The East Bay and South Bay (more or less) are vying to be one of the destination points that will send travelers from SF to LA in 2½ hours. (Can you imagine? You're watch HSM and HSM2 on your iPhone and -- poof! -- you're kicking it in LA!) Over 700 miles of track would be devoted to getting you from SF to LA in record......

A friend of SFist emailed us and asked if we could put up some information about her friend's missing mother. Please call if you see the woman pictured above, or if you have any information that can help. Dear SFist people, My friend Daisy's mom has been missing since yesterday morning and we cannot find her. She was last seen at her husband's house in Sacramento. She has dementia and diabetes but does not......

There was a huge and spectacular fire at an abandoned warehouse on Treasure Island early Thursday morning. The SFFD let it burn because there was no risk that the fire would spread and it was too dangerous to send people in. They had to use the fire boat (which uses water from the bay) to put out the flames because there wasn't enough water pressure on Treasure Island itself for the hydrants to work. A......

So what's the latest with Purple Gloves? Well, Gavin Newsom's stalker Han Shin is now behind bars, after being arrested last night by the Union City cops. Not for the Gavin shenanigans, mind you -- but because yesterday morning, Shin had driven over to a possible ex's house in San Ramon, and when his ex wasn't there, stormed into the house, stolen several items, and then tried three times to run over one of the......

-Alleged cop killer deemed "non-violent" before he turned violent. -Weather report calls for rain and floods and possible building of arks. -Arnie to undergo surgery today on his broken leg. -Temblor #4 was in Union City. -Father dies on Christmas day fire in the Mission. -Remember all of that big too-doo over Virgin Airlines coming to SFO? Ooops. -Somebody gets their holiday's mixed up and vandalizes a couple of Bay Area cemeteries. -You know......

Bad news to report -- in two unrelated incidents, two people were found on the BART tracks this afternoon. One is dead, and the other uninjured (but in for a psych evaluation). At around 1:25 p.m., BART was informed that the body of a man was seen under a train at the Union City stop. BART halted all trains from South Hayward to Fremont, called the authorities, and set up a bus bridge to all......