SF News Why Was The Interim Oakland Police Chief Canned So Quickly? There is a lot of instability right now in our community which is bringing us together on the issue of gun... https://t.co/T9EzHvpiOW— D Mendoza Consulting (@Champ4Justice) June 16, 2016 Yesterday's
SF News BART Settles Case For $1.35M Involving Former Model Whose Face Got Slammed To Ground By Cops A very drunken St. Patrick's Day in 2014 turned into a incident of excessive force at the hands of BART police according to a lawsuit that was just settled by BART earlier this
SF News Door-Banger Snarls Wednesday Morning BART Commute A man who was allegedly making a fuss on BART as it traveled through San Francisco has been detained this morning, after his disturbing behavior delayed trains and sent police to the scene.
SF News Fear Of Overreach Keeps BART Board From Passing Fines For Seat Hogs You can still lounge to your heart's content across an entire row of BART seats — at least for now. The vote on whether or not to impose fines of up to $500 on
SF News BART Director Proposes $500 Fine For Seat Hogs Loungers, luggage-bearers, and other folks who spread out into more than one seat beware: If BART Director Joel Keller has his way, seat hogs might soon face fines of as much as $500.
SF News Will $10,000 Bounty Help Police Find The West Oakland BART Train Shooter? Nearly a month after a man was shot and killed while riding BART, it appears the police are no nearer to finding his killer. Will a cash reward help develop a lead to
SF News Suspicious Man At Hayward BART Allegedly Shoots Cop, Then A Body Is Found In His Van Two BART cops went to question a suspicious and nervous-seeming man outside a parking structure at the Hayward BART station on Christmas morning after seeing him walking away from a U-Haul with a
SF News BART Police To Seek Attempted Murder Charges For Man Who Allegedly Shot Himself On West Oakland Platform Just witnessed a shooting at West Oakland Bart station. 2 police men. 1 black man. pic.twitter.com/GijZ40ARq3— Akshay Dodeja (@dodeja) September 2, 2015 BART police announced Wednesday that they plan on
SF News Man Claims BART Police Shot Him At West Oakland Station Tuesday Night, But Cops Say He Shot Himself He was also tazed. I heard a pop then saw man on ground with 2 cops on him. Man yelled "they shot me.. They shot me" pic.twitter.com/TqLaDMeW4M— Akshay Dodeja (@dodeja)
SF News Model Whose Face Was Slammed To The Ground During Arrest Now Suing BART, Oakland Police An extra-drunken St. Patrick's Day led to one San Francisco woman getting slammed to the ground by BART police, her face severely bloodied, four bones in her face broken, and two teeth damaged.
SF News Video: Tasered By BART Police, Man Files Federal Civil Rights Suit A parolee who was shocked twice with a Taser by a BART police officer onboard a train at the San Bruno Station has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking unspecified damages. The
SF News BART Stations: A Power (And Beauty) Ranking BART is about compromise. This station is cleaner, that one more convenient; this one has parking, that one is closer to home. Some stations reflect their surroundings, some had more money put into
SF News Woman Arrested At Civic Center Station After Allegedly Harming Child On BART If you were riding BART during rush hour Monday night, you might have heard about some delays at Embarcadero Station due to "police activity." People who follow BART's automated alert twitter feed know
SF News Homeless Advocates Protest As BART Continues To Roust Homeless From Powell Station Hallways As we reported back in July, BART recently began cracking down on the homeless situation in Powell Station. In particular they're citing, and rousting, people trying to sleep in the station's long hallways,
SF News BART Service Resumes After Dead Body Is Discovered On Tracks [Updated] BART service was shut down for hours Monday between their East Bay stations of Pleasant Hill and Pittsburg/Bay Point while their police officers investigated reports of "blood and possible human remains" on
SF News Video: Apparently Disturbed Woman Roughed Up By BART Police In Dramatic Scene [Updated] This series of three videos came in via the tip line over the weekend and they appear to show a talkative, allegedly mentally disturbed woman getting some rough treatment at the hands of
SF News BART Used To Shut Your Cell Phone Off, Now They Want It On And Reporting Crimes Though BART police have come under fire for failing to respond swiftly to station issues like the naked acrobat, they're promising riders that if they use their new crime-reporting app, BART Watch, the
SF News Day Around the Bay: Murdoch Takes Stab At Google Crazy old man Rupert Murdoch takes stab at Google privacy concerns in one of the greatest pot-kettle-black moments of recent Twitter history. [SF Business Times] Michael Bauer is already contemplating additions to next
SF News BART Cops Will Now Begin Harassing Homeless People In Powell Station Per a press release from BART police regarding "evacuation safety," BART has launched a policy effective today that will no longer permit anyone to lie down or even sit with feet extended in
SF News Mehserle Back In Court: "I Felt Sick" As we mentioned last week, the Bay Area's most headline-grabbing BART cop of 2009 and 2010, is back in court and once again showing remorse over the killing of Oscar Grant III on
SF News Man Spotted Having Sex With BART Seat Convicted For Lewdness According to a state appeals court, 28-year-old transit lover Leslie Bailey was rightfully convicted of misdemeanor lewd acts when he was spotted getting busy with a BART seat last year. Bailey was cleared
SF News It's Just A Drill: BART Conducting Security Exercises Friday If you see cops, TSA agents, and other law enforcement officers scrambling during your morning commute Friday, don't worry, it's (probably) not a disaster. According to BART spokesperson Luna Salaver, on Friday morning,
SF News Woman Recovers Stolen Bike Via Sting With Help Of BART Police A woman whose $900 bike was stolen from one of the racks outside Macarthur Station in Oakland managed to get it back with some help from BART police, and get the thief arrested.
SF News BART Police Creating Smartphone App For Reporting Bad Behavior Dirty business is not uncommon on BART, unfortunately. So BART Police would like to make it easier for you, the smartphone-carrying, eagle-eyed public transit rider to report any crimes, illegal activity, or suspicious
SF News BART Experiencing Major Delays Due To Police Activity [Updates] They had to "key open" the front door to let people off BART. Still shut down pic.twitter.com/LW5EB21vLM— Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) February 27, 2014 BART trains in both directions were sacked