SF News Mentally Ill Man Accused In BART-Shoving Death Had Cycled In and Out of Criminal Justice System For Two Decades The mentally ill homeless man who stands accused of killing a 74-year-old woman at the Powell Street BART Station in July remains hospitalized and has not entered a plea. And now the Chronicle has dug into this criminal record, which is extensive.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: New BART Fare Gates Installed at 16th & Mission Bay Area fire departments are setting up "strike teams" to prepare for possible wind-fueled fires; Aaron Peskin shoots back at Michael Moritz's op-ed; and those new BART fare gates have come to 16th & Mission Station.
SF News Three-Day Work Weeks Are Hammering BART Financially, But Muni Just Had Its Highest-Ridership Month In Four Years The BART system continues its ridership dregs due to remote work and persistent three-day work weeks, and it may come begging for a tax increase, but Muni just scored its highest monthly ridership numbers since before the pandemic.
SF News New Glass Canopies at Several Market Street BART Station Entrances Smashed By Vandals A dozen glass panels, part of the new canopies at the entrances to Powell, Civic Center and other stations were smashed last weekend, only months after their initial installation.
SF News Officials Raise Serious Safety Concerns Over BART-to-San Jose Design, Because Boy Does This Seem Like a Lot of Stairs Riders would have to climb the equivalent of eight flights of stairs in an emergency under the current design of the proposed BART-to-San Jose stations, and some officials are waving red flags that this is not feasible emergency planning.
SF News BART Touts Double-Digit Drop In Crime The BART system has seen a significant drop in crime so far this year compared to the same period last year, and BART wants everyone to know about it.
SF News Power Issue On BART's Red Line In San Francisco Causes Major Delays BART was reporting significant delays and disruption Monday morning due to a power issue affecting the tracks between Balboa Park and Daly City, which led to the complete suspension of Red Line service.
SF News City of Berkeley Approves Deal With BART for New Housing Development at Ashby Station Berkeley's city council this week voted to approve a long-delayed deal to authorize BART to move forward with building hundreds of new housing units on the parking lot property at Ashby Station.
SF News BART’s New ‘Evasion-Proof’ Fare Gates Apparently Not Completely Evasion-Proof The supposedly unjumpable new BART fare gates are certainly deterring fare evasion, but some determined scofflaws are still finding ways to get through them without paying.
SF News 50 Years Ago Today, BART's Transbay Tube Opened For Business It's been 50 years since BART began shuttling passengers under the Bay between Oakland and San Francisco. And with a recent seismic retrofit of the Transbay Tube complete, the agency is celebrating the big anniversary today.
SF News Day Around the Bay: BART Bringing Those ‘Evasion-Proof’ Fare Gates to 24th Street Station Next Week 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk just ended his holdout; Scott Wiener’s controversial AI safety bill has passed the state legislature; and they’ll begin installing BART’s jump-proof fare gates at 24th Street station starting Tuesday.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: East Bay BART Station Briefly Shut Down Over Weapon A person brandishing a weapon caused a major disruption at West Dublin/Pleasanton Station; the Kremlin is trying to calm fears about Telegram; and an SF homeless advocate says latest encampment sweeps aren't helping.
SF News Disabled Train In Transbay Tube Causes Delays on BART A BART alert Tuesday morning said that there were delays on BART in the East Bay direction out of SF due to a disabled train in the Transbay Tube.
SF News Day Around the Bay: BART Electrical Fire Caused Serious Damage SFPD releases footage of fatal officer-involved shooting; BART's electrical fire on Saturday caused extensive damage; and Big Lots is closing 50 stores in California.
SF News Sunday Links: Delays and Disruptions In BART System Following Electrical Fire BART service was stopped at four Oakland stations and there were delays throughout the system extending into Sunday; the Park Fire is now 12% contained; and SF health officials are advising indoor masking again.
SF News BART Installing the Evasion-Proof Fare Gates Throughout Civic Center Station, Starting Today Heads up, gate-hoppers: BART is installing their supposedly evasion-proof Next Generation Fare Gates at Civic Center Station starting today, hoping to stem fare evasion at one of their most notorious stations.
SF News Charges Filed Against Suspected BART Station Kidnapper On Friday, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that charges had been filed in the case of an alleged kidnapping of a 17-year-old girl that took place at a BART station last week.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Teen Found Safe After SF BART Station Kidnapping A 17-year-old girl was reportedly kidnapped from the Powell Street BART station Tuesday night; the Bohemian Club is facing another lawsuit from employees; and the Pelosis have been buying up Nvidia stock.
SF News BART Murder Suspect Undergoes Psych Evaluation, Misses Court Date A man accused of shoving a woman into a BART train last week and causing her death was missing from a scheduled court appearance Monday morning due to hospitalization.
SF News Suspect In BART-Shove Killing Charged With Murder The 49-year-old homeless man suspected of pushing a 74-year-old woman into an oncoming BART train Monday night has been formally charged with murder.
SF News 74-Year-Old Woman Killed After Being Pushed Into Oncoming BART Train In SF, Homeless Male Suspect Arrested An elderly woman was allegedly pushed toward an oncoming train Monday night at Powell Street Station, hitting her head and landing on the platform.
SF News BART Offering 'Most Robust Service Ever' For Pride Sunday BART is planning to run trains every five minutes through San Francisco starting Sunday morning, in what it says is its "most robust service ever" for San Francisco's Pride Parade.
SF News Derailed Maintenance Vehicle Leads to BART Delays, Emergency Track Work A BART maintenance vehicle derailed early Wednesday near 19th Street Station in Oakland, and this has led to some emergency work and the halting of some service out of Richmond.
SF News BART Track Work to Cause Suspension In Service Between 24th Street and Daly City This weekend, June 1 to 2, there will be no BART service — as in no trains running, bus bridge instead — between 24th Street & Mission Station and Daly City, so plan accordingly.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: BART Experiences Major Service Outage In East Bay BART's Orange and Red lines were halted due to an equipment problem Friday morning; the Port of Oakland is countersuing SF over the airport name-change drama; and UCLA may have to pay "Calimony" to UC Berkeley.
