California
After a successful test in 2021, Oakland is expanding a program to give residents and workers prepaid cards for use on public transit.
July 12, 2024
A man was transported to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
June 25, 2022
Letters to the Editor
Readers weigh in on the entertainment bigwigs withholding campaign donations because they don’t think President Biden can beat Trump.
July 9, 2024
Police are searching for a gunman who shot and critically wounded a man onboard a BART train in Oakland on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Aug. 26, 2022
Passengers aboard a train headed to San Jose did not notice that a man died during the trip, and he was only discovered several hours later at the end of the line, authorities said.
Aug. 2, 2022
BART officials said staff were investigating what caused the incident. About 50 passengers were evacuated.
June 21, 2022
BART orders a key partner, San Francisco-based engineering firm PGH Wong, to stop all work pending a conflict of interest review.
Feb. 4, 2022
A Bay Area Rapid Transit manager who helped make several contracts may have a financial interest in the firm that won the jobs, a watchdog says.
April 9, 2022
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will review a transit officer’s involvement in Grant’s shooting death at an Oakland train station
Aug. 17, 2021
The woman boarded the train while tethered to her dog, but stepped off to wave at someone. The train doors closed with the dog still inside.
Sept. 15, 2021