BART announces more trains for holiday weekend starting Wednesday, Nov. 23
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 22 Nov at 9:02am.

Have places to go, people to see this weekend in Oakland and the Bay area?

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BART Blue Sky Festival
Blog entry by Ruth Miller.
Last updated at Wed, 14 Sep at 5:44am.

On Thursday, April 21 - in honor of Earth Day - join BART at its first ever Blue Sky Festival.

The event, which runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Justin Herman Plaza (between Embarcadero BART station and the Ferry Building), will feature dozens of earth-friendly exhibitors with information and organic food giveaways.

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Open letter to SF concerning former patient shot, killed by BART police (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Rupa Maya.
Last updated at Mon, 29 Aug at 7:03am.

Dear San Francisco,

I am one of your local physicians and have taken care of many different kinds of people during the past nine years of my appointment as an internist at UCSF, where I have worked at SF General Hospital as well as at the VA and the UCSF campuses.

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BART cell phone flap raises free speech, public safety issues at Oakland hearing
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Thu, 25 Aug at 12:08am.

When does public safety override the right to free speech?

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Oakland Local’s top stories - Week of Aug. 14-20
Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Mon, 22 Aug at 8:38pm.

Have you heard that it’s about to become much easier to make enriched uranium (fuel for nuclear reactors and bombs)? Did this advance in laser technology make you turn off the national/world news and hide under the covers?

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BART employees 'disturbed' by cell phone service disruption, other mismanagement
Article by Ruth Miller.
Last updated at Sun, 21 Aug at 4:47pm.

Commuters, protestors and BART police have been crowding platforms and headlines, but one central figure in the unfolding BART story has been quiet until now.

This is the tale of the BART station agent and train operator: the members of Amalgamated Transit Union local 1555.

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Hacked! 'Anonymous' hacks BART website, calls for peaceful protest Monday, Aug. 15
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 18 Aug at 6:08am.

Were you one of the people who thought it might be somewhat questionable for BART to ask mobile cell carriers to suspend service on Aug. 11, within BART stations, as a means to contain - and control - a protest? 

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BART demonstrators take over downtown SF stations as promised (SLIDESHOW)
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 16 Aug at 3:52pm.

On Monday evening, the Montgomery, Powell and Civic Center BART stations were all closed at one point, keeping hundreds of commuters within the city while 100 or so protesters spoke out against the transit agency's police department for their behavior in the recent slaying of Charles Hill and for shutting off cell phones on Aug. 11.

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