BART workers heard over radio expressing concern after incident with train
On Tuesday, a BART train leaving SFO suddenly accelerated and then slammed on its brakes repeatedly. BART employees were heard talking about the incident over radio airwaves as they expressed future concern for passengers on board. Radio traffic captured the concern just after 8 a.m., as a BART train was...
Riders Stuck on eBART Train In Pittsburg for Over an Hour After Break Failure
BART's been having a bad run of system breakdowns and mechanical troubles the past couple months, and Thursday morning brought a new one which stranded a small group of BART riders for over an hour. The incident occurred on the eBART extension, which is a small extension train in Contra...
State flood supplies arrive in North Bay as officials prepare for potential El Niño...
At state warehouses, millions of sandbags and other flood-fighting supplies are being staged for rapid deployment. Marin County Public Works officials say the materials will supplement an already extensive local inventory as communities prepare for winter storms and unusually high King tides.
Bay Area singer to play homecoming shows after breakout year
Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Kehlani is set to perform at Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheatre as part of her self-titled world tour next month.
‘Fake delivery driver’ burglary scheme caught on camera at Milpitas home
A Milpitas resident is speaking out after thieves used an Amazon disguise to target her home and steal a safe filled with irreplaceable family heirlooms and legal documents worth more than $70,000.
A historic Bay Area post office is reborn as a glamorous restaurant with Michelin...
A historic, Art Deco-style post office from the 1940’s has been reborn as a swanky restaurant in the Bay Area. Here’s a look inside.
Mormon church real estate arm buys South Bay apartments in cash deal
MOUNTAIN VIEW — A real estate unit of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought a Mountain View apartment complex for $296.7 million, documents filed on Sept. 23 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office show. Property Reserve, through an affiliate, acquired The Village Residences in...
Abandoned boats hauled away from Oakland estuary with $3.2M
Several boats were removed from the Oakland Estuary on Thursday as part of an ongoing shoreline cleanup initiative funded by a $3.2 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Oakland Police Chief James Beere said at a news conference that the cleanup has resulted in arrests, and that...
Measure FF: Adding foreclosures to Oakland’s real estate transfer tax
When the average person buys a home, or a business buys a commercial property or apartment building, they pay what’s called a real estate transfer tax — and so does whoever is selling the place. But not all transfers of property trigger this tax. When city leaders originally designed Oakland’s real estate transfer tax,
Bay Area traffic could double if transit measures fail, report finds
Bay Area residents who frequently travel across the Bay Bridge may see their commutes nearly double if the region's transit systems fail to secure new funding and instead enter a "fiscal death spiral," a new report finds. The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) released a report on Tue
