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CBS News
13-06-2025
- Health
- CBS News
BART service between Berkeley, Richmond halted due to medical emergency
BART service between the Berkeley and Richmond stations Friday morning has been halted due to a medical emergency, officials said. Around 6:50 a.m., the agency announced on social media that service was stopped following reports of a "major medical emergency" outside of the North Berkeley station. Additional details about the emergency were not immediately available. BART service has stopped between Downtown Berkeley and Richmond stations due to a major medical emergency outside of North Berkeley station. AC Transit is providing bus service between Richmond and Berkeley stations. — BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) June 13, 2025 BART said AC Transit is providing bus service between Richmond and Berkeley stations. Friday's incident is the second service disruption due to a medical emergency in as many days. On Thursday morning, an emergency at the Hayward station halted service for two hours between Bayfair and the South Hayward stations. This is a breaking news update. More details to come.
CBS News
20-05-2025
- CBS News
Fire near San Leandro BART station disrupts East Bay service
Bay Area Rapid Transit service in much of the East Bay is being disrupted for the Tuesday morning commute due to an earlier fire on the San Leandro station. According to witnesses, the fire broke out shortly before 5 a.m. Additional details about the fire were not immediately available. Service on multiple lines have been halted as a result. As of 7 a.m., there is no Blue Line, Green Line or Orange Line service between the Lake Merritt station in Oakland, the Berryessa station in North San Jose and the Dublin / Pleasanton station. There is currently no Blue, Green or Orange line service between Lake Merritt, Berryessa and Dublin Stations due to issues related to a fire near San Leandro Station. AC Transit is offering mutual aid between Lake Merritt and Fremont Stations and VTA is providing mutual aid… — BART (@SFBART) May 20, 2025 AC Transit is offering mutual aid between Lake Merritt and Fremont stations and VTA is providing mutual aid between Milpitas and Berryessa stations. Yellow Line and Red Line service is not impacted. This is a breaking news update. More details to come.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Yahoo
Authorities investigate reported firearm incident on AC Transit bus
OAKLAND, Calif. - Authorities are investigating an incident involving a reported firearm on an AC Transit bus in Oakland on Friday. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. on a Tempo Line 1T bus, according to a spokesperson for the transit agency. While officials have not released details about what happened, they confirmed that the bus line was taken out of service near East 12th Street and 11th Avenue. Alameda County sheriff's deputies and AC Transit officials are investigating. Deputies interviewed witnesses at the scene. The Source AC Transit
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Yahoo
Rush hour gun incident on AC Transit probed
(KRON) — An early Friday evening rush hour incident on Alameda-Contra Costa Transit that reportedly involved a firearm is under investigation. 'It was ugly.' Following systemwide BART outage, transit advocates raise red flags AC Transit said deputies with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office arrived on the scene just before 4 p.m. Friday in the area of East 12th Street and 11th Avenue. The incident involved a Tempo Line 1T bus that remains out of service at the location, said the transit agency in a statement to KRON4. No injuries have been reported. The circumstances surrounding the incident are not yet clear. The sheriff's office continues to interview witnesses at the scene. This story will be updated. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
As deadline looms, Sen. Scott Wiener introduces bill to fund Bay Area transit
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — With a crucial deadline for a vote on potentially service cuts to SF Muni looming, State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced a bill to provide funding to Bay Area transit systems. The legislation, SB 63, would provide long-term, stable funding to BART, Muni, AC Transit and Caltrain by leveraging a multi-county revenue measure. Counties included in the ballot measure are Contra Costa, Alameda and San Francisco. Sen. Wiener said they are also working with San Mateo County to also opt in in the coming months. The measure would propose a sales tax to support transit and stave off service cuts. VTA announces new offer to union employees as strike enters 3rd week According to Sen. Wiener, the measure would solve BART and AC Transit's funding shortfall and contribute significantly to Muni's budget shortfall. If San Mateo County opts in, it would also contribute significantly to Caltrain's shortfall. 'If we do nothing, major systems (BART, Muni, AC Transit, Caltrain) will be forced into massive service cuts,' said Wiener in a post on Reddit. 'That would be horrific for San Francisco and the Bay Area as a whole.' Public transit in the Bay Area has struggled to recover in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With more workers working remotely, BART ridership has yet to rebound to pre-pandemic ridership numbers. 'Service has gotten better — but work remains,' Wiener said. The bill, which was co-authored by State Sen. Jesse Arreguin (D-Berkeley) comes just a week ahead of a vote by the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency Board of Directors vote. On April 1, the board is expected to vote on summer service cuts that would see service reduced on several SFMTA lines. 'Transit in the Bay Area isn't optional,' Wiener said. 'It's part of our region's lifeblood. It's essential to our economy. Without it, a huge number of people won't be able to get to work or school and traffic congestion will get much worse. We know what it'll take to stop these service cuts and we're working to get that done.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
