San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District

The Best and Worst of Outside Lands 2013

Outside Lands went down at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park this weekend; it was frigid and there were transportation headaches, but the music made it well worth it. Here's the best and worst of the weekend:

Fruitvale Station Makes a Man Out of a Martyr

Earthquake Warning System Worked During Anza 4.7 (VIDEO)

The prototype earthquake-warning system we told you about almost a year ago really works. It wasn't its first time in action, but Monday's SoCal Anza earthquake put the Caltech-USGS "Shake Alert" system to a high-profile test. The system's alarm bells rang and as many as 30 seconds warning came to ... More >>

Earthquake Warning System Is Running in Los Angeles, But Only A Few Are Hooked Up

What if we were to tell you that L.A. has an earthquake warning system that pretty much works, but that only a few folks will get the precious alerts? It's true. The U.S. Geological Survey's prototype "Shake Alert" system has been running since January. It can theoretically warn you as much as 90 ... More >>

$100 Billion Bullet Train

Democrats fray as cost skyrockets, feds bail, and Amtrak starts to look good

Kelly Thomas Beating Death Prompts Hacker Group Anonymous to Target Fullerton Police Website

Alex Stouffer​Update: So far no sign of a Fullerton police website take-down, but the group was busy shutting down a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) website up north today. First posted at 11:27 p.m. Saturday. The hacker group Anonymous has announced that it would take down the Fullerton Police ... More >>

Rodney King Beating: 20 Years Later, Here Are 5 More Violent California Cops Caught on Video

Before there were cell phones​Today's the 20th anniversary of L.A.'s infamous brush with rock bottom: The 1991 brutal police beating of Rodney King, an act of unabashed racism by a group of four white LAPD officers whose 1992 "not guilty" verdicts gave way to the devastating L.A. riots. As th ... More >>

Former BART Officer Receives Two-Year Sentence For Killing of Oscar Grant

San Francisco ChronicleFormer transit cop Johannes Mehserle received the lighter sentence​ Supporters of slain Oakland resident Oscar Grant expressed anger over the sentencing of former transit police officer Johannes Mehserle, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for shooting the una ... More >>

Bay Area Transit Officer Johannes Mehserle Convicted Of Involuntary Manslaughter

​[Updated at 5:46 p.m.]: Oakland police in riot gear faced off against protesters in the Bay Area city early Thursday evening following an involuntary manslaughter guilty verdict for former Bay Area Transit Officer Johannes Mehserle, who was tried in Los Angeles. Supporters and member's of the ... More >>

Reduced Bail For Transit Cop Accused Of Murder Denied

​A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Friday denied a request to reduce the bail of a Bay Area transit cop accused of murder in a high-profile case that was moved to L.A. Johannes Mehserle can remain free on bail but he's not getting a discount, the judge ruled. The 28-year-old white man is acc ... More >>

Hearing Friday For Bay Area Transit Cop Charged In Shooting Of Unarmed Man

​The white Bay Area Rapid Transit officer charged in the shooting of an unarmed African-American man will get his first hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday morning. Johannes Mehserle is expected to appear in Los Angeles County Superior Court downtown for a pretrial hearing that will for ... More >>

Protesters Show Up At Hearing Of Bay Area Transit Cop Who Shot Unarmed Man

​The murder trial of white Bay Area Rapid Transit cop Johannes Mehserle was moved to Los Angeles because of concerns about the high-level of emotion and strong opinions surrounding his New Year's Day 2009 shooting of an unarmed black man on an Oakland subway platform, but the change of venue d ... More >>

BART Officer's Shooting Trial Could Come To L.A.

The trial of a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer accused of murdering an arrestee could come to Los Angeles after a state's Administrative Office of the Courts suggested the move following a judge's ruling that the suspect probably can't get a fair jury in Alameda County.BART​ Johannes Me ... More >>

No Trivial Pursuit

Happyness evokes Capra while examining underbelly of American Dream

Bart Wars

U.S. Pissed Office

Back to Bataan

A brief history of one of the thousands of DIY singles released in 1979

More Endorsements

¡El Gran Espectáculo!

Fast Track

I got railroaded and now I’m hooked