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| Nov. 5 |
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Mehserle Sentencing. BART Police Shooting
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| Jul. 17 |
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BART Police Shoot Knife-Wielding Man 
Map Fruitvale: A knife-wielding man was killed in a shooting involving Oakland and BART police officers. Officers said the man charged at the officers
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| Jul. 12 |
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9 Charged In BART Verdict Protests Oakland: Prosecutors have filed charges against people who were arrested during protests following the verdict for a white former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer
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| Jul. 11 |
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Uncle Of Victim Rejects Letter Of Apology Oakland: The uncle of Oscar Grant, the unarmed man fatally shot by Johannes Mehserle, has harsh words to describe a letter of apology
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| Jul. 9 |
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Dellums 'Proud' Of Response To Verdict. Oakland City Hall
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Businesses Clean Up After Verdict Protests Oakland Downtown: Business owners swept up broken glass and scrubbed graffiti, as Oakland recovered from protests that splintered into rioting and looting
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| Jul. 8 |
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Verdict protests take a violent turn Map Oakland Downtown: Protests sparked by the involuntary manslaughter verdict in the murder trial of a former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer Johannes Mehserle
| A crowd of people broke windows and forced their way into the Foot Locker store after sunset and began taking items. A jewelry store was also ransacked. Police have made more than 50 arrests
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| Jun.30 |
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Apparent Suicide Attempt Causes BART Delays |
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| Jun.2 |
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Jury Selection For BART Shooting Trial. BART Police Shooting
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| May.16 |
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Teen Boy Shot At BART Station |
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| May.2 |
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Ex-BART Cop Lawyer Lays Out Strategy |
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| Apr.22 |
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BART Fires 2nd Officer In Grant Case Tony Pirone, involved in the videotaped shooting death of an unarmed man last year, has been fired
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| Apr.15 |
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Officers To Have More Stun Gun Training |
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| Apr.8 |
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BART shooting protesters disrupt commute. SF Downtown
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| Mar.26 |
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BART Case Lawyer Wants Cops On Jury. BART Police Shooting
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| Feb.21 |
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BART halted between Concord and Pl. Hill |
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| Feb.13 |
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Feds Deny $70M For Airport Connector
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| Feb.5 |
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Victim's Lawyer May Back Out Of Deal. Oakland
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| Jan.27 |
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BART To Settle Over Shooting BART officials have agreed to make a $1.5 million settlement payment in the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant by a BART police officer
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| Dec.29 |
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BART To Appoint Interim Police Chief
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| Dec.9 |
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BART Train Derails In Oakland Tunnel. Oakland Downtown
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| Nov.24 |
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Taped BART suspect facing misdemeanors |
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| Nov.22 |
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Cop, Passenger Injured During Arrest. West Oakland
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| Nov.19 |
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BART Shooting Trial To Be Held In L.A. Oakland: Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson: The trial of Johannes Mehserle will be held in Southern California
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| Oct.31 |
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BART To Run 24-hours For Bridge Closure |
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| Oct.16 |
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Change Of Venue Granted In BART Case Oakland: A judge agreed to move the trial for a former police officer charged in the killing of an unarmed man because of the extensive publicity the...
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| Oct.9 |
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Change Of Venue Hearing In BART Case. Oakland
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| Oct.6 |
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Expert: knowledge of shooting widespread |
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| Oct.1 |
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BART Promising Changes In Police Dept. In a special meeting board of directors said they would develop a plan to make changes in training, procedures in the department
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| Sep.25 |
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Venue Hearing In BART Shooting Delayed. Oakland
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| Aug.25 |
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Final BART Union Approves Contract The threat of a strike appears to have been eliminated with members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 voting in approval of an agreeme...
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| Aug.18 |
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Report Critical Of BART Police In Shooting. Oakland
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| Aug.16 |
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No Strike; New Deal Reached| Officials said that a tentative agreement was reached in the labor dispute that threatened to cripple public transit during Monday's commute | |
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BART, Union Negotiations Down To Wire |
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| Aug.15 |
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Rail Union, Management Resume Talks
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| Aug.14 |
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No New Talks To Avert Monday Strike |
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| Aug.13 |
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Strike set for Sunday night The board of directors voted unanimously to unilaterally implement terms and conditions of employment for members of one of its largest unions
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3rd Union Takes Deal, But Strike Looms |
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| Aug.11 |
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Unions Split Over Contract Approval The union representing train operators and station agents, Amalgamated Transit Union, rejected a proposal, raising the possibility of a strike
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| Aug.10 |
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Largest Union Ratifies New Contract
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| Jul.31 |
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BART, Unions Announce Deal, Avoid Strike BART and its 3 largest labor unions reached a tentative agreement on a new 4-year contract after a marathon 27-hour session
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| Jul.23 |
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Lawyer Wants Murder Charge Tossed. Oakland
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| Jul.9 |
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Unions Say They Will Not Strike Friday
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| Jun.22 |
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Forums In Aftermath Of Jan. 1 Shooting
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| Jun.8 |
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Baby Found In Car At BART Station Dies |
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| Jun.4 |
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Mehserle to stand trial for Grant's murder |
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| May.19 |
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Witnesses: cop surprised after gunshot. Oakland
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| May.7 |
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BART Looks At Paying By Cell Phone |
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| Apr.10 |
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Fare Hike, Service Cuts Considering
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| Mar.22 |
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BART officer murder case to be delayed |
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| Feb.20 |
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BART Holdup Victim Kills Robber |
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Fatal Stabbing In BART Parking Lot |
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1 Killed, 2 Hurt In Shooting Near BART |
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| Feb.18 |
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State legislators introduce BART police bill |
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| Feb.6 |
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Ex-BART Officer Released On Bond |
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| Feb.3 |
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13 Hurt After BART Trains Collide. Oakland Downtown
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| Feb.1 |
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Lawyer: cop who hit victim was provoked |
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| Jan.30 |
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BART Cop Remains Jailed |
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| Jan.27 |
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Civil rights lawyer takes on shooting case. Oakland
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| Jan.25 |
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BART investigating video of cop punching |
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| Jan.13 |
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BART Officer Arrested As Protests Loom. Oakland
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DA under pressure in train station death |
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| Jan.10 |
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Att. Gen. assigns prosecutor to BART case |
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| Jan.9 |
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2nd Night Of Violent BART Protests |
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| Jan.8 |
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Over 100 Arrested In Shooting Protest Map| Oakland Downtown: The unruly demonstration spurred by the Jan. 1 shooting death of Oscar Grant III at the hands of BART police officer | |
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| Jan.7 |
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Violent BART Shooting Protest |
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| Jan.4 |
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Family of man slain by officer to sue |
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| Jan.3 |
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Home Video Surfaces Of BART Shooting |
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| Jan.1 |
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Police Fatally Shoot Man At BART Station Map| Fruitvale: Police confronted several young men at the Fruitvale station departing from SF train and were trying to restrain 22-year-old Oscar Grant. Police detained a number of people for questioning after the shooting and shut down the station to collect physical evidence. Later a protest ove... | |
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| Nov.30 |
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BART Opponents Demand Recount San Jose: Opponents of a measure that would increase the sales tax in the county to help pay for an extension are suing for a partial recount of the v...
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| Nov.21 |
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Baby born at BART station |
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| Sep.12 |
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BART to Charge More During Peak Hours |
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| Jun.27 |
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'Suspicious Package' Closes BART Station |
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| Jun.20 |
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BART mug suggestion |
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| May.12 |
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Delays expected as repair work done
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| May.10 |
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Fires disrupts BART at East Bay stations Hayward: At least 2 electrical fires at a substation have disrupted BART service in the Hayward, South Hayward, Union City and Fremont BART stations
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| Jan.30 |
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BART tests cell phone fare payments |
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| Dec.8 |
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BART fares to go up in January |
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| Nov.28 |
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BART To Lease Space To Peet's Coffee |
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| Oct.28 |
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BART station closed to deter Halloween |
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| Jun.20 |
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BART To Unveil 50-Year Expansion Plan
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| Jun.14 |
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Sweeping Upgrades Promised In Budget |
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| May.1 |
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Transp. Leaders Encourage Mass Transit |
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| Mar.23 |
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BART Wants TV For Rider Updates |
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| Jan.29 |
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4 Shot at BART Station; Service Halted |
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| Nov.1 |
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Feds Approve BART Extension |
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| Oct.15 |
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Smart Card System Rolled Out |
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| Oct.9 |
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Ridership Reaches Record |
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| Sep.18 |
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BART: One Fare Fits All |
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| Aug.22 |
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People Found Under Trains |
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| Aug.9 |
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New Explosive-Detection Dogs |
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| Jul.17 |
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Spare The Air Leads To Free Commute |
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| Jul.6 |
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Technical problems caused delays |
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| Jun.26 |
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'Spare The Air Day' Means Free Commute |
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| Jun.22 |
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Free Commutes 2 Days For Spare The Air |
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| Jun.7 |
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Voters Reject BART Expansion Tax |
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| Mar.29 |
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BART In Standstill During Commute The latest in a series of computer glitches brought service across the entire system to a grinding halt
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| Mar.27 |
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Computer glitch shut down trains |
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| Mar.22 |
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Two Wanted For False Bomb BART Threat |
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| Mar.9 |
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BART: Passenger Panic Worsened Fire. SF Downtown
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| Jan.13 |
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Ads Spur Debate |
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| Oct.6 |
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Teacher Helps Deliver 'BART Baby' |
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| Aug.9 |
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Anti-Terror Campaign Unveiled |
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| Jul.19 |
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Union Approves Labor Agreement |
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| Jul.7 |
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Officials: No Terror Threat Against BART |
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| Jul.6 |
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Strike Averted After Early Morning Deal Union and management negotiators reached a tentative 4-year agreement before 3 a.m. that averted a strike
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| Jul.5 |
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Strike Talks Down To The Wire |
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| Jun.30 |
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Employee Contracts Expire At Midnight |
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| Jun.22 |
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Workers Vote To Authorize Strike
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| Jun.8 |
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Bomb Scare at Amtrak, BART |
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| Jun.15 |
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BART: Free Rides on Spare Air Days |
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| Jun.13 |
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Gunshot victim found dead near BART |
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| Apr.9 |
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BART stepping up security |
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| Jun.22 |
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BART Begins Service To SFO After years of delay, BART hopes to match the success that other cities have had with their rail to airports
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| Jul.26 |
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$1b seismic retrofit bond placed on ballot |
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| Oct.24 |
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BART strike averted Union, representing 238 controllers and supervisors, accepted a wage and benefits package
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| Oct.16 |
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BART union rejects offer |
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| Aug.11 |
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Power loss kills BART for 6 hours |
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| Jun.29 |
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BART strike averted |
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| Jun.26 |
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2 BART unions authorize strike |
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