BART contract talks are resuming this afternoon, a BART spokesman said. The strike is now in its fourth day.
AC Transit management told an investigative panel today, Monday, that the financially struggling agency will raise worker pay, despite passing on increased benefit costs, while the union complained about a lack of break times.
Meanwhile, NTSB investigators expect to be in the Bay Area for up to 10 days investigating Saturday's accident that killed two BART workers.
BART workers walked off the job and onto the picket line this morning.
Some of the activity this past week involving East Bay legislators in Sacramento and Washington D.C.
With a BART strike looking increasingly likely, here are some alternatives for getting around.
If you'd like a 9-course banquet of easy-to-digest data visualizations of the complex issues in the BART labor dispute, you can point your browser to a new website created by a local hackers group and UC Berkeley students.
The new $417-million fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel now has a tentative opening date – Nov. 16. A Caltrans official said the new tunnel is complete but that the opening is still tentative because fire safety testing is not yet finished.
Negotiators for BART and its two largest unions talked for more than 12 hours on Wednesday
California Gov. Jerry Brown today temporarily blocked a threatened strike by AC Transit workers that could have begun as early as Thursday morning. He convened an investigative board that stops any strike for up to seven days.
This clickable map shows how much 15 East Bay individuals, including one from Berkeley, owe to the Franchise Tax Board.
AC Transit's board of directors has asked California Gov. Jerry Brown for a 60-day "cooling off" period to avert a strike. The request follows a union notice of a possible strike that could begin at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
Three branches of the Berkeley Public Library – Claremont, North and South – will begin expanded hours on Dec. 2 for a total of 52 hours a week at each branch. The new West branch also will have expanded hours when it's finished.
State Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) held a press conference in Oakland today, Friday, to recognize two gun-control measures she authored that were signed today by California Gov. Jerry Brown.
President Barack Obama today, Wednesday, nominated Janet Yellen, a UC Berkeley professor emeritus, to be the next Federal Reserve Board chief. If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first woman to head the nation's central bank.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a public health alert on some raw chicken products produced by Foster Farms in California. Foster Farms says no recall is in effect and the the products are safe if properly cooked and handled.
The Little Farm in the Tilden Nature Area – whose cows, pigs, goats, sheep and chickens draw many families and fascinated kids – will close beginning Oct. 15, 2013 for an extended period for a major sewer construction project.
"This really is an emergency situation," the president of the Bay Area Council said today, Tuesday, as he called on businesses to make contingency plans for a possible BART strike beginning on Friday.
A prostest "camp" of about two dozen or so people was set up tonight, Monday, on Solano Avenue in Albany to illustrate what the protesters said would be the result of the city's plan to remove the inhabitants of the Albany Bulb.
Some of the activity this past week from Washington and Sacramento involving East Bay legislators
Berkeley couple Kris Perry and Sandy Stier are being honored by the Berkeley City Council tonight, Tuesday, for their leading role in the court battle to overturn Proposition 8, the state ban on same-sex marriage.
One big impact of the federal shutdown in the Bay Area was the closure of national parks, including tours of Alcatraz. The the Gold Dust Lounge in SF was offering discounts to stranded tourists ""until Republicans sober up."
There were 12,582 federal employees in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties last year.
Bus stops and ADA parking spaces are being temporarily relocated at the Ashby BART station in Berkeley because of sidewalk and driveway improvement projects, according to BART.
Some of the items this past week in Sacramento and Washington involving East Bay legislators
The Berkeley City Clerk's office is now processing U.S. passport applications. It offers one-stop service, including photos for $10. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., except on the second Friday of each month. Appointments are preferred.
Despite the rain last Saturday, the National Weather Service warns that several days of "critical fire danger" loom ahead for the East Bay hills because of strong winds, low humidity and dry conditions.
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The clock is ticking down to the Oct. 10 deadline, when a 60-day cooling off period in the BART contract talks ends and another strike could occur. The two sides remain far apart as they prepare to return to the bargaining table today, Monday.
In 2011, BART officials cut off cell phone service to underground stations to thwart a planned protest. A bill sitting on Gov. Brown's desk would require government agencies to get a court order before doing the same.
The front-runner position of UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Janet Yellen to become the next Federal Reserve Board chair appears to be strengthening following some initial doubt after the Sunday withdrawal of Lawrence Summers as a candidate.
Facing reduced tax revenues from the local medical marijuana dispensaries caused by federal crackdowns, the Berkeley City Council agenda Tuesday includes a look at increasing the number of allowed dispensaries to six from four.
A new troll has been placed on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, continuing a lucky-troll tradition started by iron workers when they made bridge repairs and engaged a colleague to add a troll after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
The Berkeley City Council voted 8-0 with one abstention Tuesday night to move forward with exploring a local requirement for labeling GMO produce sold in the city. The proposal by Councilman Jesse Arreguin calls for grocers to do the labeling.
Calling for tougher state gun control legislation at a news conference in Oakland today, Monday, were two Democratic members of the state Assembly from the East Bay: Nancy Skinner, whose district includes Berkeley, and Rob Bonta.
The Berkeley City Council agenda for Tuesday night includes a proposal for the City of Berkeley to adopt its own GMO food labeling requirement. A statewide measure, Proposition 37, was narrowly defeated in November.
Big laurels for Alameda County's website. It has been named as the best county government portal in the nation in the "Best of the Web" contest by Government Technology Magazine's Center for Digital Government.