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AC Transit Buses Stop Running At 7:30
The early closure of bus service is because of an Alameda County curfew.
EAST BAY, CA — AC Transit will end bus service at 7:30 p.m. every day through Friday of this week to comply with the Alameda County curfew implemented in response to widespread looting and vandalism.
Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern on Monday ordered the nightly curfew between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. following protests over the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer.
To comply with the order, AC Transit is halting all bus service at 7:30 p.m., meaning no one will be permitted to board a bus after that time, although passengers already on board will be allowed to continue to their final destination.
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The service will then resume at 5 a.m. the next day.
AC Transit's lines in Contra Costa County are also being suspended as of 7:30 p.m. every day this week. Although that county's sheriff, David Livingston, has not issued a formal curfew, he is encouraging county residents to stay inside during the 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. times.
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