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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_124185\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/BARTofficer.png\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/BARTofficer.png\" alt=\"BART Sgt. Tom Smith, shot to death by a fellow police officer while conducting a search Tuesday in Dublin. (Photo courtesy of BART)\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124185\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BART Sgt. Tom Smith, shot to death by a fellow police officer while conducting a search Tuesday in Dublin. (Photo courtesy of BART)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:55 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> BART has released more details of the events that led to the fatal shooting of Police Sgt. Tom Smith during a search for a robbery suspect in the East Bay town of Dublin. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_24967541/bart-officer-killed-officials-discuss-tragedy\" target=\"_blank\">the Bay Area News Group's summary\u003c/a> of details disclosed Wednesday by BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey and other law-enforcement officials: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The robbery suspect, John Henry Lee, 20, was in custody at Santa Rita Jail and not home when the shooting happened; Rainey said seven BART officers and one Dublin police officer were at the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Sheriff's Office Sgt. J.D. Nelson, whose agency is investigating the shooting, said the officers converged on the Park Sierra Apartments, at 6450 Dougherty Road, at just before 2 p.m. Tuesday. [According to Rainey, the officers were aware Lee was in custody and were looking for a stolen laptop computer, among other items.] They began their search by knocking twice on the door; each knock went unanswered, but the door was unlocked, so four BART officers including Smith stepped inside, Nelson said. Not knowing whether anyone was inside the single-story, one-bedroom apartment, the officers followed protocol and entered with their guns drawn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nelson said that once inside, one of the officers fired a single shot from his weapon, wounding Smith in the upper body. Rainey said Smith was dressed in plainclothes and wore a bulletproof vest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith later died at Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nelson said the officer who fired the shot has more than 10 years experience in law enforcement. Rainey said BART officers typically carry Glock semi-automatic handguns, although some are permitted to carry different weapons.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BART-police-officer-shot-dead-by-colleague-in-5163548.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle reports\u003c/a> that suspect John Henry Lee was wanted for a series of robberies that occurred on BART property and that he'd been arrested last Thursday in Oakland: \"[Lee] was bitten by a police dog and arrested by San Leandro police Thursday after officials said he led officers on a 20-minute chase into Oakland. Lee had been armed with a handgun and was driving a Honda stolen from a BART lot, police said.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief Rainey issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2014/news20140122\" target=\"_blank\">a statement \u003c/a>on the shooting this morning and praised Smith as \"a great law enforcement officer, but an even better son, brother, husband, father and friend.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's KTVU's raw video of Rainey's Wednesday morning press conference on the shooting:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003cobject id=\"flashObj\" width=\"615\" height=\"392\" classid=\"D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\">\u003cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1\">\u003cparam name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\">\u003cparam name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=3092129413001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktvu.com%2Fvideos%2Fnews%2Fraw-bart-police-chief-talks-about-fatal-accidental%2FvCN8cn%2F&playerID=836564367001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAVzySoEk~,39KWv4t6IXBhr9fjdqt8jJhoVTxYZojR&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"base\" value=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\">\u003cparam name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cembed src=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashvars=\"videoId=3092129413001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktvu.com%2Fvideos%2Fnews%2Fraw-bart-police-chief-talks-about-fatal-accidental%2FvCN8cn%2F&playerID=836564367001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAVzySoEk~,39KWv4t6IXBhr9fjdqt8jJhoVTxYZojR&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"615\" height=\"392\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (Tuesday): \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A BART police officer was shot and killed earlier today by a fellow BART officer while helping to serve a search warrant in the East Bay town of Dublin. It's the first time a BART officer has died in the line of duty in the agency's 42-year history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BART-police-officer-shot-dead-by-colleague-in-5163548.php\" target=\"_blank\">Here's part of the San Francisco Chronicle report\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The shooting ... happened at 1:03 p.m. at the Park Sierra apartments at 6450 Dougherty Road, BART said. The officer was taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, where he was pronounced dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sgt. J.D. 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J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While inside the apartment, a BART officer fired one shot, wounding a fellow male officer, who later died at a hospital, Nelson said. Details of what led to the shooting were not immediately released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The names of the officers have not been released. Nelson said the officers were wearing bulletproof vests at the time of the shooting; he did not say where on his body the slain officer was struck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The officers were there to serve a warrant for a suspect who was wanted in connection with several robberies that took place on BART property, Nelson said. The suspect, whose name was not released, was not at the residence at the time, authorities said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a shocking thing for a BART officer to be killed in the line of duty,\" said elected BART Director Gail Murray of Walnut Creek. \"But like all peace officers, our BART police risk their lives when they go out to work in the stations and cities. We feel very saddened for the family, who would not expect to this happen to their loved ones.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And here's BART's brief statement on the shooting, which does not say how the officer was wounded:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey and BART General Manager Grace Crunican issued the following statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"BART has been informed that one of our officers has died from wounds sustained during a shooting earlier today. The entire BART organization is deeply saddened by this tragic event and we ask the public to keep the officer’s family in its thoughts and prayers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 1:03 pm a BART Police officer who was doing a probation search in the City of Dublin was shot. The officer was transported to a local hospital and died from his injuries. The identity of the officer is not being released at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation has been taken over by the Dublin Police Department. No further details are being released at this time.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_123937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/crime-map.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-123937 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/crime-map-640x431.png\" alt=\"There have been at least 15 reported robberies near the Ashby BART station in the past 60 days, with several others also nearby. At least eight of the robberies near BART involved firearms. One incident, at Woolsey and Tremont, is too recent to appear on the map. (CrimeMapping/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There have been at least 15 reported robberies near the Ashby BART station in the past 60 days, with several others also nearby. At least eight of the robberies near BART involved firearms. One incident, at Woolsey and Tremont, is too recent to appear on the map. (CrimeMapping/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Emilie Raguso, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/01/17/south-berkeley-robberies-on-the-rise-near-ashby-bart/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Armed robbers have been targeting the South Berkeley neighborhood east of the Ashby BART station in recent months, with a spike in \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/berkeley-robberies/\" target=\"_blank\">robbery reports\u003c/a> since mid-November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past 60 days, there have been at least 28 robberies reported in the area between Adeline Street and Telegraph Avenue — between Ashby and Alcatraz avenues — in South Berkeley and North Oakland. (That number includes several reports just outside those borders.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From mid-July to mid-September, there were \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Crime-report-for-7_21_2013-9_18_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">six reports in that area\u003c/a>, according to crime statistics posted online by local police agencies. During the next two months there were \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Crime-report-for-9_19_2013-11_17_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">seven robberies\u003c/a> reported in the vicinity. Most of those incidents, from both periods, took place in Berkeley. Then, from mid-November through mid-January, there were \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Crime-report-for-11_18_2013-1_16_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">15 reports\u003c/a>, split nearly equally between Berkeley and Oakland. At least eight of those involved firearms. (One of those incidents happened Tuesday and does not yet appear as part of the available data set.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley Police Department \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/11/police-join-forces-to-crack-berkeley-oakland-robbery-series/\" target=\"_blank\">began a joint patrol\u003c/a> with BART Police officers in early December, and is collaborating with the Oakland Police Department to investigate a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/11/police-join-forces-to-crack-berkeley-oakland-robbery-series/\" target=\"_blank\">rash of armed robberies \u003c/a>involving stolen cars that had been concentrated within a few blocks of each other on the North Oakland-South Berkeley border near Ashby BART station. There have been at least five reported incidents in the area since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, a man was robbed at gunpoint while walking home from Ashby BART at the same intersection, at Woolsey and Tremont streets, where a pregnant woman was \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/10/pregnant-woman-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-south-berkeley/\" target=\"_blank\">robbed by men with a gun in December\u003c/a>. At least \u003ca href=\"http://www.crimemapping.com/DetailedReport.aspx?db=7/21/2013+00:00:00&de=1/16/2014+23:59:00&ccs=RO&xmin=-13611169.244246583&ymin=4558541.12210104&xmax=-13610632.990719948&ymax=4558931.070378204\" target=\"_blank\">six of the 28 incidents\u003c/a> reported over the past six months have been listed as having occurred in that same intersection. (As of publication time, this most recent incident had not year \u003ca href=\"http://www.crimemapping.com/DetailedReport.aspx?db=7/21/2013+00:00:00&de=1/16/2014+23:59:00&ccs=RO&xmin=-13611169.244246583&ymin=4558541.12210104&xmax=-13610632.990719948&ymax=4558931.070378204\" target=\"_blank\">appeared on the list\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man who was robbed this week said he was walking home from BART at 8 p.m. Tuesday when three men surrounded him, held him at gunpoint, and took his backpack, wallet, cellphone and wedding ring. (Berkeleyside has agreed to identify him only by his first name, Adam, because he was the victim of a crime.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he was walking east along Woolsey near Tremont and noticed three men who were huddled together, looking down and whispering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My instinct was to run,” Adam said. “But I thought to myself, ‘You can’t just run every time you see people huddled together.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He quickened his pace and continued up the street. Moments later, Adam said he felt the hairs on the back of his neck prickling. He started to turn around, and two of the men were right there. They each grabbed one of his arms and pulled him toward a nearby fence. A third man pointed a gun at him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He put his hands in my pockets and started taking stuff,” said Adam. “The guy behind me took the backpack off me. Then they casually walked away. They didn’t run. It was like it was no big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They told him to walk the other way. But one of them said, ‘The ring, too. Don’t forget his ring.” The man with then took his wedding ring off his finger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Realizing he’d have no way to get inside his home, he asked the men to return his keys. They threw them his way and headed off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the night, Adam said, he checked the Find my iPhone app to see if his phone’s signal might appear. Around 11:30 p.m., a signal for the phone suddenly showed up in East Oakland near 85th Avenue and San Leandro Street. An officer later retrieved it for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"When we were having a series of robberies on Prince Street some years back, addressing the lighting issues seemed to have a positive effect.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Better lighting may make a difference, some say\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighbors and officials have said they believe a lack of adequate lighting in the area may be contributing to the robberies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nancy Carleton, co-chair of the Halcyon neighborhood group, said neighbors have been asking for help from the city to improve what she described as “subpar” lighting. She noted that Jim Hynes, from the Berkeley city manager’s office, had visited the neighborhood Friday morning to get a better sense of the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carleton said she’s seen better lighting make a difference to improve safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we were having a series of robberies on Prince Street some years back, addressing the lighting issues seemed to have a positive effect,” she said, via email. “We hope and trust the City of Berkeley will act quickly to address the subpar lighting on Woolsey Street near the Ed Roberts Campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the president of a nearby neighborhood group, the LeConte Neighborhood Association, encourages residents to walk with flashlights after dark “both to add light and also as a clear signal to potential robbers that you’re paying attention and alert and they won’t be able to escape without being seen and described.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Added Carleton, “We also do our best to encourage neighbors to leave on porch lights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilman Kriss Worthington said Thursday that he is working together with Councilman Max Anderson’s office to refer the lighting issue to the city manager’s office and the public works department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a heavily trafficked area with all the people getting off of BART and walking home,” said Worthington. “I’ve gone and walked and ridden my bike around there. It definitely is not very brightly lit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the city has struggled to keep up with lighting needs because its streetlight fund “is very limited” and “not in very good shape.” Worthington said he has pushed for LED lighting because it’s cheaper in the long term and could make a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(The city has applied for a loan to \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/10/30/berkeley-aims-to-switch-old-streetlights-to-leds/\" target=\"_blank\">install LED lighting throughout Berkeley\u003c/a>. According to city spokesman Matthai Chakko, the city has received a “preliminary award,” and is still discussing the terms of that offer, but “should know more by the end of the month.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, said Worthington, the city needs to take a closer look at whether overgrown trees may be blocking existing lighting, and redouble trimming efforts. He said that, though the city’s resources are limited, firm steps must be taken if there’s an obvious problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to look carefully,” he said. “Anywhere there’s a pattern of negative behavior in terms of robberies, we need to prioritize it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Berkeleyside provides exclusive coverage of many of Berkeley’s most serious crimes. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/category/crime/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside's Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_123937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/crime-map.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-123937 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/crime-map-640x431.png\" alt=\"There have been at least 15 reported robberies near the Ashby BART station in the past 60 days, with several others also nearby. At least eight of the robberies near BART involved firearms. One incident, at Woolsey and Tremont, is too recent to appear on the map. (CrimeMapping/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There have been at least 15 reported robberies near the Ashby BART station in the past 60 days, with several others also nearby. At least eight of the robberies near BART involved firearms. One incident, at Woolsey and Tremont, is too recent to appear on the map. (CrimeMapping/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Emilie Raguso, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/01/17/south-berkeley-robberies-on-the-rise-near-ashby-bart/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Armed robbers have been targeting the South Berkeley neighborhood east of the Ashby BART station in recent months, with a spike in \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/berkeley-robberies/\" target=\"_blank\">robbery reports\u003c/a> since mid-November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past 60 days, there have been at least 28 robberies reported in the area between Adeline Street and Telegraph Avenue — between Ashby and Alcatraz avenues — in South Berkeley and North Oakland. (That number includes several reports just outside those borders.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From mid-July to mid-September, there were \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Crime-report-for-7_21_2013-9_18_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">six reports in that area\u003c/a>, according to crime statistics posted online by local police agencies. During the next two months there were \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Crime-report-for-9_19_2013-11_17_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">seven robberies\u003c/a> reported in the vicinity. Most of those incidents, from both periods, took place in Berkeley. Then, from mid-November through mid-January, there were \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Crime-report-for-11_18_2013-1_16_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">15 reports\u003c/a>, split nearly equally between Berkeley and Oakland. At least eight of those involved firearms. (One of those incidents happened Tuesday and does not yet appear as part of the available data set.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley Police Department \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/11/police-join-forces-to-crack-berkeley-oakland-robbery-series/\" target=\"_blank\">began a joint patrol\u003c/a> with BART Police officers in early December, and is collaborating with the Oakland Police Department to investigate a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/11/police-join-forces-to-crack-berkeley-oakland-robbery-series/\" target=\"_blank\">rash of armed robberies \u003c/a>involving stolen cars that had been concentrated within a few blocks of each other on the North Oakland-South Berkeley border near Ashby BART station. There have been at least five reported incidents in the area since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, a man was robbed at gunpoint while walking home from Ashby BART at the same intersection, at Woolsey and Tremont streets, where a pregnant woman was \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/10/pregnant-woman-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-south-berkeley/\" target=\"_blank\">robbed by men with a gun in December\u003c/a>. At least \u003ca href=\"http://www.crimemapping.com/DetailedReport.aspx?db=7/21/2013+00:00:00&de=1/16/2014+23:59:00&ccs=RO&xmin=-13611169.244246583&ymin=4558541.12210104&xmax=-13610632.990719948&ymax=4558931.070378204\" target=\"_blank\">six of the 28 incidents\u003c/a> reported over the past six months have been listed as having occurred in that same intersection. (As of publication time, this most recent incident had not year \u003ca href=\"http://www.crimemapping.com/DetailedReport.aspx?db=7/21/2013+00:00:00&de=1/16/2014+23:59:00&ccs=RO&xmin=-13611169.244246583&ymin=4558541.12210104&xmax=-13610632.990719948&ymax=4558931.070378204\" target=\"_blank\">appeared on the list\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man who was robbed this week said he was walking home from BART at 8 p.m. Tuesday when three men surrounded him, held him at gunpoint, and took his backpack, wallet, cellphone and wedding ring. (Berkeleyside has agreed to identify him only by his first name, Adam, because he was the victim of a crime.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he was walking east along Woolsey near Tremont and noticed three men who were huddled together, looking down and whispering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My instinct was to run,” Adam said. “But I thought to myself, ‘You can’t just run every time you see people huddled together.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He quickened his pace and continued up the street. Moments later, Adam said he felt the hairs on the back of his neck prickling. He started to turn around, and two of the men were right there. They each grabbed one of his arms and pulled him toward a nearby fence. A third man pointed a gun at him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He put his hands in my pockets and started taking stuff,” said Adam. “The guy behind me took the backpack off me. Then they casually walked away. They didn’t run. It was like it was no big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They told him to walk the other way. But one of them said, ‘The ring, too. Don’t forget his ring.” The man with then took his wedding ring off his finger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Realizing he’d have no way to get inside his home, he asked the men to return his keys. They threw them his way and headed off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the night, Adam said, he checked the Find my iPhone app to see if his phone’s signal might appear. Around 11:30 p.m., a signal for the phone suddenly showed up in East Oakland near 85th Avenue and San Leandro Street. An officer later retrieved it for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"When we were having a series of robberies on Prince Street some years back, addressing the lighting issues seemed to have a positive effect.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Better lighting may make a difference, some say\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighbors and officials have said they believe a lack of adequate lighting in the area may be contributing to the robberies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nancy Carleton, co-chair of the Halcyon neighborhood group, said neighbors have been asking for help from the city to improve what she described as “subpar” lighting. She noted that Jim Hynes, from the Berkeley city manager’s office, had visited the neighborhood Friday morning to get a better sense of the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carleton said she’s seen better lighting make a difference to improve safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we were having a series of robberies on Prince Street some years back, addressing the lighting issues seemed to have a positive effect,” she said, via email. “We hope and trust the City of Berkeley will act quickly to address the subpar lighting on Woolsey Street near the Ed Roberts Campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the president of a nearby neighborhood group, the LeConte Neighborhood Association, encourages residents to walk with flashlights after dark “both to add light and also as a clear signal to potential robbers that you’re paying attention and alert and they won’t be able to escape without being seen and described.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Added Carleton, “We also do our best to encourage neighbors to leave on porch lights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilman Kriss Worthington said Thursday that he is working together with Councilman Max Anderson’s office to refer the lighting issue to the city manager’s office and the public works department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a heavily trafficked area with all the people getting off of BART and walking home,” said Worthington. “I’ve gone and walked and ridden my bike around there. It definitely is not very brightly lit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the city has struggled to keep up with lighting needs because its streetlight fund “is very limited” and “not in very good shape.” Worthington said he has pushed for LED lighting because it’s cheaper in the long term and could make a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(The city has applied for a loan to \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/10/30/berkeley-aims-to-switch-old-streetlights-to-leds/\" target=\"_blank\">install LED lighting throughout Berkeley\u003c/a>. According to city spokesman Matthai Chakko, the city has received a “preliminary award,” and is still discussing the terms of that offer, but “should know more by the end of the month.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, said Worthington, the city needs to take a closer look at whether overgrown trees may be blocking existing lighting, and redouble trimming efforts. He said that, though the city’s resources are limited, firm steps must be taken if there’s an obvious problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to look carefully,” he said. “Anywhere there’s a pattern of negative behavior in terms of robberies, we need to prioritize it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Berkeleyside provides exclusive coverage of many of Berkeley’s most serious crimes. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/category/crime/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_119976\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-119976\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/bart-640b.jpg\" alt=\"MacArthur BART station (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MacArthur BART station (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Here's the lowdown on Bay Area transit service tonight. Muni, CalTrain, SamTrans, and VTA will offer free service starting at 8 p.m. Check \u003ca href=\"http://511.org/\" target=\"_blank\">511.org\u003c/a> for specific trip planning. And remember, holiday \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/12/31/bay-area-law-enforcement-stepping-up-new-years-patrols-for-drunk-drivers/\" target=\"_blank\">DUI enforcement is in full force\u003c/a>; public transit may indeed be your best option, or a few transit services — many for free — will cater specifically for those who should not be driving. See that list at the end of this post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni Service New Year's Eve\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Do not tag your Clipper card during the complimentary service\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Complimentary Muni service 8 p.m., Dec. 31, to 5 a.m., Jan. 1\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muni Metro service between West Portal and Embarcadero stations extended to 4 a.m. and until 2:15 a.m. to 4th and King street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Service on the F Market historic streetcar line is provided by buses after approximately 4 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Extra Owl service (1 a.m. to 5 a.m.): 5 Fulton, 14 Mission, 22 Fillmore, 24 Divisadero, 38 Geary, 90 and 91 Owl and the L and N Owl bus routes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Extra 1-California Route service\u003cbr>\n-Inbound from 9:40 pm to 11:15 pm\u003cbr>\n-Outbound from 10:10pm to 1:40am\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reroutes are not scheduled. The following routes will reroute only if needed.\u003cbr>\n-Downtown: 1, 5, 6, 9, 14, 21, 31, 38, 71, L-Owl, N-Owl, F, California Cable Car\u003cbr>\n-North Beach: 8X, 10, 12\u003cbr>\n-Cow Hollow: 45\u003cbr>\n-Castro: 24, 35\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://transit.511.org/schedules/index.aspx?m0=1#m1=S&m2=rail&cid=SF\" target=\"_blank\"> Schedules and route maps here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART Service New Year's Eve\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART will extend service until 3 am on New Year's Eve and deploy extra staff and trains to help get people home from their festivities. BART will run a normal weekday evening service schedule which will extend until 3 am. Trains will run every 20 minutes after midnight with extra trains standing by in downtown San Francisco after the fireworks show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To further ease platform crowding at our busiest stations, Embarcadero, Montgomery, and West Oakland, beginning at 8 pm, BART will utilize a “skip-stop” train pattern into and out of San Francisco with one important change from past years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131219\">Service information for getting to and from downtown San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2013_NYE_Public_Timetable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">New Year's Eve train schedule\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain Service\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>New Year's Eve \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>*Extra service on New Year’s Eve:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trains Depart San Francisco at 12:45 a.m., 1:15 a.m., 1:45 a.m. and 2:15 a.m., or when full, making all regular local stops. Caltrain will be \u003cstrong>free beginning at 8 p.m.\u003c/strong> on Dec. 31, ending after the last special reaches San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain does not allow open alcohol containers on trains after 9 p.m. following special events. Disruptive passengers will be asked to detrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the day of New Year’s Eve, Caltrain will operate on a \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekdaytimetable.html\" target=\"_blank\">regular weekday schedule\u003c/a>. On New Year’s Day, it will operate a Sunday schedule, with 32 trains between San Francisco and San Jose and shuttle service to and from the Tamien station. Train service will not operate south of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AC Transit Service New Year's Eve\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit is operating on a standard schedule at normal rates. \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/maps/\" target=\"_blank\">Maps and schedules here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Transit Service New year's Eve\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regular schedule for buses, holiday schedule for ferries. \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/transit/christmas.php\" target=\"_blank\">Schedules here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans Service New Year's Eve \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SamTrans will offer complimentary rides from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. \u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/schedulesandmaps/timetables.html\" target=\"_blank\">SamTrans timetables here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara VTA Service \u003cstrong>New Year's Eve \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For New Year’s Eve, between 8 p.m. on December 31 and 5 a.m. on January 1, all VTA service will be free. Both light rail and Express Bus 181 will also have more frequent service. All customers are encouraged to check the VTA schedule for their return trips to ensure they do not miss their bus or train. \u003ca href=\"http://www.vta.org/getting-around/Schedules/By-Type\" target=\"_blank\">Routes and schedules here\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't drink and drive:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>AAA\u003c/strong> is offering \u003cstrong>free tows of up to 10 miles\u003c/strong> to take drivers and their cars home. The program is available to everyone, not just AAA members. It starts at 6 p.m. today and ends at 6 a.m. on New Year's Day. Call (800) 222-4357 and tell the operator, \"I need a tipsy tow.\" If available, a truck will arrive and bring the stranded driver and the vehicle home. Additional passengers can catch a ride in the tow truck if there is space.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong> residents can call for a \u003cstrong>free taxi ride home\u003c/strong> between 10 p.m. tonight and 4 a.m. Wednesday. The Berg Injury Lawyers law firm has teamed up Luxor Cab to provide free rides worth up to $35 for inebriated revelers. Call Luxor Cab at (415) 282-4141 and mention Berg Injury Lawyers to find the next available cab.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The city of \u003cstrong>Sausalito\u003c/strong> is offering residents \u003cstrong>free rides to and from any location within city limits\u003c/strong> between 7 p.m. tonight and 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Two city vehicles will be on call throughout the night to provide rides for up to five residents per trip. Call (415) 521-0412.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/21/bart-unions-say-theyve-reached-a-deal-in-contract-dispute/northberkeleybart/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121646\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/northberkeleybart-640x356.jpg\" alt=\"North Berkeley BART station on the eve of October strike (Dan Brekke/KQED). \" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-121646\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Berkeley BART station on the eve of October strike (Dan Brekke/KQED). \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART and its two biggest unions, locked for the better part of a year in a contract battle that twice led workers to strike, say they've settled their differences over a disputed family-leave provision in their recently negotiated agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/bart-board-contract-questions\" target=\"_blank\">provision\u003c/a> would have granted union members six weeks of paid family leave, a change from the previous policy, which required workers to use up all their accumulated vacation and sick time before getting paid leave. BART said the clause was included in the contract by mistake and would cost the district between $5.6 million and $44 million over the four years of the new labor agreement, depending on how many workers used the federally mandated leave. The BART board of directors \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/21/bart-board-vote-union-contract/\" target=\"_blank\">refused to approve the provision\u003c/a>, even though it had been signed by senior management officials and ratified by the unions. That prompted the two unions involved, the BART chapter of \u003ca href=\"http://www.seiu1021.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SEIU Local 1021\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.atu1555.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555\u003c/a>, to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/03/bart-unions-taking-agency-to-court-over-contract-dispute/\" target=\"_blank\">sue the district\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the agreement announced today, the disputed provision for six weeks of paid family leave has been removed from the contract. Instead, workers will get more flexibility in how they use vacation, sick days or comp time when they take family leave. The district's bereavement leave policy will also be expanded to include time off in the event of the death of a grandchild or step-parent of a spouse or domestic partner. The deal also includes a district agreement to build new break facilities at Daly City, Millbrae and West Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART General Manager Grace Crunican will submit the final contract to the BART board. If the board approves the agreement, the unions will vote on the pact. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both sides issued statements early Saturday that seemed to acknowledge the public discontent with the continuing contract dispute, which shut down the system for four days in July and four more in October. BART carries about 200,000 people on weekdays, and the system's two strikes caused jams on Bay Area freeways, burdened other transit agencies. The contract dispute and its aftermath led to widespread public criticism over relatively high union pay and BART management's handling of the family leave provision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> “After eight months of uncertainty for our riders,\" Crunican said in the BART statement, \"this deal will guarantee that every ounce of the Agency’s focus will be directed to providing great service to the Bay Area during the peak holiday period and beyond.\" John Arantes, president of the SEIU 1021 BART chapter, called today's agreement \"a fair resolution that would close months of drawn out contract talks and — in the interest of the riding public — end the uncertainty caused by the board’s removal of a section from our final, complete contract.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all the fallout from this year's labor dispute has settled. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joel Keller, who took over as president of the BART Board of Directors this week, says he wants \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/19/bart-board-considers-ballot-measure-on-strikes\" target=\"_blank\">to hold a referendum\u003c/a> on whether the agency's union employees should be allowed to strike. That vote would be advisory only — the state Legislature would have to enact any changes in the workers' collective-bargaining status — but Keller's suggestion immediately drew angry denunciations from union officials. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are the statements from BART and from SEIU Local 1021, followed by the signed agreements the two sides announced today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From BART:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART General Manager Grace Crunican announced that all contract issues have been settled between BART and its two largest labor Unions. She will recommend the ratification of a final collective bargaining agreement with SEIU Local 1021 and ATU Local 1555 to the BART Board of Directors as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last remaining contract difference was resolved with solutions that are administrative in nature and/or will be covered within BART's existing budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After eight months of uncertainty for our riders, this deal will guarantee that every ounce of the Agency’s focus will be directed to providing great service to the Bay Area during the peak holiday period and beyond,” said Crunican.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART and its Unions have spent the last month working to resolve a disputed tentative agreement which would have added weeks of additional paid leave time to BART employees. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/bart-strike-update-day-1/rs7074_004/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115430\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115430\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/RS7074_004-e1382115321568.jpg\" alt=\"(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART’s biggest unions walked out out twice earlier this year in the midst of bitter and still-not-completely resolved contract disputes. The two four-day walkouts, in July and October, appear to have had an impact on public opinion, with 52 percent of those surveyed\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/majority-of-bay-area-voters-oppose-transit-workers-right-to-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> in a recent Field Poll\u003c/a> saying they oppose transit worker strikes. Widespread frustration with work stoppages at BART, which carries about 200,000 people a day, has triggered \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Democrat-Steve-Glazer-risks-union-backlash-4899266.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an online campaign\u003c/a> to get the Legislature to ban such strikes in the future. And now the BART board of directors may get into the act, as it weighs a proposal for a ballot referendum asking Bay Area voters whether the system’s workers ought to be allowed to strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board member Joel Keller wants to put an advisory measure on the November 2014 ballot. He says the Legislature would still have to amend the law, reclassifying BART workers as essential and forcing binding arbitration for future labor negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to hear from the riders; I want to hear from the unions,” Keller said before the board met this morning. “I want to hear from the people in the Bay Area. I’ve come to the conclusion that these labor disruptions are very harmful to public transportation. I think we have to find a way to do better in the future for our riders and for the commuting public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keller said during the board’s meeting that his experience in nearly two decades as a BART director led him to change his minds about strikes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Nineteen years ago, if somebody had put that before this board, I would have said not “no,” but “hell, no.” But after 19 years, I’ve come to the conclusion that our riders deserve better than what has happened in the last six months. I see no alternative. This is my fifth labor negotiation at BART, and they have progressively been getting worse and worse and worse. And the people who get hurt are the riders and the commuters of the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Union officials blasted Keller’s referendum proposal, calling it a politically motivated ploy to draw attention away from poor job performances by agency management and the board of directors. SEIU Executive Director Pete Castelli issued a statement saying: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In these past eight months, the Bay Area has witnessed how BART officials and their high-paid consultants like Thomas Hock have actively pursued a scorched earth policy to dismantle workers’ rights and workers’ ability to improve workplace conditions. They’ve seen how the Board and Management have chosen to disregard workers’ concerns, resulting in a less reliable and more dangerous transportation system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riders and the Bay Area have seen how our elected Board has allowed the General Manager to run the system in a reckless manner, without consideration for the riding public or their own employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of taking responsibility or demanding accountability, Director Keller prefers to point fingers and blame workers, just as those very workers are in the process of fixing Management’s alleged mistakes. This is not a way to run a train system.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>BART concluded contracts with its biggest unions last month. But disputes continue over the agreements. One involves \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/21/bart-board-vote-union-contract/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a potentially expensive family-leave provision\u003c/a> included in the final contract language with SEIU Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 that BART — despite its official signatures on the clause — insists it never agreed to. The second issue involves the effective date for new pension and retirement provisions for members of AFSCME Local 3993.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the AFSCME contract problem, BART board member Keller \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/BART-labor-talks-snag-on-new-glitch-5073097.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It’s disappointing. There is no excuse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keller, who represents eastern Contra Costa County and who is expected to take over as board president Thursday, said he intends to appoint a committee to look into the district’s labor negotiations process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for solving the latest snafu, Keller said: “Maybe I’ll jump off a building and let someone else figure it out.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alex Emslie of KQED News contributed to this post. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_119898\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/04/smoking-bart-train-halted-in-berkeley-hills-tunnel/rockridge/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-119898\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-119898\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/rockridge-640x478.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland firefighters and passengers from stricken BART train mingle on platform at Rockridge Station. (Scott Bloom). \" width=\"640\" height=\"478\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland firefighters and passengers from stricken BART train mingle on platform at Rockridge Station. (Scott Bloom)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> BART's offering more details of the Wednesday incident in which a train stopped abruptly in the Berkeley Hills Tunnel when a brake malfunctioned. Transit agency spokeswoman Alicia Trost says a short-circuit in an emergency brake on one train car caused the brake to deploy while the San Francisco-bound train was traveling 70 mph between the Orinda and Rockridge stations. An apparent cloud of brake dust in the tunnel immediately afterward led 11 people to be treated for breathing problems and other issues when the train reached Rockridge, in North Oakland. Nine of the 11 were hospitalized; none had life-threatening injuries. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/electrical-short-caused-bart-incident-berkeley-hil/ncB6Y/\" target=\"_blank\">Trost told KTVU\u003c/a> the car involved in the incident is 40 years old and had undergone comprehensive maintenance in late October and in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also told KTVU the brake problem isn't a new issue: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Trost said BART had problems in the past with their train cars' experiencing shorts in the brake systems. This year, there have been three similar incidents.\u003cbr>\n“It used to be a huge problem about a decade ago, but they did some fixes to the brake box and now it happens only very rarely, unfortunately today,\" Trost said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle's Michael Cabanatuan offers this context for Wednesday's episode:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>But the system's aging trains - with an average tenure of more than 33 years, with many older than 40 years - are the most common reason for delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Chronicle analysis in 2012 of delays lasting 15 minutes or more found that troubles with trains were responsible for 25 percent of delays. Brake failures were a leading cause, along with problems with propulsion systems, automated train controls, doors and electrical systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's part of our investment needs,\" Trost said. And while the transit system has ordered a new fleet of rail cars and has plans for a new train-control system and rail-maintenance facility, it will need billions of dollars more for upkeep and modernization of the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transit agency will probably ask voters, many of whom are growing increasingly frustrated by BART's plethora of problems, to approve new taxes or bonds to pay for those improvements.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:10 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The latest tally on passengers hospitalized in this morning's brake dust (not smoke) incident: 11. That comes by way of the Bay Area News Group, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24652792/bart-systemwide-delays-after-reports-smoke-from-train\" target=\"_blank\">which cites\u003c/a> Oakland Fire Department Battalion Chief Melinda Drayton. None of those hospitalized in the incident suffered life-threatening injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the most recent Bay City News summary of the incident:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The incident started around 8:20 a.m. when a parking brake deployed in error on a train bound for San Francisco International Airport on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line, according to BART spokesman Jim Allison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The train became disabled, blocking the tracks, and a \"brake dust\" filled some of the cars, BART spokeswoman Luna Salaver said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There was absolutely no fire on the train,\" Salaver said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 600 to 700 passengers on the train at the time, and they were in the Berkeley Hills tunnel until the mechanical issues were resolved and the train began moving again about an hour later, Allison said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m.: \u003c/strong>BART now says that service is resuming through the Berkeley Hills Tunnel after a closure of more than two hours. The transit agency says passengers should expect delays of 15 minutes or so as service on the line from Bay Point to San Francisco International Airport gets back to normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART says the apparent smoke in the incident was not smoke at all, but brake dust. The dust was apparently emitted after a parking brake malfunctioned and deployed while the affected train was headed west through the Berkeley Hills Tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:45 a.m.: \u003c/strong>Rick Hurd and Harry Harris with the Bay Area News Group \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24652792/bart-systemwide-delays-after-reports-smoke-from-train\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a> at least five train passengers have been hospitalized after this morning's BART incident:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Several BART passengers reported a stressful wait and poor communications after the train, which was running on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line, stalled around 8:30 a.m. A parking brake had deployed and kept it from moving while it was in the Berkeley Hills tunnel between the two stations, according to BART spokesman Jim Allison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woman being treated with oxygen at Rockridge BART station. (Jane Tyska)\u003cbr>\n\"Everybody was trying to stay calm,\" said Kaylee Adams of Walnut Creek, who was on her way to work in San Francisco. \"We were trying to help each other out. It was scary. I was in the first car, and it was really stinky.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A BART technician was able to correct the problem, and the train eventually was moved on its own power into the Rockridge Station, where waiting passengers already had been evacuated from the platform, Allison said. The train's passengers were evacuated at 9:34 a.m.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 a.m.:\u003c/strong> BART has reopened the Orinda and Rockridge stations for what the district describes as \"very limited\" service. From Orinda, that means trains are only running on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line east of the tunnel, with no service to San Francisco. From Rockridge, no service is yet available through the Berkeley Hills Tunnel to Contra Costa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:50 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KTVU and other sources report that paramedics are treating at least 10 passengers from the disabled train for smoke inhalation, and more are being triaged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:40 a.m.:\u003c/strong> BART's reporting major delays on its Pittsburg-Bay Point line due to a crowded San Francisco-bound train that was halted in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.lotsberg.net/data/USA/bart.html\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Hills Tunnel\u003c/a> because of smoking brakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART crews managed to move the train out of the tunnel to Oakland's Rockridge station just after 9:30 a.m. Firefighters and paramedics were awaiting the train amid reports that some passengers had complained about smoke inhalation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The source of the smoke was unknown, but reports from various sources say it came from brakes on one of the train's cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This morning's incident is the latest in a string of mishaps for the transit system, including a partial shutdown of the Transbay Tube last week because of debris on a track. On Nov. 22, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/22/no-bart-service-this-morning-due-to-computer-glitch/\" target=\"_blank\">all service was shut down\u003c/a> during the early morning commute because of a systemwide computer malfunction. And in late October, an eastbound Pittsburg/Bay Point train \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24374902/bart-trains-not-stopping-at-orinda-station-due\" target=\"_blank\">caught fire\u003c/a> at the Orinda station, forcing a commute-hour evacuation and slowing service for hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those incidents, along with a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/03/bart-unions-taking-agency-to-court-over-contract-dispute/\" target=\"_blank\">continuing contract dispute\u003c/a> between the agency and its unions that triggered two strikes earlier this year, has prompted \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-riders-grumble-over-lingering-uncertainty-5018166.php\" target=\"_blank\">widespread criticism\u003c/a> of the system among riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"storify\">\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/KQED/smoke-causes-evacuation-of-bart-station/embed?header=false\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\">\u003c/iframe>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/KQED/smoke-causes-evacuation-of-bart-station\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"Smoke causes evacuation of BART station\" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post: \u003c/strong>The agency announced it was evacuating the Orinda station, east of the stranded train. Media reports say the Rockridge station, the first stop west of the tunnel, has also been evacuated. The San Francisco Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/trapperbyrne\" target=\"_blank\">Trapper Byrne\u003c/a> reported via Twitter that some passengers on the train were complaining of smoke inhalation and that firefighters were boarding a rescue train in Orinda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chronicle's Henry K. Lee \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Smoke-on-BART-train-Oakland-firefighters-5034506.php\" target=\"_blank\">reported\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The incident was reported on a westbound Pittsburg/Bay Point BART train about 8:45 a.m. The transit agency reported that there was an equipment problem on a train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Oakland Fire Department fire trucks and engines were meeting the train at the Rockridge BART Station. 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The transit agency says passengers should expect delays of 15 minutes or so as service on the line from Bay Point to San Francisco International Airport gets back to normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART says the apparent smoke in the incident was not smoke at all, but brake dust. The dust was apparently emitted after a parking brake malfunctioned and deployed while the affected train was headed west through the Berkeley Hills Tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:45 a.m.: \u003c/strong>Rick Hurd and Harry Harris with the Bay Area News Group \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24652792/bart-systemwide-delays-after-reports-smoke-from-train\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a> at least five train passengers have been hospitalized after this morning's BART incident:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Several BART passengers reported a stressful wait and poor communications after the train, which was running on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line, stalled around 8:30 a.m. A parking brake had deployed and kept it from moving while it was in the Berkeley Hills tunnel between the two stations, according to BART spokesman Jim Allison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woman being treated with oxygen at Rockridge BART station. (Jane Tyska)\u003cbr>\n\"Everybody was trying to stay calm,\" said Kaylee Adams of Walnut Creek, who was on her way to work in San Francisco. \"We were trying to help each other out. It was scary. I was in the first car, and it was really stinky.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A BART technician was able to correct the problem, and the train eventually was moved on its own power into the Rockridge Station, where waiting passengers already had been evacuated from the platform, Allison said. The train's passengers were evacuated at 9:34 a.m.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 a.m.:\u003c/strong> BART has reopened the Orinda and Rockridge stations for what the district describes as \"very limited\" service. From Orinda, that means trains are only running on the Pittsburg-Bay Point line east of the tunnel, with no service to San Francisco. From Rockridge, no service is yet available through the Berkeley Hills Tunnel to Contra Costa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:50 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KTVU and other sources report that paramedics are treating at least 10 passengers from the disabled train for smoke inhalation, and more are being triaged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:40 a.m.:\u003c/strong> BART's reporting major delays on its Pittsburg-Bay Point line due to a crowded San Francisco-bound train that was halted in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.lotsberg.net/data/USA/bart.html\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Hills Tunnel\u003c/a> because of smoking brakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART crews managed to move the train out of the tunnel to Oakland's Rockridge station just after 9:30 a.m. Firefighters and paramedics were awaiting the train amid reports that some passengers had complained about smoke inhalation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The source of the smoke was unknown, but reports from various sources say it came from brakes on one of the train's cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This morning's incident is the latest in a string of mishaps for the transit system, including a partial shutdown of the Transbay Tube last week because of debris on a track. On Nov. 22, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/22/no-bart-service-this-morning-due-to-computer-glitch/\" target=\"_blank\">all service was shut down\u003c/a> during the early morning commute because of a systemwide computer malfunction. And in late October, an eastbound Pittsburg/Bay Point train \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24374902/bart-trains-not-stopping-at-orinda-station-due\" target=\"_blank\">caught fire\u003c/a> at the Orinda station, forcing a commute-hour evacuation and slowing service for hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those incidents, along with a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/03/bart-unions-taking-agency-to-court-over-contract-dispute/\" target=\"_blank\">continuing contract dispute\u003c/a> between the agency and its unions that triggered two strikes earlier this year, has prompted \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/BART-riders-grumble-over-lingering-uncertainty-5018166.php\" target=\"_blank\">widespread criticism\u003c/a> of the system among riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"storify\">\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/KQED/smoke-causes-evacuation-of-bart-station/embed?header=false\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\">\u003c/iframe>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/KQED/smoke-causes-evacuation-of-bart-station\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"Smoke causes evacuation of BART station\" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post: \u003c/strong>The agency announced it was evacuating the Orinda station, east of the stranded train. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_119976\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/bart-640b.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-119976\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/bart-640b.jpg\" alt=\"MacArthur BART station (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MacArthur BART station (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eleven BART passengers had to be \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/04/smoking-bart-train-halted-in-berkeley-hills-tunnel/\" target=\"_blank\">treated for medical problems\u003c/a> in Wednesday morning's incident in the Berkeley Hills Tunnel when a parking brake malfunctioned and filled some train cars with brake dust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident is the latest in a string of recent problems for the transit agency, including a systemwide computer failure last month, and a train fire in October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART provides an average of over 400,000 rides daily, and in November that number was up to 415,000. 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They deliver very reliable service – often as high as 96 percent of trains on time, one of the highest rates in the country,\" Cabanatuan said. \"But when there are times – for example, the two strikes, or the computer failure or even today's incident, where you just don't know if a train is going to show up – people start to lose faith even if it is a relatively small number of times or relatively few occurrences.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A KTVU \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/computer-glitch-disrupts-bart-service-adds-woes-tr/nb25r/\">story\u003c/a> last week quoted BART riders about the system's ongoing issues:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Given all of BART's labor, technical and public relation problems, many passengers have become cynical about BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I get up extra early because you don't know with BART what's gonna happen. Don't know. Escalators either running, elevators don't run. I mean now, a computer glitch,\" said stranded rider Cynthia Yarbor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just a big problem. If it's not one thing it's another,\" said rider Michael Paris.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-strike-over-but-fallout-could-spill-over-4924286.php\">report\u003c/a> in the San Francisco Chronicle that ran in late October after labor and management came to an agreement said political observers think many commuters will not forget their overall frustration with both sides in the dispute, and that frustration could spill over into wider political issues:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Those issues could range from policies directly related to BART — such as proposals to ban transit worker strikes, or future tax measures to improve the agency's infrastructure — to ones more generally tied to public employees, such as the burgeoning support for a statewide ballot measure to curb pension benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's disgust with both sides — people want government to work, they want infrastructure to work, and in the Bay Area, when strikes happen, people are immobilized,\" said Barbara O'Connor, professor emeritus of political science at Cal State Sacramento.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Cabanatuan agrees that a potentially serious issue for BART may come when the transit system tries to raise money through the ballot to modernize its stations and systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of the routine maintenance, including modernizing stations and doing general repairs and that sort of thing, are going to require them to go to the ballot and either ask for some kind of a bond measure, which would raise property taxes or a sales tax measure, and the less favorably the public looks at BART, the less likely it is they're going to be able to get the majorities they need to pass that,\" Cabanatuan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What can BART do to win back its riders and the larger public? 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(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The lawsuit filed by BART unions this morning, originally described as a challenge to the district board’s rejection of a family-leave provision in their new contract, actually goes much further. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/189028960/BART-Union-Lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The suit\u003c/a> (embedded at the end of this post) names the agency and all nine members of its board of directors and accuses them of bad faith bargaining on a wide variety of health, welfare and safety issues. The complaint says the district’s refusal to approve the contract in its entirety violates state law. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART maintains that a family-leave clause in the contract, which would grant workers paid leave for up to six weeks to attend to family health emergencies, was mistakenly included in the deal signed by the district and ratified last month by both SEIU Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a statement\u003c/a>, BART spokesperson Alicia Trost criticized the suit and called on union leaders to resubmit the contracts, minus the disputed leave provision, for new ratification votes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>This unnecessary action will only delay resolution to BART’s labor contract. A lawsuit is not needed to correct a mistake. When mistakes are made in contract negotiations they are corrected administratively by the parties, acting in good faith. Fortunately this mistake was caught in time before the mistaken language was brought before the District’s Board for ratification. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the sake of BART’s riders, union leadership should allow workers to vote on the corrected agreement so BART can move forward with a renewed focus on providing safe, reliable and convenient transportation under a fair labor contract.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But the unions’ lawsuit accuses the agency of refusing to bargain on safety issues throughout negotiations earlier this year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among a long list of union allegations in the suit:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>BART management refused to negotiate union proposals for improved worker safety at BART facilities amid a documented increase in assaults on station agents and other workers. The district is also accused of refusing to bargain over safety measures the unions want for other employees.\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>BART management unilaterally implemented changes in workers’ compensation procedures and plans further changes that will limit workers’ comp benefits without consulting the unions. \u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Management withheld financial information that it was required to furnish during contract negotiations. One of the items the unions wanted: details on how much the district paid for its preparations to train management employees to operate train. The unions also have sought detailed invoices for the services of Thomas Hock, the district’s chief negotiator.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> BART’s unions say they’ll file a lawsuit against the transit agency over a disputed family-leave provision in their newly negotiated contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials from SEIU Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 will appear with their attorneys at the Alameda County Courthouse this morning as they file the suit. The unions are challenging a decision by the BART Board of Directors last month to approve the new contract but exclude the contested leave provision. The transit district insists it didn’t agree to the provision, which would grant workers six weeks of paid family leave, and that it was included in the final agreement by mistake. The previous union contract granted family leave only after workers had used up all their sick leave and vacation time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART says it discovered the change, which had been signed by the agency’s chief negotiator and senior district officials, only after the unions had ratified the contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its 8-1 vote on Nov. 21, the BART board directed General Manager Grace Crunican to reopen talks with the unions to resolve the conflict. The unions, which struck for four days in both July and October, have demanded the clause remain in the contract and condemned the board’s vote as “illegitimate” and “unlawful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/189028960/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_31937\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Friday 2:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 issued a joint statement on the BART board's Thursday contract vote. They say they're very unhappy with the board's attempt to remove a new provision for paid family leave from the contract. But they stop short of threatening a new strike. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We consider the Board's actions to be unprecedented and illegitimate, and we’re considering our next steps, including possible legal action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART Board of Directors has disregarded the vote of more than two thousand BART workers and has chosen to subvert the collective bargaining process, and we take their actions seriously.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: \u003c/strong>Controversial former chief BART negotiator Thomas Hock has broken his silence about the disputed family medical leave provision in the contract between BART management and its two main unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I presented the last, best and final offer dated Oct. 13, 2013, and presented to the unions on Oct. 17, 2013, TA 4.8 which dealt with the Family Medical Leave Act was not included in that last, best and final offer,\" Hock said in a statement released today by a spokeswoman for his company, Veolia Transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hock said he was absent from the negotiating table the long weekend of Oct. 19-21 when the disputed clause reappeared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hock is a central figure in this new crisis. From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24573926/exclusive-controversial-bart-negotiator-thomas-hock-speaks-out\">Contra Costa Times\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>His comments come amid growing dissent from his former bosses, the BART directors, who agreed to pay him $399,000 to lead the six months of acrimonious negotiations. In fact, the board last week directed BART General Manager Grace Crunican to investigate whether the agency had grounds to file insurance claims or take legal action in the matter, Director Joel Keller said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hock, Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier and Labor Relations Manager Rudolph Medina signed the family medical leave provision in July. The clause was included in the final labor package ratified Nov. 1 by members of BART's two largest unions. BART has called the inclusion of the language a \"clerical mistake.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union leaders said the disputed provision was \"not a glitch,\" but an agreement between both sides, and blamed Hock's \"minimalist\" approach to negotiations as a contributing factor to any confusion.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Hock also came under fire during the negotiations. He was \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2013/10/bart_tom_hock_disneyland.php\">criticized \u003c/a>for going to Disneyland to speak at a transit conference on Oct. 15. He was also criticized for taking vacation days during the negotiations, and for a history of labor complaints filed against him and his company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What options do unions now have, besides walking off the job for a third time? KQED's Mina Kim talks with John Logan, associate professor of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/121297366\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the labor negotiation that just won't die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_111413\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 235px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-111413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/RS6027_bart-strike20130804-scr-e1379366884127-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train idled during strike in early July. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train idled during strike in early July. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The BART board today voted 8-1 in favor of ratifying the negotiated contract with its two biggest unions, but without a disputed family leave provision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what's that mean, exactly? Matthias Gafni of the Bay Area News Group breaks down today's development into this Tweet:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Essentially, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFBART\">@SFBART\u003c/a> board giving GM power to return to unions and say we'll ratify contract just w/out family medical leave (1/2)\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Now it's up to the unions to respond. The upshot of a statement from Pete Castelli, executive Director of SEIU 1021, following the vote: \"We're considering all our options.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sticking point here is the inclusion in the contract of a family medical leave provision, which BART says was left in by accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/BART-unions-balk-at-reopening-contract-over-error-4988823.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle's Joe Garofoli explains\u003c/a> what that particular language allows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Up to now, BART workers have been allowed to take up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave to deal with serious personal or family medical problems or to bond with a newborn or newly adopted child, but they had to use sick leave, vacation days or other accrued time off. But under the disputed contract provision ... BART would now pay for the first six weeks of that leave.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>BART says it repeatedly rejected the disputed provision during the negotiations, and that if it remains it will end up costing $44 million over four years, assuming one-third of workers take six weeks of leave each year. The unions say that figure is vastly overinflated, because not that many workers avail themselves of the leave in a given year. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hock is a central figure in this new crisis. From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24573926/exclusive-controversial-bart-negotiator-thomas-hock-speaks-out\">Contra Costa Times\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>His comments come amid growing dissent from his former bosses, the BART directors, who agreed to pay him $399,000 to lead the six months of acrimonious negotiations. In fact, the board last week directed BART General Manager Grace Crunican to investigate whether the agency had grounds to file insurance claims or take legal action in the matter, Director Joel Keller said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hock, Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier and Labor Relations Manager Rudolph Medina signed the family medical leave provision in July. The clause was included in the final labor package ratified Nov. 1 by members of BART's two largest unions. BART has called the inclusion of the language a \"clerical mistake.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union leaders said the disputed provision was \"not a glitch,\" but an agreement between both sides, and blamed Hock's \"minimalist\" approach to negotiations as a contributing factor to any confusion.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Hock also came under fire during the negotiations. He was \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2013/10/bart_tom_hock_disneyland.php\">criticized \u003c/a>for going to Disneyland to speak at a transit conference on Oct. 15. He was also criticized for taking vacation days during the negotiations, and for a history of labor complaints filed against him and his company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What options do unions now have, besides walking off the job for a third time? KQED's Mina Kim talks with John Logan, associate professor of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/121297366\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the labor negotiation that just won't die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_111413\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 235px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-111413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/RS6027_bart-strike20130804-scr-e1379366884127-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train idled during strike in early July. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train idled during strike in early July. 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The upshot of a statement from Pete Castelli, executive Director of SEIU 1021, following the vote: \"We're considering all our options.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sticking point here is the inclusion in the contract of a family medical leave provision, which BART says was left in by accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/BART-unions-balk-at-reopening-contract-over-error-4988823.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle's Joe Garofoli explains\u003c/a> what that particular language allows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Up to now, BART workers have been allowed to take up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave to deal with serious personal or family medical problems or to bond with a newborn or newly adopted child, but they had to use sick leave, vacation days or other accrued time off. But under the disputed contract provision ... 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BART had initially hoped to restart service by 5 a.m., then the estimate moved to 6 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you rely on BART to get around, you can check \u003ca href=\"http://511.org/\">511.org\u003c/a> for alternate transit and traffic information. The San Francisco Bay Ferry system is not running extra boats today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident is the fourth major interruption in the last year and a half for the service, including strikes in July and October and a closure of the Transbay Tube in June 2012 due to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/06/14/fire-in-oakland-shuts-down-transbay-bart-service/\" target=\"_blank\">a fire outside the West Oakland BART station\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's problems come as the agency is dealing with the latest fallout in its long-running contract dispute with its two biggest unions. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_115005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/13/bart-strike-deadline-update-sunday/justin-sullivangetty-imagesrs7013_175333538-hpf/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115005\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/justin-sullivangetty-imagesRS7013_175333538-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train pulls out of Oakland's Rockridge station. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115005\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train pulls out of Oakland’s Rockridge station. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Friday 10:30 p.m.: \u003c/strong>The BART board of directors is ordering management to reopen talks with unions to try to resolve a dispute over a family leave provision the agency says was mistakenly included in a contract that workers approved earlier this month. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clause in question would give employees of the districts two biggest unions, the BART chapter of SEIU Local 1021 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, up to six weeks of paid leave to care for ailing family members under the terms of the Family Medical Leave Act. Under the previous contract, the paid family leave was only available after workers exhausted vacation days and sick time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART says it never agreed to the new provision and says its chief negotiator, Thomas Hock, and two senior district managers mistakenly signed off on it in July. In fact, district officials say they didn’t discover that the provision was included in the final deal until several days after the unions ratified the agreement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not comfortable with the potential liability that could result from the adoption of this contract provision,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131115a.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the board said in a statement\u003c/a> Friday night. “We have directed the General Manager (Grace Crunican) to go back to the bargaining table and continue a discussion with union officials in an attempt to resolve the matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board said \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/docs/news/FMLA%20Costing%2011-15-2013%20alt1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the provision could cost\u003c/a> the district between roughly $6 million and $44 million over the life of the four-year contract depending on how often workers use the benefit.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘Mistakes happen in the business world and in life every day. That is not an excuse — it is just a fact.’\n\u003cp>-BART statement on contract\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The board also announced Friday that Hock “is no longer associated with the district” and that a new chief negotiator will be named soon. Union officials had been fiercely critical of Hock for what they said was his uncompromising stance during the talks and for his frequent absences during two cooling-off periods during the dispute. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union representatives appeared at an open session of the BART board Friday morning and called on directors to approve the contract as it stands. After the board indicated it will not approve the agreements, SEIU Local 1021 Executive Director Pete Castelli accused the agency of trying to back out of a deal it had agreed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Singling out a tentative agreement they prepared and agreed to in July and citing over-inflated numbers, BART Management is trying to hit the reset button and renege on the agreement that their $399,000 chief negotiator bargained for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make no mistake: there was no confusion or glitch in the agreement. BART’s high-priced chief negotiator Thomas Hock, Assistant General Manager Paul Oversier, and Labor Relations Manager Rudy Medina, signed an agreement that would allow BART workers time off to care for their family members with a serious illness.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The BART board on Friday released a \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/docs/news/TA%20and%20Document%20Chronology_2013%20Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contract timeline\u003c/a> it says shows it never agreed to the family leave provision. A BART \u003ca href=\"http://bart.gov/docs/labor2013/Facts_About_Disputed_FMLA_Proposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“fact sheet”\u003c/a> that includes a Q&A on the dispute reiterates that claim and adds this: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\n\u003cstrong>How could something like this happen when you have a highly paid team of negotiators acting on the District’s behalf?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mistakes happen in the business world and in life every day. That is not an excuse — it is just a fact. During a final review process, the mistake was caught by staff before the BART Board voted on the contract and it will be fully vetted before the contract is considered.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A separate timeline \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_24534447/bart-contract-section-4-8-family-medical-leave?source=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published Friday\u003c/a> by the Contra Costa Times reflects some of the unions’ account of events and disagrees sharply with BART’s chronology. For instance, both sides report the family leave issue came up in late may and early June. The BART account says BART twice rejected the proposal and the unions withdrew it. According to the Times, the union says they discussed the issue “with little feedback from Hock.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both sides agree that the proposal was included in a package of tentative agreements signed July 19. BART says the family leave proposal was mistakenly included in the package even though it had been rejected and withdrawn. The unions say that the provision was part of the tentative contract from that point on and that BART never raised any problems with it until after after the unions formally ratified the agreement on Nov. 1. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, Thursday 7:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> For all of you who haven’t quite had your fill of BART contract disputes, here’s breaking news. BART management announced tonight that there might be problems with the contracts it just got done negotiating with its two biggest unions (and which the unions \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20131102.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have already ratified\u003c/a>):\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>BART management believes that a provision that it did not agree to was inadvertently included in the final labor package, which is scheduled to be considered by the BART Board next week. BART is currently costing out the impact of the provision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART Board will have to factor this item into its ratification decision next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For clarification, the purpose of tomorrow’s closed Board meeting is to review all the tentative agreements that are a part of the labor contract. The Board is scheduled to vote on the contract on Thursday, November 21, 2013.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>What’s the “inadvertently included” provision? Piecing together other news reports, it’s language connected to the transit agency’s family leave policy. From \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=resources/traffic&id=9326491#&cmp=twi-kgo-article-9326491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC7 News\u003c/a>: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The problem has to do with what BART considers a mistake in a clause that grants too much paid family leave to union workers. … Sources tell ABC7 News that a page in the agreement somehow made it into the final draft and was signed by all the negotiators. However, BART officials claim they had rejected the provision and the union had verbally agreed to take it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> The new contract states that BART will give full pay for the first six weeks. 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