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We are very surprised that the City of San Francisco, which prides itself of being a liberal and tolerating city, does not see that their cease and desist letter is an open violation of free speech, contrary to the First Amendment of the US Constitution (“I have the right to tell people if I am about to leave a parking spot and they have the right to pay me for such information”).\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Herrera spokesman Matt Dorsey told \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/26/monkeyparking-tells-sf-its-not-going-to-kill-its-parking-app/\" target=\"_blank\">the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that's \"wildly inventive verbal gymnastics.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be honest,\" Dorsey told the Chron. \"It’s like a prostitute saying she’s not selling sex — she’s only selling information about her willingness to have sex with you. 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A setup screen says, \"Make up to $150/month by selling your on-street parking spots.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another screen in the app describes the MonkeyParking process:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Whenever you park your car, publish your parking spot.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Get notified about drivers willing to pay for it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Leave your spot to a driver and get paid for the effort.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Similarly, MonkeyParking's sample screens in the App Store say the program allows you to \"broadcast your price for a parking spot,\" \"request a parking spot\" and \"let the highest bidder park at your place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though we don't claim to be doctors of jurisprudence or Nobel economics laureates, MonkeyParking's pitch doesn't seem real subtle: While the app furnishes information about parking, what users are paying for, and getting paid for, is concrete real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> Saturday morning (June 28), we got an email from MonkeyParking CEO Paolo Dobrowolny, based in Rome, responding to our questions about the wording on the MonkeyParking site and app. He says:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Regarding your statements on our initial pitch, I can confirm we recently worked on the wording on our website (and on our app) to clarify what is our business model. 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Despite losing 1-0, the USA will advance to the round of 16, thanks to Portugal's 2-1 victory over Ghana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday's crowd was smaller than the one that showed up on Sunday afternoon to watch the American men take on Portugal. The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department estimated that 5,000 to 7,000 people watched that game on the big screen. 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Matthias Kellersohn and Sascha Gissler were visiting San Francisco from Germany for a business trip, and they caught the game before heading to the airport to fly home. Both were pleased with the game's outcome, but said they were still disappointed in the German team's performance and the overall quality of play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"America is through, we're through -- that's great. But they played really bad,\" said Gissler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_140301\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/world-cup-3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-140301\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/world-cup-3-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"World Cup at Civic Center Plaza\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. fans react to a missed scoring opportunity near the end of the game. 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Everyone else was going to work, and here I was, coming up here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's very likely that the Americans will play Belgium in the next round, and Lindeman is optimistic about the U.S. chances. \"It's hard to say, but anything could happen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_140304\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/world-cup-4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-140304\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/world-cup-4-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"World Cup at Civic Center Plaza\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heavy fog burned off midway through the first half. 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Several firefighters suffered minor injuries in the blaze, which \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/15/mission-bay-fire-damage/\" target=\"_blank\">caused at least $40 million in damage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The subcontractor, Petaluma-based T.C. Steel, is appealing a Fire Department citation and $1,000 fine issued last month. The company says it maintained a required 30-minute fire watch after its hot work was done and that its workers are highly trained in following fire safety rules at construction sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In issuing the citation and fine, the Fire Department relied on \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/san-francisco-fire-department-issues-citation-in-massive-mission-bay-blaze\" target=\"_blank\">a report from department fire investigator Stephen Engler\u003c/a>, which pointed to welding and grinding on the building's top floor or roof as the possible cause of the blaze. Engler's investigation cited accounts from two workers on the job who were quoted as saying they had left the work site just minutes after finishing hot work on the project's roof for the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those workers, described in Engler's report as W-9, a \"Cantonese-speaking employee,\" said he spent his last 25 minutes on the job on March 11 grinding pieces of steel that were to be welded into place the next day, and was at street level just five minutes later. A second worker, designated W-10 in Engler's report, is described as an apprentice who was assigned to maintain the fire watch. He is quoted in the investigator's account as saying he spent his final 15 to 20 minutes cutting and grinding steel parts. He, too, said he left the site within minutes of finishing the grinding job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its appeal, T.C. Steel says those findings are the result of confusion involving the account from W-9, whom the company identifies as a veteran welder named Jia Yan. The company says Jia Yan's statements \"should not be taken literally\" because he speaks a different Chinese dialect from San Francisco police Officer Jason Hui, who interviewed him. The appeal also says that Jia Yan \"is easily confused\" about matters unrelated to welding \"even when spoken to in a language he understands.\" The appeal attributes the confusion to the fact \"his education in reading and writing took place in China over 40 years ago.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to T.C. Steel, an employee identified as Juan Baros was the crew member designated to perform the fire watch. The company said Baros was trained to wait the standard 30 minutes and fulfilled fire code safety requirements the day of the fire. 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If the citation is dropped, T.C. Steel would get that money back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials expect the hearing on the appeal to be held later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mission Bay fire prompted the city's fire marshal and Department of Building Inspection to warn construction crews about obeying safety rules. The two agencies published an information sheet weeks after the blaze, clarifying fire safety rules. “That was obviously the largest, most dangerous fire the city has seen in quite some time,” building inspection spokesman Bill Strawn told KQED. “We want the contractors and actual workers who are involved to pay very careful attention to what they are doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rules require crews, among other things, to designate a specific worker to keep an eye out for smoldering embers after work wraps up. Fire Department spokeswoman Lt. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its appeal, T.C. Steel says those findings are the result of confusion involving the account from W-9, whom the company identifies as a veteran welder named Jia Yan. The company says Jia Yan's statements \"should not be taken literally\" because he speaks a different Chinese dialect from San Francisco police Officer Jason Hui, who interviewed him. The appeal also says that Jia Yan \"is easily confused\" about matters unrelated to welding \"even when spoken to in a language he understands.\" The appeal attributes the confusion to the fact \"his education in reading and writing took place in China over 40 years ago.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to T.C. Steel, an employee identified as Juan Baros was the crew member designated to perform the fire watch. The company said Baros was trained to wait the standard 30 minutes and fulfilled fire code safety requirements the day of the fire. The company attached an affidavit from Baros that says, “When all hot work ended on March 11, 2014, I stayed on site at 1200 4th Street no less than 30 minutes to ensure that there was no danger of fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>T.C Steel emphasized in its appeal that it repeated the fire watch procedure every day of its work on the construction project. In any case, the company stated, it usually takes 30 minutes to pick up tools and equipment after a welding or grinding job is done. “It is unlikely and virtually impossible for T.C. Steel’s workers to leave the job site any sooner than 30 minutes after hot work is complete,” the appeal says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials at the San Francisco City Controller’s Office said they received the appeal and a $1,000 check from T.C. Steel last Thursday. That money is not considered an official payment for the fine. When a fire citation is appealed, the company being fined must send in a check for the entire amount in order to hold a hearing. If the citation is dropped, T.C. Steel would get that money back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials expect the hearing on the appeal to be held later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mission Bay fire prompted the city's fire marshal and Department of Building Inspection to warn construction crews about obeying safety rules. The two agencies published an information sheet weeks after the blaze, clarifying fire safety rules. “That was obviously the largest, most dangerous fire the city has seen in quite some time,” building inspection spokesman Bill Strawn told KQED. “We want the contractors and actual workers who are involved to pay very careful attention to what they are doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rules require crews, among other things, to designate a specific worker to keep an eye out for smoldering embers after work wraps up. Fire Department spokeswoman Lt. Mindy Talmadge said the devastation from the Mission Bay fire “shows (construction crews) what can happen and hopefully be a motivator to maintain the conditions of the permit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “hot work” rules for construction jobs like welding and grinding that involve “high-temperature devices” are laid out in the International Building Code. Those same rules were adopted by California’s building code. They require crews to use insulating blankets, keep work areas free of “combustibles”, and maintain fire prevention protocols that can help workers detect and suppress any possible fires, like keeping an extinguisher nearby and maintaining fire watches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say it’s difficult for fire officials to inspect the majority of construction sites to ensure that those “hot work” rules are followed. In many cases, fire departments rely on the private sector to ensure crews are abiding by the safety codes, said David Rich, a principal at Reax Engineering, a Berkeley-based consulting firm made up of combustion and fire scientists, specializing in fire safety design and code consulting. “I think they need the construction crews and their supervisors to take responsibility for these procedures,” Rich said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich said the updated information sheet on hot work issued by fire and building inspection officials to construction crews represents a new step taken by city officials to create a stronger fire safety system in San Francisco on the heels of the Mission Bay Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Big fires result in change,” Rich said. “They identified some areas that really needed explaining to the owners, developers and contractors and they wanted to be crystal-clear about this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139129\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7000.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-139129\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7000-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Transbay Transit Center\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Transbay Transit Center construction site, viewed from 201 Mission St. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">\"N\u003c/span>o great thing is created suddenly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quote, attributed to the Greek philosopher Epictetus, is splashed across plywood panels at Fremont and Mission streets in downtown San Francisco. It's part of an ad campaign for the soon-to-be-built Salesforce Tower, but it could also apply to the neighboring Transbay Transit Center, the grand transportation terminal that has rendered a large chunk of SoMa a construction zone for the past several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers officially broke ground on the transit center in 2010, beginning with the demolition of the old Transbay Terminal. Nearly four years later, the site still looks like a 1,500-foot-long chasm, buttressed by dozens of huge steel tubes. But that will change soon. According to the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, construction is at about the halfway point. After two years of underground work, the above-ground portion of the building will begin to take shape this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the TJPA conducted a tour of the construction site to show off its cavernous underground portion before vertical construction begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139132\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7003.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-139132\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7003-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Transbay Transit Center\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The walls are supported by a series of horizontal steel pipes, which are 3 feet in diameter. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's difficult to get a sense for the scale of the project from street level, because all of the work up to this point has been underground. \"You get your exercise,\" said Chris Jones, who serves as the project's quality assurance coordinator. \"Basically, if I do my rounds, that's one lap around the project. It's half a mile.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To give you an idea of just how big it is, two Transamerica Pyramids, laid down end to end, would nearly fit in the hole. During excavation, workers removed enough material to fill 120 Olympic swimming pools. (Other excavation trivia \u003ca href=\"http://transbaycenter.org/uploads/2014/02/Transbay-Transit-Center-Excavation-Fact-Sheet-2.10.14.pdf\">can be found here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The steel that will support the new building will come from seven fabrication shops that are spread out all over the country. \"Our job numbers just came in, and I think we're employing upwards of 6,000 people from around the country to create the steel,\" said Stephanie Reichin, a spokeswoman for the TJPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7021.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-139133\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7021-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Transbay Transit Center\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"We're employing upwards of 6,000 people from around the country to create the steel,\" said TJPA spokeswoman Stephanie Reichin. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The center's $1.9 billion first phase will include a five-story bus terminal, which will stretch across four blocks. The building will be topped with a 5.4-acre rooftop park, which has been compared to \u003ca href=\"http://www.viator.com/tours/New-York-City/New-York-High-Line-Park-Walking-Tour/d687-5196HIGH?pref=204&aid=m5858\">New York's High Line\u003c/a>. Future phases, which have yet to receive funding, will link high-speed rail and Caltrain to the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest challenges associated with the site is groundwater. In the 1840s, the bay's shoreline was roughly where First Street is today. So, when workers began to dig, they encountered a lot of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We created, essentially, a bathtub,\" said Reichin. That enabled workers to excavate the site without disrupting the surrounding water table. Crews pounded 100-foot-long I-beams into the ground, creating underground walls that are supported by a series of horizontal steel pipes, which are 3 feet in diameter. Those walls serve to prevent dirt and water from the surrounding neighborhood from pouring into the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139146\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7040.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-139146\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7040-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Transbay Transit Center\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers tour the lower levels of the Transbay Transit Center construction site. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Workers found more than just water when excavating the site. They famously discovered a 1,300-year-old woolly mammoth tooth, some gold chips and a treasure trove of \u003ca href=\"http://transbaycenter.org/project/archaeology\">Gold Rush-era artifacts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, the transit center has been making headlines for its escalating price tag. Last month, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Transbay-Transit-Center-s-construction-costs-keep-5486433.php\">the Chronicle reported\u003c/a> that the project's costs had risen by $150 million, forcing officials to drop more than $50 million in \"cosmetic\" expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The enormous size of the building is an obvious contributor to the hefty price. But there are other reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're building it correctly,\" said Reichin. \"We have to build it for seismic structural integrity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building must also conform to Federal Transit Administration and federal security requirements. The Bay Area's recent construction boom is also to blame, enabling construction companies to take their pick of projects, driving up prices in the bidding process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing at the base of the concrete chasm in a maze of scaffolding and rebar, it's still pretty difficult to picture the curvy, metal-clad structure that will rise over the next three years. But construction is moving steadily forward. 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(Other excavation trivia \u003ca href=\"http://transbaycenter.org/uploads/2014/02/Transbay-Transit-Center-Excavation-Fact-Sheet-2.10.14.pdf\">can be found here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The steel that will support the new building will come from seven fabrication shops that are spread out all over the country. \"Our job numbers just came in, and I think we're employing upwards of 6,000 people from around the country to create the steel,\" said Stephanie Reichin, a spokeswoman for the TJPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7021.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-139133\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7021-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Transbay Transit Center\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"We're employing upwards of 6,000 people from around the country to create the steel,\" said TJPA spokeswoman Stephanie Reichin. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The center's $1.9 billion first phase will include a five-story bus terminal, which will stretch across four blocks. The building will be topped with a 5.4-acre rooftop park, which has been compared to \u003ca href=\"http://www.viator.com/tours/New-York-City/New-York-High-Line-Park-Walking-Tour/d687-5196HIGH?pref=204&aid=m5858\">New York's High Line\u003c/a>. Future phases, which have yet to receive funding, will link high-speed rail and Caltrain to the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest challenges associated with the site is groundwater. In the 1840s, the bay's shoreline was roughly where First Street is today. So, when workers began to dig, they encountered a lot of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We created, essentially, a bathtub,\" said Reichin. That enabled workers to excavate the site without disrupting the surrounding water table. Crews pounded 100-foot-long I-beams into the ground, creating underground walls that are supported by a series of horizontal steel pipes, which are 3 feet in diameter. Those walls serve to prevent dirt and water from the surrounding neighborhood from pouring into the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_139146\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7040.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-139146\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/IMG_7040-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Transbay Transit Center\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers tour the lower levels of the Transbay Transit Center construction site. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Workers found more than just water when excavating the site. They famously discovered a 1,300-year-old woolly mammoth tooth, some gold chips and a treasure trove of \u003ca href=\"http://transbaycenter.org/project/archaeology\">Gold Rush-era artifacts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, the transit center has been making headlines for its escalating price tag. Last month, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Transbay-Transit-Center-s-construction-costs-keep-5486433.php\">the Chronicle reported\u003c/a> that the project's costs had risen by $150 million, forcing officials to drop more than $50 million in \"cosmetic\" expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The enormous size of the building is an obvious contributor to the hefty price. But there are other reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're building it correctly,\" said Reichin. \"We have to build it for seismic structural integrity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building must also conform to Federal Transit Administration and federal security requirements. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> The U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco announced the charges against 42-year-old Ryan Chamberlain. The San Francisco political and media consultant was arrested last week after a three-day manhunt that authorities say was prompted by the discovery of bomb-making materials at his apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The indictment alleges possession of a destructive device, and replaces a criminal complaint that accused Chamberlain of trying to build a remote-controlled bomb. The indictment also charges Chamberlain with possessing a handgun without serial numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chamberlain’s public defender didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment. He is expected to return to court Monday and Tuesday for a detention hearing and arraignment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chamberlain faces up to 10 years in prison if he’s convicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– The Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here’s the indictment:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"doc_57190\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/229586267/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:20 p.m. Tuesday June 3:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://abc7news.com/video/embed/?pid=90457\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The criminal complaint against Chamberlain has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/pages/1058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made public\u003c/a> after Judge Nathanael Cousins unsealed it Tuesday morning. Chamberlain is being charged with possession of an illegal destructive device.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a press conference at 8:30 a.m., where few questions were answered about potential charges or evidence, federal agents said off the record to a group of reporters that an explosive device had been found in Chamberlain’s Russian Hill apartment, according to KQED’s Bryan Goebel, who was on the scene. When Chamberlain made his first court appearance later this morning, Cousins criticized federal prosecutor Philip Kearney for arguing that the complaint documents should remain sealed at the same time details were being leaked to the media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the complaint, FBI Special Agent Michael Eldridge met with Chamberlain in a coffee shop on May 31, where Chamberlain admitted “that he was aware of the Tor network, and that he sometimes played poker on ‘black market’ websites.” Chamberlain was then allowed to leave the coffee shop and returned to his apartment, but agents following him called off the pursuit when he drove recklessly through stoplights and at a high speed. Acting on a search warrant, agents then entered Chamberlain’s apartment. The complaint outlines what was found there, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>– a screw-top glass jar containing batteries and a powdery green substance\u003cbr>\n– a model rocket motor lodged within the green powdery substance\u003cbr>\n– an “electric match,” a common igniter for improvised explosive devices (IEDs)\u003cbr>\n– an assortment of ball bearings and screws believed to be intended projectiles\u003cbr>\n– a wire extending from the glass jar attached to the metal lid of the jar\u003cbr>\n– a circuit board, configured as a remote-controlled receiver\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the complaint, all the components necessary to comprise an IED were found in his apartment and it was believed that a destructive device was designed to “maim or kill a human being or human beings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/pages/1058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full complaint against Chamberlain online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:20 a.m. Tuesday June 3:\u003c/strong> The FBI and San Francisco police will hold a joint press conference at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the arrest of Ryan Chamberlain. He’s the former San Francisco political consultant wanted on explosives charges after a raid on his apartment over the weekend. He was taken into custody (see the video above) Monday night near Crissy Field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends have started a \u003ca href=\"https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/ryan-chamberlain-legal-defense-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Chamberlain Legal Defense Fund\u003c/a> on crowdfunding site Crowdtilt. The campaign administrator is \u003ca href=\"http://nationbuilder.com/adriel_hampton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adriel Hampton\u003c/a>, business development director for NationBuilder, which offers software for political organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hampton’s fundraising pitch: “Ryan Chamberlain is part of the San Francisco political family and he’s got a great community of friends. He’s a great guy who broke a little bad. Let’s help him out.” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/adrielhampton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Twitter, Hampton invites contributions\u003c/a> “if you’re against an out of control police state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By early Tuesday morning, the fund had raised \u003cdel datetime=\"2014-06-03T14:31:20+00:00\">$4,570\u003c/del> \u003cdel datetime=\"2014-06-03T14:37:32+00:00\">$5,620\u003c/del> $5,870.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:25 p.m. Monday June 2:\u003c/strong> The FBI has confirmed that Ryan Chamberlain, the subject of a manhunt since explosives were allegedly found in his San Francisco apartment on Saturday, has been arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137761\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/ryanchamberlain-1-of-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-137761\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/ryanchamberlain-1-of-1-469x640.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan K. Chamberlain II, wanted in connection in photo released by FBI. \" width=\"240\" height=\"328\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan K. Chamberlain II, wanted in connection with explosives probe, shown in photo released by FBI. \u003ccite>(FBI)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Morgan Manos, identified in media reports as an Uber driver who was parked near the scene of the arrest at Crissy Field, shot a video of the end of the arrest (embedded in KGO-TV report above). Manos is quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle’s Peter Fimrite as saying that Chamberlain was panicked as police and federal agents closed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>“They took him down hard,” said Morgan Manos about Chamberlain’s arrest. “He seemed pretty panicked. He was asking for help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Peter Fimrite (@pfimrite) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/pfimrite/statuses/473647138597912578\">June 3, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Following the account of Twitter user \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ScannerSays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ScannerSays\u003c/a>, San Francisco police made the arrest after spotting Chamberlain at Crissy Field shortly after 6 p.m. Police requested backup, reported “the subject is resisting arrest,” and followed that report with requests for the police explosive disposal detail, Fire Department units and medical assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:25 p.m. Monday June 2: \u003c/strong>Several news outlets are reporting that the FBI is investigating the possibility Ryan Chamberlain, the fugitive political consultant/PR pro wanted on explosives charges, visited a bar on Haight Street on Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CBS San Francisco reports:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The bartender at The Mad Dog in the Fog bar at 530 Haight Street told KPIX 5 that FBI agents were in the bar earlier Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agents questioned bar staff and informed them Chamberlain was inside the bar around 2 p.m. and got cash out of the ATM. The bartender said that the agents told her that they believed Chamberlain might be at an establishment nearby drinking. …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>…FBI Agency spokesperson Peter Lee said, “We take every lead very seriously. When there is a sighting, we will deploy agents and police officers to that area. We’re running down every lead.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post on June 2: \u003c/strong>The FBI is withholding comment on a message purportedly posted by a San Francisco political consultant and PR professional who is a fugitive in an explosives investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, federal agents raided the San Francisco apartment of Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, where they reportedly found illegal explosives. The FBI says Chamberlain fled and was last seen driving somewhere south of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As noted \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/S-F-man-wanted-by-FBI-posts-apparent-suicide-note-5522548.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> and elsewhere, Chamberlain was active as a consultant to several political campaigns in the city between 2002 and 2009, including Gavin Newsom’s first campaign for mayor in 2003. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/06/ryan_chamberlain_longtime_san.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SF Weekly’s Joe Eskinazi notes that Chamberlain was accused\u003c/a> of being behind at least one campaign low blow aimed at former Supervisor Chris Daly. Chamberlain’s friends and acquaintances have taken to social media to express shock at the FBI’s allegations against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Monday, a long missive purportedly posted to an iCloud account by Chamberlain speaks at length of his personal and professional disappointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve isolated two things I need,” the letter says. “A person and a purpose.” It continues:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>All I’ve ever wanted was someone to be madly in love with, to go through life with in that great, dedicated relationship. Then, all I needed was a great reason to get up everyday. Some great work to do. That’s pretty easy. Everyone wants that. Lots of people get it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it always eluded me. I’d give my all to a girl and she’d take it and run. I’d bust my ass at a job, but the company would fail, the economy would drop out, the campaign would lose … or it would win and leave me behind. As I hustled year in and year out, fought through another failed relationship with someone who cheated and/or left, and scrambled for another half-ass job that didn’t work out, my mental state got more stressed and panicked. I don’t know if my depression caused the outcome, or if the outcome built on the depression, but the result is the same.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The message also says that the writer was close to running out of money and only recently had a job prospect after more than a year of searching. As a result, the letter says, “I got dark. I got real dark. I explored myriad ways I could put an end to what I was going through. I binge-watched dark TV, sometimes didn’t get off the couch for days, and scoured the Internet absorbing fuel for morbid fantasies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in what appears to be a direct allusion to the Saturday FBI raid of Chamberlain’s apartment at Polk and Jackson streets, the note says, “Some of that activity seemed to attract the attention of some visitors today … who made it rather evident that this is the end of the line for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Lee, the FBI’s spokesman in San Francisco, said Monday the FBI has no comment on the purported Chamberlain message posted Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee said agents joined by San Francisco police and fire personnel executed a search warrant at Chamberlain’s apartment, which he said officials believed has “a criminal nexus to a federal crime.” Lee said Chamberlain is alleged to possess explosive materials. The bureau’s alert for Chamberlain describes him as armed and dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A follow-up message posted on Chamberlain’s Twitter account, @poliholic, denied the FBI’s account:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>A panicked update to my letter that should have posted by now. Nothing they’re reporting is true. No “stashes.” Not “armed and…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Ryan Chamberlain (@poliholic) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/poliholic/statuses/473514454748250112\">June 2, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here’s the indictment:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"doc_57190\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/229586267/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:20 p.m. Tuesday June 3:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://abc7news.com/video/embed/?pid=90457\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The criminal complaint against Chamberlain has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/pages/1058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made public\u003c/a> after Judge Nathanael Cousins unsealed it Tuesday morning. Chamberlain is being charged with possession of an illegal destructive device.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a press conference at 8:30 a.m., where few questions were answered about potential charges or evidence, federal agents said off the record to a group of reporters that an explosive device had been found in Chamberlain’s Russian Hill apartment, according to KQED’s Bryan Goebel, who was on the scene. When Chamberlain made his first court appearance later this morning, Cousins criticized federal prosecutor Philip Kearney for arguing that the complaint documents should remain sealed at the same time details were being leaked to the media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the complaint, FBI Special Agent Michael Eldridge met with Chamberlain in a coffee shop on May 31, where Chamberlain admitted “that he was aware of the Tor network, and that he sometimes played poker on ‘black market’ websites.” Chamberlain was then allowed to leave the coffee shop and returned to his apartment, but agents following him called off the pursuit when he drove recklessly through stoplights and at a high speed. Acting on a search warrant, agents then entered Chamberlain’s apartment. The complaint outlines what was found there, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>– a screw-top glass jar containing batteries and a powdery green substance\u003cbr>\n– a model rocket motor lodged within the green powdery substance\u003cbr>\n– an “electric match,” a common igniter for improvised explosive devices (IEDs)\u003cbr>\n– an assortment of ball bearings and screws believed to be intended projectiles\u003cbr>\n– a wire extending from the glass jar attached to the metal lid of the jar\u003cbr>\n– a circuit board, configured as a remote-controlled receiver\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the complaint, all the components necessary to comprise an IED were found in his apartment and it was believed that a destructive device was designed to “maim or kill a human being or human beings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/pages/1058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full complaint against Chamberlain online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:20 a.m. Tuesday June 3:\u003c/strong> The FBI and San Francisco police will hold a joint press conference at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the arrest of Ryan Chamberlain. He’s the former San Francisco political consultant wanted on explosives charges after a raid on his apartment over the weekend. He was taken into custody (see the video above) Monday night near Crissy Field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends have started a \u003ca href=\"https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/ryan-chamberlain-legal-defense-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Chamberlain Legal Defense Fund\u003c/a> on crowdfunding site Crowdtilt. The campaign administrator is \u003ca href=\"http://nationbuilder.com/adriel_hampton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adriel Hampton\u003c/a>, business development director for NationBuilder, which offers software for political organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hampton’s fundraising pitch: “Ryan Chamberlain is part of the San Francisco political family and he’s got a great community of friends. He’s a great guy who broke a little bad. Let’s help him out.” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/adrielhampton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Twitter, Hampton invites contributions\u003c/a> “if you’re against an out of control police state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By early Tuesday morning, the fund had raised \u003cdel datetime=\"2014-06-03T14:31:20+00:00\">$4,570\u003c/del> \u003cdel datetime=\"2014-06-03T14:37:32+00:00\">$5,620\u003c/del> $5,870.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:25 p.m. Monday June 2:\u003c/strong> The FBI has confirmed that Ryan Chamberlain, the subject of a manhunt since explosives were allegedly found in his San Francisco apartment on Saturday, has been arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137761\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/ryanchamberlain-1-of-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-137761\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/ryanchamberlain-1-of-1-469x640.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan K. Chamberlain II, wanted in connection in photo released by FBI. \" width=\"240\" height=\"328\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan K. Chamberlain II, wanted in connection with explosives probe, shown in photo released by FBI. \u003ccite>(FBI)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Morgan Manos, identified in media reports as an Uber driver who was parked near the scene of the arrest at Crissy Field, shot a video of the end of the arrest (embedded in KGO-TV report above). Manos is quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle’s Peter Fimrite as saying that Chamberlain was panicked as police and federal agents closed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>“They took him down hard,” said Morgan Manos about Chamberlain’s arrest. “He seemed pretty panicked. He was asking for help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Peter Fimrite (@pfimrite) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/pfimrite/statuses/473647138597912578\">June 3, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Following the account of Twitter user \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ScannerSays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ScannerSays\u003c/a>, San Francisco police made the arrest after spotting Chamberlain at Crissy Field shortly after 6 p.m. Police requested backup, reported “the subject is resisting arrest,” and followed that report with requests for the police explosive disposal detail, Fire Department units and medical assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:25 p.m. Monday June 2: \u003c/strong>Several news outlets are reporting that the FBI is investigating the possibility Ryan Chamberlain, the fugitive political consultant/PR pro wanted on explosives charges, visited a bar on Haight Street on Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CBS San Francisco reports:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The bartender at The Mad Dog in the Fog bar at 530 Haight Street told KPIX 5 that FBI agents were in the bar earlier Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agents questioned bar staff and informed them Chamberlain was inside the bar around 2 p.m. and got cash out of the ATM. The bartender said that the agents told her that they believed Chamberlain might be at an establishment nearby drinking. …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>…FBI Agency spokesperson Peter Lee said, “We take every lead very seriously. When there is a sighting, we will deploy agents and police officers to that area. We’re running down every lead.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post on June 2: \u003c/strong>The FBI is withholding comment on a message purportedly posted by a San Francisco political consultant and PR professional who is a fugitive in an explosives investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, federal agents raided the San Francisco apartment of Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, where they reportedly found illegal explosives. The FBI says Chamberlain fled and was last seen driving somewhere south of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As noted \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/S-F-man-wanted-by-FBI-posts-apparent-suicide-note-5522548.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> and elsewhere, Chamberlain was active as a consultant to several political campaigns in the city between 2002 and 2009, including Gavin Newsom’s first campaign for mayor in 2003. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/06/ryan_chamberlain_longtime_san.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SF Weekly’s Joe Eskinazi notes that Chamberlain was accused\u003c/a> of being behind at least one campaign low blow aimed at former Supervisor Chris Daly. Chamberlain’s friends and acquaintances have taken to social media to express shock at the FBI’s allegations against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Monday, a long missive purportedly posted to an iCloud account by Chamberlain speaks at length of his personal and professional disappointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve isolated two things I need,” the letter says. “A person and a purpose.” It continues:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>All I’ve ever wanted was someone to be madly in love with, to go through life with in that great, dedicated relationship. Then, all I needed was a great reason to get up everyday. Some great work to do. That’s pretty easy. Everyone wants that. Lots of people get it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it always eluded me. I’d give my all to a girl and she’d take it and run. I’d bust my ass at a job, but the company would fail, the economy would drop out, the campaign would lose … or it would win and leave me behind. As I hustled year in and year out, fought through another failed relationship with someone who cheated and/or left, and scrambled for another half-ass job that didn’t work out, my mental state got more stressed and panicked. I don’t know if my depression caused the outcome, or if the outcome built on the depression, but the result is the same.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The message also says that the writer was close to running out of money and only recently had a job prospect after more than a year of searching. As a result, the letter says, “I got dark. I got real dark. I explored myriad ways I could put an end to what I was going through. I binge-watched dark TV, sometimes didn’t get off the couch for days, and scoured the Internet absorbing fuel for morbid fantasies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in what appears to be a direct allusion to the Saturday FBI raid of Chamberlain’s apartment at Polk and Jackson streets, the note says, “Some of that activity seemed to attract the attention of some visitors today … who made it rather evident that this is the end of the line for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Lee, the FBI’s spokesman in San Francisco, said Monday the FBI has no comment on the purported Chamberlain message posted Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee said agents joined by San Francisco police and fire personnel executed a search warrant at Chamberlain’s apartment, which he said officials believed has “a criminal nexus to a federal crime.” Lee said Chamberlain is alleged to possess explosive materials. The bureau’s alert for Chamberlain describes him as armed and dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/muniyard060214a-1-of-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-137748\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/muniyard060214a-1-of-1-640x429.jpg\" alt=\"Idle buses at Muni’s Potrero Division yard during Monday’s driver sickout. (Olivia Allen-Price)\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Idle buses at Muni’s Potrero Division yard during Monday’s driver sickout. (Olivia Allen-Price)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:30 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> The Great Muni Sickout of 2014 has ended. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is telling riders that all vehicles, including cable cars, will be following their regular routes this morning. The return to transit normalcy comes after a three-day sickout by operators that appeared to be the result of an ongoing contract dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the SFMTA site: \"Muni service availability has steadily improved over the past few days, and is expected to provide approximately 90 percent of this morning's service based on pre-service data. Muni operated at 54 percent, 61 percent, and 80 percent of total service on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, this week respectively.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency said that buses, trolley coaches, cable cars, the Muni Metro and the F-Market & Wharves historic streetcar line will all be back to business as usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera \u003ca href=\"http://sfcityattorney.org/index.aspx?page=597\" target=\"_blank\">filed unfair labor practice charges\u003c/a> with the state's Public Employment Relations Board in an attempt to end the sickout. Although the union denies any involvement in the sickout, the charges allege that Transport Workers Union Local 250-A was flouting contract and City Charter provisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complaint maintains that the sickout is illegal under state law as well as the existing contract with Muni workers. Given the union's rejection of the SFMTA's offer, the complaint says, a neutral three-member arbitration board should resolve the impasse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/S-F-city-attorney-files-legal-charges-to-halt-5527895.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle reports\u003c/a> that an arbitrator is scheduled to meet with negotiators from labor and management on Saturday, but that a spokesman for the city attorney's office said the union's lawyer sent a letter saying the union wouldn't attend. The story also reported that transit workers voted 1,198-47 against the proposed contract, according to union officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 a.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>Here's Muni's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/news/press-releases/sfmta-updates-muni-service-plan-wednesday-morning\" target=\"_blank\">updated service plan for Wednesday morning\u003c/a>. Again, the agency says about 440 of its normal fleet of 600 buses, light-rail vehicles, streetcars and cable cars are operating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 a.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is saying that things are looking better than the past couple of mornings. The agency is putting about 70 percent of its fleet on the street as some bus drivers and rail operators continue a job action fueled by anger over a city contract proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni's count of vehicles on the road this morning is about 440 of the normal 600 buses, light-rail vehicles, streetcars and cable cars. Significant \"gaps and delays\" are expected again throughout the system, though Muni is restoring service where it can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few details:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Service will return on all bus lines, including Muni's express (X) and limited (L) lines.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muni Metro light-rail service will operate two-car trains.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>F-Line streetcars will run between Fisherman's Wharf and the Ferry Building but not on Market Street.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cable cars continue to be shut down. Some limited shuttle bus service is available along the car routes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>BART will continue to honor Muni fares and transfers between the Daly City and Embarcadero stations.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin says things are looking up for tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">“We are starting to see a little bit of turnaround in terms of attendance coming back,\" Reiskin said. \"I’m cautiously optimistic that tomorrow should be much better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, San Francisco supervisors voted unanimously for a resolution calling on workers to return to their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to be very strong and clear as elected representatives of the people of San Francisco that it is not OK to debilitate the Muni system,\" said Supervisor Scott Wiener, who introduced the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA is also telling the Muni operators' union that it will seek damages for the sickout by operators. Transport Workers Union Local 250-A President Eric Williams said that the union had nothing to do with the sickout but that \"it's understandable, given the frustration over how the men and women are being treated by the city and the agency.\" In a letter, Williams also called on workers to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:30 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Already worrying about the evening commute? The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency just released new bus and light-rail schedules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning at 3 p.m., the J, L, M and N will now operate on short routes with limited bus shuttles to the terminals. Also, note that we've heard from several riders who were able to ride buses listed as not in operation today. Cable cars are still not in operation, and their lines are covered by limited bus shuttles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni Metro\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>J-Church — Will operate between Embarcadero Station and 30th Street. Limited bus shuttle service will be provided between 30th Street and Balboa Park Station. Customers traveling between Balboa Park Station and 30th are encouraged to use BART or Mission Street routes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>K-Ingleside — Will operate on its regular route\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>L-Taraval — Will operate between Embarcadero Station and 22nd Avenue. Limited bus shuttle service will be provided between 22nd Avenue and the Zoo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>M-Ocean View — Will operate between Embarcadero Station and S.F. State. Limited bus shuttle service will be provided between 19th Avenue and Holloway and Balboa Park Station.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>N-Judah — Will operate between Embarcadero Station and 19th Avenue. Limited bus shuttle service will be provided between 19th Avenue and Ocean Beach. T-Third trains will provide service from Embarcadero to Caltrain at Fourth and King.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>T-Third— Will operate on its regular route\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni Bus Service\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>No limited-stop service on the 5L, 9L, 14L, 28L, 38L and 71L routes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The following routes will not operate:\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1AX/BX, 31AX/BX, 38AX/BX\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>16X, 88\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3-Jackson – The majority of stops on this route are covered by the 2-Clement\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>8AX-Bayshore Express and 8BX will operate without changes.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Muni officials announced that an arbitration hearing on the contract dispute is scheduled to take place Saturday. But Eric Williams, president of the local transport workers union, said he wants to resume contract talks before then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137875\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/10432108_10101294004865738_5079752475817251047_n.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-137875 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/10432108_10101294004865738_5079752475817251047_n-300x300.jpg\" alt='Ian Sherr caught a nearly empty 1AX bus Tuesday morning despite the Muni \"sickout.\" (Courtesy Ian Sherr)' width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ian Sherr caught a nearly empty 1AX bus Tuesday morning despite the Muni sickout. (Courtesy Ian Sherr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"You know, we are ready and prepared to go back to the table with the agency,\" Williams said. \"We just want to assure the public that we're here to offer up the services that we're supposed to. We're here. We're just asking to be treated fairly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union has played no role in the sickout, and was surprised when it happened. Williams apologized to residents of San Francisco, but blamed the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I apologize,\" he said. \"But actually it's on the city. For 30 years there was a system in place that helped negotiate or navigate these issues through negotiations. That's been taken away.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Ed Lee criticized the 300 or so drivers who have called in sick over the last two days, and called on them to return to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> It's Day Two of the Great Muni Sickout of 2014. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is reporting that bus and rail operators have again called in sick in large numbers, meaning that just a fraction of normal service is available for the Tuesday morning commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni reported Tuesday that about 300 of the usual fleet of 600 vehicles rolled out this morning. Transit delays are reported on most lines in the city, and the agency says commuters should expect big crowds and delays of up to an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, which represents Muni operators staging a sickout, released a statement Tuesday morning on its contract negotiations with the city. The statement said in part:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SFMTA managers had told workers throughout the bargaining process that any shift from the city’s pension contributions to a plan funded by individuals would be offset by wage increases and would be “cost neutral.” However, even with wage increases of more than 8.05 percent proposed by SFMTA, drivers would experience a cut in their take-home pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past three years, drivers received no wage increases and are currently paid less than their counterparts in Seattle, Santa Clara, and other comparable public transit systems. Rather than improving wages and benefits, under the transit agency’s proposal, the vast majority of drivers would be paid less in real wages over the life of the agreement than they make now. MUNI workers are the only public employees in the City of San Francisco being targeted for a reduction in earnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a great city, but a very difficult place to operate a bus, streetcar or cable car,” said TWU 250-A President Eric Williams. “This also is a very expensive city and while SFMTA’s ridership and revenues are on rising, the agency seeks to cut wages and benefits and convert full-time positions to part time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TWU 250-A has offered to return to the bargaining table -- but that offer has been rejected. Rather than bargain in good faith, management hopes that an arbitrator will shift pension costs, reduce wages and allow the replacement of full-time experienced drivers with part-time drivers paid at rates far below the full-timers. The transit agency also seeks to establish a 5-year wage progression schedule that would create two classes of workers.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The agency says its light-rail lines — the J-Church, K-Ingleside, L-Taraval, M-Ocean View, N-Judah and T-Third — are all running. To maximize capacity, each train is operating with just two cars. The F-Line streetcars are operating only between the Ferry Building and Fisherman's Wharf — no service is being offered up Market Street to the Castro. The city's cable car lines are shut down for a second straight day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday bus service details, per Muni:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 8AX Bayshore Express and 8BX will operate without changes. There will be no limited-stop service (affects the 5L, 9L, 14L, 28L, 38L). And the following routes will not operate: 1AX/BX, 31AX/BX, 38AX/BX, 16X, 88, 3-Jackson (the majority of stops on the 3 are covered by the 2-Clement).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The SFMTA \u003ca href=\"#memo\">sent a memo to workers\u003c/a> today stating that the agency will not pay workers without a doctor's note or other verification. Chief of Staff Alicia John-Baptiste also reminded workers that they are forbidden to strike under their contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The union that represents Muni operators has overwhelmingly rejected a contract proposal made by SFMTA. The proposal would have given Muni drivers an 11.25 percent raise over two years and required that they contribute 7.5 percent to their pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"d134f0359725d385e10f4eedab35370b\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of Muni bus, light rail and cable car operations remain offline, and there are widespread delays across the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">“I think I’ve been here 15 minutes,\" said Ernestine Jensen, a retired San Francisco resident waiting for an F-line historic streetcar at Market Street and Van Ness Avenue. After she learned that only two of 20 trains were running, she left. \"I’ll do my shopping another day,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:25 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Muni is scrambling to patch together service as bus and rail operators follow through with a threatened sickout this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Via Twitter (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfmta_muni\" target=\"_blank\">@sfmta_muni\u003c/a>), the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said it's seeing \"major delays\" throughout the city. Agency spokesman Paul Rose says that 400 of the 600 buses, light-rail vehicles, streetcars and cable cars that would normally be on the streets have been idled because of driver absences. The sickout is in response to widespread anger over a city contract proposal (see original post below for details).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni urged riders to take alternate service Monday if possible and announced that BART will honor Muni passes and transfers between Daly City and downtown San Francisco stops today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Limited service is rolling, Muni says, but all express buses will operate as local runs. F-Line streetcar service has been hit by long delays and is being supplemented with shuttle bus service. No cable car service will operate until at least noon, the agency says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've called in as many operators as we could to help fill service,\" Rose told KQED's Ted Goldberg, \"and they account for the 200 vehicles we were able to put out this morning.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said Muni is trying to make plans to deal with a second day of operator absences. He said the agency is contacting other transit providers in the region that might be able to supplement Muni's severely curtailed service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're hoping that today is the only day this will impact our riders,\" Rose said. \"We're certainly hoping for the best but planning for the worst.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137767\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-137767 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/waiting-640x460.jpg\" alt=\"Riders faced long waits at Muni stops. (Isabel Angell/KQED)\" width=\"320\" height=\"230\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riders faced long waits at Muni stops. (Isabel Angell/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (Sunday night): \u003c/strong>A Muni spokesman said Sunday night that a higher-than-normal number of bus and light-rail operators have called in ill for Monday morning, increasing the chance that union members unhappy with a city contract proposal will stage a sickout on Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While it appears the majority of our transit operators will be on the job tomorrow, early attendance reports indicate that service could be impacted,” said San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency spokesman Paul Rose. “We will be working through the night and morning to balance service the best we can across the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said Muni is urging riders to leave early in the morning and follow updates on Twitter — \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfmta_muni\" target=\"_blank\">@sfmta_Muni\u003c/a> — and to sign up for email and text alerts on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SFMTA’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rumored sickout, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/05/muni_drivers_voting_on_union_c.php\" target=\"_blank\">first reported Friday by SF Weekly\u003c/a>, came on the same day that Muni's 2,200 operators and mechanics began voting on a contract that Eric Williams, president of Transit Workers Local 250-A, \u003ca href=\"http://www.twusf.org/PresidentsCorner.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">said was full of “unreasonable takeaways in wages and benefits\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The principal dispute between Muni and the operators — who, like other municipal workers, are \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdhr.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=15396\" target=\"_blank\">barred from striking\u003c/a> by the City Charter — revolves around two monetary issues: pay raises in the new two-year contract and a requirement for new pension contributions by union members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.twusf.org/Portals/21/PDFs/9163_CBA_Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">summary of the contract\u003c/a> posted by Local 250-A shows that operators hired before July 1, 2011, will get a 5.05 percent \"base wage increase\" starting next month, plus another 3 percent. In exchange, the contract requires operators to pay a 7.5 percent pension contribution that until now was paid by Muni. The second year of the contract includes a raise of between 2.25 and 3.25 percent, depending on inflation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local 250-A voted on the contract Friday, with \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/05/muni_drivers_voting_on_union_c.php\" target=\"_blank\">members predicting it would be voted down\u003c/a>. No results had been announced by late Sunday. If operators reject the contract, the dispute will be submitted to arbitration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"memo\">\u003c/a>SFMTA Memo to Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View SFMTA Memo to 'Sick-out' Transit Operators on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/227718786/SFMTA-Memo-to-Sick-out-Transit-Operators?secret_password=Q3cnZHf3fhUj43FJXslf\">SFMTA Memo to 'Sick-out' Transit Operators\u003c/a> by \u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View KQED News's profile on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/KQED_News\">KQED News\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_92153\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/227718786/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-QefEWhJkjFLrvMkLVMhG&show_recommendations=true\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nKQED's Dan Brekke, Olivia Allen-Price, Lisa Pickoff-White, Bryan Goebel, Isabel Angell, Guy Marzorati and Ted Goldberg contributed to this post. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/S-F-city-attorney-files-legal-charges-to-halt-5527895.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle reports\u003c/a> that an arbitrator is scheduled to meet with negotiators from labor and management on Saturday, but that a spokesman for the city attorney's office said the union's lawyer sent a letter saying the union wouldn't attend. The story also reported that transit workers voted 1,198-47 against the proposed contract, according to union officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 a.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>Here's Muni's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/news/press-releases/sfmta-updates-muni-service-plan-wednesday-morning\" target=\"_blank\">updated service plan for Wednesday morning\u003c/a>. Again, the agency says about 440 of its normal fleet of 600 buses, light-rail vehicles, streetcars and cable cars are operating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 a.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is saying that things are looking better than the past couple of mornings. The agency is putting about 70 percent of its fleet on the street as some bus drivers and rail operators continue a job action fueled by anger over a city contract proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni's count of vehicles on the road this morning is about 440 of the normal 600 buses, light-rail vehicles, streetcars and cable cars. Significant \"gaps and delays\" are expected again throughout the system, though Muni is restoring service where it can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few details:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Service will return on all bus lines, including Muni's express (X) and limited (L) lines.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muni Metro light-rail service will operate two-car trains.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>F-Line streetcars will run between Fisherman's Wharf and the Ferry Building but not on Market Street.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cable cars continue to be shut down. Some limited shuttle bus service is available along the car routes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>BART will continue to honor Muni fares and transfers between the Daly City and Embarcadero stations.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin says things are looking up for tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">“We are starting to see a little bit of turnaround in terms of attendance coming back,\" Reiskin said. \"I’m cautiously optimistic that tomorrow should be much better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, San Francisco supervisors voted unanimously for a resolution calling on workers to return to their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to be very strong and clear as elected representatives of the people of San Francisco that it is not OK to debilitate the Muni system,\" said Supervisor Scott Wiener, who introduced the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA is also telling the Muni operators' union that it will seek damages for the sickout by operators. Transport Workers Union Local 250-A President Eric Williams said that the union had nothing to do with the sickout but that \"it's understandable, given the frustration over how the men and women are being treated by the city and the agency.\" In a letter, Williams also called on workers to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:30 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Already worrying about the evening commute? The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency just released new bus and light-rail schedules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning at 3 p.m., the J, L, M and N will now operate on short routes with limited bus shuttles to the terminals. Also, note that we've heard from several riders who were able to ride buses listed as not in operation today. Cable cars are still not in operation, and their lines are covered by limited bus shuttles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni Metro\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>J-Church — Will operate between Embarcadero Station and 30th Street. Limited bus shuttle service will be provided between 30th Street and Balboa Park Station. Customers traveling between Balboa Park Station and 30th are encouraged to use BART or Mission Street routes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>K-Ingleside — Will operate on its regular route\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>L-Taraval — Will operate between Embarcadero Station and 22nd Avenue. Limited bus shuttle service will be provided between 22nd Avenue and the Zoo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>M-Ocean View — Will operate between Embarcadero Station and S.F. State. Limited bus shuttle service will be provided between 19th Avenue and Holloway and Balboa Park Station.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>N-Judah — Will operate between Embarcadero Station and 19th Avenue. Limited bus shuttle service will be provided between 19th Avenue and Ocean Beach. T-Third trains will provide service from Embarcadero to Caltrain at Fourth and King.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>T-Third— Will operate on its regular route\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni Bus Service\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>No limited-stop service on the 5L, 9L, 14L, 28L, 38L and 71L routes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The following routes will not operate:\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1AX/BX, 31AX/BX, 38AX/BX\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>16X, 88\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3-Jackson – The majority of stops on this route are covered by the 2-Clement\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>8AX-Bayshore Express and 8BX will operate without changes.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Muni officials announced that an arbitration hearing on the contract dispute is scheduled to take place Saturday. But Eric Williams, president of the local transport workers union, said he wants to resume contract talks before then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137875\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/10432108_10101294004865738_5079752475817251047_n.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-137875 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/10432108_10101294004865738_5079752475817251047_n-300x300.jpg\" alt='Ian Sherr caught a nearly empty 1AX bus Tuesday morning despite the Muni \"sickout.\" (Courtesy Ian Sherr)' width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ian Sherr caught a nearly empty 1AX bus Tuesday morning despite the Muni sickout. (Courtesy Ian Sherr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"You know, we are ready and prepared to go back to the table with the agency,\" Williams said. \"We just want to assure the public that we're here to offer up the services that we're supposed to. We're here. We're just asking to be treated fairly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union has played no role in the sickout, and was surprised when it happened. Williams apologized to residents of San Francisco, but blamed the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I apologize,\" he said. \"But actually it's on the city. For 30 years there was a system in place that helped negotiate or navigate these issues through negotiations. That's been taken away.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Ed Lee criticized the 300 or so drivers who have called in sick over the last two days, and called on them to return to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> It's Day Two of the Great Muni Sickout of 2014. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is reporting that bus and rail operators have again called in sick in large numbers, meaning that just a fraction of normal service is available for the Tuesday morning commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni reported Tuesday that about 300 of the usual fleet of 600 vehicles rolled out this morning. Transit delays are reported on most lines in the city, and the agency says commuters should expect big crowds and delays of up to an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, which represents Muni operators staging a sickout, released a statement Tuesday morning on its contract negotiations with the city. The statement said in part:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SFMTA managers had told workers throughout the bargaining process that any shift from the city’s pension contributions to a plan funded by individuals would be offset by wage increases and would be “cost neutral.” However, even with wage increases of more than 8.05 percent proposed by SFMTA, drivers would experience a cut in their take-home pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past three years, drivers received no wage increases and are currently paid less than their counterparts in Seattle, Santa Clara, and other comparable public transit systems. Rather than improving wages and benefits, under the transit agency’s proposal, the vast majority of drivers would be paid less in real wages over the life of the agreement than they make now. MUNI workers are the only public employees in the City of San Francisco being targeted for a reduction in earnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a great city, but a very difficult place to operate a bus, streetcar or cable car,” said TWU 250-A President Eric Williams. “This also is a very expensive city and while SFMTA’s ridership and revenues are on rising, the agency seeks to cut wages and benefits and convert full-time positions to part time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TWU 250-A has offered to return to the bargaining table -- but that offer has been rejected. Rather than bargain in good faith, management hopes that an arbitrator will shift pension costs, reduce wages and allow the replacement of full-time experienced drivers with part-time drivers paid at rates far below the full-timers. The transit agency also seeks to establish a 5-year wage progression schedule that would create two classes of workers.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The agency says its light-rail lines — the J-Church, K-Ingleside, L-Taraval, M-Ocean View, N-Judah and T-Third — are all running. To maximize capacity, each train is operating with just two cars. The F-Line streetcars are operating only between the Ferry Building and Fisherman's Wharf — no service is being offered up Market Street to the Castro. The city's cable car lines are shut down for a second straight day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday bus service details, per Muni:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 8AX Bayshore Express and 8BX will operate without changes. There will be no limited-stop service (affects the 5L, 9L, 14L, 28L, 38L). And the following routes will not operate: 1AX/BX, 31AX/BX, 38AX/BX, 16X, 88, 3-Jackson (the majority of stops on the 3 are covered by the 2-Clement).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The SFMTA \u003ca href=\"#memo\">sent a memo to workers\u003c/a> today stating that the agency will not pay workers without a doctor's note or other verification. Chief of Staff Alicia John-Baptiste also reminded workers that they are forbidden to strike under their contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The union that represents Muni operators has overwhelmingly rejected a contract proposal made by SFMTA. The proposal would have given Muni drivers an 11.25 percent raise over two years and required that they contribute 7.5 percent to their pensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of Muni bus, light rail and cable car operations remain offline, and there are widespread delays across the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">“I think I’ve been here 15 minutes,\" said Ernestine Jensen, a retired San Francisco resident waiting for an F-line historic streetcar at Market Street and Van Ness Avenue. After she learned that only two of 20 trains were running, she left. \"I’ll do my shopping another day,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:25 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Muni is scrambling to patch together service as bus and rail operators follow through with a threatened sickout this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Via Twitter (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfmta_muni\" target=\"_blank\">@sfmta_muni\u003c/a>), the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said it's seeing \"major delays\" throughout the city. Agency spokesman Paul Rose says that 400 of the 600 buses, light-rail vehicles, streetcars and cable cars that would normally be on the streets have been idled because of driver absences. The sickout is in response to widespread anger over a city contract proposal (see original post below for details).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni urged riders to take alternate service Monday if possible and announced that BART will honor Muni passes and transfers between Daly City and downtown San Francisco stops today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Limited service is rolling, Muni says, but all express buses will operate as local runs. F-Line streetcar service has been hit by long delays and is being supplemented with shuttle bus service. No cable car service will operate until at least noon, the agency says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've called in as many operators as we could to help fill service,\" Rose told KQED's Ted Goldberg, \"and they account for the 200 vehicles we were able to put out this morning.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said Muni is trying to make plans to deal with a second day of operator absences. He said the agency is contacting other transit providers in the region that might be able to supplement Muni's severely curtailed service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're hoping that today is the only day this will impact our riders,\" Rose said. \"We're certainly hoping for the best but planning for the worst.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137767\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-137767 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/waiting-640x460.jpg\" alt=\"Riders faced long waits at Muni stops. (Isabel Angell/KQED)\" width=\"320\" height=\"230\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riders faced long waits at Muni stops. (Isabel Angell/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (Sunday night): \u003c/strong>A Muni spokesman said Sunday night that a higher-than-normal number of bus and light-rail operators have called in ill for Monday morning, increasing the chance that union members unhappy with a city contract proposal will stage a sickout on Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While it appears the majority of our transit operators will be on the job tomorrow, early attendance reports indicate that service could be impacted,” said San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency spokesman Paul Rose. “We will be working through the night and morning to balance service the best we can across the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said Muni is urging riders to leave early in the morning and follow updates on Twitter — \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfmta_muni\" target=\"_blank\">@sfmta_Muni\u003c/a> — and to sign up for email and text alerts on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SFMTA’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rumored sickout, \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/05/muni_drivers_voting_on_union_c.php\" target=\"_blank\">first reported Friday by SF Weekly\u003c/a>, came on the same day that Muni's 2,200 operators and mechanics began voting on a contract that Eric Williams, president of Transit Workers Local 250-A, \u003ca href=\"http://www.twusf.org/PresidentsCorner.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">said was full of “unreasonable takeaways in wages and benefits\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The principal dispute between Muni and the operators — who, like other municipal workers, are \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdhr.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=15396\" target=\"_blank\">barred from striking\u003c/a> by the City Charter — revolves around two monetary issues: pay raises in the new two-year contract and a requirement for new pension contributions by union members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.twusf.org/Portals/21/PDFs/9163_CBA_Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">summary of the contract\u003c/a> posted by Local 250-A shows that operators hired before July 1, 2011, will get a 5.05 percent \"base wage increase\" starting next month, plus another 3 percent. In exchange, the contract requires operators to pay a 7.5 percent pension contribution that until now was paid by Muni. The second year of the contract includes a raise of between 2.25 and 3.25 percent, depending on inflation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local 250-A voted on the contract Friday, with \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/05/muni_drivers_voting_on_union_c.php\" target=\"_blank\">members predicting it would be voted down\u003c/a>. No results had been announced by late Sunday. 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And about 100,000 people attended the event and took part in the mobile block party, according to race organizer Wasserman Media Group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136499\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4614.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136499\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4614-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Bay to Breakers, San Francisco\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As part of an annual tradition, racers dressed in costumes. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kenyan runner Geoffrey Kenisi \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/05/18/geoffrey-kenisi-diane-johnson-first-to-cross-bay-to-breakers-finish-line/\">won the race\u003c/a> with a time of 35:06. 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(Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a notable change from last year, Alamo Square Park — often the site of drunken partying — \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/05/13/part-of-alamo-square-park-to-close-for-bay-to-breakers/\">was fenced off and closed\u003c/a> to the public during Bay To Breakers. Several police officers lined up at the top of the Hayes Street hill to enforce the ban on public drinking. 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But San Franciscans still found a way to let it all hang out in the annual race-slash-dance party (as usual, there were still plenty of nude people).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136498\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4705.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136498\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4705-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Bay To Breakers, San Francisco\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants run, walk and dance up Howard Street near Yerba Buena Gardens. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About 40,000 people participated in the 7.46-mile race, which starts near the Embarcadero and weaves through Golden Gate Park before ending at Ocean Beach. And about 100,000 people attended the event and took part in the mobile block party, according to race organizer Wasserman Media Group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136499\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4614.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136499\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4614-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Bay to Breakers, San Francisco\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As part of an annual tradition, racers dressed in costumes. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kenyan runner Geoffrey Kenisi \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/05/18/geoffrey-kenisi-diane-johnson-first-to-cross-bay-to-breakers-finish-line/\">won the race\u003c/a> with a time of 35:06. At the other end of the course, a parade of Mr. Potato Heads, Santa Clauses and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles jogged, walked and danced their way across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136501\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4742.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136501\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4742-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"For the first year, Alamo Square -- the site of drunken revelry in years past -- was closed (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For the first year, Alamo Square — the site of drunken revelry in years past — was closed. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a notable change from last year, Alamo Square Park — often the site of drunken partying — \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/05/13/part-of-alamo-square-park-to-close-for-bay-to-breakers/\">was fenced off and closed\u003c/a> to the public during Bay To Breakers. Several police officers lined up at the top of the Hayes Street hill to enforce the ban on public drinking. 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At 1 p.m., police arrested \u003ca href=\"http://sfist.com/2014/05/18/bay_to_breakers_2014_naked_man_hops.php\">a naked man who broke into the bison paddock\u003c/a> in Golden Gate Park and was challenging a buffalo. “The bison seemed unimpressed,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfpdrichmond?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2014%2F05%2F18%2Fbay_to_breakers_2014_naked_man_hops.php&tw_i=468121426226991104&tw_p=tweetembed\">the SFPD Richmond Station’s Twitter account\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136505\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4969.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136505\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/IMG_4969-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Although police took steps to curb alcohol consumption, there was still plenty of booze to go around (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Although police took steps to curb alcohol consumption, there was still plenty of booze to go around. 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