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The BART Police Department now has a new police chief. Kenton Rainey, the person selected to lead BART’s 296-member police force, officially took command as Chief of Police today. After a five-month selection process, which included critical input from the public, a professional peer review panel, a community

This year's theme: "Rediscovering Precious Values: Called to Serve" On Wednesday, January 11, BART will hold a public celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday from Noon to 1 p.m. at BART Headquarters in the second floor Kaiser Building Auditorium located at 300 Lakeside Drive in Oakland. The

Wednesday was a commute like none other in BART history – the first time the transit system carried riders into San Francisco for a World Series ticker-tape parade, with extraordinary ridership numbers that could end up setting records. San Francisco Giants fans poured onto trains Wednesday for a victory

As a result of two recent federal court rulings, BART's Interim Chief of Police Daschel Butler issued a memo to his staff late Thursday afternoon, which temporarily suspends the use of Tasers for the next few weeks. The Chief says this will give the BART Police Department time to familiarize its officers with

In a unanimous vote, the BART Board of Directors reached a major milestone today in delivering on its commitment to improve police services and public confidence by approving independent citizen oversight of the BART Police Department."Today’s Board action is truly historic," BART Board Member Carole Ward

To keep the BART system running well, required maintenance and inspections of the BART system necessitate a complete shutdown each evening to allow BART crews to work safely. Although BART doesn't run 24 hours, there are other options available. All-Nighter bus service operates every evening with expanded

BART operated past its normal closing time after midnight on Sunday, Aug. 31, and into the early-morning hours of Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1, to get passengers to their final destinations after a man walked from Embarcadero Station into the Transbay Tube around 12:15 a.m., forcing a closure of the tube

On Thursday, December 18th, the BART Board of Directors unanimously elected long-time BART Director Thomas Blalock as Board President. The Board also unanimously elected Director James Fang to serve as Vice President of the Board. Both assumed their respective posts after the Board of Directors cast their

Melissa Wong (left) with Stomper By Stefan Martinez BART Website Intern It was midmorning on a hot Wednesday, July 6, when the BARTMobile took the field at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland. Unprompted, and with no reservations, Melissa Wong leaned out the side to belt out her love for the stadium she was in, and

The nation's top official in charge of helping minorities with big dreams but often little cash visited BART today to look at the innovative ways the transit agency gives small business owners a leg up in a down economy. David Hinson is the national director of the U.S. Commerce Department's Minority Business