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NTSB: Asiana pilots delayed evacuating plane after crash 11 Jul 2013 | 12:35 pm
Investigators examine the landing gear of the crashed plane at SFO Tuesday. (Steven Luo / CALIFORNIA BEAT) The pilots of Asiana Airlines flight 214, which crashed at SFO Saturday morning, initially t...
BREAKING: Reports of two killed in SFO plane crash 7 Jul 2013 | 12:15 am
(7/6) — 3:13 P.M. UPDATE — SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. – An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 jumbo jet crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport just before 11:30 a.m. Saturday, reportedly killing two ...
NEWS ALERT: BART strike over; train service resumes Friday afternoon 5 Jul 2013 | 10:53 am
(7/4) – 2347 PDT — OAKLAND, CALIF. – BART workers will return to work Friday, bringing an end to a crippling strike that paralyzed Bay Area roadways, the agency and union leaders said Thursday night. ...
PHOTOS: BART strike puts Bay Area commuter nerves, patience to the test 3 Jul 2013 | 02:23 pm
Passengers in Oakland wait for an AC Transit Transbay bus during Tuesday afternoon’s commute. (Steven Luo / CALIFORNIA BEAT) Bay Area commuters faced crowded buses, ferries and freeways on the second...
No end in sight for BART strike as commute gridlock enters third day 3 Jul 2013 | 11:10 am
Gates bar the entrance to West Oakland BART station, closed due to a strike. (Steven Luo / CALIFORNIA BEAT) At the urging of the state’s labor secretary, Bay Area leaders and other politicians, BART’...
SURVIVING THE STRIKE: The California Beat guide to getting around without BART 2 Jul 2013 | 06:08 am
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE BART STRIKE FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @californiabeat With BART train operators and station agents going out on strike starting Monday morning, Bay Area traffic is going to ...
PHOTOS: Big Victories, Big Celebration at San Francisco Pride Parade 2 Jul 2013 | 05:39 am
Record crowds turned out for the annual San Francisco Gay Pride Parade Sunday, June 30, 2013. (CALIFORNIA BEAT PHOTO) The stars of the victorious fight for Gay Rights took center-stage during an espe...
NEWS ALERT: U.S. Supreme Court allows California same-sex marriages to proceed 26 Jun 2013 | 12:00 pm
(6/26) – 0746 PDT — WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Supreme Court Wednesday declined to intervene in the legal battle over Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, effectively allowi...
PHOTOS: Creativity soars at 2013 Maker Faire Festival in San Mateo 20 May 2013 | 07:04 pm
The San Mateo County Fairgrounds transformed into a hotbed for creativity over the weekend, playing host to the enormously popular do-it-yourself festival Maker Faire. The festival offers hobbyists, ...
PHOTOS: 2013 Bay to Breakers draws tens of thousands 20 May 2013 | 09:58 am
Some came dressed like Waldo, pirates, or the Super Mario Brothers. Others came wearing nothing at all. Tens of thousands of costumed revelers crowded sidewalks and streets Sunday morning for the 10...
