BART Cuts Cell Phone Service to Prevent Police Brutality Protest

BART Jams Cell Phone Reception on Platforms to Prevent Demonstration A demonstration was planned for August 11 to protest the fatal shooting of Charles Blair Hill by a BART police officer. The demonstration never...

Family 'ran fake £1 coin factory'

I have always thought that coin forgery was not worth while doing, but evidently not and at a guess others are making their own money. Coins are in fact easier to forge than paper money. I expect it was the weight...

The Simpsons - Guinness World Record

The Simpsons awarded Guinness world record for longest running sitcom, displaced 'The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet which had 435 episodes. Simpsons also has the Guinness record for the most Emmy's for a...

Public Transport To College

This video documents the recent increases in fare for the people who take public transit to Las Positas College.

$50 Million Lawsuit Filed in Oscar Grant BART Shooting Case

The lawyer for the family of Oscar Grant III, who was shot by a BART transit officer on New Year's Eve, has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the officer and the city. This is double the amount filed in the legal claim prior to the lawsuit. It names Johannes Mehserle in the...

'The Simpsons' to Become Longest-Running TV Show Ever

Don't have a cow, man! Fox has renewed the hit animated series The Simpsons for two more seasons, thereby making it, officially, the "longest-running prime-time series" in television history. At the end of that run,...

Oakland BART Officer Arrested in Nevada for Murder of Oscar Grant

Johannes Mehserle, the BART transit police officer who is accused of shooting and killing 22-year-old Oscar Grant on New Year's Day at a BART train station in Oakland, California was arrested Tuesday in Nevada...

Oakland Riots lead to at Least 100 Arrests After BART Shooting

Rioting broke out in Oakland on Wednesday night as protests over the shooting death of Oscar Grant spilled into the streets, bringing out hundreds of police and a large amount of damage in the city. Over a hundred...

'The Simpsons' Cast Signs Pay Deal for 20th Season

Can you believe The Simpsons has been on the air for 20 years? And what, you ask, do two decades of prime-time populist television get you? An indelible cultural legacy, a feature length film and, oh, a cool $8...

Will Bart Simpson host Charity Poker Event?

Apparently Nancy Cartwright, the voice behind Bart Simpson, will host the second annual Monte Carlo Night, a benefit poker tournament for the Devonshire PALS (Police Activities League Supporters) Youth Center.

Dadnab Delivers Transit Information to Bay Area Text Messagers

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 13, 2007) — Transit riders throughout the San Francisco Bay Area can for the first time get route and schedule information using text messaging from their mobile phones. Transportation...

The Simpsons hit the big screen!

On the 27th of July the long awaited Simpsons Movie that aparently cost $100 million dollars to...

RUSTY DEMS RELY ON SECRET WEAPON

"Jan 10 - WASHINGTON, DC - The Democrats vowed to pass much of the agenda that got them elected in the ‘first 100 legislative hours’ of Congress and it’s a steady dose of crank, crystal meth and ecstasy that just may let them do it. “When you're in control, the first...

City announces 1,200 jobs at airport facility

"Wellpoint, Inc. announced Monday plans to create 900 life sciences jobs in Indianapolis. Wellpoint was joined by Mayor Bart Peterson, Governor Mitch Daniels and representatives of the Indianapolis Airport Authority to announce the jobs, which are described as "high-tech,...

Iraq Memorial Generates Strong Feelings in Bay Area

""Some are very strongly opposed, others favor it," City Councilman Don Tatzin said Friday. "It has put some people on edge, particularly those who have sons or other loved ones in the military. They view these...

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