Eliyahu Kamisher
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Big storm barrels toward a Big Sur school shuttered by landslides for months
Tiny school’s four teachers and 15 students may be stuck with online classes for the rest of the school year. → Read More
Storm shuts down I-580 in Oakland: What happened? When’s it expected to open?
“We take it very seriously when it comes to this type of issue,” said a Caltrans spokesperson. “We really don’t know what’s underneath that water.” → Read More
Biden proposes $500 million boost to Silicon Valley BART
The $9.3 billion extension is supposed to be finished by 2034, with BART trains whizzing underneath downtown San Jose and into Santa Clara → Read More
‘I can’t deal with this’: BART’s inspector general resigns slamming agency on way out
BART is “probably the least effective agency I’ve worked for” when it comes to oversight, said Richardson. → Read More
California’s bullet train faces new shortfall. With Newsom quiet, will Washington save it?
California Democrats are largely mum on finishing high-speed rail as Republican blast the project. Will President Joe Biden’s administration provide an $8 billion lifeline for the beleaguered… → Read More
This Bay Area city ratcheted up parking tickets by 86%. Who else is cracking down again since the pandemic?
A Bay Area News Group survey of 12 cities’ parking tickets finds gaping disparities in citation rates across the region. How is your city faring? → Read More
Q&A: Highway 101 toll lanes opened Friday. Will they reduce traffic jams?
Express lanes are a boon for carpoolers, cheaters, and people willing to pay. But there’s little evidence they are reducing traffic for others in the Bay Area. → Read More
East Bay lawmaker blasts ‘open sore’ at BART, resigns from Senate committee
“They get the same folks in the community to say ‘whoa is BART,'” said State Sen. Steve Glazer. “My view is they are enablers.” → Read More
Will Southern California rescue Bay Area transit? Hearing sets stage for multi-billion dollar budget battle
“The reality is that from just a pure numbers perspective, Southern California has the votes,” said one advocate pushing for a transit bailout → Read More
Will Southern California rescue Bay Area transit? Hearing sets stage for multi-billion dollar budget battle
“The reality is that from just a pure numbers perspective, Southern California has the votes,” said one advocate pushing for a transit bailout → Read More
Bay Area Storm: Highway 17 to reopen later Friday after snow pummels corridor
Highway 17, the most direct path between San Jose and Santa Cruz, is expected to reopen later Friday after a snowstorm coated the road in powder causing tens of trees to fall on the vital corridor … → Read More
Bay Area Storm: Highway 17 to reopen later Friday after snow pummels corridor
Highway 17, the most direct path between San Jose and Santa Cruz, is expected to reopen later Friday after a snowstorm coated the road in powder causing tens of trees to fall on the vital corridor … → Read More
BART more than doubling police presence on trains. Will riders come back?
“We are going to saturate every train and hit every train in Oakland and San Francisco,” said one BART police officer. → Read More
BART more than doubling police presence on trains. Will riders come back?
“We are going to saturate every train and hit every train in Oakland and San Francisco,” said one BART police officer. → Read More
A Silicon Valley lawyer kept this vanity license plate for 50 years. Now he wants to sell it for $2 million
Claude Hamrick has held the rights to his flashy “CASH” vanity plate for half a century. Can he land one last SIlicon Valley payday? → Read More
A Silicon Valley lawyer kept this license plate for 50 years. Now he wants to sell it for $2 million
Claude Hamrick has held the rights to his flashy “CASH” vanity plate for half a century. Can he land one last SIlicon Valley payday? → Read More
Could a train derailment disaster like Ohio’s happen here in the Bay Area?
Every day, hazardous materials and toxic chemicals are transported through the Bay Area to oil refineries, pesticide plants, bleach manufacturers, and agricultural centers in the area and around th… → Read More
Could a train derailment disaster like Ohio’s happen here in the Bay Area?
Every day, hazardous materials and toxic chemicals are transported through the Bay Area to oil refineries, pesticide plants, bleach manufacturers, and agricultural centers in the area and around th… → Read More
He was trapped in a door, then dragged by a train. Now BART is paying him $9.15 million
A San Francisco man who was caught in the doors of a BART train and severely injured as the train sped off has received a $9.15 million settlement, the largest legal claim in the transit agency’s 5… → Read More
He was trapped in a door, then dragged by a train. Now BART is paying him $9.15 million
“For this BART driver to close the door on Mr. Nelson it was indefensible.” → Read More