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  • BART train
  • Though BART and its two unions are still in talks to avert a strike, they say they're still tens of millions apart in their proposals.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, jerry brown, health care, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • The Bay Bridge closure is just days away and BART is gearing up to run trains round the clock, until the new Bay Bridge is opened right after Labor Day.
  • On Thursday BART and its unions continued the contract negotiations on the major areas of wages, pension and medical benefits.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, jerry brown, health care, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • Giants and Athletics fans fight
  • The fatal stabbing of a Dodgers fan near AT&T Park in San Francisco is highlighting a rash of fan violence across the country.
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SFPD, crime, soma, murder, at&t park, violence, san francisco giants, bryan stow, ed lee, san francisco 49ers, oakland raiders, oakland athletics, san francisco news, heather ishimaru
  • Red Flag Warning up until Friday in Bay Area
  • Due to low humidity and increased wind, the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for the Bay Area.
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orinda, fire, fire safety, accuweather, heather ishimaru
  • San Leandro police are looking for a man who punched a store manager at the Safeway on Bancroft Avenue Monday morning.
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  • A PG&E gas pipeline warning sign
  • A PG&E shareholder has filed a lawsuit against company executives alleging that they damaged the company by diverting funds intended for pipeline safety.
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PG&E, lawsuit, california public utilities commission, san bruno fire, peninsula news, heather ishimaru
  • Golden Gate Bridge will get new dividing barrier
  • To separate the northbound and southbound lanes on the Golden Gate Bridge a dividing barrier will be installed.
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golden gate bridge, traffic, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • BART passengers.
  • BART talks wrapped Tuesday evening with no real sign of progress.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, jerry brown, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • BART train
  • BART and its unions were at the negotiation table to hash out a deal, but BART still warns the public to prepare for a strike.
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BART strike, oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, jerry brown, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • flowers and flag left in San Bruno at site of PG&E explosion
  • Residents in San Bruno gathered to remember those lost 3 years ago in the PG&E explosion that destroyed their neighborhood.
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san bruno, PG&E, san bruno fire, california public utilities commission, gas leak, explosion, fire, peninsula news, heather ishimaru
  • A home on fire after a PG&E gas pipeline exploded in a San Bruno neighborhood in September 2009.
  • PG&E is facing more possible fines and penalties for yet another error in its records.
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san bruno, PG&E, san bruno fire, california public utilities commission, peninsula news, heather ishimaru
  • Construction at SFs new Transbay Terminal
  • A major milestone's been reached at SF's new Transbay Terminal, as crews have started pouring concrete for the foundation.
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soma, transbay terminal, construction, transportation, jobs, ed lee, caltrain, real estate, housing market, san francisco news, heather ishimaru
  • Old and new eastern spans of the Bay Bridge
  • The countdown to the opening of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge is now just days away.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, transportation, bikes, fastrak, CHP, san francisco bay, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • Old and new eastern spans of the Bay Bridge
  • When the new Bay Bridge span opens, it will have been nearly 24 years since Loma Prieta set plans in motion for a replacement.
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  • Its not just cars that will be on the new Bay Bridge, there is a bike path and pedestrian walkway on the new eastern span.
  • It's not just cars that will be on the new Bay Bridge, there is a bike path and pedestrian walkway on the new eastern span.
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  • Eastern span of Bay Bridge
  • The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge is set to open in two weeks but until then, there's still a lot of work to be done.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, transportation, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
  • The shim support system that's allowing the new Bay Bridge to open as scheduled was successfully installed over the weekend.
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  • Bay Bridge saddle
  • XKT Engineering is making the steel saddle components that will compensate for the broken bolts on the new span of the Bay Bridge.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • Bay Bridge construction
  • The new Bay Bridge opening might be delayed from its original Labor Day target, but construction work is still keeping pace.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • CHP traffic stop
  • Law enforcement is beginning a coast-to-coast, week-long safety crackdown on I-80.
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I-80, CHP, crash, crime, DUI, east bay news, heather ishimaru
  • An oncoming BART car pulls into a station.
  • Another BART contract deadline is looming and there is no progress at the bargaining table.
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BART, SEIU, strike, traffic, unions, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • Charles Evans Edwards IV
  • The woman who found an abandoned 15-month-old boy in a Vallejo gas station bathroom makes an extraordinary offer.
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vallejo, children, drugs, crime, parenting, north bay news, heather ishimaru
  • San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr reassures GiftCenter & JewelryMart workers after shooting.
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crime, shooting, SFPD, soma, greg suhr, san francisco news, heather ishimaru
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Opponents of Egypts Islamist President Mohammed Morsi shout slogans during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013.
  • Ossama Hassanein, P.H.D says the people's movement to remove President Mohamed Morsi is a big step in the right direction.
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egypt, protest, religion, violence, south bay news, heather ishimaru
  • BART worker strike shirt
  • Two of the biggest unions representing BART workers are suing the transit agency for unfair labor practices.
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  • Willits town sign
  • While a judge decides the fate of a multimillion-dollar bypass in Willits, project opponents are taking matters into their own hands.
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traffic, caltrans, highway 101, mendocino county, protest, assignment 7, heather ishimaru
  • Yeiner Perez
  • The man seen on video performing naked acrobatics and terroizing riders at a BART station is now facing deportation.
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mission district, BART, transportation, crime, violence, san francisco news, heather ishimaru
  • Yeiner Perez
  • Video of a naked man attacking passengers at a BART station has gone viral and police are looking for witnesses.
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mission district, BART, transportation, crime, violence, san francisco news, heather ishimaru
  • Bill allows CA drivers to legally text and drive
  • A new study released Wednesday shows hands-free texting is worse than actually texting while driving.
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cellphone, driving, smartphones, AAA, national/world, heather ishimaru
  • It was an emotional day at the site of Levi's Stadium after the death of a construction worker.
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santa clara, san francisco 49ers, construction, cal OSHA, Levi's Stadium, south bay news, heather ishimaru
  • Teams from the California Air National Guard and the 129th Rescue Wing are finally home from overseas.
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moffett field, afghanistan, military, national guard, africa, south bay news, heather ishimaru
  • Vallejo man arrested for painting crosswalk
  • A Vallejo man was arrested for felony vandalism after he painted a crosswalk in his neighborhood to help out pedestrians.
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vallejo, north bay news, heather ishimaru
  • Bay Bridge bolts
  • Caltrans has come out with a new laundry list of foul-ups on the new Bay Bridge and a drop-dead date for deciding when to open it.
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bay bridge, labor day, earthquake, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • New Bay Bridge span bike path
  • ABC7 News has learned there was another problem on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge with bolts failing.
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bay bridge, labor day, earthquake, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • SFMOMA
  • The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is getting ready to close its doors for 2.5 years as part of a major expansion project.
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SFMOMA, museums, transbay terminal, san francisco news, heather ishimaru
  • Caltrans shows fix for broken Bay Bridge bolts
  • Caltrans took members of the media onto the new bridge to explain the fix they've come up with to fix broken bolts on the new eastern span.
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bay bridge, oakland, transportation, construction, caltrans, labor day, traffic, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • The scene of a fatal bike accident in San Jose.
  • A 16-year-old sophomore at Silver Creek High School in San Jose was killed while riding his bike to school.
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san jose, crash, SJPD, bikes, traffic, south bay news, heather ishimaru
  • A 16-year-old sophomore at Silver Creek High School in San Jose was killed while riding his bike to school.
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san jose, crash, SJPD, bikes, traffic, south bay news, heather ishimaru
  • SFSU students protest, accuse police of excessive force in arrests on campus
  • San Francisco State University students are accusing police of excessive force in some arrests on campus Thursday night.
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san francisco state, SFPD, crime, protest, homeless, youtube, san francisco news, heather ishimaru
  • NASA
  • A rescue mission is under way at NASA Ames research center where scientists are trying to save their prized Kepler spacecraft.
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mountain view, NASA, moffett field, space, south bay news, heather ishimaru
  • Bay Bridge bolts
  • Caltrans has settled on a plan for dealing with the 32 broken bolts on the new Bay Bridge, but they still have a lot of testing to do.
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bay bridge, caltrans, traffic, driving, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • Bolt used on the new span of the Bay Bridge.
  • After 32 rods broke on the new Bay Bridge in March, there is now an expanded inspection to look at 2,000 of them.
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bay bridge, transportation, caltrans, driving, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • With a Red Flag Warning in effect, officials are dissuading residents from barbecuing and using tools that could spark a fire.
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fire, fire safety, wildfire, moraga, orinda, accuweather, heather ishimaru
  • high fire danger sign in El Cerrito park
  • There is a heightened level of concern in the East Bay hills during this red flag warning and UC Berkeley is aware of their fire risk.
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fire, fire safety, wildfire, uc berkeley, accuweather, heather ishimaru
  • Rescuers working to save abalone divers who drowned off the coast of Fort Bragg.
  • It was a deadly weekend off the Sonoma and Mendocino coasts as three people died while diving for abalone.
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mendocino county, sonoma county, north bay news, heather ishimaru
  • Its been a month since the big switch to all-electronic tolling at the Golden Gate Bridge and officials say its going better than expected.
  • It's been a month since the big switch to all-electronic tolling at the Golden Gate Bridge and officials say it's going better than expected.
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tourism, fastrak, golden gate bridge, driving, bay area traffic, heather ishimaru
  • train pulls into Daly City BART Station
  • BART is taking a second look at its emergency preparedness in light of the Boston Marathon bombings.
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BART, daly city, terrorism, boston bombings, transportation, peninsula news, heather ishimaru
  • Central Subway construction
  • The first tunnel boring machine for San Francisco's Central Subway has arrived in the Bay Area, but boring won't begin until June.
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central subway project, muni, SFMTA, china, north beach, san francisco news, heather ishimaru
  • Calaveras Reservoir
  • The Calaveras Reservoir is the Bay Area's backup if the supply to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir fails, but the seismic upgrades just hit a snag.
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alameda county, hetch hetchy, water, earthquake, disaster, east bay news, heather ishimaru
  • While Boston has six Level One trauma centers, San Francisco only has one.
  • A mass casualty incident would certainly tax the system in any city and San Francisco is no different.
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san francisco general hospital, boston bombings, san francisco news, heather ishimaru