Transportation

The South Bay's train service is returning to rails three months after the Bay Area's deadliest mass shooting. That means people who rely on public transportation for work can take advantage of it once again.

Three months after the tragic mass shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard in San Jose, the agency is moving toward resuming service.

A Valley Transportation Authority employee who survived the light-rail yard massacre in San Jose in May has died by apparent suicide, authorities said Tuesday.

The driver of a vehicle was killed on Tuesday when the vehicle they were in was struck by a Caltrain in Burlingame, officials say. 

California's Attorney General Rob Bonta on Tuesday announced the state Department of Justice will conduct an independent review of a BART police officer's role in the shooting death of Oscar Grant.   

Golden Gate Transit officials have launched an investigation after flyers were discovered threatening to "rid" and "exterminate" certain bus drivers in the transit district. 

BART will give two extra paid holidays to employees who get vaccinated by Sept. 15.

The San Francisco 49ers are playing their first preseason game of the year Saturday, hosting the Kansas City Chiefs at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

Beginning on Monday, Aug. 30, Caltrain will increase their service to the highest level it has ever been.

Fans watching 49ers first preseason game against the Chiefs in person on Saturday should arrive early and bring a mask.

The accusations of excessive force by BART police raise questions about officer training and whether law enforcement employ every means possible to de-escalate seemingly commonplace issues without resorting to fists and weapons.

A petition presented on behalf of approximately 30 information technology workers who claim they experience fear, intimidation tactics and harassment from management.

On Monday, BART service will ramp up to near pre-pandemic levels, including the return of late-night trains.

Though California has been officially reopened for more than a month, travel on the Golden Gate Bridge is down 20 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels.

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is now testing Muni trains in the yet-to-be completed Central Subway Project. 

San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston on Tuesday called on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to reinstate all of its transit lines and service hours to pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year.

A report by customs agents says a gunman who killed nine co-workers at a California rail yard in May harbored "dark thoughts about harming" two specific people after his return to California from a 2016 trip to the Philippines.