146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on this day in 1911. The bosses responsible were never held accountable for the awful working conditions that sparked the blaze. Remember this today as politicians and their corporate backers attack workplace safety.

LEE: I asked Chairman Comer, if Pam Bondi did not come, would he force her to or if he would move for contempt hearings as he did for other people who did not respond to our subpoena? Instead of answering as an adult, he said that I was “bitching”

Caltrans keeps telling El Cerrito they have no funds available to make safety improvements along San Pablo Avenue - a state highway - as part of a repaving project. Yet they still have no problem finding money to widen highways. California's transportation priorities are backwards and must change.

It is National Transit Employee Appreciation Day! To commemorate the day we are highlighting some of the best comments BART riders have sent us about our employees. Thread ⬇️

HOLY SHIT. A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election. Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?

J6 planners receive 'inappropriate' fed contracts worth nearly $100 million #GOPSeditiousTraitors #Thieves www.alternet.org/january-6-pl...

🚨BREAKING: The White House confirmed Friday that President Donald Trump is pressing Congress to add new provisions targeting transgender people to the SAVE America Act — a sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

MORE 👏 HOUSING 👏 NEAR 👏 TRANSIT BART, the State of California, the City of El Cerrito, and development partner Related California have broken ground on 70 affordable apartments at the El Cerrito Plaza BART Station, marking the start of the first phase of the Transit-Oriented Development

Yes we need to reform prop 13 not only because it helps reduce supply but waiting for inheritance transfers but it also reduces public funding which cities try to make up for through development fees which help increase the cost of housing. Prop 13 is simply bad legislation

BART Directors @victorfloresbart.bsky.social & Robert Raburn were also at Oakland Chinatown Lunar New Year, & the BARTmobile made an appearance! Following BART in the parade was East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, a nonprofit that's building affordable housing at Lake Merritt station.

ICYMI — “Border Patrol agents left a partially blind refugee who spoke little English in the parking lot of a Buffalo coffee shop the night of Feb. 19... He was found dead five days later.” They say it was open. It wasn’t. 37 degrees outside. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

All BART lines are going back up now.

We had a computer network hardware fail but have cut over to another device and will be in the process of restoring service.

Get excited for new BART Anime events! BART MART is a series of smaller pop-up art markets in BART stations. BART MART 1 is coming to Downtown Berkeley Station on Wednesday, March 4, from 3 to 6pm. BART MART 2 is coming to Millbrae Station on Thursday, March 26, from 4 to 7pm.

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Happy Black Joy Day Bay Area! BART Director @victorfloresbart.bsky.social , staff, and family are riding with the BARTmobile through downtown Oakland for the celebration! The festival is happening now until 7 p.m. so take BART to 19th. St Oakland to enjoy the festivities!

Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

Fantastic stuff here from Pritzker. If you're a Democratic governor, mayor, or city council member in a high COL blue state right now and you aren't laser focused on increasing the infill housing supply, either get your shit together or resign and let someone who will do the job.

At a time when Black history is being erased, it’s more important than ever to keep diverse stories and histories alive. This Black History Month, I wanted to share books that have inspired me and are fundamental to my thinking, politic, & how I represent our district in the Capitol every day.

interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”

He asked all those who'd traveled from outside the U.S. to stand up...

BART is recovering from an earlier problem. There is a 20-minute delay in the Berryessa, SFO and Millbrae directions due to an earlier equipment problem on the track between 19th St. Oakland and MacArthur station.

I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.

It’s so hard to imagine no BART that it’s challenging to process that phase 2 (cutting service 70%, closing 15 stations) will ultimately lead to BART suspending service entirely. Slashing service would crater ridership and revenue and lead to end of BART. We must pass Connect Bay Area measure!

I was in a CoreCivic prison in AZ years ago. Food was hot garbage. Ppl would lose like 20 pounds within months of arriving. When I was in the hole we had to protest by boarding up our windows because medical request were taking hella long to be answer if they ever got answered at all. IIRC they also

Today’s BART board workshop was sobering. We reviewed potential service and budget cuts in the event that we don’t get additional revenue. We explored closing stations, lines, and service hours. One thing that I don’t think ppl understand is that the phase two approach is the best case scenario.

It was wonderful to join the Oakland Chinatown community last weekend for the annual Lunar New Year celebration. May the year of the horse bring you and your family joy, prosperity, and good health.

With the looming deficits for CA and local governments, we need to take a serious look at repealing Prop 13 even if it means redoing the entire constitution. We can’t keep going back to working families and asking them to subsidize major land owners

I recently introduced the RIDER Safety Act! We all know that safe and reliable public transit keeps our communities connected --getting people to work, school, and more... (1/2)

Attention Passengers: An earthquake occurred within the area serviced by BART. Trains are running at reduced speeds while we complete safety track inspections. Please expect residual delays of up to 20 minutes systemwide.

I was so proud to join labor, transit, and community leaders at the 19th Street BART Station in Oakland to announce my new bill - the RIDER Safety Act!

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

VICTORY! The emergency funding deal we fought so hard for in 2025 has finally been made! The state will issue a $590 million emergency loan to hold off disastrous cuts to BART, Caltrain, AC Transit, and Muni that would have started this July. (1/x)

Since last year, we’ve been reporting on ICE extensively. But every week brings new information, and it’s getting harder to keep track of what’s happening, let alone remember what’s already happened. So here’s a quick thread to help.

BART Irvington station is an important project, but BART is NOT throwing away money. They’re instead applying for funding for core infrastructure that will serve all riders. And if Sen Wahab thinks the station is important, she should have been working on this for years, collaboratively with BART.

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:

Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them. Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."

As federal agents have been going into private property without warrants, businesses and large buildings (apts & condos) should implement safety measures like locked doors, signage saying federal agents aren’t allowed, and clear instructions for property managers not to let secret police in, etc

I’m glad other ppl were thinking the same thing, blocking ICE agents from working in CA public service

He’s saying that using your first amendment to call out their brutality and lawlessness justifies killing Americans opposed to their unconstitutional actions. These people have no humanity

BART train #143 is coming to town for one night only! This Valentine’s Day, find love on a different kind of dating platform. Valentraine is pulling into 16th St. Mission Station on Saturday, February 14, for a night of speed dating (and friend making) Tickets: www.railgoods.com/bart-valentr...

Decades of restrictive housing policies by liberal cities and states are finally coming back to bite us in a major way. If we can't create the conditions for a massive blue state housing construction boom as soon as possible, we're cooked.

Build housing in California now!

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Federal agents know they have support from the top down to kill people on the streets and the detention centers. They’re itching to kill. Until people start getting prosecuted anyone opposed to the regime can be next

Alex Pretti was murdered while trying to protect a woman from being assaulted by federal agents

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

I wonder if states can pass laws to prohibit people involved in federal civil rights abuses from being employed in government (within their state) and making public employees forfeit their pensions and benefits if they’ve been found to collaborate with these unconstitutional operations