“My crewmember threw a throw ring at her, told her to hold on, and we pulled her onto the boat,” Anfinson said. “Meanwhile, the halibut fisherman was busy grabbing the rest of them and putting them on his boat,” Anfinson said www.kqed.org/news/1209112...

The hard and fast rule for events is one bathroom per 65 people, per every 50 if there’s alcohol. As far as I can tell, the average for SF’s 4th of July was one bathroom for every 787 people. “ It’s almost like it wasn’t planned,” an event planner told me. More here www.kqed.org/news/1209051...

Muni Music turns the transit agencies real time data into an online musical composition, it’s a fun listen: www.kqed.org/news/1208731...

One Muni rider told me it took her 3 hours to get from aquatic park to the mission.

Over half of Muni’s 32-foot buses are currently out of service after the transit agency identified a brake component safety issue in the vehicles responsible for traveling some of San Francisco‘s most narrow and hilly streets.

Fabulous Fan Photos HERE 👇 @kqednews.kqed.org #WorldCup2026 #BayArea www.kqed.org/news/1208930...

“It is heartbreaking to witness the exploitation of women and underage girls outside my window. But SFMTA must take responsibility for the displacement that your infrastructure has created,” said Mission Resident Laurel Coco at an SFMTA board meeting Tuesday.

We‘re swimming in data these days, so people are looking to translate it into ways that are fun, digestible or artistic, Bay Area composer Mason Bates said about this project. For Muni, it’s the latest example of the agency‘s organic fandom. Check out Muni Music! www.kqed.org/news/1208731...

The U.S. DOT is no longer enforcing disparate impact protections under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The rule change happened over one day with no public comment. Local leaders and transit equity advocates are expressing alarm.

There is a lot going on, but this story is nuts. The Clipper outage that messed up BART? It happened because the contractor failed to pay its AT&T bill. @azul415.bsky.social

Frustration with Cubic bubbled over after the fare collection company revealed that a 27-hour outage that brought down BART’s ticket vending machines and fare gates last month was caused by the company failing to pay its AT&T bill. www.kqed.org/news/12085683

With finals around the corner… www.kqed.org/news/1208282...

Second of three planned weekend closures hitting 19th Ave this weekend.

Complaints by residents are on the rise, mostly about riders parking the devices improperly. Despite this, transit leaders say companies operating scooter share are in good standing and greenlighted an extension of their permits this week.

An inside look at what it’s like to be a bridge tender, the people that open and close Alameda’s drawbridges safely around the clock. For KQED’s podcast Bay Curious.

Nearly every aspect of driving has gotten more expensive in recent years, from insurance rates to the price of a new or used car. In a place like the Bay Area, where people are heavily reliant on cars to get around, people are making sacrifices to keep driving or giving up the car altogether.

At what part of the re-entry does Artemis II go through the manosphere? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/s...

Monday’s meeting revealed Cubic has recorded 10 major incidents accounting for over 33 hours of service outages since Clipper 2.0 launched. “ I want to support growing ridership, and I feel like I don’t have the tools to do my job,” a BART station agent told KQED.

“You are a 20-year-old exchange student from Shanghai, and this is your first time in the United States,” reads the opening lines of the prototype. “During high school, you spent hours and hours on your laptop, binging Gilmore Girls. Everything in your drowsy new town reminds you of the show.”

The cameras gave out over 140,000 warnings, or just over 3,600 a day, to speeding drivers in their first 38 days of operation. These accounted for just 1.5% of all drivers in Oakland. At one site the average speeder went 19 mph over the limit. Cameras start ticketing Sunday.

The campaign paused signature gathering Monday, but said it would restart imminently.

Lurie’s legislation is aimed at making EV ownership more accessible for renters, people who live in apartments or otherwise don’t have access to a garage or private parking.

San Francisco voters will be asked to tax themselves at the ballot in two separate measures this November, in order to prevent drastic service cuts at MUNI and other major transit agencies.

Supervisor Myrna Melgar told me today she was disappointed with Waymo’s answers and that she didn’t think Waymo was prepared for future disasters.

"Christy Wegener, the executive director of the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority, said that at the current rate, with about 7,000 to 8,000 accounts upgraded per day, it would take over three years to fully transition all accounts to next-generation Clipper."

Bad Bunny deflected questions at a press conference in San Francisco today about what to expect in his upcoming halftime show, as speculation swirls about whether he will use his platform to denounce the Trump administrations immigration agenda. www.kqed.org/arts/1398633...

Football fans of teams from across the NFL are HYPED about the upcoming Super Bowl, even if their teams aren’t playing. The party lasts all week leading up to the big game on Sunday, and things kicked off last night in San Jose. www.kqed.org/news/12071931

It begins…Super Bowl coverage this week starting tonight with opening ceremony

The internet can be a fun place. youtu.be/OC9RI8_QYmw

Transit officials and members of the public had some choice words for Cubic, the contractor responsible for Clipper, over the ongoing glitchy rollout of a new version of the fare payment system. www.kqed.org/news/12071026

Boots are hitting the ground today in a campaign to save Bay Area public transit agencies from precipitous fiscal cliffs and severe service cuts that would all but cripple regional transit. All this while the loan to float agencies in short term is still up in the air. www.kqed.org/news/1207068...

Automated Speed Cameras in Oakland began issuing $0 warning citations today, with real citations to come in a matter of months: www.kqed.org/news/12069838

Bay Area lawmakers are pushing for Congress to reassert its war powers. Votes are expected in the House and Senate this week on a resolution which would require congressional approval for future military action in Venezuela. www.kqed.org/news/12068657

Right now on AC Transit, people who pay with cash to ride the bus pay more than people who use Clipper or contactless bank cards. This means people with the least resources often pay the most to ride the bus. More from Oakland’s Eastmont Transit Center: www.kqed.org/news/12067737

Taking Caltrain this morning from SF to report on BART extension construction progress in San Jose. Public transit is cool.

Even as Oakland transit officials and advocates are hopeful that new speed cameras will help reduce speeding, they acknowledge more needs to be done to make Oakland streets safer. www.kqed.org/news/12065712

Hey EVERYONE who rides #bayarea #transit : you GOTTA read this 👇 for ME, it's GAME CHANGING!!

Big updates coming for Clipper, the Bay Area’s transit agency payment system….here‘s how to get signed up. www.kqed.org/news/1206571...

Sizeable protest at entrance to coast guard island. Eyewitnesses report federal agents running over a persons ankle and shooting someone with a pepper ball earlier this AM, as CBP arrives at facility. @kqednews.kqed.org @radiobwatt.bsky.social