Identity Of Man Killed On San Mateo Caltrain Tracks Still Unknown
The San Mateo County coroner is asking for the public's help in identifying a man who was killed on Caltrain tracks in San Mateo last Friday.
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The San Mateo County coroner is asking for the public's help in identifying a man who was killed on Caltrain tracks in San Mateo last Friday.
San Francisco police are investigating reports that someone fired a gun at a Caltrain passing through the city's Potrero Hill neighborhood earlier this week.
A person was struck and killed by a train on the Caltrain tracks in San Mateo Thursday afternoon, a Caltrain spokeswoman said.
The study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute found that electrification would create thousands of jobs while also helping the environment.
Even as the Caltrain faces the possibility of future cutbacks, the agency is adding service and was poised to break its own ridership record this summer.
Two pedestrians were killed in separate incidents on train tracks in the North Bay and Peninsula Wednesday morning, according to authorities for Caltrain and Amtrak.
A man was struck and killed on the Caltrain tracks in San Jose early Wednesday morning, a Caltrain spokeswoman said.
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Caltrain Monday morning near the Hayward Park station, according to the transit agency.
A southbound Caltrain hit a vehicle near the Menlo Park station, injuring one person and causing major delays throughout the afternoon commute.
Shovels went into the ground Thursday on a transit project that has been often derided as a pipe dream, the Bay Area Rapid Transit extension to San Jose.
A woman was struck by a Caltrain in Redwood City late Friday morning, an agency spokeswoman said.
A recently announced agreement to pour $1.5 billion of high speed rail money into the effort to "electrify" the Caltrain tracks apparently has some strings attached.
Caltrain passengers should expect delays of between five and 20 minutes Wednesday morning due to a broken rail on a southbound track in San Bruno, Caltrain officials said.
Commuter rail officials say he was standing on the tracks when he was hit by a northbound train. The death is being investigated.
Caltrain passengers were warned to expect delays of 30 to 40 minutes Friday after a train struck and killed a person on the tracks in Menlo Park, an agency spokeswoman said.
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Bay Area transportation agencies are in talks with the state's High-Speed Rail Authority to pay for the "electrification" of Caltrain tracks, which would mean bullet trains moving at speeds of up to 110 miles per hour by 2016, 5 to 10 years sooner than had been discussed.
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Caltrain passengers continued to experience delays Sunday evening in the aftermath of a collision that killed a pedestrian in Sunnyvale.
After singing a rendition of "We Shall Overcome" at Caltrain's San Mateo station, hundreds of Bay Area residents of all ages celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday by boarding the 2012 "Freedom Train."
Caltrain service experienced delays Monday evening after a train struck and killed a pedestrian in Menlo Park.
Transportation officials are more rushed than ever to find solutions to ongoing safety issues on Bay Area railways. This urgency comes following three apparently unrelated deaths on the tracks Saturday.
Three people were killed on Bay Area train tracks Saturday within less than two hours of each other, including a man struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Fremont.
A second person was struck and killed on Caltrain tracks Saturday on the Peninsula, according to a Caltrain spokeswoman. After major delays, service has resumed on a single track.
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A quinceañera planner based in San Jose has been charged with multiple counts of felony grand theft for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from local families who hired him to plan their celebrations, prosecutors said.
Authorities in Sonoma County are searching for a Santa Rosa woman who was reported missing following a hike along the coast on Wednesday.
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Red light cameras are being installed in what city officials are calling four of the most hazardous locations in San Jose.
Oakland Police are asking for help identifying two people wanted in connection with a 2021 deadly home invasion robbery.
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Oakland Police are asking for help identifying two people wanted in connection with a 2021 deadly home invasion robbery.
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Experts say the area suffers from a reputation of crime and empty storefronts, and whether warranted or not, it has impacted the market, along with several other factors.
A quinceañera planner based in San Jose has been charged with multiple counts of felony grand theft for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from local families who hired him to plan their celebrations, prosecutors said.
Red light cameras are being installed in what city officials are calling four of the most hazardous locations in San Jose.
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Authorities in Sonoma County are searching for a Santa Rosa woman who was reported missing following a hike along the coast on Wednesday.
National Park Service officials said some sites within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area are closed, as the first federal government shutdown in nearly seven years is underway.
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The Golden State Warriors announced a flurry of offseason deals, confirming earlier reports of veteran additions and the re-signing of restricted free agent forward Jonathan Kuminga.
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A quinceañera planner based in San Jose has been charged with multiple counts of felony grand theft for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from local families who hired him to plan their celebrations, prosecutors said.
Authorities in Sonoma County are searching for a Santa Rosa woman who was reported missing following a hike along the coast on Wednesday.
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Oakland Police are asking for help identifying two people wanted in connection with a 2021 deadly home invasion robbery.
An Urban Alchemy spokesperson said Joey Alexander had been working in front of the SF Main Library for over two years as part of the outreach team. And it was there that he was shot while asking someone to stop doing drugs, the nonprofit said.
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ChatGPT has rolled out a series of new parental controls that can limit how teenagers interact with the chatbot, OpenAI announced Monday.
A police department in the Bay Area said over the weekend that they dealt with an unusual circumstance, pulling over a driverless vehicle for a moving violation.
PCOS affects about 1 in 10 women of reproductive age, according to the U.S. Office on Women's Health. It's a leading and often underdiagnosed cause of infertility.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a series of bills aimed at expanding access to reproductive health care and strengthening privacy protections for patients and providers in California.
California's Santa Cruz County announced that sales on filtered cigarettes will be banned in 2027, which officials say is the first ban of its kind.
Health officials in Santa Clara County have given the authorization for the Whole Foods Market in Cupertino to reopen, more than four months after a vermin infestation forced the location to close.
People in Fairfield are bracing for the impact of the federal government shutdown on families and businesses connected to Travis Air Force Base.
Recent polling shows a majority of Hispanics disapprove of the way President Trump is handling his job as president, but it hasn't translated into support for Democrats.
Organizers of the California International Airshow in Salinas said the event would go on this weekend but noted that performances by the Blue Angels are in doubt due to the government shutdown that began Wednesday.
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