The first FasTrak adopters remember how quickly they could speed through the Bay Bridge toll plaza in the mornings. Now, 12 years after the technology was introduced, all Bay Area bridges are pushing the electronic toll collection. On the Golden Gate Bridge, they're going so far as to get rid of human toll takers. So why is it that there seems to be more backup at the Bay Bridge FasTrak lanes than the cash lanes? Long lines jam the lanes every day. Lots of people want to know why there aren't more FasTrak lanes and why the lines that do exist seem to take so long. The Bay Area Toll Authority has this response: It's all in your head. The backup, they say, doesn't actually ... Continue reading →
Scott Sommerdorf/The Chronicle . The Warriors were 81-83 in the Run-TMC era. The team was 4-5 during the “We Believe” playoff run. In my loyal-Warriors-fan memory, these events — two positives in 23 years of franchise futility –were much, much grander. Didn’t Run-TMC play closer to five years together? Didn’t the Warriors beat the Jazz after the Baron Davis block of Andrei Kirilenko? Myopia can be magic, enough to distort reality and redefine expectations and turn moral victories into legend. And it’s not anything the ownership or the NBA did right. It’s the location. You know in movies like “Poltergeist,” where the contractors build on an Native American burial ground, all kinds of horrible things happen and the people flee in terror? Oakland’s Oracle Arena ... Continue reading →
(05-22) 10:07 PDT MORGAN HILL -- The apparent murder of a 15-year-old South Bay girl was a "purely random" crime committed by a man who did not know the teenager, the Santa Clara County sheriff said Tuesday. DNA found on discarded clothes belonging to Sierra LaMar linked 21-year-old Antolin Garcia-Torres to the girl's March disappearance and apparent slaying, Sheriff Laurie Smith said at a news conference. She would not specify the nature of the DNA, but said it was not blood. The girl's body has not been found, but Smith said "direct and circumstantial evidence, including forensic evidence, have contributed to our belief that Sierra is a victim of murder." Garcia-Torres was booked at Santa Clara County Jail late Monday on suspicion of murder and ... Continue reading →
The apartment where SFPD shot and killed Rohnert Park suspect http://t.co/18WT3Y9G Continue reading →
