By:
Steve Falk and Vince Courtney
06/01/11 10:30 PM
The Bay Area is beginning to recover from the economic recession, but still faces high unemployment, depressed real estate values and other challenges in returning to long-term prosperity. During difficult economic times like these, it is hard to get business and labor to agree on anything.
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Mostly cloudy skies and a chance of showers are in the forecast for the Bay Area today, with highs expected to be in the upper 50s.Tonight is expected to be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and lows around 50. Southwest winds of 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight, are also expected.
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BART riders should expect delays until about 2:30 p.m. today as construction in the Transbay Tube continues.BART has shut one of the two tracks in the Transbay Tube to perform maintenance and repair work to electric cables. Construction will continue next weekend, BART spokesman Linton Johnson said.The repair work means that riders who use the tube to cross the San Francisco Bay could face delays of between 20 and 40 minutes.
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Some showers and gray skies are expected in the Bay Area today as a weak storm system makes its way through the region, a National Weather Service forecaster said. San Francisco and the North Bay are likely to see the most rain, with a 50 to 60 percent chance of showers, forecaster Diana Henderson said. Only about half an inch of rain is expected today in most parts of the Bay Area, she said.
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The San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday will name the first of 16 Bay Area teachers to be honored during the upcoming 2011 NFL season as a classroom hero.Representatives from the 49ers and Washington-based Symetra Financial are gathering at the football team’s East Palo Alto academy to announce plans to bring the Symetra Heroes in the Classroom program to the Bay Area.
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Waiting on the boarding platform for trains to arrive could soon become a more visual experience for BART passengers.The agency is considering a proposal that would place 75 televisions in BART stations, with the screens beaming updates of arriving and departing trains, weather forecasts, and connecting information to local bus lines. The new televisions won’t entirely be an altruistic endeavor by BART — they’ll also be displaying advertising slogans.
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A man accused of killing four Northern California women, including two in the Bay Area, appeared in Marin County Superior Court on Thursday morning for a hearing on his request to act as his own attorney.Joseph Naso, 77, told Judge Andrew Sweet that he doesn’t think he can afford to hire a lawyer. “An attorney would exhaust all my resources,” Naso said. He also said he has other reasons for his request.
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AAA Northern California is offering free tows to drivers who drink too much while celebrating Cinco de Mayo today.The free tow, which is valid within 10 miles of the driver’s home, is offered between 6 p.m. this evening and 6 a.m. Friday. Drivers should call (800) AAA-HELP and tell the AAA operator “I need a tipsy tow.”
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Morning commuters said they reacted to the news of Osama bin Laden’s death with happiness, but some are worried about the possibility of retribution in the Bay Area and nationwide.Letitia Moore, who took BART to San Francisco from the East Bay on Monday morning, said she is concerned. “This may be good news, but it doesn’t end terror,” she said.
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Trucking companies were able to temporarily avoid last year’s toll increases on Bay Area bridges, but starting July 1, big-rigs will have to start shelling out more money to cross the spans.
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