Silas Valentino

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Silas Valentino

A couple of teenagers were dissatisfied with a Bay Area transit agency over fickle and infrequent service that’s crucial for travelers in a driverless position. Inspired by a school assignment, the two 14-year-olds surveyed classmates and then petitioned Marin Transit to improve a couple of bus routes through West Marin. Their effort helped kick-start major updates coming to the transit system this summer.

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Silas Valentino

May 20-Some passengers on BART are responding positively to the agency's reduction in the number of train cars. That support, though, has been derailed by the decision to double down on fare enforcement through the installation of new fare gates. BART's push to boost its fare enforcement - spending $90 million on Next Generation Fare Gates while BART police increased stops and citations for evading payment - has a noted critic from a Yale-based nonprofit research center.

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Silas Valentino

A flight to Hawaii from California was delayed roughly five hours after a passenger allegedly made a bomb threat just as the aircraft pushed back from the gate at San Diego International Airport on Tuesday morning. Hawaiian Airlines Flight 15 to Honolulu was scheduled to depart around 8:30 a.m., according to Flight Aware, but soon after the flight detached from the jetway, a passenger was reportedly overheard making a threat to the aircraft’s safety.

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Silas Valentino

Some passengers on BART are responding positively to the agency’s reduction in the number of train cars. That support, though, has been derailed by the decision to double down on fare enforcement through the installation of new fare gates. BART’s push to boost its fare enforcement — spending $90 million on Next Generation Fare Gates while BART police increased stops and citations for evading payment — has a noted critic from a Yale-based nonprofit research center.

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Silas Valentino

United Airlines is apologizing to travelers at San Francisco International Airport for service delays and issues stemming from the airline phasing in a new contractor for catering service. The problem began after one of the biggest layoffs in California this year in March, when 835 employees with the airline catering business Gate Gourmet learned that they were going to lose their jobs. Before they could worry, nearly all were swiftly rehired by Sky Chefs, a competing catering business.