Foster being cited for eating a sandwich on a platform while waiting for a bart train. Bart police say they arrested foster after he became hostile and belligerent, using curse words and homophobic slurs toward the officer. When barts general manager issued in apology to foster and bart writers for how the situation unfolded, it did not fit well with bart police and bart board of director, deborah allen. For the police officers, it is very demoralizing for our general manager to come out and sayto apologize. Reporter in a phone interview, pete garcia, president of the bart association called the apology a setback. I think it is a setback, not only from a Media Relations standpoint, but when the men and women dont feel like they are supported by the head of the agency. Reporter what do bart riders make of all of this . A sound like a mixed message. But especially when over the weekend bart director janice lee joined and eat and to protest the sandwich incident. That was really a horribl
For years, the landscaping in berkeleys residential traffic circles has been maintained by the people who live nearby. In may of last year, city staff recommended all of the trees in the circles be cut down because they obstructed the view of drivers. Predictability, a lot of people thought that was not a good idea. Absolutely not. In fact, i think they support rather than the track. Reporter the decision was the result of a 2 million lawsuit settlement when someone was injured in a crosswalk at this intersection. This tree was alleged to have contributed to the accident. When more than 1000 residents signed petitions, the mayor created a Citizens Task force to work with staff engineers, who then recommended that only trees up to six inches in diameter would be allowed. They seemed perplexed by the idea that you cannot guarantee a tree would only be six inches in diameter, the trees grow. Reporter the task force discovered other cities like seattle require trees in their traffic circle