Bay News Rising

Professional and college reporters training collaboratively for the future of Bay Area journalism. Bay News Rising is a project of the Pacific Media Workers Guild made possible by the labor and contributions of its members.

The busking life: An inside look at BART’s impromptu performers.

They strum, hum and literally bend over backwards to entertain passengers and passersby in BART stations and on trains. For buskers, hurtling trains are a stage; preoccupied commuters an audience. … Continue reading →

July 30, 2017 · Leave a comment
Marlan Patterson driving the bus from the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station to Antioch. (Photo by Khaled Sayed/Bay News Rising)

Housing prices drive up commute time, but shrink family, social time for a far flung workforce

By Patrick Cochran, Bay News Rising staff reporter — Ask commuters rushing to catch a Pittsburg-bound BART train at the end of a busy work day to describe their twice-a-day trek … Continue reading →

July 30, 2015 · Leave a comment

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