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BART board postpones vote on cellphone blackout policy - 28 Oct, 2011

BART will wait at least two weeks before becoming the first public transit system in the nation to say when it can interrupt cellphone service to protect riders and train service. Vowing to adopt a model policy for balancing free speech ...

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BART proposes policy to govern cell phone blackouts - ‎Oct 19, 2011‎

BART would become the first transit agency in the nation to condone a blackout of cellphone service in the face of "extraordinary" threats, under a proposal directors will consider next week. Under the policy, BART could interrupt ...

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Roadshow: It's legal to report suspected drunk drivers on a handheld cell phone - 21 Oct, 2011

However, I was distressed to read that you and the Highway Patrol recommend that drivers break the law by using their cellphones to report drunken drivers. I agree that drunken drivers must be removed from our roads, but a law is a law. ...

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Man visiting jailed brother says he was roughed up - 21 Oct, 2011

The district attorney's office charged Gabriel Carrillo with battery, resisting deputies, trying to escape arrest and bringing a cellphone into the Men's Central Jail for the Feb. 26 incident. Carrillo said he was handcuffed during the unprovoked ...

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Man pepper-sprayed, robbed of iPad, cellphone in San Francisco - 21 Oct, 2011

A man was pepper-sprayed and robbed of an iPad and cellphone while riding a San Francisco Municipal Railway light-rail vehicle on Wednesday evening, police said. The robbery occurred at about 5:30 pm Wednesday on an M-Ocean View train that was ...

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State report ripped Longmire for Bey investigation - 21 Oct, 2011

Among the examples listed was that Longmire "inexcusably" failed to properly search for Bey IV's cellphone after Bailey's Aug. 2, 2007, death, and that Longmire did not properly review evidence from a tracking device on Bey IV's car that placed the ...

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Messages for Flight 93 passenger capture fear, resolve on Sept. 11 - 11 Sep, 2011

11 morning 10 years ago when his housemate, Amanda Mark, left the message on his cellphone. It was the first of dozens of plaintive messages recorded that day on Bingham's black flip phone -- a phone he likely left in his first class seat after ...

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Brown vetoes fine boost for drivers using cellphones - ‎Sep 7, 2011‎

Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill to increase penalties for drivers who text or use a cellphone without a hands-free device, despite lawmakers' assertions that tougher penalties would save lives and prevent accidents. In his veto message Wednesday, ...

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Messages for Flight 93 passenger capture fear, resolve on Sept. 11 - 11 Sep, 2011

11 morning 10 years ago when his housemate, Amanda Mark, left the message on his cellphone. It was the first of dozens of plaintive messages recorded that day on Bingham's black flip phone -- a phone he likely left in his first class seat after ...

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Bill makes prison cellphone smuggling a crime - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎

AP SACRAMENTO, Californiaâ€"A bill making it a misdemeanor to smuggle cellphones to California inmates is on its way to Gov. Jerry Brown. The Senate unanimously approved Assembly amendments to SB26 by Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles on ...

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Roadshow: Brown's veto of cellphone bill draws mixed reviews - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎

Brown's veto on the bill to increase the cellphone fine. It's the conversation that causes the danger and not the act of holding the telephone. People drive holding a cup, hamburger, cigarette, etc. A You are mostly correct. ...

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Roadshow: Brown's veto of cellphone bill draws mixed reviews - 9 Sep, 2011

Brown's veto on the bill to increase the cellphone fine. It's the conversation that causes the danger and not the act of holding the telephone. People drive holding a cup, hamburger, cigarette, etc. A You are mostly correct. ...

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Bill makes prison cellphone smuggling a crime - 9 Sep, 2011

AP SACRAMENTO, Californiaâ€"A bill making it a misdemeanor to smuggle cellphones to California inmates is on its way to Gov. Jerry Brown. The Senate unanimously approved Assembly amendments to SB26 by Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles on ...

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Brown vetoes fine boost for drivers using cellphones - ‎Sep 7, 2011‎

Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill to increase penalties for drivers who text or use a cellphone without a hands-free device, despite lawmakers' assertions that tougher penalties would save lives and prevent accidents. In his veto message Wednesday, ...

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Brown vetoes fine boost for drivers using cellphones - 8 Sep, 2011

Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill to increase penalties for drivers who text or use a cellphone without a hands-free device, despite lawmakers' assertions that tougher penalties would save lives and prevent accidents. In his veto message Wednesday, ...

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Brown vetoes fine boost for drivers using cellphones - 8 Sep, 2011

Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill to increase penalties for drivers who text or use a cellphone without a hands-free device, despite lawmakers' assertions that tougher penalties would save lives and prevent accidents. In his veto message Wednesday, ...

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BART police serve as critic's focal point - 29 Aug, 2011

Sweet called the cutting of cellphone service a mistake and said it has resulted in the continued bashing of the police. "Disbanding our police force is not the way to go," she said. "Our police force is changing for the better. ...

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BART police serve as critic's focal point - 29 Aug, 2011

Sweet called the cutting of cellphone service a mistake and said it has resulted in the continued bashing of the police. "Disbanding our police force is not the way to go," she said. "Our police force is changing for the better. ...

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Hacker group posts explicit photos it says are of BART spokesman - 26 Aug, 2011

Anonymous has been calling for the resignation of Johnson, who suggested that BART officials turn off cellphone service at underground stations earlier this month to thwart a protest against transit agency police. The posting of the photo occurred as ...

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BART: Here's why we cut cell service - ‎Aug 20, 2011‎

It was such a serious threat that hours before the protest, in an emergency closed session, BART police briefed its board members of the threat and decision to terminate cellphone service for four hours. In a three-page, open letter to its passengers ...

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