Monday Morning Headlines: More Equipment Troubles Plague BART

"There were more equipment problems plaguing BART early Monday, with service on the Green Line between Berryessa and Daly City disrupted for an unspecified reason. Red Line service was also impacted due to an equipment problem near West Oakland Station. [KRON4] The SF Public Defender's Office has filed a formal complaint with Sheriff Paul Miyamoto over reports of illegal and intimidating strip searches of female inmates. 19 women say they were subjected to humiliating strip searches while deputies laughed and aimed weapons at them."

"Morgan Geyser, the 22-year-old woman who was tried for murdering her friend to please "Slender Man" in 2014 when they were both 12 years old, was arrested Sunday after apparently cutting off her ankle monitor. Geyser, along with a codefendent, were ultimately found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and remanded to psychiatric facilities, and she disappeared over the weekend from the group home in Wisconsin where she was living."

BART experienced multiple equipment problems early Monday, disrupting Green Line service between Berryessa and Daly City and impacting Red Line service near West Oakland Station. The SF Public Defender's Office filed a formal complaint with Sheriff Paul Miyamoto over reports that 19 female inmates endured illegal and intimidating strip searches during which deputies allegedly laughed and aimed weapons. Morgan Geyser, tried as a juvenile in the 2014 Slender Man case and later remanded to psychiatric facilities, was arrested after apparently cutting off her ankle monitor and disappearing from a Wisconsin group home. Labor leaders protested tariffs at the Port of Oakland. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she does not intend to run for president in 2028. A Trump healthcare proposal addressing rising premiums after ACA subsidy expirations is expected. The 49ers face the Panthers Monday Night with playoff implications.

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