Day Around the Bay: Large Development By West Oakland BART Breaks Ground

"The parking lot and areas around West Oakland BART will ultimately developed the way MacArthur has been, and ground has officially been broken on the first phase. A 240-unit affordable apartment building is starting construction, but the project will ultimately include over 760 units, as well as new retail. [Chronicle]"

"After a federal grand jury declined to indict several Democratic lawmakers over a video they posted last fall telling members of the armed forces not to follow illegal orders, Democrats on Capitol Hill are expressing outrage. "I say to my Republican colleagues, if the executive branch can merely attempt to prosecute members of the legislative branch for simply exercising free speech, that is not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem, it is a constitutional crisis," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. [New York Times]"

Redevelopment around West Oakland BART has begun with ground broken on the first phase and construction starting on a 240-unit affordable apartment within a planned total of over 760 units and new retail. San Francisco schools remained closed Thursday while SFUSD and union negotiators resumed bargaining at 11 a.m., with status unclear. Assistant principal Ruben Guzman, 31, was arrested in a San Jose child exploitation sting after allegedly contacting someone he thought was a 13-year-old boy; the arrest was part of a wider human trafficking operation ahead of the Super Bowl. A federal grand jury declined to indict several Democratic lawmakers over a video urging service members not to follow illegal orders, prompting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to call attempted prosecution a constitutional crisis. Attorney General Pam Bondi faced combative questioning over the Epstein Files and unredacted victim names. Actor James Van Der Beek died at 48 from colorectal cancer and friends say his family is nearly broke, prompting a GoFundMe.

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