Pleasant Hill station

BART plans to close down the tracks between the Pleasant Hill and Concord stations over a series of four upcoming weekends from late April to early June for maintenance, but a free County Connection bus bridge will be available for those affected by the closure.

Alameda County prosecutors disclosed Tuesday that they’ve obtained a grand jury indictment against a transient for the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Nia Wilson at the MacArthur BART station in July in an effort to expedite the case.

The man charged with stabbing and killing 18-year-old Nia Wilson on an Oakland BART platform is expected to appear in court Friday.

Alameda County prosecutors said Wednesday that they’ve added a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait to the murder charge that a 27-year-old transient faces for the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Nia Wilson at the MacArthur BART station last month.

The family of Nia Wilson and their lawyer claimed at news conference Friday on the lawsuit against BART that the transit agency didn’t do anything when the suspect who allegedly stabbed the 18-year-old last month threatened two other women.

In the wake of three recent homicides and other violent crimes on the BART system, BART general manager Grace Crunican announced today that she’s asking the transit district’s board to approve a $28 million comprehensive safety and security plan.

The family of Nia Wilson called for an end to senseless violence as they say goodbye to the 18-year-old Friday at her funeral on Friday. Friends and family members wore white t-shirts with a photo of Wilson and put up signs demanding justice at the Acts Full Gospel Church in East Oakland.

More than one week after an 18-year-old woman was fatally stabbed at the MacArthur BART Station in Oakland, her family plans to sue the transit agency.

Bri Spearman was one of several people who alerted law enforcement officials to John Lee Cowell’s whereabouts when she saw two young men chased Cowell onto the BART train at Oakland 12th St. station.

Police on Monday evening arrested a 27-year-old man who they say is responsible for an unprovoked stabbing attack that left an 18-year-old woman dead and her sister wounded at the MacArthur BART station in Oakland.

Several thefts occurred Saturday at BART stations throughout the Bay Area, according to police.

Crime on and around BART dipped overall in 2015, the transit agency says, but further analysis shows the numbers vary from station to station and from city to city