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For Muni-riding artists out there, here’s your chance to shine a light on your work. The nonprofit organization San Francisco Beautiful is partnering with SFMTA to commission original artwork to be digitally reproduced for display in 50 Muni Art buses in San Francisco this fall.

Five winning designs will receive a cash prize, and each have their work displayed in 10 buses for four months. Artists have until June 19th to submit a proposal (details here).

Photo by @friscofog26

The grandmother who was beaten as she exited Muni on Mother’s Day has passed died, NBC Bay Area reports.

Earlier this week we learned about the attack, which happened near Japantown or Chinatown – the details still aren’t clear. Police and the victim’s family are asking for the public’s help in finding the attacker, as well as a witness who helped the victim get off the bus.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information about the suspect or the Good Samaritan, should also contact investigators and may do so via an email to San Francisco police Sgt. Trevor Kelly at Trevor.Kelly@sfgov.org, or via the Anonymous Tip Line at 415-575-4444 or Text-A-Tip to TIP411 and include “SFPD” at the beginning of the message.

Police are asking for your help in finding the assailant who attacked an elderly woman as she got off a bus in Chinatown last week. The victim’s granddaughter is also posting on social media, hoping to find the attacker who struck her grandmother on Mother’s Day, ABC7 reports.

According to police, the 77-year-old victim was struck at least twice in the head as she was getting off a Muni bus in the Chinatown area on May 10. The assault occurred sometime between noon and 2:30 p.m., possibly on Stockton Street, and the victim remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. According to police reports, the suspect was described to be a black female.

The victim’s family has agreed to release these photos to the public in hopes of finding the attacker.

Investigators believe a Good Samaritan led the injured woman away from the side of the bus after the attack and helped her sit down on the sidewalk. Police would like to talk to him or anyone else who may have witnessed the crime.

The victim is a frequent rider of the 2 Clement, 3 Jackson, 30 Stockton and the 45 Union/ Stockton lines, and often travels between the Japantown and the Chinatown.

If you have any information, email Sergeant Trevor Kelly at Trevor.Kelly@sfgov.org, the Anonymous Tip Line at (415) 575-4444.

Turns out Muni isn’t that easy to avoid.

After determining it was operating without the proper license, the California Public Utilities Commission has shut down private bus service Leap Transit, the pay-per-ride service that ferries commuters between the Marina and the Financial District allowing them to bypass the crowds and ickiness of Muni.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Leap had been granted its “authority to operate,” but didn’t yet have the proper license to run the bus line. Leap announced Tuesday that it has suspended its service after the CPUC sent the company a cease-and-desist letter.

The article cited a post on Leap’s Facebook page in which the company said it hopes to be “back on the road in no time.”

In the meantime Leap customers, guess we’ll be seeing you all on the bus.