Muni operator shot and killed near San Leandro

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A San Francisco Muni operator was shot and killed outside a bar near San Leandro last Friday night, reports the San Francisco Examiner.

More from the Examiner:

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect who allegedly shot two people, killing one and leaving another with life-threatening injuries, early Saturday morning after a dispute outside a bar.

Around 2 a.m., Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to reports of a shooting outside a bar on 150th Avenue and Robin Street, according to sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt. Ray Kelly.

Upon arrival, officers located a 43-year-old man lying on the sidewalk outside the bar, suffering from a
gunshot wound to the head, Kelly said.

The Muni operator is identified as Sukia Jackson, 43. Friends and fellow Muni drivers on Facebook were mourning the loss of Jackson.

SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose told the Examiner that “this is a tragic loss of life and we offer our heartfelt condolences to Mr. Jackson’s family and friends. We will certainly provide any support we can as the police investigate this matter.”

Category: News

Muni union: Stop spitting on us (literally)

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spitting

If there ever were a story for the WTF category here at Muni Diaries, this is it.

The Examiner reports that the Muni workers union is calling attention the issue.

“Enough!” wrote Transit Workers Union Local 250-A President Eric D. Williams in a May 26 email blast to operators and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, calling out a rise in assaults on Muni operators, including a rise in spit directed at operators.

Williams also called on operators to stop their vehicle immediately when they are assaulted, and to take it “out of service.” This runs contrary to operators’ practice now, he said, which has been to wait until the end of the line to deal with an incident.

The SFMTA confirmed Wednesday that assaults on Muni operators are on the rise, though agency officials said rarely if ever are operators instructed to finish their routes after they are assaulted.

Spitting on the sidewalk is bad enough, you guys. But even if you have a beef with a bus driver, there are, uh, more civilized ways to take out your frustrations.

Read the Examiner post here.

Photo by stefan klocek

Category: News, WTF: Weirdness on Muni

‘Keep your eyes up…’ and open on Muni

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#sfmuni had a message for me tonight. #inspiration

A photo posted by Lover of Peeps (@amberlee_iartfitness) on

SFMTA likes to remind us, via that robotic voice of God, to keep eyes up and phones down while riding Muni. But because Facebook, we don’t so much.

Still, “through the Muni window” is one of the nicest recurring themes here on Muni Diaries, ’cause you can tell these impromptu street photogs heeded the the voice of God and took a beat. It is literally a window into life in San Francisco — which we’re very much partial to — and it’s def more interesting than what’s trending on Twitter.

Sure, you’ve got your Sharpie dickpic originals (Banksy would be so proud), and other days you’re full-on minus Muni window. But there’s lots to see (and read) through the Muni looking glass, wouldn’t you say?

Category: Aww: Cute on Muni

A ‘rat-ical’ Muni experience

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It is important to me that everyone sees this

A video posted by Kelly (@kayyceecee) on

This isn’t exactly like the last time we documented a mouse on Muni. Just ask an unnamed Muni Diaries editor, who refused to put this post together due to acute heebie-jeebies.

Rats on Muni are like hair. In the right context, hair is lovely, worthy of a positive anecdote with a smile. Personally/as coping mechanism, I like to envision this fella more like Remy in Ratatouille, attempting to make his mark in an intensely culinary part of the world. And look at that face. lookatthatface.

In the wrong context — like, I dunno, when a rat gets loose in a New York City subway train — it is the absolute worst thing ever.

Where do you fall? While you noodle on that, consume some heebie-jeebies antibiotics, including: a cat on a leash at a Muni stop, stone-cold iguanas giving zero fucks on the bus, and the living, breathing representation of a Google search for “happiest dog in the whole wide world.”

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