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Posts Tagged ‘Lateefa Simon’

Two arrested, and BART planning changes, after teen mob attack

By Rachel Loyd | May 2, 2017 | 3
Last Thursday BART Board of Directors discussed robberies by a mob of teens and how to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. Photo by Rachel Loyd.

BART riders are on high alert after a mob of teens robbed passengers two weekends ago. BART Police officials and the agency’s board of directors responded at a board meeting on Thursday with plans to prevent this from happening again.

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Bay Area journalist Kevin Weston’s fight against rare cancer

By Pendarvis Harshaw | November 30, 2012 | 4
KPFA Radio host Greg Bridges jots down Kevin Weston's introductory info backstage as Weston preps to receive an award.

 Kevin Weston doesn’t remember doctors saying he had two weeks to live. He doesn’t remember his 44th birthday. He doesn’t remember his own wedding, though he says he’s seen the photos: Weston in a white hospital gown, eyes closed, with an extremely swollen face. In some photos he has tubes and monitors attached to his…

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