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BART Reaches $1.3 Million Settlement With Oscar Grant’s Mother

OAKLAND (CBS SF) – BART agreed Tuesday to pay $1.3 million to the mother of Oscar Grant III, a Hayward man who was fatally shot by former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale station...

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Auditor To Investigate SF BART Police Shooting

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The new independent auditor for Bay Area Rapid Transit Police said Monday that he will conduct a thorough investigation into a recent confrontation at a San Francisco station...

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Inaugural BART Police Watchdog Meeting To Address SF Shooting

OAKLAND (KCBS) – A newly-formed board that will serve as a watchdog for Bay Area Rapid Transit Police was set to hold its first meeting Tuesday – with the July 3rd fatal BART police shooting in San...

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Friend Of Oscar Grant Shot And Killed In Hayward

HAYWARD (KCBS/CBS SF) – A man, who was shot and killed Friday night at a Hayward gas station parking lot, has been identified as one of the men on the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit station platform...

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Mourners Remember Hayward Murder Victim, Friend Of Oscar Grant

NEWARK (CBS SF) — Hundreds of mourners gathered in Family Bible Fellowship Church in Newark on Monday to remember Johntue Caldwell, the victim of a July 15 homicide in Hayward and best friend of Oscar...

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KCBS In Depth: BART’s New General Manager

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Bay Area Rapid Transit’s new General Manager Grace Crunican considers service for the riders and “getting back to the basics” to be her number one priority now that she’s in...

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Ex-BART Cop Mehserle Facing Civil Trial Over 2008 Incident

OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A federal civil rights trial involving accusations that former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle used excessive force in a November 2008 incident in Oakland is set to begin in...

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Civil Rights Trial Against Mehserle, BART Begins In ’08 Case

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer Johannes Mehserle and four current officers were in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday for the start of a civil trial in which...

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Oscar Grant Shooting Set To Become Feature Film

OAKLAND (CBS 5) – Hollywood filmmakers plan to bring the shooting death of Bay Area Rapid Transit passenger Oscar Grant on the Fruitvale Station platform to the big screen, with some well-known actors...

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Ex-BART Officer Mehserle Asks Appeals Court To Overturn Manslaughter Conviction

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Lawyers for former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer Johannes Mehserle asked a state appeals court in San Francisco Wednesday to overturn his involuntary manslaughter...

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Oscar Grant Family Outraged Over Mehserle Appeal Process

OAKLAND (CBS SF) – The mother and uncle of Oscar Grant III, an unarmed man who was killed by former Bay Area Rapid Transit police Officer Johannes Mehserle three years ago, expressed outrage Friday...

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Court Upholds Mehserle Conviction In Oscar Grant Shooting Case

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) – A state appeals court in San Francisco Friday upheld the involuntary manslaughter conviction of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle in the killing of an unarmed passenger...

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BART Offering Free Rides For Off-Duty Cops, Prosecutors

OAKLAND (KCBS) – Police officers and prosecutors who work in the four counties served by Bay Area Rapid Transit are eligible for smartcards that allow them to ride for free when they are off duty, BART...

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Federal Court Mulls Lawsuits Filed By Family, Friends Of Oscar Grant

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - A federal appeals court in San Francisco was mulling a bid by former BART officer Johannes Mehserle and two other officers to be shielded from some of the claims in lawsuits by...

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Vigil Held For Oscar Grant In Oakland 4 Years After BART Shooting

OAKLAND (KCBS)— A vigil was held in Oakland on Tuesday, four years to the day that Oscar Grant was shot and killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer at the Fruitvale Station. His mother is...

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Oscar Grant ‘Fruitvale’ Film Creates Sundance Buzz

PARK CITY, Utah (KCBS) – A movie about the shooting death of Bay Area Rapid Transit passenger Oscar Grant by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle on the Fruitvale Station platform on New Year’s Day...

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Sundance Prize Goes To Dramatization Of Fruitvale BART Shooting Victim

PARK CITY, Utah (CBS SF) — A dramatic film about the last day in the life of a man shot to death in Oakland by a BART police officer on New Year’s Day 2009 was awarded a top prize for a dramatic film...

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BART Police Officer Fired For Role In Oscar Grant Shooting Accused Of...

OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — An ex-Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer fired for escalating a confrontation with passengers that led to the slaying of an unarmed man has been charged with unemployment fraud....

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Oscar Grant Film ‘Fruitvale Station’ To Be Screened At Oakland’s Grand Lake...

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — After earning top marks at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, the film “Fruitvale Station,” which depicts the last day of Oscar Grant III’s life before he was fatally shot...

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BART Conducting Internal Review Of Naked Acrobat Incident

OAKLAND (CBS SF)— BART Police Chief Kenton Rainey said Wednesday that he has ordered an internal review of how his department responded to an incident at a San Francisco station last month in which a...

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Oscar Grant Film ‘Fruitvale Station’ Premieres In Oakland

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Hundreds of people gathered at the Grand Lake Theater near Oakland’s Lake Merritt Thursday evening for a private screening of the film “Fruitvale Station” which depicts the last 24...

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Oakland Reaches $1M Settlement With Oscar Grant Protesters

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit filed against the city of Oakland and Alameda County on behalf of 150 people who were...

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Oscar Grant Movie ‘Fruitvale Station’ Premieres To Sellout Crowds

OAKLAND (KCBS) – Movie theaters in Oakland added extra screenings Friday to accommodate huge crowds that wanted to see “Fruitvale Station,” a new film about the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant by a BART...

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‘Fruitvale Station’: Recreating A Tragic Loss Of A Life

(CBS NEWS) – A new movie based on a true story takes a look at a controversial shooting four years ago that still has echoes today. Erin Moriarty of “48 Hours” has the story behind the film: Every...

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‘Fruitvale Station’ Movie Delivers Nuanced Portrait Of Oscar Grant

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Oscar Grant did not deserve to die. This is the central message of “Fruitvale Station,” a film dramatizing the real-life case of the young unarmed black man shot in the back by...

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Court Gives Oscar Grant’s Father OK To Sue Ex-BART Cop For Fatal Shooting

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A federal appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday cleared the way for a trial on two civil rights lawsuits filed against former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle and other...

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Demonstration Planned In Oakland To Mark 5th Anniversary Of Oscar Grant Shooting

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland city officials are alerting residents about demonstrations planned in the city Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon. In a notice to residents, city officials said, “We...

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Peaceful Vigil Marks 5-Year Anniversary Of Oscar Grant’s Shooting Death

OAKLAND (KCBS)— Demonstrators gathered Wednesday afternoon for a peaceful vigil in Oakland to mark the five-year anniversary of the shooting death of Oscar Grant who was killed by a BART police officer...

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BART Settles Lawsuit: 5 Men Detained With Oscar Grant To Get $175,000

OAKLAND (KCBS)— Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has settled a lawsuit brought by five men who were detained with Oscar Grant on the Fruitvale Station platform in Oakland when he was fatally shot. John...

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Former BART Officer Who Shot Oscar Grant III Testifies In Civil Trial Brought...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer Johannes Mehserle testified in a civil trial in federal court in San Francisco Wednesday about the chaotic scene when he arrived at...

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Mehserle Breaks Down On Witness Stand During Testimony Of Oscar Grant’s Death...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — A former Northern California transit officer has broken down and cried on the witness stand while describing how he shot and killed a man on a train station platform more than...

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Prison Inmate Father Of Oscar Grant III Testifies In Lawsuit Against Former...

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — The father of a 22-year-old Hayward man who was fatally shot by a BART officer in Oakland in 2009 testified in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday that his son was the most...

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Jury Rejects Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed By Oscar Grant’s Father

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF)_ A verdict has been reached in the civil rights lawsuit filed by the father of Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old Hayward man fatally shot by a BART police officer at the Fruitvale...

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Hundreds Gather At Oakland’s Fruitvale BART Station To Remember Oscar Grant

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Several hundred people gathered in front of the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland Thursday to remember and celebrate the life of Oscar Grant III, who was shot and killed by a BART...

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Defense Witness In Oscar Grant Killing Contacted By Tulsa Deputy’s Lawyers In...

OKLAHOMA CITY (CBS SF) — A defense witness for the BART police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant has been contacted by lawyers for the Tulsa, Oklahoma reserve deputy facing charges in the killing...

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BART Releases Report On Oscar Grant Shooting; New Details Revealed

OAKLAND (CBS SF/AP) – Newly released documents are providing more insight into the deadly shooting of Oscar Grant on a BART platform more than a decade ago. On New Year’s Day in 2009 BART Police...

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Oscar Grant Vigil Planned At Noon At Fruitvale BART Station

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A vigil is planned for Wednesday at the Fruitvale BART station to mark the 11th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant III by a BART police officer. The noon rally at the...

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Oscar Grant’s Family Attorneys Renew Calls For Murder Charges

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The attorneys representing the family of Oscar Grant renewed calls for the Alameda District Attorney to bring murder charges against one of the BART police officers involved in...

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UPDATE: Alameda County DA Says No Charges Against Former BART Cop Pirone In...

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The Alameda County District Attorney on Monday announced that her office would not be filing new charges against former BART police officer Anthony Pirone following a lengthy...

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Officials Condemn DA O’Malley For Not Pursuing New Charges In Oscar Grant’s...

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Two BART directors and an Oakland City Councilmember condemned Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley Tuesday for deciding not to pursue charges against former BART police...

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