KQED is a proud member of
Save ArticleSave Article
upper waypoint
News Fix

News Pix: Protesters Shut Down BART and Yosemite Climbers Reach the Top

Katrina Schwartz
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

Protesters gathered on the Montgomery BART station platform early Friday morning to protest police brutality and shut down the trains. BART employees and police officers lined the platform and guarded the train entrances.  (Anya Schultz/KQED)

arrest-at-bart
Police arrest a protester at the Montgomery BART Station around 7:30 a.m on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. (Anya Schultz/KQED)

lawer-die-in
Members of the Bay Area legal community gathered outside the California Supreme Court on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. For 15 minutes, attorneys, legal staff, law students and allies lay silently on the steps of the courthouse in a "die-in" to advocate for racial justice. (Anya Schultz/KQED)

http://instagram.com/p/xx3dcPA2ey/?modal=true
Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson became the first rock climbers to scale the "Dawn Wall" of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park using only their hands, feet and safety ropes. (Corey Rich via Instagram)

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint
How Have Wage Increases Affected Fast Food Workers?SFSU President Begins Negotiations With Campus Gaza ProtestersSmall Houses Pose Solution to Housing CrisisA Family Fled Ethnic Violence in India. Its Echoes Resonate in the Bay AreaCalifornia Groundwater Surges After Torrential Rain and SnowstormsIt’s a 408 vs. 510 Showdown as San Jose Earthquakes Take on Oakland RootsWho Owns the Apartment Next Door? California Agency Says it Will Take Millions to Find OutAmor Towles on his New Short Story Collection 'Table for Two'SFMOMA’s New Collaboration with Artists with DisabilitiesHow Arizona and Nevada Could Determine Who Controls White House, Senate