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the u.s. open is happening at the olympic club. add those people to the 184,000 who use it every day and all that have is making for a slow commute home. even with trains running in both directions b.a.r.t. is telling riders to expect delays all night long. transit is running up to 30 additional buses to take them over the bridge free of charge and dropping them in oakland. despite this morning s nightmare commute and this afternoon s slow ride home, many commuters are keeping a positive attitude. bay area residents are resilient and resourceful and smart phones and your laptop you make the best of it. the only bad part, it was a very, very long line and i missed a couple of ferries. reporter: and this is what it looks like as commuters crowded onto the alameda/oakland ferry. you can seep the line wrapped around the block. many were unaware that b.a.r.t. was back in service. officials say they had four times the number of riders they usually have on a typical day. ....
but he warns that confidence remains fragile, in his words. in other news, richmond president says the decent that we saw in the last central bank s decision this week, because he thinks rates will need time to rise sometime next year in a statement posted on the richmond s web site, lacquer says the economy is expanding at a moderate pace. he was the only vote, you might recall, against that decision. in corporate news, apple s new ipad goes on sale today. the tablet has a sharper screen than most sophisticated television sets. but because of a bigger battery, it s heavier than some of its predecessors. some camped out to be the first to have this new device. others simply went to a walmart that was open all night. the ipad went on sale there at midnight. this is interesting. this is a new line of sales for apple. it s becoming and having these ipad sales there to have lines at the walmart as well. apple shares topping $600 during yesterday s trading session. they ....
beginning part of the year that spike and my recollection and statistics and chief, correct me if i m wrong is that it started to level out mid year coming into the third and fourth quarters. if these statistics, 44% increase, if you can talk about whether that s leveled off at all or whether the increase unfortunately has remained consistent out here in richmond. because i know it s a problem that is not specific to the richmond, unfortunately and we re taking steps across the department to address it, get it under control. i was wondering from a timing perspective if you could comment a bit about what you ve seen over the year. i was fortunate enough previous to have char envelope population. i didn t have the golden gate park. we have a lot of venues within the golden gate park. and the weather has been very nice. a lot of tourists. consently, the education of the tourism in regards to putting valuables the suspects watch the individuals and it s target rich. i ....
i was fortunate enough previous to have char envelope population. i didn t have the golden gate park. we have a lot of venues within the golden gate park. and the weather has been very nice. a lot of tourists. consently, the education of the tourism in regards to putting valuables the suspects watch the individuals and it s target rich. it s a target rich environment, whether it be the venue at the cliff house area, point lobos or the golden gate point. we get a lot of influx of individuals coming into and providing an opportunity. therefore, we ve been utilizing our plainclothesed officers as well as patrols. we ve had an increase of staffing with the hondas that have the opportunity to move throughout the golden gate park a lot freer than beat officers or the foot our bicycle officers and that was a movement that chief cashman imp leapted just recently. i also was driving around the golden gate park and looking at the opportunities to arrest some of these indivi ....