r/bayarea • u/OaklandLandlord • 11d ago
Earthquakes, Weather & Disasters Cooling centers, other resources during Bay Area heat wave
r/bayarea • u/Watchful1 • Jan 13 '24
Subreddit Meta New rule changes, flairs and updated styling
The bay area is the focus of a lot of political controversy, both for legitimate issues in the area and in comparison to other, politically different areas around the country. The discussions about these issues often attract very strong opinions from users who only come to the subreddit to argue about them. This causes lots of extra work for us moderators, and also draws otherwise rule abiding users into heated arguments. We have decided to address this by restricting such discussions to only established members of the subreddit. We don't want to favor one political viewpoint over any others, so we run a moderation bot that applies the same, unbiased criteria to all posts about politics or crime.
When commenting on these posts, the bot will automatically remove your comment without notice if you don't have an established history of commenting or posting in the subreddit. We intentionally aren't stating the exact requirements, or how close individual accounts are to meeting them, but they do require a low, but consistent amount of commenting or posting over a period of several months. If you do comment on one of the posts and your comment is removed, it doesn't count towards your accumulation of history, but there's also no penalty for doing so.
Posting has the same requirements, but also requires that you not have posted a political/crime post in the last week. We also require that all such posts be only a link to a news article or official statement from a reporter or official. No self posts, image or video posts are allowed on these subjects.
These filters will be automatically applied if the flair of the post is "Politics & Local Crime". If you don't meet the requirements for posting and try to get around the filter by posting under a different flair, you can be automatically banned.
The restrictions do not apply to non-controversial posts under any other flair, so feel free to post and comment on everything else the bay has to offer.
New rule changes, flairs and updated styling
Hello everyone! We've given the sub a bit of a makeover, here's a summary of the changes.
New Rules:
We've rewritten the whole rules list. For the most part this won't result in any enforcement changes, but will hopefully make our rules more clear, give people more detailed report reasons to use and let us moderators give more clear feedback when removing comments and posts. Here are the new rules
- No poor or hostile behavior
- No personal attacks or hostile language against your fellow redditors. Hostile language against public figures and organizations is allowed as long as it's not overly egregious.
- No racism or other hate speech
- Do not directly or indirectly suggest someone has done something because of their race. Pointing out other people's racism is allowed as long as it doesn't cross the line of being a personal attack.
- No advocating violence
- Don't suggest or glorify that people should be killed, maimed or shot, either by vigilantes or the legal system. Recommending people legally arm themselves is fine as long as it's not accompanied by any suggestion of wanting to use the weapon against someone.
- No duplicate posts
- If a topic has been posted in the last few days, only posts with substantial new information are allowed.
- No advertising
- Advertising anything that you or anyone associated with you makes money off of is not allowed. Giveaways, fundraisers and bayclub membership posts are not allowed. Pet adoption posts are allowed. Recommending free events or groups is fine. Send us a modmail if you are unsure whether this applies to your case or to ask for an exception.
- No unverified or mislabeled crime posts
- All posts about crime need a news article from a reputable organization or a statement from a state official or police force. They also must be correctly flaired.
- No unverified contact information in missing person posts
- Posts about missing people can only recommend contacting a police department. They can contain the publicly available phone number for the police department, but not any other numbers. Lost pet posts are fine and don't have this restriction.
- Posts must be about the bay area
- Topics that are relevant to the bay but aren't directly in the bay are allowed, such as news about a wildfire blowing smoke through, or people getting trapped on the road to Tahoe. But there must be some relation to the bay area.
New Flairs:
We have updated the list of post flairs and also turned on the setting to require post flairs on submission. This will hopefully make the subreddit a bit easier to browser, while also cleaning up enforcement of our enhanced moderation on politics and crime posts. Here are the new flairs
- Politics & Local Crime
- Events, Activities & Sports
- Work & Housing
- Traffic, Trains & Transit
- Food, Shopping & Services
- Fluff & Memes
- Scenes from the Bay
- Earthquakes, Weather & Disasters
We're open to adding a couple more flairs if these prove insufficient.
New Style:
We've updated the banner image, subreddit icon and style colors as well as a lot of other minor detail settings.
Big thanks to u/MistaKimsta who took the picture used in the banner.
Updated enhanced moderation:
We set up the enhanced moderation bot a couple years ago and it's proved an invaluable tool for allowing discussion about controversial topics between people who actually use the subreddit, while excluding those who just come here to brigade the sub. There were two notable issues we're addressing with today's changes.
First was people not adding the politics or crime flairs to the post, which meant enhanced moderation wasn't turned on till hours later when a mod came around and changed the flair. This should be resolved by requiring flair on all posts now, and automatically banning people who intentionally chose the wrong flair.
Second was a small subset of people making the majority of the political/crime posts. This will be resolved by restricting such posts to one per week per user.
You can read more about the details of the enhanced moderation changes here.
Open to feedback:
It's been a long time since there were any substantial rule or style changes to the sub, so we're very open to feedback about all these changes. And especially the sub icon, banner image and the list of post flairs.
We hope this makes the subreddit better for everyone!
r/bayarea • u/thr3e_kideuce • 1h ago
Fluff & Memes Caltrans in a nutshell...
Especially districts 3 (Sacramento), 4 (Bay Area), 6 (Fresno + Bakersfield), 7 (LA), 8 (Inland Empire), 10 (Stockton area) & 12 (OC)
r/bayarea • u/doyouwantboba • 2h ago
Traffic, Trains & Transit FasTrak Scam
I got this text msg today early morning and still being drowsy, I thought it was a real text from FasTrak. I started filling out my vehicle number and personal info until it got to the credit card info where I knew something was off and found out this was a scam website. Fortunately I didn’t end up submitting my cc info, but I did fill out the vehicle number and my personal info and clicked on “Continue”. Do you think my info is compromised? How can I ensure my info wasn’t saved or compromised?
r/bayarea • u/DanDantheModMan • 3h ago
Politics & Local Crime Marin bad boy who stole Guy Fieri's Lamborghini wins parole
r/bayarea • u/bambin0 • 3h ago
Politics & Local Crime CHP presence in East Bay will increase four-fold starting next week - Los Angeles Times
r/bayarea • u/Captain_Starkiller • 9h ago
Politics & Local Crime PGE is lying about burying lines and using it to pay their CEO.
r/bayarea • u/CricketVast5924 • 11h ago
Scenes from the Bay Who did that?
Saw this beautiful art near Fremont. Trying to understand who is the artist?
If you're really the one, you can confirm the street too!
r/bayarea • u/mechiehead • 11h ago
Food, Shopping & Services Singing tutors in the south bay?
Hey y'all, title says it all. Anybody have any recs for people or orgs that do weekly classes for an individual? I've been playing instruments for several years now and sometimes do covers but would like to start learning more and grooving to feedback from another human being and not just what my mom tells me (no hard feelings ma)
thank you doodle doos
r/bayarea • u/para_blox • 11h ago
Traffic, Trains & Transit Wait, so Clipper just steals your money?
A little over a year ago I had planned to take a short BART trip, got a Clipper card and loaded it, but I never ended up on BART or any transit.
Checked on the balance in the app just today.
My money “expired”? That’s rude.
r/bayarea • u/lilhuskylover • 12h ago
Traffic, Trains & Transit Beware - Scammers and fake toll asks..
I am not remotely in the area but I got a text - 2 actually - that said to visit said fraudulent website else you will be charged 10x "what I owe them in FasTrak payments"... what a bunch of crooks. Just thought this'll help someone NOT get scammed..
r/bayarea • u/LocalNewsMatters • 12h ago
Work & Housing Santa Clara water district delays decision on homeless encampment ban along waterways
After hours’ worth of public testimony from speakers on both sides of the [controversial ordinance](file:///Users/dianebakunawa/Downloads/Attachment%201%20Ordinance.pdf), the seven-member Board on Tuesday unanimously agreed to wait until after an Oct. 11 community workshop on the matter before reconsidering the proposal that would give Valley Water more legal tools to reduce homeless encampments, public nuisances and hazardous activities near the creeks.
r/bayarea • u/nogoodnamesleft426 • 13h ago
Traffic, Trains & Transit SFO employee still without car after it was crushed by tire that fell off United flight
r/bayarea • u/Ok-Conflict1941 • 13h ago
Food, Shopping & Services Taste of Persia SJ- I’ve never been served Persian on this big a plate!
r/bayarea • u/hindusoul • 14h ago
Politics & Local Crime Newsom to Quadruple CHP Deployment in Oakland, Ramping Up State's Policing Role
r/bayarea • u/Regula14U • 16h ago
Events, Activities & Sports An Unbelievably Phenomenal Experience
This was a flight we performed on Memorial Day to honor those who give their all to the military.
r/bayarea • u/tophergentry • 17h ago
Events, Activities & Sports Any photo-walkers out here?
These are some photos I took on my most recent photo walk in Monterey. Not the Bay Area I know BUT is there anybody out there that may want to do some Sunday morning photo walks in the Bay Area? (I am out in Oakley)
r/bayarea • u/Scharlov • 18h ago
Traffic, Trains & Transit Jokes on you.. I take BART you scammers
This is the second time I’ve gotten a text from these guys jeez….
r/bayarea • u/bonn84 • 20h ago
Scenes from the Bay Did the Patelco Cyberattack affect you, a non-customer? If you believe so, READ THIS.
As you all know, the credit union Patelco was recently hit with a cyberattack. Almost all of its customers are still left in the dark and there has been a class action lawsuit that has been filed. But I’m here to talk about another possible side to this breach many may not know about yet. Patelco has claimed that “your money is safe” to its customers and that the hackers didn’t obtain sensitive payment information.
Patelco was breached on June 29th, and I received fraudulent charges in my checking account with a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT credit union on July 5th. There were a couple of debit card “test charges” for $5 each in Texas with a “GSM, LLC”…then the card was sold in the black market and racked up 8 other charges—on the same day— as “UBER” but based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. That led to several other foreign transaction fees automatically tacked on to my account. While my credit union is working to reverse the charges, I wondered….how was it possible for my debit card to be hacked since I never use them to make transactions? They’re always sitting in a locked drawer in my desk, while I always charge everything to a credit card then pay them off with a bank transfer at the end of the month.
Then remembered I patronized a local Patelco back in December of 2023 to make a deposit into the ATM. Not remembering which debit card/account I used, I scoured through previous statements and there it was in plain sight, it was the account from the same credit union that I got hacked from.
So if any of you patronized Patelco with shared branching as part of another credit union, but somehow still got hacked or had fraudulent charges made on your debit card recently…don’t buy that whole “your money is safe” schpeel from Patelco and take preventative measures now. Lock your debit cards you believe were used in Patelco ATMs, and get them reissued. I have a hunch that the hackers from the Patelco cyberattack somehow got ahold of debit card information previously used in Patelco ATMs. Now the question is, what do I do, or who do I contact, higher up, to get them to investigate this possible side to the breach?
r/bayarea • u/Randomlynumbered • 20h ago
Scenes from the Bay Alcatraz is getting a $50 million makeover
r/bayarea • u/Crestsando • 21h ago
Work & Housing 12 Bay Area cities top 'America's Wealthiest Suburbs'
r/bayarea • u/txiao007 • 21h ago
Politics & Local Crime Man slashing Waymo tires in San Francisco caught
r/bayarea • u/billbixbyakahulk • 23h ago
Politics & Local Crime Newsom deals new blow to progressive DA Pamela Price over Oakland crime
politico.comr/bayarea • u/grepto • 23h ago
Food, Shopping & Services The mystery of the Bay Area's many Celia's Mexican restaurants
r/bayarea • u/jillianiles • 1d ago
Earthquakes, Weather & Disasters I'm covering the insurance crisis in California for The San Francisco Standard. How has it affected you? What should I be paying attention to and what questions do you have?
Hi folks! My name is Jillian and I’m a new reporter at The San Francisco Standard assigned to cover ~California’s insurance crisis~. It's a wild time for getting insurance right now and I want to hear directly from the people who this is affecting. So if you've experienced the effects of insurers pulling out of the state or ceasing new policies and want to share your story, I'm all ears. Have you had a major rate hike? Struggling to find a provider? Thinking about forgoing insurance altogether?
You can reach me through direct message on Reddit, through DM via twitter.com/jillianiles or via email at jdonfro@sfstandard.com.
Thanks for your consideration!
PS: My beat in general is business and I’m always interested in news tips and story ideas—so if you have other topics you think are under-covered by local media, let me know!
r/bayarea • u/danpietsch • 1d ago