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Calif. gov. orders inquiry, averts strike of San Francisco Bay Area transit
• SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of San Francisco Bay area commuters got at least a temporary reprieve from a massive transit strike when Gov. Jerry Brown ordered an inquiry into a labor contract dispute.
• Sunday night's eleventh hour order averted the walkout and left the morning commute to proceed normally, without the widespread travel congestion that a strike involving Bay Area Rapid Transit, the nation's fifth largest rail line, would have created.
• In the order, Brown named a board of investigators for a seven-day inquiry into the contract dispute that had labor unions poised to walk off the job at midnight Sunday.
• The order Brown issued came under a law that allows the state's intervention if a strike will significantly disrupt public transportation services and endanger public health.
• "For the sake of the people of the Bay Area, I urge -- in the strongest terms possible -- the parties to meet quickly and as long as necessary to get this dispute resolved," Brown said in the order
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Monday, Aug. 5, the 217th day of 2013. There are 148 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On August 5, 1953, Operation Big Switch began as remaining prisoners taken during the Korean War were exchanged at Panmunjom.
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• On this date:
• In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Adm. David G. Farragut led his fleet to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Ala.
• In 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal was laid on Bedloe's (Continued on page 32)
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