Bus and light rail service in the South Bay will remain at a standstill after union workers rejected a contract offer from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors on Monday. 

Since March 10, employees of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, have walked off their jobs to demand a new  contract. The strike has halted bus and light rail service across Santa Clara County, resulting in passengers needing  to find alternate modes of transportation. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.