Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) Ward 1 Director H. E. Christian (Chris) Peeples. Peeples, one of the longest-serving board members, died in his sleep at the age of 78 on August. 7, 2025. (AC Transit via Bay City News)

The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit Board of Directors announced Tuesday the opening of an application period to fill a seat on the board following the death last month of longtime director H.E. Christian Peeples.

The board in October will appoint someone to fill the seat representing AC Transit’s Ward 1, which includes Albany, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Richmond, San Pablo, and the unincorporated areas of Kensington, East Richmond Heights, North Richmond, and Rollingwood.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.