Published: January, 2018 Nearly 5,000 sailors arrive here each year on container ships. The Port of Oakland has ensured that they’ll continue to find temporary respite from the sea. Port commissioners last week extended for five years a rent-free lease with Oakland’s International Maritime Center. The center provides everything from shopping sprees to […]
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It’s All About Family: A Countercultural Proposal
BY PAUL DUCLOS Published: January, 2018 For many, the month of January represents rejuvenation and an opportunity to get back to the wholesome pursuits of self-improvement. But for those of us who have grown tired of taking the pledge, there are the exotic cults of chance. Here are few alternatives to consider. Waterfront […]
Fighting to Prevent Coal Pollution in the Bay-Again
BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Published: January, 2018 Like a creature from a horror movie that keeps coming back from the dead, the threat of coal pollution is menacing San Francisco Bay again. And it could be coming to a neighborhood near you. This month, a trial is set to determine if a developer can […]
Port of Oakland Announces Impending Update to Its Air-Quality Plan
BY BILL PICTURE Published: January, 2018 The Port of Oakland has announced it will assemble a task force to review its existing Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan (MAQIP) and recommend changes in anticipation of projected growth at the port. The MAQIP was created in 2009 to serve as a 10-year roadmap for reducing emissions […]
This Month Marks a Turning Point in California’s Budding Relationship With Legal Cannabis
BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: January, 2018 It all began in 1972 with Proposition 19, the California Marijuana Initiative, which was the first time a statewide ballot measure appeared that attempted to legalize marijuana in the United States. It failed to pass and received 33.5 percent voter support, which its grassroots organizers saw as a […]
Clean-Air Expert Calls Out "Fraudulent" Orcem Environmental Analysis
BY JOEL WILLIAMS Published: January, 2018 On the morning of Wednesday, December 13, a group of people gathered in Vallejo who oppose the building of a cement plant and deep water port on the shores of Vallejo near the entrance of the Mare Island Strait. They met at the location of the proposed project […]
Secchitano Wins Maritime Union Election
BY BOBBY WINSTON Published: January, 2018 Marina V. Secchitano, indefatigable ferry advocate and longtime Northern California regional director of the Inlandboatmen’s Union (“IBU”), has won election as national president of that union, defeating the incumbent, Alan Cote. The result, with Secchitano winning 52 percent of the vote in a three-way race, was announced December […]
Christian San Miguel
BY MATT LARSON Published: January, 2018 If you’re boarding the ferry in Vallejo on any given afternoon, chances are you’re a passenger aboard a boat captained by Christian San Miguel. He started with Blue & Gold Fleet in 1989 as a deckhand, but he had greater aspirations. He soon went into the engineering department, […]
Port of Oakland Posts Yearly Increase in Cargo
BY PATRICK BURNSON Published: January, 2018 Port of Oakland containerized import volume for 2017 is outpacing 2016 totals despite a decline last month. The port reported that imports were up 3.8 percent through the first 11 months of this year. Gains came mostly from the summer-autumn peak season when retailers replenished holiday inventories, […]
ON OUR COVER January 2018
Published: January, 2018 On December 14, the State of California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control began issuing the first group of commercial cannabis licenses for retailers effective January 1, 2018. Under the new rules set by the California Bureau of Cannabis Control, cannabis products will be tracked from seed to sale and be subject to […]