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Alviso Port Inspires San Jose Leaders
Business leaders in Silicon Valley are looking at what it would take to reopen San Jose as a port to the San Francisco Bay, after the Alviso area recently resumed recreational boating. The Alviso boat...
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Cruise Ship Stranded At Sea Arrives Back In California
SAN DIEGO (CBS 5 /AP) — Passengers aboard the stricken cruise ship Carnival Splendor, which sailed out of San Francisco in 2009 before repositioning to Long Beach, arrived in port Thursday after being...
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Oakland Mayor’s China Trip Focuses On Maritime Trade
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The increasingly gourmet tastes of China’s upwardly mobile population are an opportunity for Oakland to grow more business at the only U.S. port that already exports as much as it...
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Narsai David Wine Review: Ficklin Vineyards
MADERA (KCBS)—The Ficklin family has been making California ports since 1945, and started with a Solera in 1948. A Solera is a tear of barrels in which the freshest wine is put in at the top and the...
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Dozens Arrested In New Occupy Oakland Clashes; Port Reopens
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Protesters battled with riot police in Oakland Wednesday night and Thursday morning as vandals left behind destruction at downtown businesses following Occupy Oakland protests. More...
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Port Of Oakland Calls Possible Shutdown ‘Disruptive To Community’
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Supporters of the Occupy movement are mobilizing to shut down ports along the West Coast on Monday. This would be the second time in two months, demonstrators shut down Oakland’s...
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Oakland Leaders Prep For ‘Occupy’ Port Shutdown Attempt
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and other city officials are working this weekend, preparing for plans by occupy protesters to shut down the city’s port on Monday. Demonstrators across the...
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Supervisors Approve Warriors San Francisco Arena Negotiations
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – It was a big victory off the court for the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave its unanimous support for negotiations between the team...
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President Monitoring Port Strike Costing Los Angeles Economy Billions
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) — The White House and the mayor of Los Angeles are urging a quick end to a strike that’s shut down much of the nation’s busiest port complex for eight days. Clerical workers...
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Oakland Port Workers Ratify Four Year Contract Agreement
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Port of Oakland employees have voted to ratify a four-year contract agreement reached after a 24-hour strike last month that disrupted port operations, union officials said Saturday....
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Oakland Port Truckers Plan Work Stoppage In Push For Better Wages
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A group representing Port of Oakland truckers said it planned to halt work Monday morning to push for better working conditions and payment. While truck drivers at Oakland are...
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Port Of Oakland Truckers Vote To Strike
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A group of Port of Oakland truck drivers pushing for better pay and other changes voted Friday to stop work at the port on Wednesday, officials said. The Port of Oakland Truckers...
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Truckers Protest Emission Standards, Block Traffic At Port Of Oakland
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Oakland police said they cited at least half a dozen people at a noisy protest Wednesday morning at the Port of Oakland by truck drivers who are pushing for better pay and help in...
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Cruise Ship Knocked Off Moorings By Powerful Storm, Rough Conditions In Port
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Rough conditions knocked a cruise ship off its moors while docked in the Port of San Francisco during a powerful storm moving through the Bay Area Monday. Port officials...
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Ship Full Of Start-Ups Sets Sail On San Francisco Bay After Delays
A ship full of start-ups finally set sail on San Francisco Bay after the ship’s owners had to prove their floating workspace was actually seaworthy. The Maritol Icebreaker, and its on-board startups...
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Disabled Tanker From Deadly Fire To Arrive At San Francisco Port For Repairs
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A tanker ship disabled by an engine room fire that killed a crewmember earlier this month is due to arrive at the Port of San Francisco Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Coast Guard...
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Plan To Have Hungry Manatees Munch Invasive Stockton Port Weeds Won’t Float
STOCKTON (KCBS) – The mayor of Stockton’s unusual plan for ridding the city’s waterways of an invasive weed has been shot down. Mayor Anthony Silva had suggested bringing hungry manatees in from...
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Despite ‘No’ Votes By Local Reps, California Projects Get Big Boost From...
WASHINGTON (CBS SF) — California received funding for a long list of programs and projects from a new $1.1 trillion congressional spending bill passed late Saturday night, despite many California...
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West Coast Port Shut Down Could Happen Soon, But Union Believes Labor Deal Is...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — As talks continue, employers said they could shut down ports up and down the West Coast, including in Oakland, as early as next week if dockworkers and their employers do not reach a...
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Productivity ‘Crippled’ As Labor Contract Talks Drag Into 9th Month Over...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Shipping companies and dockworkers are stepping up their rhetoric as contract talks for workers at 30 West Coast ports, including those in the Bay Area, have dragged into a ninth...
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Japanese McDonald’s Running Out Of French Fries Due To Ongoing Labor Dispute...
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Operations at West Coast ports, including Oakland, are expected to resume Monday morning after a weekend shutdown that was the latest turn in an ongoing labor dispute. Jonathan Gold...
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Beer Shortage A Side Effect Of Freighters Waiting On Port Labor Dispute
PORT OF OAKLAND (KCBS) — Getting San Francisco’s famous Anchor Steam beer to overseas markets is getting harder, and Europeans who prefer the hoppy Northern California ales may find the West Coast...
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Ship Berthed At Port Of Oakland Catches Fire
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland fire crews said a two-alarm fire aboard a ship berthed at the Port of Oakland is under control Sunday evening, according to the department’s official Twitter account....
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Nuclear Risk In Cargo At Nation’s Ports Could Be Reduced By Gamma Ray Scanning
(Inside Science) — It is the stuff of scientists’ nightmares and science fiction writers’ plot points: a nuclear weapon is slipped into the U.S. on a cargo ship and detonates, destroying an American...
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Best Places For Port Wine In The South Bay
Port Wine (credit: Thinkstock) Traditionally classified as a sweet dessert wine, port wine has been gaining mainstream popularity in recent years. While once relegated solely to the end of a meal, many...
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Expanded Panama Canal Could Grab Business From Oakland Port
PANAMA CITY (KCBS/AP) — Fireworks exploded as a huge container ship made the inaugural passage through the newly expanded Panama Canal on Sunday, formally launching the Central American nation’s...
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Port Of San Francisco Signs Deal To Process Car Shipments
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — After losing most of its cargo shipping business to Oakland in recent decades, the Port of San Francisco has signed a 15-year deal to process car shipments at Pier 80. KCBS’...
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Oakland Gets $850K Settlement From Terminal Operator That Declared Bankruptcy
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The city of Oakland has obtained an $850,000 settlement in bankruptcy court from the operator of the Port of Oakland’s second-largest terminal, which filed for bankruptcy earlier...
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