Topics in this week’s update: Debt Debate Continues Nomination Hearing in Senate Water Infrastructure Act Bipartisan Highway Bill Infrastructure Bank Proposals Interior Environment Appropriations Bill Senate Hearings House Hearings Read the latest newsletter on the ENS website or download it now as a PDF.
Continue ReadingBy Francisco J. Sanchez, My Word, Oakland Tribune, © Copyright 2011, Bay Area News Group EARLIER THIS WEEK, I joined several members of Oakland’s business community to announce a partnership between the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) and the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), designed to help local small and medium-sized enterprises in […]
Continue ReadingDownload a PDF of the July, 2011 issue of the Army Corps Delta News at: http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/projects/civil/Delta/News.html. Topics in this Issue Delta Islands & Levees Feasibility Study CALFED Levee Stability Program Delta Long Term Management Strategy Lower San Joaquin Feasibility Study SF Bay to Stockton Navigation Improvement Project Sacramento River Deep […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco — A newly built trail and boardwalk on the southern edge of the Presidio is as much a window into San Francisco’s maritime history as it is a path through restored sand dunes and coastal habitat. The quarter-mile combination pathway and elevated wooden walkway was finished this month, allowing visitors and bird-watchers to […]
Continue ReadingOur first workshop in the Jobs, They Help All of Us! WORKSHOP SERIES 2011 took place on July 21 at the PG&E headquarters in San Francisco. The recent tragedy in Japan has heightened local awareness—yet again—of the possibility of earthquake, tsunami, or other natural disasters in California. It has been a sobering reminder of our vulnerability. Are […]
Continue ReadingSHANGHAI — China’s biggest heavy machinery maker wrapped up work Monday on the new, tougher east span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, hoping success with the $6.3 billion project will help it clinch more overseas contracts. California’s Department of Transportation chose Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries to fabricate the steel girders and tower meant to […]
Continue ReadingAlmost 500,000 people could crowd onto the shores of San Francisco and Marin to watch sailboats whiz past Alcatraz in a race for the America’s Cup, according to the first complete look at the unique benefits – and headaches – the event will bring to the city. The draft environmental impact report, released Monday, is […]
Continue ReadingOn Friday, 8 July 2011, the Water Resources and Environment Subcommitteeheld a hearing on H.R. 104, the RAMP Act. Congressman Boustany was thefirst witness, followed by Gary Lagrange, President and CEO of the Port ofNew Orleans, Jim Weakley, President of Lake Carriers, and Bonnie Adams,Executive Director of the Long Island Fishermen Association. Following theexcellent testimony […]
Continue ReadingJust released is the National Economic Trends report by the St Louis Federal Reserve. Considered it a chartbook for the US economy.Overall picture is of an economy that is slowly working its way out of a very deep hole. Year to date it seems that inventory restocking and exports have been the main drivers of […]
Continue ReadingPort of Redwood City Executive Director Mike Giari announced last week that cargo tonnage for the fiscal year 2010-2011 at the Port of Redwood City was 871,940 metric tons, up 3.5 percent over the prior year, due to record exports of scrap metal. Sims Metals exported nearly 445,000 metric tons from July 1, 2010, through […]
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