Growing California cap-and-trade fund attracts surge of spending proposals — Floating proposals ahead of a pivotal period for budget negotiations, they say they want to fund port improvements, pay for heavy-duty trucks and ferries, nurture urban rivers, sponge up carbon in soil and provide discounted bus passes. Oakland port moves past labor slowdown, but […]
Continue ReadingClick here to view the EBMUD Job Opportunities for May 11, 2015.
Continue ReadingFriends of the Bay Trail in Richmond, Attached here is your invitation to a festive event celebrating completion of the Ferry Point Loop of the Bay Trail on Sunday morning, May 31. Emceed by Richmond Mayor Tom Butt, speakers will describe how it required 12 separate construction projects over 15 years to complete the Ferry Point Loop. You […]
Continue ReadingSan Jose Mercury News: California drought: How the state’s new water conservation rules affect you Circle of Blue: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Receives Temporary Dam Fremont Patch: Construction of Temporary Salt Water Barrier Underway on the Delta KTVU: Construction of emergency drought barrier in Delta now underway ABC7 News: Reactions mixed to drought barrier in Sacramento Delta Central Valley Business Times: Bethel […]
Continue ReadingBloomberg: Shale producers picking up drilling with return of some oil rigs, observers say USA Today: Shale producers picking up drilling with return of some oil rigs, observers say Wall Street Journal: Oil, gas extraction employment hit low in April, Labor Dept. says Washington Examiner: Senate panel sees methane hydrates as potential gas output resource The Guardian: Tesla’s low-cost renewable […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: San Mateo Bridge reopens in time for Monday commute San Francisco Chronicle: I-280 would be razed in Caltrain tunnel plan San Jose Mercury News: Transit tab for 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium soars Santa Rosa Press Democrat: San Francisco commuters snub public transit for $6 bus ride San Francisco Examiner: Tech in the tunnels: Muni train control system gets […]
Continue ReadingThe supplemental agenda for Port of Oakland’s Regular Board Meeting on Thursday, May 14, 2015 has been published. To view the Supplemental Agenda and Related Materials please click here.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is the agenda for the May 19-20, 2015 Board Meeting.
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Fidley Watch: Useful Idiots By Chris Philps Managing Editor There is some debate as to whether Russian Leader Vladimir Lenin actually used the term “useful idiots” to refer to communist sympathizers in the US, but there is no doubt that he said, “Give me […]
Continue ReadingWells Fargo Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary – May 8, 2015 A Softer Bounce Back in the Second Quarter Nonfarm payrolls rose 223,000 in April, with the unemployment rate falling to 5.4 percent. The continued moderation in the pace of job growth suggests that second quarter economic growth may not see the same sharp turn […]
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