By Patrick Burnson Published: August, 2014 The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) had not reached an agreement as of press time on a six-year contract agreement, but both sides pledged to keep cargo moving on the West Coast waterfront. The previous labor contract covering nearly 20,000 longshore workers […]
By Bill Picture Published: May, 2012 The opening last month of the Inn at the Presidio means visitors to San Francisco no longer must leave the City to experience an overnight stay in Northern California’s great outdoors. The former Building 42, a historic structure that once housed unmarried officers stationed at the Presidio, a […]
Published: September, 2008 The two men departed the Santa Cruz area earlier that day in an open 17-foot skiff, equipped with a single outboard engine. They told authorities they were heading for offshore fishing grounds when their engine seized up. They then radioed for help to the U.S. Coast Guard in San Francisco. The Coast […]
