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Oakland Athletics Takes Swing At Schnitzer Steel
Friday, August 7, 2020 - 3:08pm | 1360Read More...The Oakland Athletics this week struck back against opponents of a proposed ballpark with a lawsuit of its own. Oakland A's President Dave Kaval said in a series of 16 tweets that the ballclub filed suit against California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) in Alameda County Superior...
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Oakland Seaport, Airport Exempted From Bay Area Lockdown
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 - 10:21am | 319Read More...The Port of Oakland and Oakland International Airport will keep operating despite an Alameda County order for residents to shelter in-place in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the port authority said Monday evening. Six counties in the San Francisco Bay area ordered residents to...
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Intermodal Markets: Signs Of Life In Oakland
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 12:47pm | 185Read More...Intermodal volumes weakened significantly, capacity stayed loose and rates were stable over the past week. Strikingly, we saw some slight deterioration in network fluidity, as measured by intermodal train velocities, which ticked down across the Class I railroads. We expect service degradation to...
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The Keys To Understanding Psilocybin's Medical Value, Market Potential
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 10:05am | 2355Read More...With a growing public acceptance of cannabis in society, there's a natural instinct to wonder about the possible health benefits and market potential of other still-illegal substances. “To me, all the psychedelic stuff, it's just prohibition 2.0,” Bruce Linton, cannabis...
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Port Of Oakland Names Danny Wan Executive Director
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 3:49pm | 726Read More...Danny Wan, who has been the Port of Oakland's interim executive director since July, on Thursday, Nov. 14 was appointed to that role on a permanent basis. Wan has been the Port of Oakland's attorney for six years and was the first openly gay member of Oakland's City Council from 1996 to 2000. A...
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Oakland OKs Container Dray-Off Yard Lease
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 - 10:13am | 349Read More...Shippers Transport Express, an affiliate of the stevedoring firm SSA Marine, has obtained a long-term lease on land it uses as a dray-off yard in the Port of Oakland. The port's commissioners approved a long-term lease and improvements at a 32-acre site in the port through 2033 with Shippers...
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Port Of Oakland Breaks Import Record, Again
Friday, February 15, 2019 - 12:40pm | 640Read More...It's the same old story over at the Port of Oakland. January imports broke another record, with containerized import volumes increasing 9 percent last month over January 2018 totals. Shippers are trying to get ahead of tariffs, and retailers are stocking up ahead of the annual New Year factory...
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Port Report: Port Of Oakland Opens Kimono As It Seeks More Container Volumes
Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 11:56am | 941Read More...The Port of Oakland was one of the main beneficiaries of surge container volumes last year due to the strong U.S. economy and fears of higher tariffs on Chinese goods. The third-largest port on the U.S. West Coast, Oakland notched a 5 percent growth in container volumes last year, reaching 2.5...
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Learn From Parliament's George Clinton And Nat Geo's Jason Silva At This Cannabis Tech Event
Friday, October 6, 2017 - 12:15pm | 595Read More...Just like cannabis businesses, stocks, publications and strains, weed-related events are multiplying at an unprecedented space. The problem is that, since the legal marijuana industry is still nascent, expert speakers do not abound. Consequently, almost every conference, summit, gathering,...
