July 5th is the only day of the year members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will not perform work of any kind on the US West Coast waterfront.
Why? Because it marks a labor riot in San Francisco in 1934 culminating in the death of two protesters. It was also the birth of the ILWU.
The above photo was taken circa 1938, fifteen years after our inception. It showcases our resilience. Even in the Great Depression our fleet was growing. We were hauling almonds, lumber, rice and other commodities in Northern California by hardworking drivers, just...
Tesla is expanding its Gigafactory in McCarran, NV (15 miles east of Reno) to build electric semi trucks and next-generation batteries. The expansion will be a $3.6B investment in the plant. It will increase the facility's footprint by 4M square feet. When completed,...
The tide seems to be turning on the Oakland A's development project at Howard Terminal. The City of Oakland applied for but did not receive $182M in Mega Grant funds needed for infrastructure improvements to support the project. Instead the US Department of...
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We experienced storm after storm much of December and January...a whopping 377" of snow at the summit of Donner Pass. The previous years of drought have resulted in conditions ripe for rock slides. Take a look at the video above.