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We won the Nov. 8 California Election!
Nov 2005

This is the beautiful day for the California! We won every CA propositions pushed by CA Gov. Schwarzenegger and his corporate allies/anti-abortion forces, the CA voters overwhelmingly rejected Prop. 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78 (although we lost 79 and 80 since hardly any money was spent on them).

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Ports make improvements to lure lucrative China trade
August 21, 2005

ALEXANDER Voyloshnikov admires the San Francisco skyline from the bridge of the MOL Expeditor during his first mooring at the port of Oakland after 22 years crisscrossing the Pacific Ocean. "Beautiful," the Russian-born captain says.

Oakland is spending $1.2 billion for port improvements over 10 years to lure shippers like Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd., owner of Voyloshnikov's container ship, as exports pour out of China and other Asian countries.

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Woman Killed By Falling Container
July 6, 2005

TACOMA, Wash. -- A 40-year-old Tacoma area longshorewoman died Saturday at the Port of Tacoma when she was crushed by a four-ton shipping container that fell from a ship.

Tacoma police say a crane knocked the empty container from a ship it was unloading.

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