Port of Oakland

And he falls into a world, it was a very politicized time.

And I think the first part of his real interest was the Spanish Civil War, was the Republican cause, and to some extent also the labor movement, because California, particularly Northern California, particularly the Port of Oakland, was a center for left-wing trade unionism in the 1930s.

And this was sort of the- climate of the times.

I think he f- partly just fell into a world in which political engagement was almost to be expected of people, of, you know, academics.

So for families moving from LA, uh, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, or San Diego, those ports will probably provide access to the international container shipping services that they need.

If you go farther north, the Port of Oakland serves the San Francisco Bay Area and provides another important connection to overseas destinations.

And then you can look at places like the Pacific Northwest, Seattle and Tacoma operating within the Northwest, uh, Seaport Alliance.

They're also considered major shipping gateways.

And why right now is such a hot time to go whale watching.

The Oakland Fire Department has a new fire boat to help protect the Port of Oakland, waterways, as well as neighboring cities.

This morning, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and the Fire Chief Damon Covington were among city officials taking part in festivities.

They officially christened the Beowulf, capable of pumping 5,000 gallons of water per minute, tripling prior marine firefighting capacity.

But their driving investment incentive was not at the port, um, to dr- to grow their volume.

So when I, I started doing this, worked at the Port of Oakland over, um, 20 years ago, and we were the fourth largest container port in the country.

It was-

Just Oakland

It was the most beautiful day of my life because I saw the power of all of these people coming together, and I understood how it could be stopped.

Thousands of demonstrators shut down evening operations at the Port of Oakland.

The nearly five-hour-long protest at the port was part of a day-long general strike in the city.

So this is basically saying, "Look, the people are in charge here.

did see over 500 with the city of Oakland as well, which was more than we expected.

But it really did, I can't explain enough or impress upon how that authentic way of doing things created a strategic partnership with our city of Oakland and the Port of Oakland.

I can't even imagine, I'm sure.

Because we're

We can fit about twenty thousand ocean containers, I think we figured out, in this facility.

For, you know, I live in Oakland, for reference for anyone who doesn't count, that's about how many shipping containers go through the Port of Oakland every day.

So it's a big place.

Big, big space.