Trade program to organizations such as the San Francisco chamber of commerce, china, sf. Sfoairport, and the county, Economic Development association or sam seda and the silicon valley, alliance, the redwood city, chamber of commerce. The city of napa and the county of napa and the association, and the napa chamber of commerce, and sf made, a local Manufacturer Association, and also 101 mfg which is another Manufacturer Association that focuses on the highway 101 corridor and the counties. And also, the salano Economic Development corporation as well as the Governors Office of economic and business development, or go bis. We organized and held our own half day Foreign Trade zone seminar in june of 2012. And we also sponsored similar trade events that were hosted by the u. S. Commercial service, and af made, and the Northern California World Trade Center and the Economic Development board. There continues to be strong interest in the ftz programs throughout the area. In 2011, the 2011 t
Area of the bay area that is actually coming through the port of San Francisco and so i commend all of you for being able to achieve that. What kind of efforts are we taking to get the word out about the zone in terms of perspective members . Well, i mentioned all of the organizations that we reached out to directly, and we are getting asked to make presentations quite frequently and the northern trade center has asked if i would do a webinar for the members to talk about the zone benefits. We are working with the governors office, as i mentioned, and i think that this is a great opportunity to partner with them. And encourage them, when they are contacted by businesses that want to locate in california, and that they maybe they try stea r them our direction and they contacted me to ask how far the jurisdiction goes because they have companies that are looking at specific sites within our service area and so, but we are looking for ideas, and we are intending to issue the press release
Commissioner . I am in favor, you know, and i appreciate the comments from commissioner woo ho. But just reading here, the zone schedule was last revised in december, 2011. 16th would be a fact so i think that it is good that we update it and continue to grow it. And i do agree that we have to watch our cents, but also this is an opportunity for us to continue to establish the Economic Development in communities and that is what the port is all about. Right. The more that we can bring on and it will be beneficial for the International Training for our community and that is what we need to be and i am clearly in support of this, thank you. Thank you. That is really how we are trying to position it and sell it as an Economic Development tool for the whole region. And it is an opportunity, not only to help the existing businesses get stronger and be more competitive but also to attract new businesses into our area that are looking for, locations where they want to. And i think that it is
To put a dent in the drought . Mike nico. A few sprinkles falling right now as another storm is approaching San Francisco. You can see behind me we do have some breaks in the cloud cover. And that sun is whats going to help energize that storm to come through. Yesterday we talked about. 5 to about 1 inch of rain. Thats what you see over the past 24 hours in most neighborhoods. Lets talk about whats happening up north. This is where weve seen the steadier scattered showers. San rafael, mill valley, larksberg, rich month, hercules and rodeo going to get some scattered showers here. Over San Francisco down to san mateo. Look whats developing off the coast. Another thunderstorm heading towards half moon bay, pescadero. Could head into the peninsula. What to expect the rest of the afternoon, downpours, hail, locally breezy conditions. Our strongest storms will be this afternoon. You think were seeing snow now . Wait until the levels drop to 2800 feet into the nighttime hours. Its going to l
Center of the investigation is the sedative, xanax. Reporter dea agents guns in hand and white protected suits. We cant show you their faces but they were everywhere. Wild. Whats going on now . Reporter this is exclusive video of a massive drug operation ripped apart in concord. Its large. I cant go in to specific details but it goes beyond the bay area. Reporter agent goldberg says it goes international. Inside office units number 2 and 4 on solano way, barrels of drugs, drug making ingredients, and drug making equipment. Did you notice anything suspicious . No, not at all. Very quiet. Reporter i cant i cant go in to details but its been going on a number of months. Reporter what theyve found here, tens of thousands of pills, xanax, not even being pushed from out of here but being made here. Im not surprised. Reporter he says hes worked at the Industrial Park for 18 years. He saw nothing out of the ordinary but he said his neighbor did see a number of individuals. My neighbor said he