Please be advised that the ringing and use of all cell phones, pagers and similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of my person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager or other similar sound producing Electronic Devices. Please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comment on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any time. Item 8, Public Comment on items not listed in the agenda. Is there any Public Comment . Seeing none. Item 9, executive directors report. Good afternoon, president brandon, rise president adams, commissioner woo ho. I am elaine forbes, and i am the ports executive director. First i would like to congratulate the hit toric pier 70 and the historic pier 70 and the orton project. On march 7th at 8 30, they will receive an award honoring their outstanding contribu
We are on the verge of this. I have been woring closely with our council to try to be clear about what the role of the executive director and the hss staff is in this process as well as what our responsibilities are as a board as we go forward. So i thought with the guidance of council, after going through other it its other things i thought we wanted to do. To provide opportunity for the board if there are any concerns or articulated issues that we feel we would like to at least be sure that the staff at the beginning of the process and i dont see the board getting diagnosis muddling around in interviews and that sort of things but at the beginning of this process, before the recommendation is brought back, if there are issues and concerned that we wish to at least vocalize and be sure they are made note of as the staff undertakes it work, this would be time to put that on the table. So floor is open for commissioners comments around this particular topic. Are there any . Commissioner
Traffic is light here southbound and northbound side but especially southbound. A crash is blocking three lanes at tully road. Traffic is starting to pack in at 280 680 split. Breaking overnight in San Francisco, police took three burglary suspects into custody after a high speed chase on city streets. It started after 2 00 a. M. When three people in a car hit a police car in the mission district. The chase reached speeds of 70 Miles Per Hour and ended in an alley. Amy hollyfield will have a report next half hour. Thousands of fires are become on the front lines of a Massive Wildfire near clear lake. The threat of strong winds today has them trying to ward off a set become. Janet o has the latest. Fires have been pushed to point of exhaustion trying to get a handle on the rocky fire now burning with a 20 percent containment. They are hoping for another break in weather like yesterday with the humidity helping them gain ground. The wind will be the challenge today. The focus last night
Every month but this time around, everybody is waiting for it. Thats because the first Interest Rate hike in nearly a decade is on the table. The Federal Reserve chair has repeatedly said that the central bank is dependent and job market is central to its decision. As Hampton Pearson reports, the day before the critical report, we got additional clues as to the health of the labor market. Reporter one day before the al allimportant jobs report, the number of americans filing firsttime unemployment claims rose to 270,000. Another sign the labor market is and at the same time a closely watched report in the private sector shows layoffs topped 105,000 last month, a fouryear high with more than half the cuts coming from the military. Last week, the fed up graded its assessment of the job market, describing employment gains as solid. A jobs report in line with the Consensus Forecast for 215,000 new jobs last month and the Unemployment Rate Holding Steady at 5. 3 could strengthen the hand of
Every month but this time around everybody is waiting for it. Thats because the first Interest Rate hike in nearly a decade is on the table. The Federal Reserve chair has repeatedly said that the central bank is dependent and job market is central to its decision. As Hampton Pearson reports, the day before the critical report we got additional clues as to the health of the labor market. Reporter one day before the all allimportant jobs report the number of americans filing firsttime unemployment claims rose to 270,000. Another sign the labor market is and at the same time a closely watched report in the private sector shows layoffs topped 105,000 last month, a fouryear high with more than half the cuts coming from the military. Last week the fed up graded its assessment of the job market describing employment gains as solid. A jobs report in line with the Consensus Forecast for 215,000 new jobs last month and the Unemployment Rate Holding Steady at 5. 3 could strengthen the hand of mar