Separation Anxiety- California and Scotland?
A Silicon Valley one-percenter is proposing to split the state six ways. Guess which part will end up with all the money? It ain’t us. Meanwhile, on September 18th, a referendum in Scotland will...
View ArticlePlanes and Trains- Transportation Updates
AIR- Redding gets a grant. Redding has been awarded a $450,000 grant from the Dept of Transportation in the form of a revenue guarantee to help SkyWest defray the cost of replacing their current...
View ArticleHazards of Landlording-here’s one you never thought of
We’ve been offline for a couple of weeks, during which we experienced a lot of what all of you have- the cellphone outage. out-of-town visitors, more visitors, family reunions, and gaining five pounds...
View ArticleTrain Nuts, Morons, and Our Wack Harbor Election
Well, our sleepy little Harbor District is stealing all the attention in the upcoming November election. As a First District resident, I didn’t even get a ballot since the two doofuses who were...
View ArticleAre You Ready For Drones in Your Driveway??
Amazon has announced huge changes in its Sacramento-area delivery scheme while, simultaneously, Walmart has applied to the FAA for permission to test home delivery by drones and Google is joining in....
View ArticleTrain Travel Inches Northward
The trains will soon be rolling again in San Rafael and elsewhere in Marin. Read about it HERE. “We haven’t had passenger trains operate in the North Bay in any meaningful way since 1958,” said SMART...
View ArticleHarbor Working Group to Present Forum on DREDGING
Talk about a timely topic! Their program on Wednesday the 27th will address the recent $7.5M grant and plans and projects for the Humboldt Bay Channels. Click HERE for more info. Fried chicken too!...
View ArticleHarbor Blues- They’ve Got ‘Em in Portland,Too.
We’re not the only port city longing for more business. This review from the Mail-Tribune, sent in by a Friend of the Blog, summarizes the West Coast situation. Here are a couple of quotes that I...
View ArticleTROUBLE ON THE HIGH SEAS! Hanjin goes under.
The international shipping market is in trouble. The difficulties besetting the Korean giant Hanjin are instructive, as forwarded to us by a Friend of the blog. Read about it HERE. And HERE’s a...
View ArticleHarbor Group Hosts March 29 Update on Last Chance Grade
Humboldt Bay Harbor Working Group (HBHWG) welcomes Kevin A. Tucker, Caltrans Senior Transportation Planner, to this month’s No- Host Luncheon. Mr. Tucker will provide an update on the Last Chance...
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