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Customs Officials Seize Shipment Of Chinese Plastic Bags
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal inspectors seized a $450,000 shipment of more than 21 million Chinese plastic bags at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman...
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Millions In Counterfeit iPods, iPhones Seized At LA Port
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in the nation’s largest port complex seized phony iPods, iPhones and other electronics in an investigation of a major counterfeiting ring, port police said Monday....
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Port Of LA First In Nation Where Cruise Ships Can Plug In For Greener Power
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The Port of Los Angeles is charging full-speed ahead to become the first port in the country to plug in cruise lines to shore-side electrical power in an effort to reduce pollution...
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Taxpayer Money Used To Maintain Million-Dollar Yacht
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — With the city going broke you may be surprised to find out that Los Angeles is the proud owner of a million dollar yacht and it is about to undergo hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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Chinese Vice President Visits LA Thursday, Friday
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who is expected to be the next president of the world’s most populous nation, is in Los Angeles Thursday for a quick visit expected to include a...
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Battleship USS Iowa To Move Into Final Berth In Port Of LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The decommissioned battleship USS Iowa will be moved to its final berth in the Port of Los Angeles, where the warship will become a museum and tourist attraction. Four tugs will pull...
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Man Who Served On USS Iowa Rearranges Hawaii Trip For Opening
SAN PEDRO (CBS) — The opening of the USS Iowa as a permanent floating museum in the Port of Los Angeles has stirred emotions and brought back memories for some who served on the legendary battleship....
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Villaraigosa Heads To China To Promote LA As Tourist, Trade Hub
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Antonio Villaraigosa this weekend is making one last trip to China as mayor of Los Angeles. Accompanied by harbor, airport, and tourism officials, the mayor is expected to...
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Cost Of Renovations On Port Of LA’s Yacht Millions More Than Agency First...
SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com) — The cost of renovations for the Port of Los Angeles’ yacht, which is used for tours of the harbor, is millions more than first reported, according to CBS2 investigative...
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16K Fake Hermes Handbags Seized At Port Of LA
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — More than 16,000 counterfeit Hermes handbags have been seized by U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) officers, officials announced Thursday. The fake purses were...
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Mayor Garcetti Explains Leadership Change At Port Of LA
SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com) — In the wake of a CBS2 investigation, Mayor Eric Garcetti Friday maintained that leadership changes at the Port of Los Angeles had little to do with the controversial...
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World’s Largest Rubber Duck Kicks Off Tall Ships Festival At Port Of LA
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_20140820161758410AA.mp4 SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com) — A six-story-tall rubber duck paddled into the Port Of Los Angeles Wednesday. KNX 1070’s Ron Kilgore reports...
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City Of LA Pulls Plug On Yacht Project
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_2210201423161048715AA.mp4 SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com) — City officials announced Wednesday that the multimillion-dollar Angelena Project has been canceled. The...
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Congestion Crisis In Port Of LA May Result In Delays For Holiday Orders
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_2710201423172395871AA.mp4 SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com) — Extensive congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is causing major shipping delays, just in...
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Iodine Showing Up In Water Near Ports Of LA, Long Beach
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_3010201422221254978AA.mp4 SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com) — A project that is scanning the waters off Southern California for any sign of nuclear material from the...
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Port Of LA Truck Driver Strike To Expand To Rail Yards
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_20141118145303193AA.mp4 COMMERCE (CBSLA.com) — The picket lines at the Port of Los Angeles expanded to local rail yards Tuesday in an effort to disrupt cargo...
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Local Leaders Join SoCal Longshore Workers Over Labor Dispute
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_20150103014804740AA.mp4 LONG BEACH (CBSLA.com) — An ongoing labor dispute threatens to reduce work crews on cargo ships by two-thirds. In Long Beach Friday,...
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Carson Shipping Company Agrees To Reclassify Drivers As Employees
SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com) — Truckers who went on strike five times at the ports of L.A. and Long Beach have reached an agreement with a major trucking company in the fight to be reclassified as employees....
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Officials Investigating Cause Of Fatal Port Of LA Crash
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_20150410144127970AA.mp4 SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com) — Police Friday were investigating the cause of a fatal crash involving a vehicle that plunged into the Port of...
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Officials ID 2nd Boy Killed After Car Plunges Into LA Harbor
SAN PEDRO (CBSLA.com/AP) — Authorities have identified the second boy who died after his family’s car plunged into Los Angeles harbor, killing his 13-year-old brother. The family had left a waterfront...
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