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oooohhhh this post says the ship actually departed from LA/Long Beach, though the photos were taken in Tacoma

Gene Seroka, Port of Los Angeles chief, highlights a containership fire crisis and federal silence under the Trump administration. Despite repeated pleas, no help arrives as the fire impacts supply chains. This shows federal inaction in emergencies can worsen problems. Explore the full story. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/trump-port-of-los-angeles-containership-fire.html #ShippingCrisis #PortOfLA #SupplyChain

"As soon as we started patrolling, we realized that the Port of LA played an important role in the raids... [CBP is using] a gated federal facility on Terminal Island that holds a penitentiary, a Coast Guard base and an old immigration processing center..."
https://lapublicpress.org/2025/07/what-i-learned-patrolling-for-ice-in-terminal-island/

The first #onshore #wavepower pilot station in the #US opens today in #LA, #EcoWavePower has big aspirations.
Station is on site of #AltaSea, an “ocean technology hub” in a warehouse at #PortOfLA.
Idea behind wave power is to use motion of waves in #ocean to generate #electricity. Waves are relatively constant, and hold more power than wind, given that water is so much denser than air. They also add another dimension to renewable power, which can help reduce intermittency
https://electrek.co/2025/09/09/the-first-onshore-wave-power-pilot-station-in-the-us-opens-today-in-la/