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Monday, AUGUST 15, 2016 - AUGUST 21, 2016 - Volume 9, No. 33
Cargo Dips at the Port of Long Beach July Volumes Mark Slow Start to Holiday Peak Season
The traditional holiday peak season is off to a slow start.
Container volume at the Port of Long Beach was down 7.7 percent in July compared to the same month in 2015, when harbor
terminals handled a record amount of cargo. Dockworkers moved 637,091 twenty-footequivalent units (TEUs)
Police Need Public’s Help in Finding Hit-and-Run Suspect
Police Seek Driver of New Mercedes Who Critically Injured Pedestrian On Thursday, at approximately 7:20 a.m., the Arcadia Police Department responded to the 600 block of W. Camino Real Avenue on a report of a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic colli-
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Vehicle is a newer, white, 4-door, Mercedes, with paper plates. – Photo courtesy Arcadia PD
last month. Imports totaled 325,608 containers, a 5.9 percent year-over-year decrease. Exports numbered 142,812 TEUs, a slight drop
of 0.7 percent. Empties decreased to 168,671, 15.9 percent lower than July 2015, the Port’s strongest July on record.
Due to continued market uncertainty and high inventory levels, the traditional holiday peak season is off to a slow start and several
Baldwin Park Unified Students Receive School Supplies
Baldwin Park Unified teamed with Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center to hand out scores of backpacks to students who will attend Heath, Tracy and Vineland Elementary School. In all, some 300 backpacks were donated - and
national forecasts have been revised downward to reflect this softness in cargo move-
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San Bernardino Manager’s Lock-in Fundraiser
Compliments of Kaiser Permanente Partnership Excited Baldwin Park Unified elementary school students chose backpacks filled with supplies from an array of designs ranging from basic black to flying hamburgers, from Princess Elsa to Hello Kitty during a start-of-the-year backpack distribution held Aug. 10.
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dozens remain available for needy students as the school year kicks off. “We are incredibly indebted to the generous medical personnel and staff of Kaiser Permanente for stepping up on behalf of SEE PAGE 2
Enter for Free, Pay to Leave
The San Bernardino School Managers (SBSM) is holding its second annual Lock-In Fundraiser Aug. 10 at the Inland Empire 66ers San Manuel Stadium, 280 S. SEE PAGE 2