By Fielding Buck | [email protected] | The Press-EnterprisePUBLISHED: February 12, 2018 at 1:02 pm | UPDATED: February 12, 2018 at 2:09 pm The National Retail Federation is predicting imports will be up 4.9 percent in the first half of this year, which could mean even more shipments hitting the roads and rails of Southern California. Consumer confidence, higher employment and tax reform are factors in the need to bring more products to the ports, according to Jonathan Gold, the federation’s supply chain expert. The region’s twin ports are already shattering records. The Port of Los Angeles moved 9,343,192 twenty-foot equivalent units or TEUs in 2017, the most in its 110-year history and a 5.5 percent increase over 2016, according to a news release. Last year was the busiest year in the Port of Long Beach’s 107-year history; it moved 7.54 million TEUs. And traffic in January hit 657,830 TEUs, up 12.9 percent from the prior year. The NRF prediction is in line with the … [Read more...] about Why the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles expect to be even busier in 2018
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Watch Ravens rookie Lamar Jackson run through the Los Angeles Rams defense
Kelly Ward Louisville Courier Journal Published 1:21 p.m. UTC Aug 10, 2018 Lamar Jackson is back doing Lamar Jackson things. The 2016 Heisman Trophy winner continues to make plays for the Baltimore Ravens, who selected him in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. Last week, he had an up-and-down performance in the Hall of Fame Game. He was 4-for-10 passing for 33 yards with a touchdown and an interception. On Thursday, he showed off his wheels, running in a 9-yard touchdown after the pocket collapsed in the first quarter of a preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams. Check it out below: More: How to watch Lamar Jackson and Teddy Bridgewater this NFL preseason More: Quarterback Lamar Jackson leaps into clothing game with Era 8 Apparel … [Read more...] about Watch Ravens rookie Lamar Jackson run through the Los Angeles Rams defense
Los Angeles Opera cellist’s $100G custom cello swiped from hotel room
A custom cello valued at $100,000 was stolen Wednesday from the San Diego hotel room of a prominent Los Angeles Opera musician. (John Walz / Facebook) A Los Angeles Opera musician who had his custom cello—valued at $100,000—stolen from his hotel in San Diego on Wednesday is asking for the public’s help in tracking down the instrument. John Walz, principal cellist for the orchestra, was out to dinner between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. when his room at the Town and Country Hotel and Resort in Mission Valley was broken into, police told the San Diego Tribune. “Yesterday I checked into my hotel in San Diego, went out to dinner, and when I came back, my room had been broken into, everything stolen – including my cello,” Walz wrote on Facebook. “[A]pparently the San Diego police don’t think this is important enough to even send one officer over to the hotel to take a report,” Walz wrote. Authorities arrived after Walz’s … [Read more...] about Los Angeles Opera cellist’s $100G custom cello swiped from hotel room
Jansen sent back to Los Angeles with irregular heartbeat
Pat Graham, Ap Sports Writer Updated 1:15 am CDT, Friday, August 10, 2018 Photo: D. Ross Cameron, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal (9) and pitcher Kenley Jansen (74) celebrate the team's 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics in a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal (9) and pitcher Kenley Jansen (74) celebrate the team's 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics in a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Photo: D. Ross Cameron, AP Jansen sent back to Los Angeles with irregular heartbeat 1 / 1 Back to Gallery DENVER (AP) — Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen went to the hospital with an irregular heartbeat before a game Thursday against Colorado and will be sent back to Los … [Read more...] about Jansen sent back to Los Angeles with irregular heartbeat
Baltimore Ravens beat Los Angeles Rams, 33-7, in preseason: 6 things we learned
BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Ravens made quick work of the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday, surging to an early lead in an NFL preseason matchup and waltzing to a 33-7 victory. Preseason results are never too meaningful, and that's especially true in this case. The Ravens' starters played against the Rams' backups for the opening two possessions, as Los Angeles sat nearly all of its established players for the team's exhibition opener. Still, Baltimore could draw many positives -- and a few negatives -- from the outing. Here are six things we learned 1) The Ravens' veterans look sharp Quarterback Joe Flacco completed 5 of 7 passes to five different targets during his only drive of the game, outside linebacker Terrell Suggs recorded a strip sack and the Ravens dominated the trenches in the opening minutes of the game. Sure, they overmatched a group of understudies on the other side of the field and only played for two drives (one in Flacco's case). But Baltimore's veteran … [Read more...] about Baltimore Ravens beat Los Angeles Rams, 33-7, in preseason: 6 things we learned