LA Port strike ends

A more than week-long strike at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach ended late Tuesday night, allowing for members of the International Longshore Warehouse Union to return to work and for the nation's largest port complex to return to full operation. The sides reached an agreement just after a federal mediator arrived to engage them in what were expected to be even more serious talks. Combined, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach account for more than 1 million direct and indirect jobs in the region, and move 40 percent of all containerized trade nationwide, according to port officials. More than $400 billion worth of goods flow through the ports annually, which support nearly 3 million jobs in a vast supply chain across the country. Read the story on the Contra Costa Times wesbite.