Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>LOS ANGELES — The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have started signing up cargo owners, or shippers, to their recently launched OffPeak program, which is designed to reduce traffic congestion in the ports, said operator PierPass Inc.

After a century, the technology of the humble windshield wiper continues to evolve. But the enemy of progress — friction — never rests.

LOS ANGELES — A task force appointed by Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn unveiled a 73-point pollution control initiative Dec. 29, aimed at bringing emissions from the Port of Los Angeles down to 2001 levels..

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Owners of two former Air Force bases are in negotiations with the two largest U.S. freight railroads to build intermodal exchange facilities here that would distribute cargo from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach across the nation.