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By Annie Sciaccaasciacca@bayareanewsgroup.com

OAKLAND — One of thePort of Oakland’s largest ter-minal operators is gearing up todouble its terminal size, whichport officials say can increaseefficiency and volume at theport, as well as bring in morejobs.

TraPac, LLC said it plans tolease an additional 57 acres andtwo vessel berths on the port’sOuter Harbor, strengtheningits position as the port’s second-largest operator.

The port’s marine terminalsload and unload container ships,release containerized importsto cargo owners and accept ex-ports for overseas shipment.

TraPac handles 20 percentof the containerized cargo mov-ing through the Port of Oaklandand manages two vessel berthsand 66 acres of land. The newdeal would give it four berthsand 123 acres, much of whichwould be used for cargo han-dling.

With more land, the terminalcan implement new proceduresto improve efficiency and movecontainers faster as volumegrows at the Port of Oakland,port representatives said. Ac-cording to port communicationsdirector Mike Zampa, increasedvolume at the port brings morejobs.

“Our business is growing andplacing new demands on ouroperations,” said Mike Porte,general manager for TraPacOakland. “With this new agree-ment, we can meet the demandsand the service expectations ofour customers.”

The news follows steadygrowth at the port. In Sep-tember, containerized exportvolume soared 10 percent com-pared with 2015. It was theeighth increase in nine monthsand the first double-digit jumpsince February. Through thefirst nine months of 2016, exportvolume increased 9 percent,mostly propelled by Californiagrowers shipping fruit, nutsand wine to Asia.

The port has made a seriesof improvements to boost effi-ciency and increase volume. Itslargest terminal operator, SSAMarine, announced plans ear-lier this year to keep its gatesopen at night, following a three-month pilot program to providerelief to truckers stuck in longqueues to pick up or drop offcargo and containers. The porthas also opened a new rail yardand plans to build a new coldstorage facility and additionalwarehousing space that will im-

Terminaloperatorplans toexpandOfficials see increasedefficiency and volume,more jobs with TraPac plan

Port of Oakland

By Eric Kurhiekurhi@bayareanewsgroup.com

SAN JOSE — The SharkTank hosted a different kind ofbeast over the weekend as theworld’s top bull riders arrivedin town for a showboat eventthat’s very much country, butmore than a little bit rock ‘n’roll as well.

Sean Gleason, CEO of Pro-fessional Bull Riders, believes itwas the first time the event washeld in the South Bay — Sacra-mento and Fresno have beenmore regular stops since thefirst season 23 years ago. But,he said, that’s not because thesport lacks appeal for a moreurban crowd.

“What you see is more likea rock concert than a rodeo,”Gleason said. “Bull riding is al-ways the best part of a rodeo,and we’ve peeled that part outand wrapped it up in a highly

World’s top bull riders get dirty at Shark TankEvent held for first timein South Bay ‘more like arock concert than a rodeo’

San Jose

By Nate Gartrellngartrell@bayareanewsgroup.com

RICHMOND — MarshaCarter’s then 9-year-old sonhas one vivid memory fromthe December 1983 night his

mother was killed: He and hisbrother were watching TV, andhe found it odd that Carter wasallowing them to stay up pasttheir bedtime.

“My mom was super strictabout us being in bed by 9, sowe purposefully weren’t sayinganything,” he said.

Maybe it was a tense phoneconversation his mother hadhours earlier, but she didn’tseem to want the children toleave her side. At 9:30 p.m.,

when the brothers finally got upto retire, she said, “You’re goingto leave me out here alone?”

“We were like, ‘Yeah, mom,we have school,’” her son said,testifying in a grand jury hear-ing. “Those are the last words Iremember from my mom.”

The next morning, the chil-dren awoke to find Cartermissing, but there were signsof a devastating attack. Bloodwas everywhere, a knife hadbeen stuck into a pillow, and

part of the bedroom had beenransacked. Days later, Carter’sbody was discovered in thetrunk of her car in a hotel park-ing lot in Sacramento.

And that’s where the casestayed for 33 years, until lastmonth, when the Contra CostaDistrict Attorney’s Office filed amurder charge against 54-year-old Sherill Smothers of GraniteBay, Placer County. Smothers

Deadly cold case revivedRichmond PD detectiveuses DNA evidence tomake link in 1983 slaying

Granite Bay man faces murder charge

Above: Lesley Barajas, 13, left, and Alana Le,13, both of Bay Point, make their own tinywetland during an event featuring hands-on wetlands-related science educationalactivities at Riverview Middle School in BayPoint on Saturday.

At left: A stuffed mallard duck is part ofa featured exhibit. The activities were ledby Sacramento State students and faculty,and the event was put on with the help ofPG&E, the Society of Wetland Scientists andEnvironmental Resources Management.

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Wonders of wetlandsStudents participate in hands-on activities at Riverview Middle School

Learning through doing in Bay Point

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The Port of Oakland is theprimary location for exports onthe West Coast.

See Cold case on Page 5

Joao RicardoVieira isknocked offa bull namedIndianMotiveduring theSan JoseInvitationalof the ProBull RidersSeries at theSAP Centerin San Joseon Sunday.

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