Pima County officials say an effort over the weekend to have one-way traffic flow on the road in front of Nancy Guthries house hasnt worked as they hoped, leading to expanded parking restrictions.

The new restrictions take effect Thursday. Authorities say journalists and streamers can still have access to the area, but they will have to park elsewhere and get dropped off in the neighborhood. Violators would face a $250 fine. The constant presence of news crews, bloggers and curious onlookers has drawn mixed reaction from neighbors. Some appreciated the attention the case has been getting. Others have placed traffic cones and signs on their properties to keep people off.

Authorities say the tents, generators and satellite trucks set up along the road have created congestion and safety concerns.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen at her home just outside Tucson on Jan. 31 and was reported missing the following day. Authorities believe she was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will. Drops of her blood were found on the front porch, but authorities havent publicly revealed much evidence.

Despite the sheriffs request for people not to search on their own, volunteers have continued to look. A small group reported finding a black backpack on Sunday, but it wasnt the same brand as one identified in video surveillance that the FBI released of a masked person at Guthries home the night she disappeared.

Journalists and streamers arent the only people to go into the neighborhood. Supporters of the Guthrie family have showed up outside of the home to drop off flowers, yellow ribbons, crosses and prayers.

NEW YORK (AP) ' New Yorks attorney general has sued video game developer Valve, claiming the 'loot boxes' found in Counter-Strike and other popular video game franchises illegally promote gambling.

State Attorney General Letitia James said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York state court that games such as Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 illegally charge users for the chance to win rare items held in the virtual containers.

In Counter-Strike, the process even resembles a slot machine, with an animated spinning wheel that eventually rests on a selected item, James office said.

'Valve has made billions of dollars by letting children and adults alike illegally gamble for the chance to win valuable virtual prizes,' James said in a statement. 'These features are addictive, harmful, and illegal.'

Messages seeking comment were left Wednesday for the Bellevue, Washington-based company.

'Loot box' items are generally cosmetic, such as a hat for a players character or an artistic skin for weapons. They usually dont serve any vital function in the games, but James office said the items can still be sold online for significant sums.

Some of the rarest items can go for thousands of dollars online, according to James office. One item, an AK-47 Counter-Strike skin, recently sold for more than $1 million.

James suit says Valve is violating New Yorks constitution by promoting gambling in its games. It wants the company to stop the practice and pay restitution and damages to users, as well as a fine worth three times the amount of its profits from the features.

The attorney general argues that research has found children introduced to gambling are four times more likely to develop a gambling problem later in life than those who are not.

'Loot boxes, like other forms of gambling, can lead to addiction and result in real harm,' the suit reads. 'But Valves loot boxes are particularly pernicious because they are popular among children and adolescents, who are lured into opening loot boxes by the prospect of winning expensive virtual items that convey status in the gaming world.'

James office said demand for 'loot box' prizes has drawn interest not just from online speculators and investors that have helped values soar, but also thieves targeting third-party, online marketplaces where the virtual items can be sold for cash.

Valve facilitates those third-party marketplaces, as well as operating its own, the Steam Community Market, where players can sell their items and use the proceeds to buy other video games, gaming hardware or other virtual items.

The Trump administration is blocking Venezuelas government from paying for the cost of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduros defense against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially interferes with his constitutional right to counsel, his lawyer says.

Attorney Barry Pollack told a Manhattan federal judge in an email last week that the U.S. Treasury Department had blocked the authorization of legal fees that the government of Venezuela is required to pay for Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores under its law and custom. The email was entered into the public court record on Wednesday.

Maduro and his wife have been jailed in New York without bail since they were seized from their Venezuelan home Jan. 3 in a stealth nighttime raid by U.S. military forces. They have both pleaded not guilty.

The stunning capture following a monthslong military buildup in the Caribbean has paved the way for the Trump administration to assert enormous influence over Maduros replacement, his vice president and now acting President Delcy Rodriguez. Under pressure from the U.S., Rodriguez has moved swiftly to open up Venezuelas oil industry to American investment, free political prisoners and reestablish direct communications with Washington ' something unseen since the first Trump administration shuttered the U.S. embassy in Caracas in 2019.

In the email, Pollack said that the Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control, which administers sanctions against Venezuela, had granted permission on Jan. 9 approving the payment of legal fees by the Venezuelan government.

Less than three hours later, though, the Trump administration snatched back the authorization 'without explanation,' though it left in place a license granting permission for Maduros wifes lawyers to be paid, Pollack said.

The dispute over Maduros legal fees is intimately linked to U.S. foreign policy. The first Trump administration cut ties with Maduro in 2019, recognizing the then opposition head of the National Assembly as Venezuelas legitimate leader. The Biden administration hewed closely to the same policy.

However, allowing Rodriguezs government to pay for the cost of Maduros defense could complicate prosecutors efforts in court to counter the deposed leaders argument that his capture was illegal and that as the foreign head of a state he is immune from prosecution under U.S. and international law.

A 25-page indictment against Maduro accused him and others of working with drug cartels and members of the military to facilitate the shipment of thousands of tons of cocaine into the U.S. Both he and his wife face life in prison if convicted.

As part of the purported conspiracy, Maduro and his wife allegedly ordering kidnappings, beatings and murders of those who owed them drug money, according to the indictment. It said that included the killing of a local drug boss in Caracas.

Messages seeking comment from the Treasury Department, White House and the Justice Department were not immediately returned.

Pollack said he asked the Office of Foreign Assets Control on Feb. 11 to reinstate the original license and clear the way for Venezuela to meet its obligation to pay Maduros defense costs.

The lawyer added that Maduro 'cannot otherwise afford counsel' and will request help from the judge to pay for his defense.

Pollack said the United States was 'interfering with Mr. Maduros ability to retain counsel and, therefore, his right under the Sixth Amendment to counsel of his choice.'

Goodman reported from Miami. Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani and Fatima Hussein in Washington and Larry Neumeister in New York contributed to this report.

Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at Californias Año Nuevo State Park and several more are showing signs of the illness. The outbreak has prompted park officials to cancel the parks popular seal-watching tours for the remainder of the seal breeding season.

Researchers with University of California-Santa Cruz and University of California-Davis made the announcement Wednesday, calling it the first detected outbreak of the virus among marine mammals in California.

The worldwide bird flu outbreak that began in 2020 has led to the deaths of millions of domesticated birds and spread to wildlife around the world, and seals and sea lions appear to be particularly vulnerable to the disease. The virus has led to the deaths of thousands of sea lions in Chile and Peru, thousands of elephant seals in Argentina, and hundreds of seals in New England in recent years.

The virus is considered to be a low risk to humans, but officials said people should avoid approaching the seals and keep pets away from the animals.

Thousands of elephant seals come to Año Nuevo State Park, about 90 minutes south of San Francisco, every winter to fight, mate and give birth. The annual spectacle draws tourists and wildlife watchers eager to see the largest seals on the planet, some watching from public viewing areas and others signing up for docent-led guided walks through the breeding grounds, known as rookeries.

But for now, the viewing area is closed, and tours at Año Nuevo have been canceled 'out of an abundance of caution,' said Jordan Burgess, the deputy district superintendent of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. Officials hope the move will help prevent any spread of the disease that might be caused by people tracking through the areas where the elephant seals are living, she said.

'Were definitely not panicking about human exposure at this point,' but rather trying to ensure the health of the seals and people in general, Burgess said.

Christine Johnson, the director of the Institute for Pandemic Insights at UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, said the outbreak was spotted quickly because researchers have been on high alert in recent years, watching for any sign of the arrival of the disease. After sick and dead animals were spotted on Feb. 19 and 20, researchers collected samples for testing at the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System. The screening showed the animals were infected with HPAI H5N1 virus.

Tests on samples from about 30 more animals are still pending, Johnson said.

The university researchers are working with state and federal wildlife managers and The West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network to monitor the animals.

After the Fourth of July last year, 18 Stanton residents received fines for alleged illegal firework activity, ranging from $1,000 to several hundreds of thousands of dollars. Each alleged instance of illegal firework activity carried a $1,000 fine.

Stanton drones reportedly captured $929,000 worth of illegal firework violations, during last year’s Fourth of July holiday period, according to Stanton City Manager Hannah Shin-Heydorn.

But, the city has now settled with most of the citation receivers to pay up to $10,000, which can be paid through a monthly payment plan.

The city rolled out a Fourth of July drone program in 2025 to catch and fine those engaging in illegal firework activity following the passage of a spring ordinance.

So, what will happen to all that citation money? Under a state health code, 65% of the collected money will go to the State Fire Marshal. The rest will go to the citys general fund to offset the costs associated with the drone program, said Shin-Heydorn.

Stanton will continue enforcing illegal firework activity, said the news release.

WASHINGTON (AP) ' The Justice Department said Wednesday that it was looking into whether it improperly withheld documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files after several news organizations reported that some records involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against President Donald Trump were not among those released to the public.

The announcement followed news reports saying that a massive tranche of records released by the Justice Department did not include several summaries of interviews that the FBI conducted with an unidentified woman who came forward after Epsteins 2019 arrest and claimed to have been sexually assaulted by both Trump and Epstein when she was a minor in the 1980s.

'Several individuals and news outlets have recently flagged files related to documents produced to Ghislaine Maxwell in discovery of her criminal case that they claim appear to be missing,' the Justice Department said in a post on X. 'As with all documents that have been flagged by the public, the Department is currently reviewing files within that category of the production.' Maxwell, Epsteins longtime confidant, is serving a 20-year prison sentence on a sex trafficking conviction.

It said that if any document is found to have been improperly withheld and is responsive to the federally enacted law mandating the files release, 'the Department will of course publish it, consistent with the law.'

At issue is a series of interviews said to have been conducted in 2019 with a woman who made an allegation against Trump, who has consistently denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. News reports from recent days say the accuser was interviewed four times but a summary of only one of those interviews was included in the publicly released files.

The missing records were earlier reported by the journalist Roger Sollenberger on Substack and NPR, and have since been documented by other news organizations, including The New York Times, MS Now and CNN.

Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said in a statement that his panel would investigate the withheld records. He said he had reviewed unredacted evidence logs and 'can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews' with the accuser.

The Justice Department last month said it was releasing more than 3 million pages of records related to Epstein, who took his own life in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. The department said at the time that, though it was attempting to be transparent, it was also entitled to withhold records that exposed potential abuse victims, were duplicates or protected by legal privileges, or related to an ongoing criminal investigation.

'Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already,' the department said in a statement last month as it released the records.

The redaction process was quickly revealed to have been flawed, with the department withdrawing some materials identified by victims or their lawyers, along with a 'substantial number' of documents identified independently by the government.

Lawyers for Epstein accusers told a New York judge last month that the lives of nearly 100 victims had been 'turned upside down' by sloppy redactions in the governments latest release of records. The exposed materials include nude photos showing the faces of potential victims as well as names, email addresses and other identifying information that was either unredacted or not fully obscured.

Other uncorroborated claims against Trump and other public figures were included in the publicly available files. The department did not say in its social media post Wednesday why records related to this specific accusation might have been withheld.

At around 1 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23, on Tamarac Drive, 3-year-old Salvo Bessemer exited his gated courtyard and headed for the driveway, hoping to give his father, Leonard Bessemer, a hug goodbye before he left for work, his father said.

Salvo did not find his dad, who had left about five minutes earlier. Instead, he spotted a coyote in front of the house, Leonard Bessemer said. The boy then turned around and ran back toward the house, screaming for his mother.

Video footage shows Salvo reaching the door, with the coyote following behind him. Audio captured Salvos mother, Aida Svelto, screaming when she spotted the coyote near the entrance.

The coyote then turned around and trotted away. According to Bessemer, the animal did not immediately leave the area, but lingered nearby for a short time, watching the house through ivy on the property.

Coyotes are frequently spotted in the neighborhood, Bessemer said. He sees one at least once a week while on early-morning runs and typically makes noise to deter them, especially when accompanied by the familys chihuahua, Sam.

Mondays scare prompted Bessemer and his fiancée to take stricter precautions with both Sam and Salvo.

'We made a rule that hes not to go to the gate without one of us,' Bessemer said. 'It might have gone differently if Salvo had been by himself.'

Bessemer said he also plans to make sure Sam is always leashed when taken outside and that the front door remains closed as a precaution.

Kevin McManus of Pasadena Humane said that while the video may appear frightening, the coyote did not demonstrate signs of aggressive or hunting behavior based on the footage.

'The good news is everybodys safe,' McManus said.

Bessemer said he has noticed more coyotes in the area recently, including during daytime hours. McManus said this is likely due to mating season, when coyotes are more active and more likely to be seen outside of dawn and dusk.

'People should make noise and try to make coyotes uncomfortable to scare them off,' McManus said. 'Remember, were bigger than them.'

McManus also advised residents to be extra cautious with pets during this season and to avoid leaving food or unsecured trash around their homes.

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comments on the ongoing shift of live sports from broadcast channels to streaming services.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the request for comment Wednesday. The comment period runs through March 27 and replies to the comments are due April 13.

'For decades, Americans enjoyed turning on their TV & quickly finding the game they wanted to see. Yet watching your favorite team play isnt as easy these day. Many games are still on broadcast, but an increasing number are on a range of different online platforms,' Carr posted. 'Today, the FCC asks for comment on sports rights and broadcasting. We want to understand the marketplace today, the experience of consumers, and how the changes impact the ability of broadcast TV stations to continue delivering local news, information, and other programming.'

Last year, the House Judiciary Committee requested briefings from the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB on whether antitrust exemptions should still be granted for coordinating their broadcast television rights.

The Sports Broadcasting Act exemption passed in 1961 applies only to broadcast television. Courts have ruled in the past that it does not apply to other mediums, including cable, satellite and streaming.

The Sports Broadcasting Act includes a rule allowing blackouts of local games, which still applies to out-of-market packages sold by the leagues. The NFL ended local TV blackouts, which applied to games within 75 miles of a teams market if they did not sell out 72 hours before kickoff, after the 2014 season.

The public notice Wednesday said NFL games aired on '10 different services, which, according to some estimates, could cost a consumer over $1,500 to watch all games.'

The NFL aired games last season on CBS, NBC, ABC/ESPN/ESPN+, Fox, NFL Network, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and YouTube TV.

Forbes estimated the cost of watching every NFL game via streaming last season at $765.

The NFL also offers most of its games on broadcast television, including options for all local games on cable or streaming.

'The NFL has the most accessible, fan-friendly distribution model across all of sports and entertainment, with over 87% of our games shown on free broadcast television in addition to numerous, popular digital platforms,' the league said in a statement to AP.

All four of the major North American professional sports leagues have deals with streaming platforms.

The NBA is in the first season of an 11-year deal where games on Monday nights are shown on Peacock, while Amazon Prime Video also has games, mostly on Thursday and Friday nights.

MLB agreed to three-year deals with Netflix and Peacock that begin this season.

The NHL is in the fifth season of its seven-year rights deal where some games appear on ESPN+ and Hulu.

The FCC is asking the public to answer a wide range of questions, including:

• With respect to the sports media marketplace, how have recent developments in the marketplace affected the ability of broadcasters to obtain media rights to sports programming?
• How have changes in the marketplace affected viewers ability to watch nationally televised live sports, as well as their local team(s), on broadcast TV?
• How prevalent are sports media rights deals between local TV broadcasters and local sports teams and what are their terms and conditions?
• How have changes in the marketplace impacted costs to consumers?

The last two questions are becoming increasingly significant due to the demise of regional sports networks.

Diamond Sports Group was the largest owner of regional sports networks when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2023.

At the time of the filing, Diamond operated 19 networks under the Bally Sports banner and had the rights to 42 professional teams (14 baseball, 16 NBA and 12 NHL).

The networks emerged from bankruptcy last March under Main Street Sports Group, with their networks rebranded as FanDuel Sports Network. However, they are on the verge of insolvency and could go out of business if a new majority owner or investors are not found.

MLB will handle production and distribution for 15 of its 30 teams this season after Main Street Sports Group failed to make scheduled rights payments to seven teams.

Main Street currently has 15 owned-and-operated networks under the FanDuel banner, with rights to 20 pro teams: 13 NBA and seven NHL. It has committed to airing games for its remaining teams through the end of the regular season but is likely to go out of business after that.

AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports

Newly released police video shows former WWE CEO Vince McMahons high-speed car crash in Connecticut last summer and reveals that a state trooper was trying to catch up to him to pull him over at the time.

McMahon, now 80, was driving his 2024 Bentley Continental GT on the Merritt Parkway in Westport on July 24 ' coincidentally, the same day that WWE legend Hulk Hogan died of a heart attack in Florida. State police said the Bentley, which can cost over $300,000, was going 100 mph or more.

'Why were you driving all over 100 mph?' state police Detective Maxwell Robins asks McMahon after the crash, according to police bodycam video. McMahon replies, 'I got my granddaughters birthday' and explains he was on his way to see her.

Robins dashcam video shows McMahon driving northbound in the right lane when he approaches a BMW in the same lane, appears to hit the brakes and swerves into the left lane at the last second. The Bentley clipped the rear of the other car before smashing into the left lane guardrail and careening back onto the highway, creating a cloud of dirt and car parts. McMahon then stops in the right shoulder.

No one was seriously injured in the crash, police said. Besides damage to the rear of the BMW, another vehicle driving on the opposite side of the parkway was struck by flying debris. The driver of that third car happened to be wearing a WWE shirt.

McMahon was cited for reckless driving and following too closely. A state judge in October allowed McMahon to enter a pretrial probation program that will result in the charges being erased from his record next October if he successfully completes the program. He was also ordered to make a $1,000 charitable contribution.

State police said Robins was trying to catch up to McMahon on the parkway and clock his speed before pulling him over. They said the incident was not a pursuit, which happens when police chase someone trying to flee officers. They said it did not appear McMahon was trying to escape the trooper.

Police video shows Robins telling McMahon about his efforts to catch up to McMahon. 'Im trying to catch up to you and you keep taking off,' Robins says. 'No, no no. Im not trying to outrun you,' McMahon says.

An accident information summary provided to the media shortly after the crash did not mention that a trooper was following McMahon.

The Associated Press obtained the videos Wednesday through a public records request. They were first obtained by The Sun newspaper.

Police body cameras recorded troopers interactions with McMahon on the side of the highway.

Robins tells McMahon that he doesnt understand why McMahon didnt change lanes sooner to avoid the crash and asks whether he was looking at his phone. McMahon denies looking at his phone and adds that he hadnt driven his car in a long time.

McMahon later gives Robins his car registration and curses at himself, the video shows. After Robins tells McMahon that his car is fast, McMahon replies, 'Yeah, too (expletive) fast.'

The videos also show McMahon talking to the driver whose car he rear-ended. Barbara Doran, of New York City, told the AP last summer that McMahon expressed his concern for her and was glad she was OK. She said she was heading to a ferry to Marthas Vineyard at the time of the crash.

After McMahon was given the traffic summons, he shook hands with Robins and another trooper and they wished him well.

McMahons lawyer, Mark Sherman, said the crash was just an accident.

'Not every car accident is a crime,' Sherman said. 'Vinces primary concern during this case was for the other drivers and is appreciative that the court saw this more of an accident than a crime that needed to be prosecuted.'

McMahon stepped down as WWEs CEO in 2022 amid a company investigation into sexual misconduct allegations. He also resigned as executive chairman of the board of directors of TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of WWE, in 2024, a day after a former WWE employee filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against him. McMahon has denied the allegations. The lawsuit remains pending.

McMahon bought what was then the World Wrestling Federation in 1982 and transformed it from a regional wrestling company into a worldwide phenomenon. Besides running the company with his wife, Linda, who is now the U.S. education secretary, he also performed at WWE events as himself.

Total containers moved in January at Long Beach were 847,765. It marked the port’s second-busiest January on record.

The Port of L.A. previously announced January container numbers there at 812,000.

Both ports, however, also saw year-over-year drops in January — a 12% dip from January 2025 in L.A. and an 11% drop in Long Beach — as the unpredictability of tariffs continues to roil the industry waters.

Cargo volume in the Port of L.A. topped 10.2 million container units in 2025, making it the third busiest year in the ports 118-year history.

In the Port of Long Beach, the overall 2025 number broke that port’s record by handling 9.9 million twenty, or TEUs. And Long Beach also set a record for container volumes in 2025, becoming the “busiest port in the nation” in the first four months of that year, Hacegaba previously said.

Hacegaba reported Long Beach’s numbers for last month in a virtual news briefing on Wednesday, boasting that POLB started 2026 “leading the nation as the busiest port in the United States.”

“We led the nation and moved 51% of cargo processed at the San Pedro Bay complex last month,” he said.

In January, Port of Long Beach dockworkers and terminal operators moved 847,765 twenty-foot equivalent units of cargo containers, down 11% from the same month in 2025, which remains the ports best January and second-busiest month overall in its 115-year history. Imports were down 13.1% to 409,818 TEUs, and exports rose 0.8% to 99,478 TEUs. Empty containers moving through the port declined 11.5% to 338,470 TEUs.

But a slowdown could be looming.

Port of L.A. Executive Director Gene Seroka said recently that a cargo flattening is anticipated for the first six months of 2026, citing tariffs and other economic uncertainties. Earlier this month, the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates also projected that import volume at the nations major container ports was expected to see 'a significant year-over-year decline during the first half of 2026,' citing the impact of tariffs.

“We are leading the nation in trade, and providing a safe harbor in the sea of tariff and trade uncertainty for our customers and the goods movement industry,” Hacegaba said Wednesday during the first of his monthly Supply Chain Insight virtual media briefings. “No matter what happens with cargo volume, the Port of Long Beach has the capacity, infrastructure and workforce to move goods quickly, efficiently and reliably.”

Hacegaba’s stress on Long Beach’s push under the moniker as the “Port of Choice,” meanwhile, also appears to be signaling a resurgence of what has long been a competitive stance with its larger neighboring port, even as the two continue to join forces on efforts to cut pollution.

“As we navigate all of these changes,” Hacegaba said, the port “will continue to be a safe harbor” for its shipping industry customers.

While Hacegaba said he’s upbeat about the future — and has a positive outlook for the year ahead — there are challenges.

The future of tariffs, he said, remains unpredictable. Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the emergency-power tariffs last week, President Trump has vowed to pursue other tariffs up to 10% or 15% on all nations.

“The only certainty is uncertainty,” Hacegaba said.

The shipping community is worried, he said.

“The feedback I’m getting is, overwhelmingly, a continued concern,” Hacegaba said. “There was some thought that the Supreme Court ruling (on tariffs) would bring an end to the uncertainty. But in reality, it’s created more questions.

'While this decision ruled on the legality of the IEEPA tariffs, it did little to remove the uncertainty weve seen ' and continue to see ' across the global supply chain,' Hacegaba added. 'Our customers are seeking clarity on whether tariffs already paid will be refunded, and consumers are seeking relief from higher prices.'

The Port of Long Beach, meanwhile, is also zeroing in on 2050 as the year when it expects its own cargo numbers to double from what it is now, the CEO said.

In his Jan. 15 State of the Port address, the newly appointed port leader said POLB needs to prepare for an aim of doubling its cargo flow by 2050.

“According to our latest cargo forecast, 2050 is the year our container volumes will reach 20 million TEUs,' Hacegaba said during that event. “We have 24 years to prepare to double our container throughput and figure out how were going to handle all that cargo quickly, safely, efficiently, and sustainably.”

Along with its continued “Green Port” focus, Hacegaba said, the port is pursuing a range of ambitious projects — chief among them the Pier B Rail development.

The planned Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility is the centerpiece of the Port of Long Beachs rail capital improvement program and a key part of its Green Port vision. It will shift more cargo to on-dock rail, where containers are taken to and from marine terminals by trains. Moving cargo by on-dock rail is faster, cleaner and more efficient, as it reduces truck traffic. No cargo trucks would visit the facility.

The facility will be built in phases and as each is completed, capacity and operations will increase. Construction began in 2024 and the entire project is expected to be complete in 2032. An update meeting is planned for March 4.

Asked about the year ahead, Hacegaba said he was “still bullish about 2026. I think it will be a strong, robust year.”

He added, though, that it will depend on how the Trump administration proceeds following the Supreme Court decision — and how shippers and consumers, in turn, also respond.

“Let’s not forget that tariffs are taxes,” Hacegaba said.

And while costs are primarily born first by shippers, he said, they hit consumers as well.