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The fire at the Port of San Francisco destroyed the crabbing equipment of several fishing outfits. (Photo from plaintiffs’ complaint) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Already facing hardship from recent canceled and shortened crabbing seasons, more than two dozen crab fishermen sued the Port of San Francisco Wednesday for failing to prevent a fire that destroyed millions of dollars in fishing gear last May. “Each one of us lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gear in the fire,” plaintiff and long-time crabber John Mellor said in a statement Wednesday. “Most fishermen don’t make a lo...

Crabbers sue port of San Francisco over giant fire at Fisherman's Wharf shed FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Demolition workers at Pier 45 in July. A fire on May 23 destroyed Shed C, where crabbers stored equipment. They have sued the city’s port for their losses.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Firefighters spray water on the Pier 45 fire that began in the warehouse early on May 23. The Jeremiah O’Brien is docked is seen behind the burning pier.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Pier 45 is a ruin after a massive fire in May destroyed Shed C, wher...

Black Employees Sue City Over Workplace Discrimination Three workers in San Francisco, Calif., have filed a class-action lawsuit against three city agencies, alleging they were paid less, denied promotions and subjected to harassment all due to their race. Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle   |   December 10, 2020   |  News (TNS) — Three Black San Francisco employees filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the city, accusing agencies of failing to provide Black workers with equal employment opportunities and prevent discrimi...

Of impeachment bothers him greatly, but at the same time capitalizing on it politically to energize his base. on a personal point he drew bipartisan backlash when he took aim at former veteran, late congressman john dingell. he lowered the staff at half staff to pay respects when the congressman passed. last night he took aim at him and that's getting a backlash. take a listen to what he had to say. >> dingell, debby dingell, that's a real beauty. she calls me up. it's the nicest thing that's ever happened. thank you so much. john would be so thrilled. he's looking down. he would be so thrille...

Member of your delegation, tulsi gabbard, the only member to vote present on the impeachment proceedings on both of those articles. i'm wondering your reaction to that? >> apparently she can't decide whether it's okay for the president to shake down the president of another country using his powers to extract something from the other president. apparently she can't decide whether that's okay or not. i've decided that's not okay. but i'm waiting for the president to mount his defense as i said. he's going to have every opportunity to do so. short of that, we have all the facts on one side. >> s...