Port Strike

Its estimates that about 44 percent of all cargo arriving in the U.S. by sea passes through the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, accounting for an estimated $1 billion a day in merchandise. But recently there has been a halt is this because of the strike by the clerical workers. ACcording to the protestors its not about money but job security. But this does not help ease the traffic at one of the country's busiest port. Both sides are aware that time is off the essence but there is no end in sight. 

Current Event

Mount Ontake in central Japan erupted shortly before noon local time Saturday, spewing large white plumes of gas and ash high into the sky and blanketing the surrounding area in ash. The bodies of at least 31 people believed to be dead have reportedly been discovered near the summit of an erupting volcano in Japan. The search for survivors started almost immediately but the search for victims was abandoned on Monday because of fears of toxic gases. Japan is one of the world's most seismically active nations so it the fact that they didn’t get any signs before the eruption so they didn’t evacuate people until it exploded.  Also, the eruption appears to have resulted from a steam-driven explosion of a kind that is especially hard to forecast, said Toshitsugu Fujii, a volcano expert.