(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) This Feb. 5, 2016, photo shows the former Oakland Army Base pier at left and the Port of Oakland at lower right in Oakland, Calif. A federal judge in California on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, struck down the city of Oakland's ban on coal shipments at a proposed cargo terminal, siding with a developer who wants to use the site to transport Utah coal to Asia.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.