Knox to be hired at port

n a move that some believe signals trouble is brewing at the Port of Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has asked former state Assemblyman Wally Knox to come onboard to help guide the port as the department juggles dozens of major initiatives with plummeting cargo revenues.
Donna Littlejohn in the Daily Breeze.
Knox, 62, announced Tuesday that he was stepping down from his 21-month stint as a member of the city's Department of Water and Power Commission.

A new position - deputy executive director of external relations - is being created for him at the port, where he will report to Executive Director Geraldine Knatz, 57. He is set to begin work later this week