LOCAL : Shut-Down L.A. Port Reopens

The port of Los Angeles, one of the nation’s busiest, was reopened today after being closed down Wednesday night by a wildcat longshoreman’s work stoppage that began when authorities tried to serve a warrant at a union hall, an official said.

Both the harbor at San Pedro and adjoining Long Beach Harbor were operating as usual this morning as day-shift workers reported for work, a longshoremen’s union spokeswoman said. The wildcat action, initially involving as many as 300 people, appeared to have had little effect because few ships are unloaded at night.

The incident began about 5:30 p.m. when two investigators from the district attorney’s office went to a union hall in Wilmington to serve an arrest warrant on a man wanted for failing to pay child support.