JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Senior Airman Daekwon Stith, 316th Wing Public Affairs Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass discussed current and future challenges for Airmen while speaking with base personnel, Aug. 30. "We are serving during a consequential time, probably the most consequential I've seen in my 30-year career," Bass said at the opening of her Q&A session at the base theater. Before taking questions, Bass   more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Megan Saxton, Information Technology Laboratory Carol Wortman, a member of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) team, can say something very few swimmers will ever be able to say: she took on the English Channel and won. The 20.5-mile swim in cold, rough waters is a solo-venture that is difficult to predi  more

OAKLAND, California, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the third annual Labor Day Report highlighting the California Department of Justice's (DOJ) ongoing efforts to empower workers in California and across the country. The report also highlights 10 key workplace rights that every worker in California should know and exercise. "Here in California, the fight for workers  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 6 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order denying rehearing of decision (Case No. 23-08-053): * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the Matter of the Application of The Protect Our Communities Foundation for Award of Intervenor Compensation for Substantial Contribution to Resolution WSD-019. ORDER DENYING REHEARING OF DECISION 22-10-030 I. INTRODUCTION This Order addresses the applicatio  more

FRESNO, California, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release: Derrick Gage, 42, of Bakersfield, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance a Drug Trafficking Offense, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on April 23, 2022, law enforcement officers were on patrol at the Plaza Motel on Union Avenue in Bakersfield when they saw Gage inside a roo  more

FRESNO, California, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: Abraham Eduardo Navarro Mendez, 39, of Bakersfield, Calif., was sentenced today to five years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, in 2019, agents of Homeland Security Investigations received information that Navarro Mende  more

FRESNO, California, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: Bobby Hood, 65, of Friant, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, in the summer of 2020 law enforcement learned that Mr. Hood was trafficking fentanyl and heroin. Just a few months later, o  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: Esteban Gerardo Ramirez, 32, of San Jose, was sentenced today to eight years and six months in prison for conspiring to possess and distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between Sept. 13, 2021, and March 8, 2022, Ramirez conspired with his codefendant, Marsha Garma Ph  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 6 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded California small businesses of the Oct. 4, 2023, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by the earthquake in Humboldt County that began Dec. 20, 2022. According to Lusk, small nonfarm businesses, small agricultural coop  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Education Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A20IL0007) on Aug. 24, 2023, entitled "University of Southern California's Use of Professional Judgment." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Dr. Carol L. Folt, President, University of Southern California Office of the President, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0012 Dear Dr. Folt: Enclosed is our final audit report, "University of Southern California's Use of Professional Judgment," Co  more

EDWARDS AFB, California, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys, Air Force Test Center The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, graduated its Enlisted Test Fundamentals Course on August 25. Though taught shortly in 2012 and 2018, a sustainable course idea was rebirthed in 2019 and came to fruition in 2021 as the Enlisted Test Professionals Course has since evolved in both name and curriculum.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert on Sept. 2, 2023: Hillshire Brands Company, a St. Joseph, Mo. establishment, is recalling approximately 15,876 pounds of blended meat and poultry smoked sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically bone fragments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The ready-to-eat blend  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Alex Li, a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) summer student in the Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Summer Institute, recently led a study published in the journal Matter to investigate the evolution of plasticity in diamond along different loading orientations and the effects that voids (pores) within the material can have  more

BLOSSOM POINT, Maryland, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Nicholas E. M. Pasquini, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Corporate Communications The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Blossom Point Tracking Facility (BPTF) provides command and control (C2) for the Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 0 (T0) mission Launch 2. The 13 satellites launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket are provided to the mission from commercial companies Spac  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * Real-time shifts in marine ecosystems and species demand "climate-ready" fisheries. This new research will inform fisheries management. * * * Forecasts can now predict the location and onset of marine heatwaves that can disrupt marine ecosystems. Scientists say the next step is to forecast what happens to top predators that inhabit thos  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The White House issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his Administration: * Courtney Diesel O'Donnell, Nominee for United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, with the rank of Ambassador * David Huitema, Nominee for Director of the Office of Government Ethics * Christopher Cha  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: Today, as part of the agency's 70th anniversary celebration, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, recognizes U.S. Small Business Administration(SBA) Legacy Businesses from our 68 district offices of which many recipients started small and leveraged SBA resources on their journey to becoming  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: A Santa Monica man has agreed to plead guilty to breaking federal law by allowing his cryptocurrency-cash exchange company to help scammers and drug traffickers launder millions of dollars in criminal proceeds through his business, the Justice Department announced today. Charles James Randol, 33, agreed to plead guilty to a single-count info  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: A former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy has agreed to plead guilty to a federal felony offense for depriving a 23-year-old man of his civil rights in Compton in 2020, the Justice Department announced today. In a plea agreement filed this morning in federal court, Miguel Angel Vega, 33, of Corona, admitted that he falsely impr  more

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Arizona, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Capt. Brian Tuthill, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit completed training in Reno, Nevada, Aug. 24 to conduct U.S. Embassy reinforcement and noncombatant evacuation operation missions. The scheduled training was supported by Department of State advisors at Army National Guard Base Reno-Stead, Nevada, and was not related t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 5, 2023: * * * Deepening the United States-ASEAN People-to-People Relationship: Investing In Education, Cultural Exchange, and the Next Generation Of Leaders The strength of U.S.-ASEAN relations is anchored in the friendship shared by our combined one billion people. Each year the United States provides more than $70 million to support educational and cultural exchanges with the people of Southeast Asia,   more