PARLIER, California, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center (SJVASC) today celebrated 100 years of cooperative research with the grape industry that has positively impacted the way the world grows, cultivates and consumes grapes. This historic grapevine breeding research pro  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, Sept. 13 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Jason Cutshaw, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command A U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command team played an important behind-the-scenes role in supporting the Air Force's Glory Trip-247, Sept. 6. An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, during Air Force Global Strike Command's operational test and im  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: Folsom company Amani Investments LLC, which operated Coinucopia kiosks that exchanged U.S. currency for Bitcoin, forfeited $1 million in currency, a Mercedes-Benz, Bitcoin, and other items for its criminal efforts to avoid reporting requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. In February 2  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 13 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) has awarded $4 million in Access to Housing and Economic Assistance for Development (AHEAD) economic development grants to help 75 local organizations boost economic opportunity in underserved communities throughout Arizona, California, and Nevada. The grants, delivered through FHLBank   more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Elias Anwar, a NIF&PS Summer Scholar Program intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has long considered science a perfect fit for his logic-driven mind and personality. "Growing up, science has always been interesting to me," said Anwar, who is from Northern Virginia. "It was cooler than English or history, and moving from middl  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: Members of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL's) Advanced Sources and Detectors (ASD) Scorpius accelerator team recently marked a major milestone in the project -- the delivery of 24 line-replaceable units (LRUs), known as pulsers, forming a complete unit cluster. The LRUs will power the Scorpius electron beam accelerator, whi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Paul Scolari to serve as the superintendent of Kaloko-Honokohau and Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Parks on the island of Hawaii. He will begin his new role in late October. Scolari is a 29-year veteran of the NPS and has worked at numerous parks, including completing a six-month detail as acting superinten  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Sept. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: Luis Antonio Mendez-Brahan of Tijuana appeared in federal court today following his extradition from Mexico to face charges stemming from his alleged role as the leader of a prolific human-smuggling organization with three of his children. Mendez-Brahan was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2019 on one count of conspiring to bring unl  more