WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: To: State, Territory, and Tribal Agricultural Regulatory Officials On September 6, 2023, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) established an Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis or OFF) quarantine in Brentwood, Contra Costa County, California. This action is in response to   more

OAKLAND, California, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delivered preliminary flood maps for unincorporated Lake County and Hidden Valley Lake. The maps identify revised flood hazards along Kelsey, Cole, Coyote, Gallagher, and Putah creeks. The new maps will help building officials, contractors and homeowners make effective mitigation decisions, thereby c  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 21 -- 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) today announced it has doubled its commitment for its groundbreaking and successful Empowering Black Homeownership matching grant program, making an additional $2 million available to help expand the capacity of HUD-approved housing counseling agencies (HCAs) to serve more aspiring and   more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * The JPL-led international team used the island as a stand-in for Venus to test radar technologies that will help uncover the planet's ground truth. * * * With its crushing atmospheric pressure, clouds of sulfuric acid, and searing surface temperature, Venus is an especially challenging place to study. But scientists know that observing its surface can provide key insights into the hab  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Chief engineer Denys Korotkiy of the vessel Donald was sentenced on Sept. 15 to serve twelve months and a day in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice and failure to maintain an accurate oil record book. U.S. District Court Judge Todd W. Robinson for the Southern District of California sentenced Korotkiy. Trial evidence showed that oily bilge water - typica  more

SANTA MARIA, California, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: A federal court has entered a consent judgment that orders a Santa Maria farm labor contractor to pay more than $1 million in back wages and penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor found the employer again violated regulations of the H-2A agricultural worker program. The judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California follows three investig  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: The High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation program will be hosting a special in-person workshop to discuss further deployment of high performance computing (HPC) to advance manufacturing on Oct. 18-19 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) University of California Livermore Collaboration Center (UCLCC) The workshop will explore futur  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56738) involving A3GEO Inc., Berkeley, California: * * * Rep Org: California Radiation Control Prgm Licensee: A3GEO Inc. Region: 4 City: Berkeley State: CA License #: 7895-01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Robert Greger HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 09/13/2023 Notification Time: 17:02 [ET] Event Date: 09/12/2023 Event Time: 14:45 [PDT] Last Update Date: 09/13/2  more