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

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation announces the selection of five recipients to implement $34.3 million in salmon habitat improvement projects within the Central Valley Project. These awards represent the second year of the Central Valley Habitat and Facilities Improvement Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement. The original announcement was released in 2021 for total a  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment today against Kamaal Yusuf, 22, of West Sacramento, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams of fentanyl, distribution of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute 400 grams of fentanyl, being a felon in possession of   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

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

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have found that bacteria can help algae make carbon-neutral biofuels or draw down additional carbon from the atmosphere if the conditions are just right. The team used LLNL's nanoSIMS to understand and quantify the role of the algal microbiome in processing algal carbon (C) and nitrogen (N)  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: In the quest to understand how nuclear debris forms, a team of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has developed an approach to studying the oxidation mechanism of gas phase uranium in extreme environments. In research recently published in Scientific Reports, the team outlined their work, which combined experimental data   more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Engineers and chemists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Meta have developed a new kind of 3D-printed material capable of replicating characteristics of biological tissue, an advancement that could impact the future of "augmented humanity." In a paper recently published in the journal Matter, LLNL and Meta researchers describe   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

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- 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

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The end of the last ice age also marked the end for more than three dozen genera of large mammals in North America, from mammoths and mastodons to bison and saber-toothed cats. Details of the precise timing and circumstances, however, have remained murky ever since. A team of scientists that included Texas A&M University archaeologist Michael Waters recently focused on the well-known Rancho La B  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 33) entitled "Union Pacific Railroad Co. - Abandonment Exemption - In Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California": * * * Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 0.54-mile portion of the Crestmore Industrial Lead in Crestmore, Cal., bet  more