WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on the draft Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for public lands managed by the Redding and Arcata field offices. "Public input is critical to develop this plan that will guide our management into the future," said Dereck Wilson, manager of the BLM  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Hawaii - First Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in Hawaii's only large county, Honolulu, from March 2022 to March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2022.  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Idaho - First Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in Ada County, one of the two largest counties in Idaho, from March 2022 to March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 o  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: Reclamation has awarded the Soquel Creek Water District $30 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance the Pure Water Soquel Groundwater Replenishment and Seawater Intrusion Prevention Project. The funding will help offset the total cost of the project, which is providing a cost-effective and efficient means of creating a sustainable alternative water  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release: On Sept. 14, 2023, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Stephen Joseph Crittenden, 43, of Suisun City, charging him with bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The indictment was unsealed following Crittenden's arrest. According to court documents, Crittenden was a C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on Sept. 28, 223: * * * Majority of the funds stolen came from victims' tax-deferred retirement accounts * * * The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation (DFPI) today announced a joint civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against precious metals dealer Regal Assets   more

OTAY MESA, California, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry's cargo facility seized over $5 million worth of marijuana concealed in a tractor trailer on Friday. On Sept. 22, at approximately 2:52 p.m., CBP officers encountered a 46-year-old male Mexican citizen driving a tractor-trailer, with a shipment manifest for abrasive cutting wheel  more

FREMONT, California, Sept. 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: * * * Federal Lawsuit Alleges Black Employees Endured Open Hostility and Racism * * * Electric car maker Tesla, Inc., violated federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees and by subjecting some of these workers to retaliation for opposing the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Joe Lacdan, Army News Service As Dillon Agnew drove his car north on a sweltering summer afternoon in June 2021, he saw that the Mojave Desert stretched out seemingly in all directions. The Soldier had just left a Denny's in Barstow, California, and cruised past the gas stations and neon motel signs before he got on the desolate, two-lane road that leads to Fort Irwin. His heart sank. Agnew only saw coarse dese  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Joe Lacdan, Army News Service As Dillon Agnew drove his car north on a sweltering summer afternoon in June 2021, he saw that the Mojave Desert stretched out seemingly in all directions. The Soldier had just left a Denny's in Barstow, California, and cruised past the gas stations and neon motel signs before he got on the desolate, two-lane road that leads to Fort Irwin. His heart sank. Agnew only saw coarse dese  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Otto "Nino" Landen, a distinguished member of the technical staff and the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments group leader at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has been awarded the 2023 Edward Teller Medal. The Fusion Energy Division of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) presented the award to Landen this week during the Internatio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 23-cv-08079; C.D. Cal. filed Sept. 27, 2023) involving Marco A Perez, Pedro Perez Jr., and Olivia Perez Durbin: * * * SEC Charges Three Southern California Siblings with Insider Trading * * * Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against siblings Marco A. Perez (aka Marc), Pedro Perez, Jr. (aka Peter), and Olivia P. Durbin for insider trading before the April   more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicist Alex Zylstra has been awarded the 2023 Edouard Fabre Prize for his experimental leadership of the milestone "Hybrid-E" campaign that achieved fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The inertial confinement fusion (ICF) campaign used increased laser energy to compress deuterium and t  more

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Melissa L. Karnath, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego September 15th, 2023, was an ordinary Friday evening for Cpl. Nicholas Christensen, who was driving back to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and chatting with Lance Cpl. Ethan Feaster. Suddenly, a car turned left into oncoming traffic causing a horrific collision. Two of the motorcycle r  more

CAMP PENDLETON, California, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Melissa L. Karnath, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego It was an ordinary Friday evening, Sept. 15th, as Cpl. Nicholas Christensen was driving back to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California chatting with his buddy Lance Cpl. Ethan Feaster when suddenly a car turned left into traffic causing a horrific collision. Two of the motorcycle riders directly in front of Chr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56744) involving Tesla, Santa Anna, California: * * * Rep Org: California Radiation Control Prgm Licensee: Tesla (Non-Licensee), San Rafael Region: 4 City: Santa Anna State: CA License #: GL - N/A Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Kamani Hewadikaram HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales Notification Date: 09/18/2023 Notification Time: 17:53 [ET] Event Date: 09/13/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [PDT]   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: * * * Skilled Nursing Facility Allowed Racial Harassment Against Black Employees, Federal Agency Charged * * * Orange Treeidence OPCO, LLC, doing business as Riverwalk Post-Acute, Providence Group, Inc. (PGI), and Providence Administrative Consulting Services, Inc. (PACS), have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissio  more

MENLO PARK, California, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Scientists developed a groundbreaking technology that allows them to see sound waves and microscopic defects inside crystals, promising insights that connect ultrafast atomic motion to large-scale macroscopic behaviors. * * * Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Stanford University, and Denmark Technical University have desi  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: A federal grand jury has charged a doctor who operated clinics in Westminster and Garden Grove with defrauding a COVID-19 program for uninsured patients by submitting more than a quarter billion dollars in claims - ultimately receiving about $150 million in payments - for services not covered under the program or simply not provided, the Ju  more