LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Los Angeles District issued the following news release: Sepulveda Dam, at the headwaters of the Los Angeles River, is the western-most of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' dams operated by the Los Angeles District in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area flood control system. Rainstorms create reservoir impoundment behind Sepulveda Dam. The reservoir reached 680 feet in elevation Feb. 4. The rising reservoir water surface caus  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 6, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - December 2023": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.2 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissio  more

OAKLAND, California, Feb. 7 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that he is increasing state law enforcement personnel in Oakland and the East Bay -- temporarily deploying California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers, including specialized units, and advanced investigative technology to crack down on crime and improve public safety. As part of the announcement, the CHP will begin a law enforcement surge operatio  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 7 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Governor Gavin Newsom issued the below statement today following Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Mary Kay Henry's announcement that she will not seek reelection: "Under Mary Kay Henry's visionary leadership, SEIU has been a powerful force lifting up workers and their families from coast to coast and championing an economy that works for working people  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 7 -- The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office issued the following news release: The California Community Colleges, the largest workforce training provider in the nation, celebrates Career Education Month in February and the impact these programs have on the state's workforce and economy. Across 116 college campuses, California Community Colleges educate more than 2 million people a year and career education programs provide real-life training from expe  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 7 -- The California Department of Transportation issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Caltrans today released the initial findings and recommendations of the policy and practice review (https://dot.ca.gov/fix-10/airspace-lease-2) of state Airspace leases across California along with the latest site inspections. * * * In a statement, Caltrans said: Caltrans' top priority is safety. To improve safety and help ensure the protection of the state hig  more

MONTEREY, California, Feb. 7 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: Taking advantage of a purposeful scheduling alignment, cohorts from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security Executive Leaders and Emergence Programs collaborated on the first ever joint session in January, discussing everything from global issues with Homeland Security implications to career mentoring while gaining invaluable in-person networking opportunitie  more

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, California, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman, U.S. Space Forces - Space Public Affairs U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman presided over a ceremony along with Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, U.S. Space Command commander, formally activating U.S. Space Forces-Space Jan. 31. S4S was established Dec. 6, 2023, when Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall re-des  more

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, California, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following remarks on Feb. 6, 2024, by Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman at Space Forces - Space activation ceremony: * * * I think its morning. I left in the morning on the East coast, and I think it's still morning here. So, that's terrific. Let me just add my welcome to all the generals, commanders, chiefs, community leaders, distinguished guests, friends, and family. It is truly an honor to be b  more

LOS ANGELES SPACE FORCE BASE, California, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following remarks on Feb. 6, 2024, by Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman at the Space Systems Command change of command ceremony: * * * Well good morning. I don't think it would be fair to put all the blame on the Major for the weather. I think we all know the chaplain is also to blame. It's a very good morning, good morning to everybody; Guardians, community leaders, distinguished guests, friends  more

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 7 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: Today, Governor Polis traveled to Grand Junction to deliver a local state of the state address to the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce and made stops focused on breaking down barriers to housing, strengthening the local economy, and increasing transit options. This morning, Governor Polis participated in a Circular Economy Roundtable Discussion with the Business Incubator Center, whic  more

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 7 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release: The House Judiciary Committee today passed legislation to prohibit the term "excited delirium" from being used in law enforcement and other first responder training or incident reports, or listed as a cause of death on a death certificate. "When law enforcement is engaging with someone they identify as being in a state of excited delirium, it can escalate an interaction and lead to devastating outcomes,  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Statewide California Earthquake Center, or SCEC, are unraveling the mysteries of earthquakes by using physics-based computational models running on high-performance computing systems at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The team's findings will provide a better understanding of seismic hazards in the Golden State. Building   more

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's San Diego Division issued the following news release: Derek Neal Turfler of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 97 months in prison for his role in selling fentanyl pills to a 27-year-old woman who fatally overdosed on May 9, 2022. According to his plea agreement, Turfler arranged a meeting to deliver fentanyl to the victim, Faithe Sioban Thogode, who died later that morning after using the fenta  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Sacramento District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has awarded its first contract for the Lower San Joaquin River Tenmile Slough Levee (TS30L) Project, enabling the agency to relocate elderberry shrubs from the TS30L levee in advance of future levee improvements. "This contract kicks off the physical work associated with area levee improvements to lower flood risk for Sto  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following Beige Book on Jan. 17, 2024: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Economic activity in the Twelfth District was stable overall during the reporting period from mid-November through December 2023. Labor availability improved, and employment levels rose slightly. Price pressures eased, and wage growth moderated notably. Retail sales grew modestly, while activity in services sectors was mixed. Conditions   more

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, California, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: U.S. Space Command kicked off its annual two-week Global Sentinel capstone event Feb. 5-16, 2024, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Global Sentinel is USSPACECOM's premier security cooperation effort, designed to strengthen and grow international partnerships, improve operational collaboration and promote responsible behavior in the space domain. "As the   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), today approved a proposal from New Mexico for community-based mobile crisis intervention teams to provide Medicaid crisis services. Today's announcement is the latest in HHS' ongoing efforts to support President Biden's whol  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: This approval marks the 15th state to adopt this option under President Biden's American Rescue Plan The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), today approved a proposal from New Mexico for community-based mobile crisis intervention teams to provide Medicaid crisis services. Today's announcement is the latest in  more

PASADENA, California, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: After exhausting all other measures to adjust to a lower budget from NASA, and in the absence of an FY24 appropriation from Congress, we have had to make the difficult decision to reduce the JPL workforce through layoffs. JPL staff has been advised that the workforce reduction will affect approximately 530 of our colleagues, an impact of about 8%, plus approximately 40 additional members of our   more

LIVERMORE, California, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (AOM) use ammonia for energy and account for the annual oxidation of approximately 2.3 trillion kilograms of nitrogen in soil, freshwater, the subsurface and man-made ecosystems. But one major question that has remained unanswered for decades is how different AOM species coexist in the same environment: do they compete for   more

LIVERMORE, California, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news on Feb. 6, 2024: The details of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)'s historic Dec. 5, 2022, experiment that achieved fusion ignition in a laboratory for the first time are presented in the cover article in the Feb. 5, 2023, issue of Physical Review Letters (PRL). In the paper, researchers explain how, after a decade of overcoming challenges and w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The National Academy of Engineering issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 114 new members and 21 international members, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,310 and the number of international members to 332. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics issued the following news release: * * * While enrollment in higher grades has rebounded, figure for earlier grades remains lower * * * Prekindergarten through 12th-grade public school enrollment in the 50 states and the District of Columbia reached 49.6 million for the fall of 2022, according to new data released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the statistical c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory research physicist Lynda E. Busse, Ph.D., was named a Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for outstanding technical contributions to the development of novel infrared (IR) optical materials and photonics devices. Announced December 2023, the 47 new Fellows represent  more

NELLIS AFB, Nevada, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Force Base (99th Air Wing) issued the following news: Air Combat Command and Air Mobility Command worked together at Nellis to officially kick off Bamboo Eagle 24-1 and complete the disaggregated exercise running Jan. 26 to Feb. 2. Bamboo Eagle began with participating units departing Nellis for training operations at separate locations throughout Southern California. The combined efforts of the 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 5  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing in new technologies that address the complex challenges in tackling food and nutrition insecurity from population growth, rising diet-related diseases and disparities and climate resilience. This investment will particularly address the needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged communities and involve a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Agricu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on Feb. 5, 2024, on the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R. 7217), which was introduced by Rep. Ken Calvert, R-California: * * * The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 7217, making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the attacks in Israel for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. The Admi  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Butler/Lawrence) issued the following statement regarding Gov. Josh Shapiro's address on his proposed $48.34 billion state budget proposal. "The governor's nearly $50 billion budget proposal is nothing more than an extreme liberal wish list that will cost hardworking taxpayers a fortune. "His plan is a copy-paste version of the Bidenomics that   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following statement on Feb.6 , 2024: * * * Rep. Tim O'Neal (R-Washington) today issued the following statement in response to Gov. Josh Shapiro's over $48 billion fiscal year 2024-25 budget: "The budget offered today by Gov. Josh Shapiro is more of the same - a long list of wants and dreams, light on details and fiscally bankrupting. It's a tax and spending agenda that brings California politics to Pennsylvania.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Feb. 5, 2024, by Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder: * * * MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER: All right, good afternoon, everyone. So a few things at the top here, and then we'll get right to your questions. As you know, in response to continuing attacks against U.S. forces, to include the attack in northeastern Jordan on January 28th, which killed three U.S. service members, U.S. milit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. James A. Deeds, 23 of Oakland, California, killed during World War II, was accounted for Jan. 3, 2023. In the summer of 1943, Deeds was assigned to the 345th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 "Liberator" bomber  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SAN DIEGO - Derek Neal Turfler of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 97 months in prison for his role in selling fentanyl pills to a 27-year-old woman who fatally overdosed on May 9, 2022. According to his plea agreement, Turfler arranged a meeting to deliver fentanyl to the victim, Faithe Sioban Thogode, who died later that m  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following remarks on Feb. 6, 2024, by Secretary Carlos Del Toro at the 2024 National 8(a) Small Business Conference: * * * Good morning, everyone! It is great to be here with you all here in Atlanta, Georgia for this year's National 8(a) Small Business Conference. I would like to thank the president of the National 8(a) Association, Mr. Ron Perry, for inviting me to spend today with you, and to speak on the importance our Department of the  more

INDIO, California, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two individuals on two separate events over the weekend. On Friday, Border Patrol agents conducted a vehicle stop on a white sedan traveling east on Interstate 10. Border Patrol agents initiated the vehicle stop and when the driver pulled over on the side of the road, the driver was questioned and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2024: To kick off Super Bowl LVIII week in the United States and around the world, and to celebrate the bicentennial of U.S.-Brazil diplomatic relations, the U.S. Department of State, National Football League (NFL), and USA Football - the sport's governing body in the United States -announced today that American football Sports Envoys will visit Sao Paulo February 5-11 to engage Brazilian youth from und  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: More comprehensive estimates show transformative investments, if sustained, will result in $851 billion in additional revenue through 2034 WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a new analysis showing the high return on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) investment in rebuilding and modernizing the IRS. Taking a more comprehensive approach to e  more

SAVANNAH, Georgia, Feb. 7 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Feb. 6, 2024, during the "Fight for Reproductive Freedoms" tour at the Savannah Civic Center: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, Savannah. Good afternoon. Oh, it is good to be back in Georgia. Thank you all. Let -- can we please give it up for President McDonald and all of your work -- (applause) -- and your leadership. Truly. And I want to thank you for all of your courage and your tireless work.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * As Affordable Connectivity Program Hits Milestone of Providing Affordable High-Speed Internet To 23 Million Households Nationwide, Biden-Harris Administration Calls on Congress to Extend Its Funding As part of the President's Investing in America agenda, a key component of Bidenomics, the Biden-Harris Administration has made historic progress towards lowering costs - including internet costs  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting on Feb. 5, 2024, by the Biden-Harris administration with community college presidents and provosts: * * * Yesterday, the Biden-Harris Administration convened community college presidents and provosts at the White House to discuss the ways they are strengthening talent pipelines into growing sectors fueled by President Biden's historic Investing in America agenda. The Investing in America agenda--including the Bipar  more