LIVERMORE, California, Feb. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have furthered a new type of soft material that can change shape in response to light, a discovery that could advance "soft machines" for a variety of fields, from robotics to medicine. The novel material, called a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE), is made by incorporating liquid crystals into the molecu  more

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico issued the following news: By Lance Cpl. David Brandes, Marine Corps Base Quantico Eight Marines earned awards for their performance within their respective special duty assignments during the annual Fiscal Year 2023 Commandant's Combined Awards Ceremony at National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, Feb. 9, 2024. The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney awarded tw  more

QUANTICO, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: By Lance Cpl. David Brandes, Marine Corps Base Quantico Eight Marines earned awards for their performance within their respective special duty assignments during the annual Fiscal Year 2023 Commandant's Combined Awards Ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, Feb. 9, 2024. The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney awarded two Marines from each  more

QUANTICO, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Lance Cpl. David Brandes, Marine Corps Base Quantico Eight Marines earned awards for their performance within their respective special duty assignments during the annual Fiscal Year 2023 Commandant's Combined Awards Ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, Feb. 9, 2024. The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney awarded two Marines  more

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Alexis Pentzer, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs In the fields of Beale AFB, looms a large concrete structure home to the 7 Space Warning Squadron (7 SWS). The U.S. Space Force unit is geographically separated from its home station at Space Delta 4, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. 7 SWS is charged with monitoring the North America  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office and the Inyo National Forest are seeking input from the public on how to ensure off-highway vehicle trails are safe and well maintained on public lands throughout the Eastern Sierra during a virtual public meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 5 p.m. The public must register to participate in the virtual public me  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is hosting several in-person and virtual public and stakeholder meetings to gather input on the development of off-highway vehicle grant proposals for submission to the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. Grants support off-highway vehicle management activities, including visitor services, l  more

BISHOP, California, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management's California State Office issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office and the Inyo National Forest are seeking input from the public on how to ensure off-highway vehicle trails are safe and well maintained on public lands throughout the Eastern Sierra during a virtual public meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 5 p.m. The public must register to   more

OAKLAND, California, Feb. 13 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City), Assemblymember Dr. Akilah Weber (D-La Mesa), and members of the California Legislative Black Caucus, today introduced AB 2319 aimed to reduce the alarming and disproportionate maternal mortality rate of Black women and other pregnant persons of color by ensuring successful implementat  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 13 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed resolution (No. E-5310) on Feb. 12, 2024: * * * San Diego Gas & Electric Mid-Term Reliability Contract. PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Approves one San Diego Gas & Electric mid-term reliability contract and related cost for a total of 47 megawatts of nameplate capacity expected to begin deliveries on June 1, 2024. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS: * The owner and seller of the project is responsible for t  more

FRESNO, California, Feb. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Ivan Sigmond, 50, of Clovis, pleaded guilty today to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on Aug. 28, 2020, law enforcement officers obtained and executed a search warrant at Sigmond's residence, where they found nearly 30 pounds of pure methamphetamine  more

FRESNO, California, Feb. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Joseph Roy Vigneault, 21, of Lake Isabella, pleaded guilty today to distributing explosives to a non-licensed person, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, in May 2023, Vigneault and Michael Roy Anglin, 21, of Wofford Heights, sold and delivered six full boxes and one partial box of Hydromite weighing a tot  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 13 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience today reminded Guam private nonprofit organizations of the March 11, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by Typhoon Mawar that occurred May 22 - 29, 2023. Private nonprofits that provide essential servic  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 13 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience today reminded small nonfarm businesses in six Kansas counties and neighboring counties in Missouri of the March 11, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses b  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 13 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience today reminded small nonfarm businesses in six New Mexico counties and neighboring counties in Texas of the March 11, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled with Crowley Global Ship Management over claims of violations of EPA's Vessel General Permit, issued under the Clean Water Act. Under the terms of the settlements, Crowley will pay $248,500 in penalties for claims of violations by two of the company's ships, the Ocean Grand and the Ocean Glory, involving untreate  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BALTIMORE -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore arrested an unlawfully present Guatemalan noncitizen who was convicted in 2018 of prostitution and human trafficking charges in Prince George's County. Deportation officers with ERO Baltimore's Fugitive Operations Team apprehended the 39-year-old noncitizen on Jan. 26 during a traffic stop in Hyat  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 13 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) and VantageScore announced today that FHLBank San Francisco will now accept mortgage collateral originated by lenders using VantageScore 4.0 credit scores, which considers rental payments and other data points into its scoring algorithms that are not included in traditio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Today through February 20, the International Trade Administration (ITA) will lead 18 U.S. higher education institutions to the cities of Bengaluru, Manipal, Mangaluru, Kochi, and Coimbatore in southern India for the first Global Diversity Export Initiative trade mission of 2024. Among the trade mission delegation, four represent minority serving institu  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has named Marianne Walck, Ph.D., as the new director of NETL. "We are at a pivotal time in implementing historic legislation to achieve the Biden-Harris administration's net-zero greenhouse gas goals and we are so fortunate to welcome Dr. Walck to lead NETL at this critical junc  more

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune issued the following news: For many, the turning of the new year brings promise of change and new beginnings. This sentiment holds especially true for the Camp Lejeune Fire and Emergency Services (CLFES) family as we welcome a new fire chief for the first time in more than a decade. Alex Rivera, an Air Force veteran, and California native, comes to the CLFES family from the United States Military  more

PASADENA, California, Feb. 12 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Two new miniature NASA satellites will start crisscrossing Earth's atmosphere in a few months, detecting heat lost to space. Their observations from the planet's most bone-chilling regions will help predict how our ice, seas, and weather will change in the face of global warming. About the size of a shoebox, the cube satellites, or CubeSats, comprise a mission called PREFIRE, short for Polar R  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) announces the appointment of Christoph Englert, Ph.D., as the next Associate Director of Research for Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology. The directorate serves as the research lead for the Navy in ocean and atmospheric sciences with special strengths in physical oceanography,  more

NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, Nevada, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Samuel A. Burns, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs Forty Airmen from the 9th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), 9th Medical Group (MDG) and 9th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) from Beale Air Force Base, California, teamed up with East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) for joint Exercise Dragon Trident 1, Jan. 29-31, 2024.   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 13 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: The Air Force Institute of Technology is pleased to welcome Dr. Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman as the new dean of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management. He is ninth dean of the Graduate School succeeding Dr. Adedeji Badiru, who retired in January. "Dr. Rahman brings very solid academic credentials to AFIT, along with successful leadership experience at several civilian universities," sai  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news on Feb. 12, 2024: On a visit to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Jean Paul Allain, associate director of the Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program at the department's Office of Science, laid out a vision and roadmap for what it will take to create a competitive fusion power ecosystem in the United States, one where public-sector org  more

TRAVIS AFB, California, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Savannah Waters, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs The 60th Air Mobility Wing launched the Spouses Professional Reach Innovation Inspiration Networking Gateway (SPRIING) Space initiative hosted within the Military & Family Readiness Center facility Jan. 22, 2024. The SPRIING Space is a collaborative workspace environment intended to promote contin  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 13 -- The Washington House Democrats issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Today the House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill 2246 sponsored by Rep. Jessica Bateman (D-22nd LD) that increases the annual vacation hour accrual cap from 240 to 280 hours. There are over 73,000 state employees in Washington who perform essential services and keep public safety and health systems running smoothly across the state. State employees include behavior  more