MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, California, Feb. 17 -- Shaw Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Steven Cardo, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs "The nature of war never changes, but the character of war always does," said U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John Klein, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander. "As we look forward, we see the future of warfare includes a multi-domain, dis-aggregated, high-end conflict and we need to be able to train in a combat representative environmen  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim - January 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.676 a gallon in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area in January 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward - January 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.745 a gallon in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area in January 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices w  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - January 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.311 a gallon in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area in January 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were 6.9 cent  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 17 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Matt Baker, of San Carlos, has been appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission. Baker has been Director of the Public Advocates Office for the California Public Utilities Commission since 2022. He was Deputy Secretary of Energy at the California Natural Resources Agency from 2020 to 2022. Baker was  more

OAKLAND, California, Feb. 17 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Today, in Oakland, Governor Gavin Newsom announced new Homekey grant awards for six new projects that will create an additional 369 homes for Californians at risk of or experiencing homelessness, including several developments focused on young people transitioning to adulthood. Communities benefiting from these new awards include Oakland, Fresno, San Diego, Yuba City, and Los An  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 17 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed resolution (No. ST-258) on Feb. 16, 2024: * * * Resolution Granting Sacramento Regional Transit District A Permanent Variance From General Order 143-B, Section 3.03 For New Project Vehicles SUMMARY This Resolution grants the request of the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SRTD) for a permanent variance to General Order 143-B, Section 3.03 for their new Low-Floor Siemens S700 proje  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: Brothers Robert and Filip Sulc, along with their company Bio-Edge Inc., pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting they discharged methanol-contaminated wastewater to the sewers at their San Diego-based facility in violation of the Clean Water Act in June of 2023. Bio-Edge, a company located on Nancy Ridge Drive in San Diego, produc  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Sandra (Sandi) Eileen Le was sentenced today to 20 months in prison, and ordered to pay at least $1,536,089.64 in restitution for wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. William H. Orrick, Se  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: Eduard Buse and Florentina Sima pleaded guilty in federal court today to fraud and money laundering charges, admitting they participated in a scheme to steal more than $5 million in California unemployment benefits intended to help workers affected by the pandemic. Buse and Sima were indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2023 along   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: An Oklahoma man who grew up in Los Angeles pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for telephoning bomb threats to five Los Angeles schools, including two elementary schools, and threatened to shoot the children as they exited one of the elementary schools. Marcus Jamal Sanchez, 45, a.k.a. "Marcus James Buchanan," of Blackwell, Okl  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Jesus Vazquez Padilla of Tijuana was sentenced in federal court today to 40 months in custody for the unlicensed transmission of more than $42 million of illicit proceeds derived from the sale of drugs across the United States. According to court records, between January 4, 2016 and May 24, 2019, Vazquez Padilla led the operation of an il  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 17 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Francisco Sanchez, Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 13 Missouri counties and a neighboring county in Illinois of the March 18, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 17 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Francisco Sanchez, Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 13 Missouri counties and a neighboring county in Illinois of the March 18, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-inte  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following Advisory Opinion (No. AO-2024-02) on Feb. 15, 2024: * * * To: Leilani Beaver, Esq., Beaver Legal Corporation, 220 S. Pine St, Suite 109, Sisters, OR 97759 Dear Ms. Beaver: We are responding to your advisory opinion request on behalf of Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Citizens for Waters (collectively, "Requestors"), concerning the application of the Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 30101-45 (the "Act  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Advisory Opinions Opinion Issued Advisory Opinion 2024-02 (Waters) (https://www.fec.gov/data/legal/advisory-opinions/2024-02/) The Commission considered four drafts of an advisory opinion in response to a request from Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Citizens for Waters concerning a proposal   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 17 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following remarks on Feb. 16, 2024, by President and CEO Mary C. Daly at an event at the National Association for Business Economics about price stability: * * * Remarks as prepared for delivery. The day after the December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, just a few months back, a man came up to me in the dry cleaner. He told me that he and his wife had gone to dinner the night before, part  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: * * * Case was part of the Commission's efforts to combat COVID-related health fraud * * * The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed settlement that would ban California-based Precision Patient Outcomes, Inc. (PPO) and the company's CEO Margrett Priest Lewis from claiming that dietary supplements can treat, prevent, or mitigate COVID-19. "The order announced today bans PPO a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: * * * Court finds defendants deceived thousands of consumers, requires payment of $19 million for consumer refunds and civil penalties * * * A federal court has issued an order banning the operators of the Home Matters USA mortgage relief scam from the telemarketing and debt relief businesses and requiring them to turn over $19 million as a result of a lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commissi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 16, 2024: * * * Disruptive Technology Strike Force Efforts in First Year to Prevent Sensitive Technology from Being Acquired by Authoritarian Regimes and Hostile Nation-States One year ago, on Feb. 16, 2023, the Departments of Justice and Commerce, alongside their partners at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations, launched the Disruptive Technology Strike F  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Navy will commission the future USS John L. Canley (ESB 6) as the newest Expeditionary Sea Base ship (ESB) during a 10:00 a.m. PST ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 17, in Coronado, California. The commissioning ceremony's principal address will be delivered by the Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy. Remarks will also be provided by General Joseph P. Dunford, Jr., 19th Chairman of the Joint Chie  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Navy will commission the future USS John L. Canley (ESB 6) as the newest Expeditionary Sea Base ship (ESB) during a 10:00 a.m. PST ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 17, in Coronado, California. The commissioning ceremony's principal address will be delivered by the Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy. Remarks will also be provided by General Joseph P. Dunford, Jr., 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 3  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 17 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on Feb. 16, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced four judicial appointments to Family Court, Criminal Court, and Civil Court. Specifically, Mayor Adams appointed two Family Court judges, one Criminal Court judge, and one interim Civil Court judge. "Public safety and justice go hand in hand, and the judges I'm appointing today will help us deliver both for New Yorkers as we build a more prosperous city  more

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news: * * * Cooperative agreement with public-private partnership is the next step in NIST's fulfillment of President Biden's White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence. * * * * Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help develop biotechnologies that can improve human health or that may increase harm. * Organizations perform  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released enforcement actions taken against national banks and federal savings associations (banks), and individuals currently and formerly affiliated with banks the OCC supervises. The OCC uses enforcement actions against banks to require the board of directors and management to take timely actions  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 17 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in nine California counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez, Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caus  more

MENLO PARK, California, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: * * * Seen in atomic detail, the seemingly smooth flow of ions through a battery's electrolyte is a lot more complicated. * * * Solid-state batteries store and release charge by nudging ions back and forth between two electrodes. From our usual point of view, the ions flow through the battery's solid electrolyte like a gentle stream. But when seen on an at  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 17 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kevin Koch, David Volleman, John Votava, and Coleman Locke to the Texas Food System Security and Resiliency Planning Council for terms set to expire at the pleasure of the Governor. Additionally, the Governor named Kevin Koch as chair of the Council. The Council is tasked with developing a State Food System Security Plan that provides for the orderly development and managem  more

TRAVIS AFB, California, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: Two weeks ago, Travis AFB expressed concerns regarding the impact on our mission of the proposed land uses in the northwestern portion of the new community proposed by California Forever. We have now learned that in response to our concerns, California Forever filed an amended version of the initiative with the Solano County Registrar of Voters yesterday, February 1  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: The owner of an Encino tax preparation company pleaded guilty today to helping a client file a false individual tax return that deliberately underreported the client's income, admitting that this and other false tax returns for the same the client caused a loss to the IRS of more than $400,000. Bijan Kohanzad, 62, of Calabasas, pleaded guilt  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Two Temecula brothers pleaded guilty today to defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) out of more than $2.3 million by filing thousands of fraudulent Priority Mail insurance claims. Anwer Fareed Alam, 35, and Yousofzay Fahim Alam, 31, each pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud. According to their plea agreements, from October  more

AURORA, Colorado, Feb. 17 -- Space Base Delta I issued the following news release: U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, U.S. Space Forces - Space commander; and U.S. Space Command's Combined Joint Force Space Component commander, joined the Space Order of Battle panel along with USSF Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, deputy chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber and Nuclear; and USSF Maj. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, deputy chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, at the Air and Space Forces Asso  more

PORT HUENEME, California, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By 2nd Lt. Kate Anderson, 37th Training Wing Public Affairs The 37th Training Group gained another squadron, the 346th Training Squadron, following an activation ceremony here, Feb. 13. The newly-activated squadron, commanded by Lt. Col. Meyliana Tongko, will continue to provide initial and supplemental vehicle maintenance training for Vehicle Maintenance Airmen. "We have   more