BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California, April 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Samuel Burns, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs In the modern world of military tactics, technology and relations, Agile Combat Employment (ACE) is the key to maintaining a lead over near-peer adversaries. The Air Force Combat Ammunition Center (AFCOMAC) course has existed since 1986 and continues to develop in the face of Great Power Com  more

PALM SPRINGS, California, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management today announced that the Sunlight Storage II Battery Energy Storage System is now fully operational. The battery energy storage system adds an additional 300 megawatts (MW) of energy storage to the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm in eastern Riverside County, bringing the total energy storage capacity of the project to 5  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 15, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim - March 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $5.036 a gallon in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices w  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 15, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward - March 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $5.082 a gallon in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices wer  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 15, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - March 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.545 a gallon in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area in March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were similar to  more

SANTA ANA, California, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: An Orange County man who firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa and plotted other attacks - including an attack on the Orange County power grid in furtherance of a race war, an attack at Dodger Stadium during an LGBTQ+ pride night celebration, and the home invasions of Jewish homes in Los Angeles - was sentenced today to 108 months in federal pri  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news on April 15, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Program today announced the launch of its latest funding opportunity, inviting companies to propose collaborations with the DOE's national laboratories that utilize their supercomputing resources and expertise. The HPC4EI umbrella, which includes th  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of California and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides, and mudslides from January 31 to February 9, 2024. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private non  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in California following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe winter storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that occurred Jan. 31 - Feb. 9, 2024, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Sma  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in 11 Oregon counties and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe winter storms, straight-line winds, landslides and mudslides that occurred Jan. 10 - 22, 2024, announced Admin  more

MENLO PARK, California, April 16 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature on April 15, 2024: * * * The team developed a groundbreaking method that harnesses the structure of light to twist and tweak the properties of quantum materials. * * * A team of scientists has developed a groundbreaking method that harnesses the structure of light to twist and tweak the properties of quantum materials. Their results, published today in Nature, pave the way  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release: Three former residents of the St. Louis area accused of fraudulently obtaining $229,000 in pandemic loans in 2021 turned themselves in to authorities Monday in Fresno, California, where they now live. Brianna L. Bell-Maple, 23, Jemyla A. Bell, 38, and Leiah A. Vaughn, 22, were each indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis March 27 on two felony counts of   more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 13 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks at the L.A. Sentinel women's luncheon: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, Los Angeles. (Applause.) (Inaudible.) I am so -- I'm so happy to be able to see you, Pat and our senator, and I just -- I wanted to stop by. It wasn't planned. We kind of thought we'd pulled it off. (Inaudible.) (Laughter.) Please have a seat. I -- I just wanted to stop by. You know, we all know what this luncheon means  more