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

WASHINGTON, 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 (BLM) announced today a $3.1 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to restore wildlife habitat areas in six western states. This funding is part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, which is creating good-paying jobs, advancing climate resilience and restoring our nation's lands a  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

LOS ANGELES, California, April 16 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. today filed a lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach challenging its voter identification (voter ID) law, Measure A, which amended the city's charter to purportedly allow the city to impose voter ID requirements at the polls for all municipal elections starting in 2026  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 16 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today signed legislation that reflects the early action budget agreement announced by the Governor and legislative leaders earlier this month to reduce the shortfall by approximately $17.3 billion. "This action strongly positions the state to pass a balanced budget in June that protects key programs Californians rely on," said Governor Newsom. "I thank  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 16 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: President Biden has approved Governor Gavin Newsom's request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to support ongoing recovery efforts following widespread flooding, mudslides and debris flows during early February storms. The declaration includes the counties of Butte, Glenn, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Sutter and Ventura. "This declaration br  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

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Forrest Hoffman, a distinguished scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest organization for technical professionals. Hoffman works in the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate's Advanced Computing Methods for Physical   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 16 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final particulate matter (PM) standards rule against legal challenges. Last month, EPA finalized the rule to strengthen National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine pa  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

ALBANY, New York, April 16 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release: New York State's Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) has provided financing for over 2,000 essential local water infrastructure projects totaling more than $23.7 billion since 1990, but the estimated capital improvement needs for water and sewer projects far exceeds this amount, and tens of billions of dollars in local projects remain in the pipeline, according to a rep  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

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:22-cv-04674; S.D.N.Y filed June 6, 2022) involving George Stubos, et al.: * * * On April 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment against relief defendant Dori-Ann Stubos, ordering her to pay more than $2.3 million in disgorgement and prejudgment interest. In June 2022, the SEC charged George Stubos for engaging in a deceptive sch  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