OAKLAND, California, April 20 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today visited Casa Suenos ("House of Dreams") in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. Casa Suenos is the latest addition of affordable housing to the Fruitvale Transit Village, a transit-oriented development that includes retail spaces and offices. Built in partnership by Bridge Housing and The Unity Council, Casa Suenos will provide  more

OAKLAND, California, April 20 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1506 (AB 1506), today released a report on Nelson Szeto's death from an officer involved shooting in San Francisco, California on January 20, 2022, involving the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD). The report is part of the California Department of Justice's (DOJ) ongoing efforts to provide trans  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 20 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Amy Palmer, of Sacramento, has been appointed Deputy Director of Crisis Communications and Public Affairs at the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. Palmer has served as Deputy Secretary of Communications at the California Government Operations Agency since 2020. She served as Director of Comm  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 20 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the cities of Berkeley, Brea, Crescent City, Fairfield, Pinole, Rancho Cucamonga, Richmond, South Lake Tahoe and West Hollywood, as well as the County of Los Angeles, have earned the state's Prohousing Designation for their efforts to encourage development of housing at all income levels. This designation comes with funding incentiv  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: A former federal employee pleaded guilty today to a federal kidnapping charge for plotting to abduct and kill his estranged wife, who was strangled to death in 2016. Eddy Reyes, 38, of Covina, pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping resulting in death. Reyes was a civilian employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the time of hi  more

DOVER, Delaware, April 20 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release: Attorney General Kathy Jennings has joined a coalition of 25 states and territories in filing a letter with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in support of proposed rules entitled "Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transactions." The April 16 letter expresses staunch support for the would-be regulations, which will redu  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Fiesta Market, Mi Rancho Market, Fiesta Market #2 assessed $24K in penalties * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $447,952 in back wages and damages from the operator of three Kern County grocery stores for 60 workers after a federal investigation found the employer illegally withheld overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek. The department's Wag  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities * * * Today, April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking another step in its efforts to protect people from the health risks posed by exposure to "forever chemicals" in communi  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following notice of appearance (Docket No. 2006(I)) on April 18, 2024: * * * ACCESS ONE TRANSPORT, INC., Claimant v. ZIM INTEGRATED SHIPPING SERVICES LTD. Respondent. NOTICE OF APPEARANCE. 1. Please enter my appearance in this proceeding as counsel for Claimant, Access One Transport, Inc. 2. I am an attorney admitted to practice and in good standing before the courts of the State of California, all United States District Cou  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 20 -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis submitted a public records request to the Office of Congressman Sheldon Whitehouse related to the Rhode Island Senator's recent interest in the solvency and stability of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (CITIZENS). CFO Jimmy Patronis said, "As Florida's insurance market is seeing positive signs, all of a  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, April 19 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news: State Senator Willie Preston advanced legislation to ban harmful chemicals in candy, soda and other food items sold and produced in Illinois. "The FDA has failed to take action on this pressing issue," said Preston (D-Chicago). "Safer alternatives are already being used in the EU and other places. We need to make sure that safer choices are available to families in Illinois and hopefully, other states w  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following readout of Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke's trip to Los Angeles, California: * * * Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division traveled to Los Angeles on April 11 and 12 to continue the division's tour to engage with stakeholders in underserved communities and reaffirm the department's commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Americans. On Thursday, As  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A California man who firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, California, and plotted other attacks, including an attack on the Orange County, California, power grid in furtherance of a race war, an attack at Dodger Stadium during an LGBTQI+ pride night celebration, and the home invasions of Jewish homes in Los Angeles was sentenced today to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $1,000 in re  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending April 11, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 211,000, a decrease of 11,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 221,000 to 222,000. The 4-week moving average was 214,  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: The severely invasive nature of combat trauma creates massive regions of injury, colonization and infection, requiring specialized diagnostic and aggressive therapeutic approaches. Previous reports indicate an estimated occurrence of wound infections in 18%-25% of combat-related injuries. Hindering wound recovery are multidrug-resistant microorganisms,   more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Earlier today, Fredy Ivan Jandres-Parada, also known as "Lucky de Park View" and "Lacky de Park View," a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arraigned at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York by United States Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione. Jandres-Parada and 13 other high-ranking MS-13 leaders  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Nicholas Welker, also known as "King ov Wrath," was sentenced by United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen to 44 months' imprisonment for conspiring to make death threats. Welker, the leader of Feuerkrieg Division ("FKD"), an international racially or ethnically motivated violent extremis  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected NETL Director Marianne Walck as a 2023 AAAS Fellow for distinguished contributions and technical excellence in geophysics, earth sciences and energy and climate science; strategic leadership at two national laboratories; and unwavering diversity, equity and inclusion leadership a  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $8 million in federal funding for 14 projects to advance technologies that capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial facilities and power plants and convert those CO2 emissions into valuable products. Advancing the development of these technologies will he  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Harrison, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on April 15, 2024. Anita M. Kenyon, 41, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of s  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Four men from California were sentenced to prison today after they were previously convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and other charges related to their conduct during the January 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 16 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks at a campaign event at a private residence: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: (Inaudible.) Everyone, sit down. Sit down. Hi. Hi. Oh, this feels so formal. (Laughter.) I'm just going to stand here. Sybil and Matthew, I -- first of all, I just want to thank you guys for hosting us, but for everything that you do for our country and our world, really. And I just -- I so enjoy speaking with you about a range   more