SAN ANGELO, Texas, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Goodfellow Air Force Base (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Evelyn D'Errico, 17th Training Wing Public Affairs 17th Training Wing leadership, including commanders, senior enlisted leaders and agency chiefs from across the wing, convened for a strategic planning offsite in the Houston Harte University Center at Angelo State University April 16-19. The 17th Training Wing comprises the 17th Training Group, 517th   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: San Diego, Calif. -- The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and FEMA, along with other state, county and local partners in San Diego County, have been working tirelessly to restore homes and businesses to pre-disaster conditions following the Jan. 21-23, 2024 severe storm and flooding disaster. In addition, the U.S. Small Business Ad  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration is announcing $148 million in grants to 11 states and Puerto Rico under the first round of a new $400 million program to improve air quality and reduce pollution for truck drivers, port workers and families that live in communities surrounding ports. The Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facili  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $150 Million in Grants to Help Reduce Truck Air Pollution Near America's Ports The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration is announcing $148 million in grants to 11 states and Puerto Rico under the first round of a new $400 million program to improve air quality and reduce pollution for truck drivers, port workers and families  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the California Infrastructure Economic D  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Government of Guam's Department of Ad  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Executive Office of the State of Arizona h  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Nevada Clean Energy Fund has been selected to receive $156  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Hawai'i Green Infrastructure Authorit  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 24, 2024, entitled "Washington Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024": * * * Washington had 183,000 job openings in February 2024, compared to 175,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings ra  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Edina Lemus, of Santa Clarita, has been appointed Administrator of the Veterans Home of California, Lancaster. Lemus has served as a Hospital Administrative Resident II at the California Department of Veterans Affairs since 2021. She served as a Health and Safety Officer for the Veterans Home of California, W  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the success of the state's continuing counternarcotics operation throughout San Diego County and the border. Through the California National Guard's Counterdrug Task Force, the state assisted in the recovery of 1,120,030 fentanyl pills and 523 pounds of methamphetamine last week, in support of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department an  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following statement on April 23, 2024: * * * Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement regarding the death of Oakland Police Officer Jordan Wingate, who succumbed to injuries he sustained in 2018: "Jennifer and I are saddened by the loss of Officer Wingate. His commitment to the people of Oakland exemplified the highest ideals of law enforcement. Our deeply felt condolences are with his loved ones and t  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order correcting errors in decision (Case No. 24-04-043) on April 23, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the Matter of the Application of CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE COMPANY (U60W), a California corporation, for an order (1) authorizing it to increase rates for water service by $80,484,801 or 11.1% in test year 2023, (2) authorizing it to increase   more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed decision (No. 22-02-005) on April 23, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company for Approval of 2024-2031 Energy Efficiency Business Plan and 2024-2027 Portfolio Plan (U39M). And Related Matters. DECISION GRANTING SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY'S PETITION FOR MODIFICATION OF DECISION 23-06-055 RELAT  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Shawn Brown, an inmate at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, was sentenced in federal court today to 30 months in prison for bribing a state corrections officer to smuggle contraband into prison, including dental molds and an expensive bejeweled "grill" for the inmate's mouth. A separate consecutive sentence of 48 months was also applied for Brown  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 (TNSres) -- The California Department of Water Resources issued the following news release: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced a further increase in the State Water Project (SWP) water supply allocation forecast for 2024. The forecasted allocation has increased to 40 percent, up from 30 percent last month. The State Water Project provides critical water supplies to 27 million Californians and farmers served by 29 public water agencies. Today  more

MONTEREY, California, April 25 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: Three alumni from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security's Executive Leaders Program (ELP) contributed to a National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) study and report on intimate partner violence during public health emergencies. University of Michigan Assistant Prof. Sue Ann Bell (ELP cohort 2201) and Pandemic Response Institute Dire  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JASON COX, 50, formerly of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Savannah, Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 125 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl an  more

SEATTLE, April 25 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: A 42-year-old Monroe, Washington resident was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of Conspiracy to distribute controlled substances following a week-long jury trial, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Humberto Garcia was arrested in December 2020 with seven other defendants tied to a drug trafficking ring distributing hero  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: * * * When Finalized, Loan Will Support New Manufacturing of EV Production Technology at Texas Plant--Creating More Than 1,300 Good-Paying Jobs and Supporting President Biden's Efforts to Build a Clean Transportation Future * * * As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through its Loan Programs Office (LPO) today announced the closing of a $362 million loan t  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: * * * DOE Announces New Federal Permitting Rule To Slash Transmission Review Timelines in Half While Maintaining Integrity of the Environmental Review Process, New $331 Million Investment to Add More Than 2,000 Megawatts Across the Western U.S. Grid * * * In a continued commitment to bolster the U.S. power grid, today the Biden-Harris Administration announced a final transmission permitting reform rule and a new  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: STERLING, Va. - A Manchester, England-bound woman is facing felony drug charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found nearly 43 pounds of marijuana in her luggage at Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday. CBP officers intercepted 43 pounds of marijuana that they discovered in a U.K.-bound traveler's luggage. Metropolitan Washington  more

QUANTICO, Virginia, April 25 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: Every year, increasingly erratic and unpredictable climate forces are threatening Marine Corps installations and capabilities. Typhoon Mawar made this clear less than a year ago when it struck Guam - scattering debris on runways and shuttering access to essential services across the island - or more recently in California when stormwater washed out roads at San Onofre Beach near Marine Corps Base  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: Every year, increasingly erratic and unpredictable climate forces are threatening Marine Corps installations and capabilities. Typhoon Mawar made this clear less than a year ago when it struck Guam - scattering debris on runways and shuttering access to essential services across the island - or more recently in California when stormwater washed out roads at San Onofre Beach near Marine Corps Base (MCB) Pendleton.   more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: * * * Plan Builds on Groundbreaking Federal-State Partnership Launched through 2021 Environmental Justice-Focused Agreement * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) today released a two-year action plan to collaboratively address environmental justice issues across California by enforcing laws th  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of Florida charging three men for their alleged roles in an approximately $36 million health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering scheme that involved submitting false and fraudulent claims for COVID-19 testing to health care benefit programs, including Medicare and the Health  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho issued the following new release: Arthur Michael Rhyne, a/k/a Arthur Michael O'Neil, 41, of Twin Falls, was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. According to court records, in August 2023, special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) began investigating Rhyne for illegally obtaining and shippin  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 23 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 rule for light- and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards for model years 2027-2032. The final rule sets stricter tailpipe emissions standards for light- and medium-duty ve  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:21-cv-01669-JO-MSB; S.D. Cal. filed Sept. 23, 2021) involving Choice Advisors, LLC and Matthias O'Meara: * * * Federal Court Grants SEC Summary Judgment Over Claims That Municipal Advisor Breached Fiduciary Duties Owed to Its School Clients and Entered into Prohibited Fee-Splitting Arrangement * * * On April 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California gr  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 24 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a motion to intervene in a case to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule for light- and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards for model years 2027-2032. These include passenger cars, large pickup trucks, and vans. The rule sets stricter tailpipe emissions standards for harmful air pollutants, i  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Mental Health issued the following feature story on April 23, 2024: As many parents of young children know all too well, visits to the pediatrician typically involve answering a series of questions. Health care providers may ask about the child's eating and sleeping habits or about their progress toward walking, talking, and many other developmental milestones. Increasingly, they're   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Communications issued the following statement on April 22, 2024, by Assistant Administrator Janet Coit on climate impacts on marine resources: * * * Each Earth Day, we pause to appreciate all that our planet gives us. We also think about what we can do to better conserve and restore it. Our oceans, wild places, and the creatures big and small that inhabit our natural world, all elicit wonder and de  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57078) involving Testing Engineers Inc., Concord, California: * * * Rep Org: California Radiation Control Prgm Licensee: Testing Engineers, Inc. Region: 4 City: Concord State: CA License #: 3691-07 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: K. Arunika Hewadikaram HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 04/16/2024 Notification Time: 15:57 [ET] Event Date: 04/13/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [PD  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The National Transportation Safety Board welcomes recent action by the FAA that will require charter airlines, commuter airlines, helicopter emergency medical services, air tours and certain aircraft manufacturers to implement safety management systems (SMS) but more action is needed to protect all passengers. "Requiring more operators to implement proven strategies to protect   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article: * * * Abstract The recently discovered cryptic methane cycle in the sulfate-reducing zone of marine and wetland sediments couples methylotrophic methanogenesis to anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM). Here we present evidence of cryptic methane cycling activity within the upper regions of the sulfate-reducing zone, along a depth transect with  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article: * * * Abstract Introduction: In temperate regions, one of the most critical determinants of present range-wide genetic diversity was the Pleistocene climate oscillations, the most recent one created by the last glacial maximum (LGM). This study aimed to describe N. luetkeana genetic structure across its entire range (Alaska to California) and  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Morongo Band of Mission Indians following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms and flooding that occurred Jan. 31 -- Feb. 9, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSres) -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Study Focuses on an Ancient Group of Marine Invertebrates That Includes Soft Corals, Pushes Back the Previous Oldest Dated Example of Trait by Nearly 300 Million Years * * * Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study from scientists with the Smithsonian's National Museum  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: When hurricanes threaten tropical shores, "super grids" could come to the rescue. Caribbean islands are starting to shift away from importing expensive fossil fuels, using instead their own abundant sun and wind to make electricity. However, their frequent hurricanes can put a damper on solar energy generation. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Na  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has submitted comments on the notice of opportunity for public hearing and comment (Notice) published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on February 27, 2024. EPA's Notice considers whether the "In-Use Locomotive Regulation" standards or enforcement procedures adopted by California A  more

EL PASO, Texas, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: An El Paso man was sentenced today to 262 months in prison for kidnapping resulting in death. According to court documents, Armando Leonardo Moreno aka Cholo, 21, served as a soldier in a transnational criminal organization (TCO) and conspired with other TCO members on or around Sept. 13, 2021, to kidnap a subject from an El Paso stash house. The kidnappers drove the  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: A Central Oregon drug trafficker who conspired with others to traffic fentanyl and methamphetamine to Madras and Redmond, Oregon, and surrounding areas, was sentenced to federal prison today. Israel Sarabia, 30, of Culver, Oregon, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. According to court documents, as part of a   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the University of La Verne in La Verne, California, to support healthcare workforce development. This grant will provide for the acquisition of lab equipment for the university's new Health Careers   more

SPRINGVILLE, Alabama, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $70 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for 43 projects in 29 states that will improve fish passage around outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting the nation's rivers and streams. Projects receiving funding showcase a diverse po  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: HONOLULU -- U.S. Indo-Pacific Command service members and Pearl Harbor National Park Service employees attended the memorial ceremony in honor of the last survivor from USS Arizona, Louis Al. (Lou) Conter, on April 23, 2024. The ceremony was held at the same time as his burial service in Green Valley, California, where he was laid to rest next to his late wife of 45 years, Valerie. H  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 23,170 More Borrowers in California, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 224,090 people in California under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, includ  more