WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: LOS ANGELES, California, May 8, 2024 - Today, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom visited Sotomayor Academies in Los Angeles to spotlight efforts by the Biden-Harris Administration to ensure all children have access to healthy, nutritious meals while at school and spotlight the California Farm to School and universal school meals initiatives. The vis  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 9 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: FHLBank San Francisco (Bank) today announced that its board of directors has named Alanna McCargo as the Bank's next president and chief executive officer. McCargo was most recently the President of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), a federal government corporation that connects the United States housing market to ca  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security issued the following remarks on May 8, 2024, by Matthew S. Axelrod, assistant secretary for export enforcement, at the Semiconductor Summit: * * * Thank you to Martin, Izzy, and Tara for putting together today's summit and for inviting me along. Your U.S. Attorney's Offices are on the leading edge of technology protection efforts, and I'm thrilled to get to partner with you in this work. Unlik  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that Hyundai Capital America has agreed to pay $333,941 to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by illegally repossessing 26 vehicles owned by servicemembers. "We are fully committed to protecting the rights of servicemembers, who give so much to protecting our co  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: A Japanese-language interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for illegally transferring almost $17 million from a Major League Baseball (MLB) player's bank account - without the player's knowledge or permission - to pay off his own substantial gambling debts incurred with an illegal bookmaking operation and for signing a  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following commentary on May 8, 2024: * * * CFPB to distribute nearly $40 million to consumers misled by fintech company LendUp Loans This month, 118,101 consumers who were deceived by LendUp Loans LLC will receive checks in the mail. LendUp Loans, headquartered in Oakland, California, offered single-payment and installment loans to consumers online and marketed itself as an alternative to payday lenders. A central compon  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: In a groundbreaking development for addressing future viral pandemics, a multi-institutional team involving Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers has successfully combined an artificial intelligence (AI)-backed platform with supercomputing to redesign and restore the effectiveness of antibodies whose ability to fight viruses has been comp  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) Space Program is now building an optical space domain awareness payload for an upcoming mission by the U.S. Space Force. The planned mission, known as VICTUS HAZE, will be a tactically responsive space mission to demonstrate the ability to rapidly characterize an on-orbit threat. The U.S. Space Force selected Long Bea  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:23-cv-3682-RGK-PVC; C.D. Cal. filed May 15, 2023) involving Red Rock Secured LLC, Sean Kelly, Anthony Spencer, and Jeffrey Ward: * * * SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Red Rock Secured, Three Executives in $50 Million Scheme Targeting Retirement Account Holders SEC Obtains $76 million Judgement Against Red Rock Secured and Executives Who Schemed to Defraud Retirement Account Holders *  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57094) involving Converse Consultants, Redlands, California: * * * Rep Org: California Radiation Control Prgm Licensee: Converse Consultants (Redlands) Region: 4 City: Redlands State: CA License #: 8057-36 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Donald Oesterle HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 04/30/2024 Notification Time: 15:54 [ET] Event Date: 04/29/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [P  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 8 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on May 6, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the RSA Conference on technology and the transformation of U.S. foreign policy: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Good afternoon, RSA Conference. (Cheers and applause.) Wonderful to be with all of you today. And now we finally know what Ferris Bueller did on his day off. (Laughter.) To all of the cyber practitioners, the innovators, the researchers who   more

MENLO PARK, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature on May 9, 2024: * * * Two determined fellows share their thoughts on representation, mentorship and staying true to themselves in STEM. * * * For Annette Mendoza and Damion Tingle, it's a lesson that's been years in the making: Believe in yourself and trust the people who believe in you. Last summer, Mendoza and Tingle were able to apply that lesson to their pursuit of hands-  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A California woman has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to her conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Her alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Christina Kelso, 46, of Thermal, California, i  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) announces the recognition of three scientists as finalists for the 2024 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals. Research Leader Yan Ping (Judy) Chen and Research Entomologist Jay Evans, both of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Bee Research Laboratory in Belt  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The White House issued the following news release: * * * On Tuesday, May 7, 2024, the President signed into law: H.R. 292, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 24355 Creekside Road in Santa Clarita, California, as the William L. Reynolds Post Office Building; Thank you to Representative Mike Garcia and the California delegation for their leadership; * * * H.R. 996, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service  more