FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: LOS ANGELES - When people think of Soldiers, they don't normally think of a musician in a band. U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant Jonathan Wang is a clarinet player with the 300th Army Band out of Bell, California. The 300th Army Band is Southern California's only Army Reserve Band consisting of a 40-member company. As a musician traveling throughout the Southwest, Wang upholds a long-es  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Anchorage Area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 2.2 percent over the past two months, up 3.2 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Anchorage area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 2.2 percent for the two months end  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles Area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 3.9 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Los Angeles area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in April, the U.S. Bure  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Phoenix Area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.9 percent over the past two months, up 2.6 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Phoenix area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.9 percent for the two months ending   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, San Francisco Area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.8 percent over the past two months, up 3.8 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the San Francisco area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.8 percent for the two mo  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Seattle area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.2 percent over the past two months, up 4.4 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Seattle area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.2 percent for the two months ending   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 3.7 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labo  more

FRESNO, California, May 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Jaswinder Bhangoo, 51, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for stealing $163,750 in COVID-19 relief money, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between May 2020 and November 2021, Bhangoo applied for over $250,000 in COVID-19 relief loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. In  more

TYNDALL AFB, Florida, May 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By David Ford, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force's Civil Engineer Maintenance Inspection and Repair Team sustains the Air Force mission by rapidly responding to civil engineering-related issues across the globe to prevent mission disruption. CEMIRT is part of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, a primary subordinate unit of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, with teams ba  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Dr. Jacob Sherwood, Pacific West District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Hetty Flanery as Instructional Systems Specialist for Assessment, Performance and Accountability. Mrs. Flanery is excited to join the PAC-West staff to support our military connected students and their families. Mrs. Flanery was born in South Korea and raised in Ca  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on May 15, 2024: By Joseph Clark, DOD News The Defense Department is expanding its work with interagency partners to promote sustainable land-use practices at key sites near military installations with the designation of five new sentinel landscapes, the department announced today alongside interagency partners. The newly designated sites in New Mexico, Utah, Hawaii, Pennsylvania and California add to the more tha  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) is allocating $4 million to its annual Access to Housing and Economic Assistance for Development (AHEAD) economic development program, to be distributed through grants of up to $100,000 throughout Arizona, California, and Nevada. Since the program's inception in 2004, FHLBank San Francisc  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it secured a settlement agreement with Maxim Healthcare Services (Maxim), a home healthcare company based in Columbia, Maryland, with operations in 35 states. The agreement resolves the department's determination that Maxim violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) at its Gardena, California, office by discriminating against a non-U.S. citi  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been named a winner of Glassdoor's inaugural award for Best-Led Companies 2024 in the United States. This award honors companies with exceptional senior leadership teams that go above and beyond to redefine the employee experience. Unlike other workplace awards, Glassdoor's awards rely on input over the past year fro  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on May 14, 2024, on the Israel Security Assistance Support Act (H.R. 8369), which was introduced by Rep. Ken Calvert, R-California: * * * The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 8369, the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, which seeks to limit the President's discretion to ensure that the delivery of certain defense articles and services aligns with U.S. foreign p  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 16 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration,announced today that SBA will close its San Diego and Spring Valley Disaster Loan Outreach Centers in San Diego County at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 23. "SBA opened the centers to provide personalized assistance to   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 15 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to Iowa businesses and residents as a result of President Biden's major disaster declaration, U.S. Small Business Administration's Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced. The declaration covers the Clarke, Harrison, Mills, Polk, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby and Union counties as   more