SACRAMENTO, California, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Anthony Coates, 28, of Sacramento, charging him with distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Coates distributed 1 pound of methamphetamine in March 2024 and 3 pounds of methamphetamine in April 2024. This ca  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday, charging Stockton residents Rosalva Angulo Castillo, 53, and Adan Garcia Castillo, 45, with conspiracy to traffic heroin and methamphetamine and with distributing heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, from January  more

MONTEREY, California, May 17 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: Seven years after Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum D. Jeremy DeMar published his groundbreaking thesis on the impact of Incident Related Imagery on emergency communications, his research remains relevant and is starting to gain national traction. A veteran public safety emergency communications official who now works in the private sector, DeMar (Mas  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 17 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's San Francisco Division issued the following news release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Anthony Coates, 28, of Sacramento, charging him with distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark announced. According to court documents, Coates distributed 1 pound of methamphet  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 17 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's San Francisco Division issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday, charging Stockton residents Rosalva Angulo Castillo, 53, and Adan Garcia Castillo, 45, with conspiracy to traffic heroin and methamphetamine and with distributing heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Sp  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

LIVERMORE, California, May 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) named Amanda Randles as the recipient of the 2023 ACM Prize in Computing. Randles, a former Lawrence fellow and current Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) collaborator, was recognized for "groundbreaking contributions to computational health through innovative algorithms, tools and high-performance co  more

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California, May 17 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific issued the following news release: As the summer approaches, I Marine Expeditionary Force is executing a series of exercises throughout Southeast Asia that bolster I MEF's capabilities and affirm the Marine Corps' dedication to the Indo-Pacific. The exercises provide invaluable opportunities for the force to engage with counterparts from allied and partner nations to enhance interoperability and ensure  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Seven members and associates of the Sinaloa Cartel have been sentenced to prison for their role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine. The defendants previously pleaded guilty in this matter. Hector Alejandro Apodaca-Alvarez, 53, of Somerton, Arizona; Mark Anthony Roque Bustamante, 33, of Yuma, Arizona; Jorge Moreno, 28, of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico; Jonathan   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

SACRAMENTO, California, May 17 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced the opening of its SBA Business Recovery Center in Big Sur on Tuesday, May 21, to provide a wide range of services to businesses impacted by the Highway 1 collapse and closure that began March 30. "Due to the economic losses inflicted on California businesses, we want to provide every availa  more

RIVERSIDE, California, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: A U.S. citizen living in Mexico is expected to make her initial appearance in federal court today on a criminal complaint alleging she possessed more than 90 pounds of fentanyl in her car, which was pulled over on Interstate 10 in Indio earlier this week. Adriana Galindo, 34, of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, is charged in the complaint with one  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Four defendants in California and Nevada have been arrested on a four-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they shipped hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine to buyers nationwide who purchased the narcotics on darknet marketplaces, the Justice Department announced today. Today, law enforcement arre  more