SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 17, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim - April 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $5.398 a gallon in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area in April 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 17, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward - April 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $5.621 a gallon in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area in April 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were hi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 17, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - April 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.870 a gallon in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area in April 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were similar to las  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: INDIO, Calif.,- Border Patrol agents assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol El Centro Sector arrested a Mexican national suspected of smuggling cocaine on Monday afternoon. On May 13, at 2:50 p.m., a white sedan approached the U.S. Border Patrol Highway 86 immigration checkpoint. At primary inspection, a canine detection team alerted to the presence of possible conceale  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 17 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today advised residential and business customers served by the 530 area code that the new 837 area code will be added as an overlay starting January 31, 2025. With new telephone numbers in the 530 area code region in high demand, the CPUC in June 2023 approved the implementation of an area code overlay, which adds a second area cod  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release: David DePape was sentenced today to 360 months in prison following his conviction on assault and attempted kidnapping charges in connection with his Oct. 28, 2022, intrusion into the home of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Cha  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: James Jason Hendershaw of San Diego was charged in an indictment unsealed this week with distributing the fentanyl and methamphetamine that resulted in the death of a 20-year-old San Diego resident. The Oceanside Police Department and Oceanside Fire Department responded to a 911 call a few minutes after 6 a.m. on January 10, 2019. When they arrived, they f  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Fernando Castro Bazan, a Los Angeles-based drug trafficker, was sentenced in federal court today to 12 years in prison for his leadership role in a drug trafficking organization that employed drivers as young as 18 years old to import large quantities of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico in the gas tanks of rental cars. Castro Bazan, also   more

OAKLAND, California, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release: Six defendants, including a former IRS revenue officer and his brother, have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 12 to 30 months following their convictions on charges that they fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey; I  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 17 (TNSres) -- The California Department of Water Resources issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a benefit-cost analysis for the Delta Conveyance Project that finds the infrastructure modernization project would create billions of dollars in benefits for California communities, including reliable water supplies, climate change adaptation, earthquake preparedness and improved water quality. For eve  more

MONTEREY, California, May 18 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: An expert panel explored what government agencies have thus far failed to learn and what lessons need to be learned about preparing for crises that could help with recovery during the Center for Homeland Defense and Security's April Alumni Hour on Thursday, April 18. The Alumni Hour was called "What We Haven't Learned About Rebuilding Our Communities After Crises  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: The Justice Department unsealed charges, seizures, and other court-authorized actions to disrupt the illicit revenue generation efforts of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea). The charges include prosecutions of an Arizona woman, Ukrainian man, and three unidentified foreign nationals who allegedly participated in schemes to place overseas informatio  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following transcript of a news briefing on May 16, 2024, by Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh: * * * DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY SABRINA SINGH: Just a few things at the top and then I'd be happy to jump in and take your questions. On Secretary Austin's first full day as Secretary of Defense, he made countering sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military a top priority. Over the past three years, the department has  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced eight new Biden-Harris Administration appointees joining the DOE team to work alongside U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm in combating climate change and helping the United States achieve President Biden's ambitious clean energy goals. With these new hires, DOE appointees continue to make up an historically diverse team with 59% women, 59% people of colo  more

MONTEREY, California, May 18 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: Major Dillon Mathies (Emergence Program Cohort 2301) is ready to recruit more members: not just as a Recruiting Company Commander for the Louisiana National Guard (LANG), but also for the Center for Homeland Defense and Security's Emergence Program. He hopes that by sharing his experience and implementing his Change Initiative, more members of his organization wil  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following statement on May 16, 2024, by Chair Dara Lindenbaum on urging Congress to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act: * * * Ensuring transparency in the financing of elections is at the heart of what the Federal Election Commission does. The current disclosure rules require that political committees report the name, mailing address, occupation, and employer of each individual who makes contributions that aggregate $200 or   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Nicholas E. M. Pasquini, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) hosted its first Innovation Day for Industry, May 16, to inform industry and assess interest in a focused set of emerging technologies that are potentially ready for collaboration with industry partners, and advance system-level technologies at NRL-DC headquarters. More than 110   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * DePape Attempted to Kidnap Nancy Pelosi and Assaulted Paul Pelosi on Account of Her Official Duties as Then-Speaker of the House of Representatives * * * David DePape, 44, of Richmond, California, was sentenced today to 360 months in prison and five years of supervised release, following his conviction on assault and attempted kidnapping charges in connection with his Oct. 28, 2022, intrusion into   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in San Diego returned a two-count indictment charging former San Diego Sheriff's Deputy Aaron Russell for fatally shooting Nicholas Bils on May 1, 2020. Russell is charged with depriving Bils of his right to be free from officers using excessive force and with discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. The indictment alleges that Russell, while acting as a San Diego Sher  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: An indictment was unsealed in the Central District of California yesterday charging two Chinese nationals alleging they played leading roles in a scheme to launder proceeds from cryptocurrency investment scams. Daren Li, 41, a dual citizen of China and St. Kitts and Nevis, and a resident of China, Cambodia, and the United Arab Emirates, was arrested on April 12 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta   more

LIVERMORE, California, May 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Three new systems currently or soon-to-be sited at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on Monday debuted on the latest Top500 list of most powerful supercomputers in the world, including the first portion of the exascale machine El Capitan. Unveiled at the International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, the June 2024 Top500 lists thr  more

NEW YORK, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SHAMOON RAFIQ, a/k/a "Shamoon Omer Rafiq," a/k/a "Omar Rafiq," a/k/a "Omer Rafiq," was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero to 57 months in prison for engaging in a scheme in which RAFIQ solicited millions of dollars of investors' money by falsely representin  more

BROOKLYN, New York, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Jeffrey Slothower, a former registered investment adviser and founder of the New York investment advisory firm Battery Private, Inc. (Battery Private), was convicted today by a federal jury in Central Islip of all three counts of an indictment charging him with wire fraud, investment adviser fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to misappropriate  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on May 16, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with Oregon Tilth and Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) to strengthen organic expertise for conservation programs and expand relationships among producers wanting to transition to organic. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is investing $5 million in these five-year partners  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: PUBLIC NOTICE SANTA NELLA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announces continued public negotiation sessions with the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority for an Operations Agreement and Cost Share Agreement for the B.F. Sisk Dam and Reservoir Expansion Project, located on the west side of California's Central Valley near Los Banos. Reclamation and SLDMWA are partner  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Ramin Toloui traveled to Japan, the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore April 22 through May 3 to strengthen bilateral relationships and advance trade and economic opportunities with our partners. He also encouraged public and private sector participation from across the region at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum which will take place on   more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: An official website of the United States government Here's how you know Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock ( Lock Locked padlock ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: The U.S. Border Patrol is set to celebrate 100 years of protecting the nation's borders with a series of public commemorative events in El Paso, Texas. "This year, the United States Border Patrol reaches its centennial year: a rare milestone marking our ability to overcome every challenge, endure every hardship, and win every battle along the way," said U.S. Border   more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a decision and order against Scott Alan Sanders, doing business as S.A.S. Dairy, doing business as Sanders Family Cattle Sales and Cathryn R. Sanders, doing business as Fire Lake Jerseys of California, on April 23, 2024, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. An investigation by USD  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: The Department of Veterans Affairs has earned a spot among the top 10 fastest rising research institutions in North America, according to the prestigious Nature Index. VA research has a long history of medical breakthroughs, including the development of the CAT scan, the innovation of the pacemaker, and performing the first-ever liver transplant. Recent research by VA researchers has  more