WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced $81 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for water conservation and drought resilience south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in California's San Joaquin Valley. Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Sarah Krakoff, and Bureau of Reclama  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, May 22 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: As the state continues to make public safety and quality of life improvements in communities across California, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced new actions to enhance beautification efforts in the Bakersfield area. Through the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the comprehensive, multipoint plan, known as the 10-Point Plan to Beautify Bakersfield, outli  more

FRESNO, California, May 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: Nathan Vaughn Southard, 34, of Visalia, pleaded guilty Monday to theft of mail by a postal service employee, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Southard was an employee at the Tulare Main Post Office. On Oct. 19, 2023, Southard stole a parcel from the post office because he believed it contained marijuana and intended to   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 22 -- The California Air Resources Board issued the following news release: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently launched a refreshed online portal featuring essential information about its landmark equity-focused Community Air Protection (CAP) Program. The site aims to increase transparency on how the allocated $1.4 billion is used and make key resources available to communities across the state that face significant environmental burdens. CommunityHu  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 22 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Department of Education to swiftly implement recently proposed regulations, which would provide needed relief for some of the nation's most burdened student loan borrowers and help address the student debt crisis. The proposed regulations would waive or reduce student loan repayment for certain   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 21 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in nine Colorado counties and neighboring counties in New Mexico of the June 20, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset econom  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 21 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 15 Montana counties and neighboring counties in North Dakota of the June 20, 2024 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 21 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 11 New Mexico counties of the June 20, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues c  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 21 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded Oklahoma small businesses of the June 20, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes in Harper and Pushmataha counties that occurred Jun  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on May 21, 2024: By C. Todd Lopez, DOD News At the Pentagon today, the Defense Department recognized the top-level performance of more than two dozen department and service employees who work in the sexual assault prevention and response community. * * * I am in awe of each of you who bring this work to life; you play a critical role in tackling one of the department's toughest challenges. ... This can be really d  more

EDWARDS AFB, California, May 22 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Meghan Hutton, 20th Fighter Wing The U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team unveiled a 50th anniversary paint scheme honoring the original aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., May 15 2024. The red, white and blue paint scheme was the original livery worn by the YF-16 prototype first flown in 1974. The team worked alongside the 412th Test Wing to complete the   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following notice of filing of complaint (Docket No. 24-22) on May 20, 2024: * * * GITI TIRE (USA) LTD., Complainant v. FLEXPORT INTERNATIONAL LLC, Respondent. NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND ASSIGNMENT Notice is given that a complaint has been filed with the Federal Maritime Commission (the "Commission") by Giti Tire (USA) Ltd. (the "Complainant") against Flexport International LLC (the "Respondent"). Complainant states that   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: * * * Ahead of busy summer moving season, agency conducts enforcement sweep and provides consumer resources * * * The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the launch of Operation Protect Your Move, the agency's nationwide crackdown on scam interstate household goods (HHG) movers and brokers. This enforcement ini  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 22 (TNSres) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release: See the tangible results of our efforts to make the communities we and our members collectively serve more vibrant, equitable, and resilient in our 2023 Impact Report. A message from President and CEO Teresa Bryce Bazemore: As a critical liquidity provider to members in Arizona, California, and Nevada, we have long been proud of FHLBank San Fr  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: On May 17, an Orange County, California, resident, Tenzin Orgil, 24, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for participating in a drug trafficking enterprise that included the sale of methamphetamine and fentanyl on the dark web, as well as the manufacture of ecstasy (also known as MDMA) and methamphetamine in clandestine laboratories. Orgil pleaded gui  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Ahead of busy summer moving season, agency conducts enforcement sweep and provides consumer resources Today, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the launch of Operation Protect Your Move, the agency's nationwide crackdown on scam interstate household goods (HHG) movers and brokers. This enforcement initiative will address complaints about HHG moving company and broker co  more

PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, California, May 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Goodfellow Air Force Base (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Ethan Sherwood and Airman 1st Class Madison Collier, 17th Training Wing Public Affairs The 517th Training Group launched the first year of CLACON, much like the previous iterations of Visit-A-Palooza; the 517th TRG invited intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance experts to the Presidio of Monterey, May 15-17. CLACON, Cryptologic Langua  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Washington, DC and New York, NY -- The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announced today the winners of the 2023-2024 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, an opportunity for high school students to develop and showcase musical compositions that could be a part of a musical theater production. The winning songwriters will come to New   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: * * * Findings from NIH-supported clinical trial suggests the drug has the greatest benefit in the sickest patients. * * * A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported clinical trial has found that intravenous acetaminophen reduced sepsis patients' risk of having organ injury or developing acute respiratory distress syndrome, a s  more

MIAMI, Florida, May 22 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * Spring-run Chinook salmon from Butte Creek grow faster and survive better. * * * Researchers are tracking one of the most successful populations of young Chinook salmon on the Sacramento River downstream to the ocean--and you can, too. The researchers want to unravel the details behind the relative success of spring-run Chinook  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 21 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news on May 20, 2024: On May 17, 1974, staff of the new National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Monitoring for Climatic Change program took their first atmospheric measurements for what would become one of the most scientifically significant records of humanity's impact on Earth's climate. Since then, NOAA's Global Monitoring Laboratory's continuous m  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: A Mexican national who, at the direction of an individual incarcerated in a Maine prison, participated in the delivery of four pounds of methamphetamine to a courier who drove to Rhode Island from Maine to take possession of the drugs, has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. According to cou  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 21 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Oklahoma following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding that occurred April 25-May 9, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administrat  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 21 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in 24 Montana counties and neighboring counties in Idaho are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses becaus  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 21 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in 14 Texas counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drou  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36756) entitled "Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board - Acquisition Exemption - San Mateo County Transit District": * * * Digest:/1 This decision grants the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board authority to acquire all the rights, title, and interest of the San Mateo County Transit District in a line of railroad and related right-of-way in the County of San   more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Timothy Mullally, 48, from Le Mars, Iowa, pled guilty on May 16, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of prohibited person in possession of firearms. At the plea hearing, Mullally admitted that between January 2022 through September 2022, he and others distributed more than two kilograms of meth  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Ruby McIntee, a U.S. Citizen and senior at the High School of Dundee in Dundee Scotland, has won the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students. The winning essay describes how former U.S. Representative Vito Marcantonio (New York 18th District) courageously oppo  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 22 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Filipino company Responsible Internet Sustainability Effort, Inc. (RISE) for a feasibility study that will help internet service providers in the Philippines to strengthen the delivery of high-quality and resilient internet services, especially in underserved communities. Specifically, the study will advance RISE'  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 16 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks at a campaign event at a private residence: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you. (Applause.) Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Please -- please have a seat. Good afternoon. (Referring to a handheld microphone.) Is this on? It is now on. Karen and Jon, thank you so very much for opening your beautiful home for all of us. I -- you know, I was saying to them: I know that   more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, May 16 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks in a moderated conversation with actor D.L. Hughley during a nationwide economic opportunity tour: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good -- good afternoon, I think it is now. Please, everyone, have a seat. Rufus King High School Band -- (applause) -- what? You all are killing it. (Applause.) Oh, you're so good. You're so good. Thank you, all. Oh, when I look at our young leaders, I know the future of our count  more