REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, May 31 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command issued the following news: By Elizabeth Urbaniak Senior leaders from Army Contracting Command - Rock Island participated in an executive training course through the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) in the second quarter of 2024. This weeklong training was conducted in small group sessions and the team went to either San Diego, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; or Greenville, North Carolina, to attend the training.  more

STANFORD, California, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on May 30, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter at the Promoting Competition in Artificial Intelligence Workshop: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good morning, and welcome! I am incredibly excited to be here this morning with all of you for this conference. On behalf of the Antitrust Division, thank you to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the Stanford Graduate Schoo  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: A federal grand jury has charged 14 people with participating in an international multi-million-dollar cocaine trafficking and money laundering scheme. According to an indictment unsealed today, plus additional information in a related search warrant, the alleged leader of the trafficking organization, Jesus Ruiz-Sandoval, managed the smuggling and distrib  more

SANTA ANA, California, May 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: An Orange County man was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa in March 2022 and planning to attack an electrical substation in Orange. Tibet Ergul, 22, of Irvine, was sentenced by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney, who also ordered him to pay $1,000 in restitution.   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 31 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 30, 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 12 Kansas counties and neighboring counties in Missouri of the July 1, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic loss  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 31 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 30, 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 New Mexico counties of the July 1, 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   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 31 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded Texas businesses and residents of the July 1, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by the severe storms, flooding, hail and straight-line winds in Jasper county that occurred April 8 - 26.  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 31 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 30, 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 seven Texas counties of the July 1, 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 caus  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 31 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release: As part of its ongoing, mission-driven effort to address the pressing issue of housing affordability, the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) led two separate roundtable discussions in California and Arizona this week. The roundtables - which brought together elected officials and leaders in affordable housing, community organi  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: Boulder City, Nev. - Due to the escalating threat of wildfires caused by high temperatures, low humidity, and dry vegetation, the Bureau of Reclamation is taking decisive action. Effective immediately, fire restrictions will be enforced on lands managed or maintained by Reclamation in Imperial and Riverside counties, California. These measures align with the Bureau of Land Manage  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 6) entitled "BNSF Railway Co. - Abandonment Exemption - In Contra Costa County, California": * * * BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 0.79 miles of rail line known as Line Segment 7258 between approximately milepost 1190.9 and approximately milepost   more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $637,147 grant to San Jose State University Research Foundation in San Jose, California, to strengthen the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory site against sea level rise and natural disasters, and to spearhead development of a working waterfront to serve as a com  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The White House issued the following readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer's meeting on May 30, 2024, with Chinese Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Zhaoxu: * * * Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer met today with People's Republic of China Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Zhaoxu in Washington, D.C. The two sides had a candid and constructive conversation, building on the Summit between President Biden   more