WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: CORONA, Calif. - Originally from Fountain Valley, California, Scientist Ori Duong graduated from the University of California, Riverside with a degree in mechanical engineering. Immediately after graduating in 2020, they joined the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona Division workforce as an engineer in the command's Acquisition and Readiness Assessment Department. "As a little kid who fou  more

UKIAH, California, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Today, the Bureau of Land Management, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation signed a co-stewardship agreement to strengthen cooperation in managing Molok Luyuk - roughly 20,000 acres of Wintun Nation ancestral lands located in Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. This co-stewardship agreement stems from the amended 2022 Se  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 31 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's San Francisco Division issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Clarence Courtney, 58, of Vallejo, was sentenced today to 16 years and three months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a felon, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark announced. According to court documents, on thre  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Unilateral Administrative Order to the Havasu Water Company to take a series of steps to prevent further violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act. In taking this action to protect the health of the community served by the Havasu Water Company, the EPA specifically cited the company's failure to adhere to the Act's drinking water  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 1 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The National Credit Union Administration issued four consent orders in May 2024. The individuals named below are permanently prohibited from participating in the affairs of any federally insured depository institution. * Arneta Davis, a former employee of Dow Great Western Credit Union in Antioch, California, agreed and consented to the issuance of a prohibition order and  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charges Asian Food Companies Failed to Prevent Sexual Harassment of Employees * * * California-based Asian food companies Pacific Culinary Group, Inc. and CB Foods, Inc. will pay $245,000 and furnish injunctive relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sexual harassment, retaliation, and constructive discharge laws  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 1 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to Arkansas 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 Benton, Boone and Marion counties as a result of the as a result of the severe storms, straight line   more