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News Tipoffs - California Editors Newsletter for Monday June 24, 2024 ( 13 items )  

Beale AFB: Exercise READY DRAGON Tests Beale's Readiness to Deploy, Operate
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California, June 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Alexis Pentzer, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs The 9th Reconnaissance Wing (RW) executed Exercise READY DRAGON on June 3-6 to test the wings ability to rapidly deploy and support down range. To ensure the Air and Space Force capability to project power into and operate from locations in highly contested environments, the U.S.' Natio  more

Calif. PUC Issues Final Resolution for Rule 7.1 of Commission's Rules of Practice, Procedure
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 23 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following final resolution (No. ALJ 176-3547) on June 21, 2024: * * * Preliminary determinations of category for proceedings initiated by application pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. Senate Bill (SB) 960 (Leonard, ch. 96-0856) requires, among other things, that the Commission categorize proceedings for purposes of determining the applicable restrictions on ex pa  more

Calif. PUC Issues Order Denying Decision Involving Southern California Edison
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 23 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order denying decision (Case No. 24-06-025) on June 21, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of Southern California Edison Company (U338E) for Authorization to Recover 2021 Incremental Costs Related to Wildfire Mitigation and Vegetation Management. ORDER MODIFYING DECISION 24-03-008 AND DENYING REHEARING, AS MODIFIED In this Order, we di  more

Calif. PUC Issues Order Denying Rehearing of Decision Involving Commission's General Order
SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 23 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order denying rehearing of decision (Case No. 24-06-026) on June 21, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Update and Amend Commission General Order 131-D. ORDER DENYING REHEARING OF DECISION 23-12-035 I. INTRODUCTION In Decision (D.) 23-12-035 (Decision), the Commission adopted modifications to General Order (GO) 131  more

Calif. PUC Issues Proposed Decision Involving Southern California Edison
SACRAMENTO, California, June 23 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed decision (No. 17-06-026) on June 21, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Review, Revise, and Consider Alternatives to the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment. DECISION DENYING PETITION FOR MODIFICATION OF DECISION 23-06-006 Summary This decision denies the Petition for Modification of Decision 23-06-006 filed   more

Judicial Council of California Issues Opinion in Cailin Hardell Vs. Adrian Vanzyl
SACRAMENTO, California, June 20 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. A168113): * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division Four CAILIN HARDELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ADRIAN VANZYL, Defendant and Respondent. Cailin Hardell appeals from the trial court's order granting Adrian Vanzyl's motion to quash. Hardell sued Vanzyl, along with Waleed Mohsen and Blumberg Capital, for sexual assault and battery, sexual  more

Judicial Council of California Issues Opinion in Michelle Himes Vs. Somatics
SACRAMENTO, California, June 20 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. S273887). Here are excerpts: * * * In the Supreme Court of California, Ninth Circuit, Central District of California MICHELLE HIMES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SOMATICS, LLC, Defendant and Respondent. Justice Groban authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Guerrero and Justices Corrigan, Liu, Kruger, Jenkins, and Evans concurred. Opinion of the Court by Groban, J. In a  more

Judicial Council of California Issues Opinion in People Vs. K.M.
SACRAMENTO, California, June 20 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. A168834): * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division Three In re K.M., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. K.M., Defendant and Appellant. In this proceeding, the juvenile court sustained a petition alleging that K.M. possessed a folding knife on school grounds. (Pen. Code, Sec. 626.10, subd  more

Judicial Council of California Issues Opinion in People Vs. Peter J. Meno
SACRAMENTO, California, June 20 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. D081878). Here are excerpts: * * * Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, State of California THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PETER J. MENO, Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Evan P. Kirvin, Judge. Affirmed as modified, with directions. Laura Vavakin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defenda  more

Justice Dept.: Chairman of Publicly Traded Health Care Company Convicted of Insider Trading
WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted the former CEO, executive chairman, and chairman of the board of directors of Ontrak Inc., a publicly traded health care company, for engaging in an insider trading scheme using Rule 10b5 1 trading plans. "When Terren Peizer learned significant negative news about Ontrak, he set up Rule 10b5-1 trading plans to sell shares before the news became public and to conceal  more

N.Y. Gov. Hochul Joins A.G. James and Bill Sponsors to Sign Nation-Leading Legislation to Restrict Addictive Social Media Feeds and Protect Kids Online
ALBANY, New York, June 20 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: Governor Kathy Hochul today signed nation-leading legislation to combat addictive social media feeds and protect kids online. Legislation S.7694A/A.8148A establishes the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) For Kids Act to require social media companies to restrict addictive feeds on their platforms for users under 18. Legislation S.7695B/A.8149A enables the New York Child Data Protection Act to p  more

NRC Issues Event Notification for Mistras Group, Martinez, Calif.
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57170) involving Mistras Group Inc., Martinez, California: * * * Rep Org: California Radiation Control Prgm Licensee: Mistras Group, Inc. Region: 4 City: Martinez State: CA License #: 4886-48 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Nawab Kahn HQ OPS Officer: Natalie Starfish Notification Date: 06/11/2024 Notification Time: 17:52 [ET] Event Date: 06/04/2024 Event Time: 10:34 [PDT] Last Updat  more

Space Systems Command Awards Four Contracts to Develop Space Laser Communication Terminal Prototypes
EL SEGUNDO, California, June 17 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: The United States Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded four contracts to Blue Origin, CACI International Inc., General Atomics, and Viasat to develop space laser communication terminal prototypes as the first of three phases in the $100 million Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program. The EST program, part of SSC's Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power Program Executive Office, a  more