LOS ANGELES, California, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: A member of the Gardena 13 street gang was found guilty today by a jury of participating in the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man who was murdered in front of his family home in November 2020. Justin Arteaga, 23, a.k.a. "Hitta," of Gardena, was found guilty of one count of violent crime in aid of racketeering (VICAR) murder. He has been in f  more

FRESNO, California, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: Yovany Ramirez, 29, of Madera, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston to 10 years in prison for distribution of fentanyl to a person under age 21, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on Aug. 13, 2021, Ramirez distributed the fentanyl pills that caused the death of D.D., a 19-year-ol  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: Today, Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Yelovich, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, announced criminal charges against four defendants in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud federal health care benefit programs including Medicare and Medicaid. The charges   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNSrep) -- The Defense Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. DODIG 2024 100) on June 21, 2024, entitled "Climate Change Adaptation and Facility Resilience at Military Installations in California." Here are excerpts: * * * The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Military Services assessed facility resilience and planned for adaptation needed to address climate change and extreme weather events at installations in California. Specificall  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 29 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks at a campaign reception at a private residence: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Can we hear it for Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner? (Applause.) Good afternoon, good afternoon. (Inaudible.) Everybody have a seat. I'm going to be talking for a while. (Laughter.) Let me start by just, again, thanking Rob and Michele. You -- you guys really are extraordinary individuals -- as individu  more