SACRAMENTO, California, July 4 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Sacramento District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $2.6 million contract May 31 to C.T.L. Forest Management, Inc. for the creation of approximately 59 acres of habitat to offset environmental impacts of future levee improvements. The contract tasks the Cameron Park, California-based company to conduct earthwork, plantings, and habitat establishment plus four yea  more

LOS ANGELES, California, July 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: A former trader for a group of hedge funds was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme that manipulated penny stock prices to inflate the hedge fund's reported profits - fraudulent gains that generated millions of dollars in management and performance fees - and caused investors to lose more than $215 millio  more

LOS ANGELES, California, July 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: A federal jury today found a Montebello man guilty of distributing fentanyl to a buyer who then distributed it to a victim who the next day suffered a fatal overdose of the powerful synthetic opioid at a Long Beach drug treatment facility in late 2021. Juan Carlos Gutierrez, 33, a.k.a. "Johnny G," was found guilty of one count of distribution   more

LOS ANGELES, California, July 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: A San Fernando Valley man was arrested today on a three-count federal grand jury indictment alleging he used Instagram to advertise sexually explicit images of high school girls without their permission, to distribute child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and to further threaten victims who objected to his behavior. Alejandro Garcia Aranda, 23, o  more

MONTEREY, California, July 3 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: When it comes to the southwestern U.S. border and the years-long migrant surge, Dr. John Martel has pretty much seen it all. The CHDS alum (Executive Leaders Program cohort 1902) has worked in the thick of the influx that has seen millions of migrants cross the border over the past few years, serving since 2022 as the U.S. Border Patrol's Physician Medical Office  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced settlements of two cases involving agricultural worker protection, one with Olomana Orchids Inc., in Kaneohe, and one with Mari's Gardens LLC, in Mililani. Both farms are located on the island of O'ahu. "Reducing pesticide exposure is a high priority for EPA. With our state partners, we're focused on protecti  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Region 9 Administrator authorized the use of federal funds on July 2 at 7:13 p.m. PDT / 10:13 p.m. EDT to assist the state of California to combat the Thompson Fire burning in Butte County. On July 2, the state of California submitted a request for a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG). At   more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared California-based trucking company Manrique Agramon dba Monique Trucking ("Monique Trucking"), USDOT No. 3888730, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered the carrier to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate operations. Monique Tru  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: NORFOLK, Va. - A shipment of air conditioners from China got a chilly reception in Norfolk, Va., after U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized them on Thursday for bearing counterfeit Energy Star certification marks. The air conditioners were valued at $95,000. The air conditioners were labeled with fraudulent Energy Star marks certifying them as energy efficient.  more

LIVERMORE, California, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: Sandia National Laboratories, with the support of the National Nuclear Security Administration, has donated machinery and attachments to Las Positas College in Livermore, supporting the expansion of a cutting-edge manufacturing program. Those machines will help train the next generation of California students in the art of fabricating new things from r  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced over $20.5 million in grants to seven projects in California that support land acquisition and conservation planning for at-risk and listed species through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund. Partners in California will receive close to half of the $48.4 million awarded nationally to 1  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, July 4 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: The U.S. Space Force's Small Launch and Targets Division at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, part of Space Systems Command's (SSC) Assured Access to Space (AATS) program executive office, awarded the second on ramp to the Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies Inc. today.  more