TRAVIS AFB, California, July 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Scott Warner, 621st Continency Response Wing Public Affairs Dressed in military-issued operational camouflage pattern clothing, a thick interceptor body armor vest with multiple ballistic plates inside, a radio, an advanced combat helmet and a M-4 carbine to protect and defend USAF interests. This is the ideal uniform of a deployed USAF Airman. Temperatures reached as high as 10  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Allied Electric LLC,* Honolulu, Hawaii (N62478-24-D-4028); D&D Construction Inc.,* Waipahu, Hawaii (N62478-24-D-4029); EPC Service, Inc.,* Aiea, Hawaii (N62478-24-D-4030); Mija Construction Services, LLC,* Newbury Park, California (N62478-24-D-4031); Niking Corp.,* Wahiawa, Hawaii (N62478-24-D-4032); Southwest Construction and Property Management,* Waianae, Hawaii (N62478-24-D-4033); and Tri Coast-Pac  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 11 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Bank nearly doubles funding for California affordable housing projects in 2024, helping address affordable housing crisis * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) today announced $49.3 million in affordable housing grants to California-based housing developers through its Affordable Housing Progr  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: A pharmacy owner and an associate were sentenced for submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) for prescription drugs and engaging in a black market prescription drug diversion conspiracy. Irina Sadovsky, 54, of Calabasas, California, a pharmacist who owned Five Star RX, doing business as Five Star Pharmacy and Ultimate Pharmacy Inc., was sentenc  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, July 11 -- Peterson and Schriever Space Force Base issued the following news: In partnership with NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Space Force (USSF) GPS III Program Office has delivered two laser retroflector arrays to Lockheed Martin. On May 6, the LRAs were delivered under a directed program to rapidly integrate hosted payloads on GPS satellites ahead of launch call up. The LRAs will be installed onto two GPS III satellites, SV9 and SV10,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A California-based laboratory, Pacific Toxicology Laboratories (PacTox), has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims for payment to Medicare for urine drug testing (UDT). On Jan. 1, 2020, Medicare established regulations for payment to Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment services for Me  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Northern California steelhead require continued protection as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, according to a recent 5-year review by NOAA Fisheries. State and federal agencies, tribes, and private landowners have completed numerous habitat restoration projects since the last review in 2016. However, the population faces continued threats from drought, high water tempe  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news: On July 8, The San Diego Union-Tribune published an op-ed by ACHP Chair Sara Bronin in which she lays out how adaptive reuse of historic buildings can help ease California's housing crisis. Bronin writes: "Given the magnitude of the housing shortage, we'll need an all-hands-on-deck approach. I'm optimistic about California and its largest cities making meaningful progress in advancing policies that   more

MENLO PARK, California, July 11 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: Using SLAC's instrument for ultrafast electron diffraction (MeV-UED), one of the lab's world-leading tools for ultrafast science, researchers discovered how an ultrathin material can circularly polarize light. This discovery sets up a promising approach to manipulate light for applications in optoelectronic devices. While taking snapshots with the high-speed "electron camera"  more