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Federal Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Wednesday July 17, 2024 ( 13 items )  

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim - June 2024'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim - June 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.890 a gallon in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area in June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were   more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward - June 2024'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward - June 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $5.081 a gallon in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area in June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were hi  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - June 2024'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - June 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.644 a gallon in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area in June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were lower than las  more

Calif. U.S. Attorney Announces Law Enforcement Actions Directed at Fentanyl Trafficking in Santa Cruz County
SAN JOSE, California, July 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California has filed a series of federal criminal complaints charging three defendants with possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl in Santa Cruz County, announced United States Attorney Ismail Ramsey and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Brian Clark. The complaint  more

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Cooperating Cancer Testing Company Agrees to Pay Over $900,000 to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Lab Tests
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release: Guardant Health, Inc., a precision oncology company based in Palo Alto, has agreed to settle allegations that it knowingly violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 3729-31, and regulations of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Insp  more

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Manager of Marijuana Cultivation Site in Shasta Trinity National Forest Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
SACRAMENTO, California, July 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: Custodio Ibarra Nunez, 42, of Merced, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $17,930.30 in restitution to the United States, for conspiracy to cultivate marijuana, marijuana cultivation, and depredation of public lands in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, U.S. Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between May   more

Contracts for July 15, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND Alaska Marine Lines Inc., Seattle, Washington (HTC71124DW001); American President Lines LLC, Arlington, Virginia (HTC71124DW002); American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier LLC, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (HTC71124DW003); Crowley Government Services Inc., Jacksonville, Florida (HTC71124DW004); Farrell Lines Inc., Norfolk, Virginia (HTC71124DW005); Federated Maritime LLC, Boca Raton, Flor  more

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Turning Agricultural Trash to Treasure
WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news on July 16, 2024: * * * New funding will help Berkeley Lab and partners improve how the diverse agricultural waste in California's Northern San Joaquin Valley can be used to make sustainable bioproducts and biofuels * * * Key Takeaways * Agricultural residues and wastes from growing and processing crops can provide the raw materials needed to make bio-based products, materi  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: Quincy Man Pleads Guilty to Role in International Money Laundering Conspiracy
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: A Quincy man pleaded guilty today to his involvement in a sophisticated international money laundering and drug trafficking organization. Licheng Huang, 41, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley scheduled sentencing for Oct. 31, 2024. In May 2023, Huang was among 12 individuals from Massachus  more

Preserving History: Army Engineer Research & Development Center Research Aims to Revive Nation's Oldest West Coast Naval Cemetery
VICKSBURG, Mississippi, July 17 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Sophia Espinosa, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center VALLEJO, California --- For many, cemeteries are a place of remembrance, honor and peace. On top of that, for a group of researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), cemeteries also hold a significant amount of respect and history. "We have a   more

Rubin Observatory Will Detect Thousands of Brown Dwarfs, Unlocking Milky Way Mysteries
MENLO PARK, California, July 16 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature: Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture the faint light of distant brown dwarfs to help scientists understand the Milky Way's formation and evolution. One could argue that brown dwarfs don't get the love they deserve. Sometimes referred to as "failed stars," they don't have enough mass to sustain nuclear fusion, which powers all stars, including our sun. But they are also too big to be  more

This Week In AFLCMC History - July 15 - 21, 2024
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, July 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul 'Loco' Lopez, F-22 Demo Team pilot/commander, and 1st Lt. Cory Clark, F-22 Demo Team safety observer, fly in formation over the skies of Northern California while en route to Travis Air Force Base for the Thunder Over the Bay air show March 25, 2019. Both Maj. Lopez and 1st Lt. Clark received fuel along the way from a KC-10 Extender attached to the 9th Air R  more

Travis AFB Hosts Its First Naturalization Ceremony in a Decade
TRAVIS AFB, California, July 17 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Kenneth Abbate, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Twenty-seven prior and current service members located throughout the state of California became U.S. citizens during the first naturalization ceremony in over 10 years at Travis AFB, July 12. During the ceremony, 27 candidates from 15 different countries, including Brazil, Afghanistan, Mexico, Jamaica, Ital  more