JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The 5th Recruiting Brigade held a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on July 16, 2024, welcoming Col. Julian Perez as the new commander and bidding farewell to the outgoing commander, Col. Xavier "X" Colon. Colon, who has served as the commander since July 2022, was honored for his exemplary service and prof  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Meaningful research, supportive community for college students * * * Summer at Sandia National Laboratories typically means high temperatures, blazing sunlight and campuses filled with bright, eager interns. About 75 of these young innovators have come to Sandia this summer as part of the Future of Research for Climate, Earth and Energy Intern Institute.   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news on July 23, 2024: * * * Researchers at Berkeley Lab's 88-Inch Cyclotron successfully made superheavy element 116 using a beam of titanium-50. That milestone sets the team up to attempt making the heaviest element yet: 120. * * * Key Takeaways * Scientists at Berkeley Lab have successfully made known element 116 (livermorium) using a titanium beam for the first time  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: Analysis from large NIH study offers new insight on clinical utility of current U.S. testing algorithm. A single laboratory-based HIV viral load test used by U.S. clinicians who provide people with long-acting, injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) did not reliably detect HIV in a multi-country study. In the study, a single pos  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 24 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the New Jersey Racing Commission today announced that the total handle for the Haskell Stakes held Saturday, July 20, 2024 at Monmouth Park set a Haskell day record. The total handle of $21,748,294 was nearly 2 percent larger than the previous record of $21,359,642, which was set last year. The Monmouth Park crowd of 38,976   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 23 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision denying petition for modification (Agenda ID No. 22700) on July 22, 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 Modifi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 23 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order of dismissal (Case No. 24-07-037) on July 22, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Brian Ryujin and Allison Kong, Complainants, vs. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (U39E), Defendant. ORDER OF DISMISSAL Upon written and unopposed request of all parties, Case 24-01-007 is dismissed under Public Utilities Code Section 308 and Rule 4.5, effective  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 23 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed decision (No. 12-01-008) on July 22, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of San Diego Gas & Electric Company (U902E) for Authority to Implement Optional Pilot Program to Increase Customer Access to Solar Generated Electricity. And Related Matters. DECISION DISMISSING PETITION FOR MODIFICATION AND CLOSING PROCEEDING Summary This d  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 23 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed resolution (No. E-5344) on July 22, 2024: * * * Southern California Edison Company requests approval of Mid-Term Reliability Energy Storage Contracts and Amendment. PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Approves two Southern California Edison's Company's (SCE) Mid-Term Reliability energy storage contracts and related costs that include the following: Commerce Energy Storage, LLC (Commerce 1) for a total  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 23 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed resolution (No. T-17820) on July 22, 2024: * * * Approval of Modifications to the Universal LifeLine Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee's (ULTSAC) Charter to Replace and Add Members to Better Serve the Program's Goals. SUMMARY This Resolution modifies Article 3.1 of the Universal LifeLine Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee/1 (ULTSAC) Charter, also known as t  more

FRESNO, California, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: Chiropractor Kevin Michael Brown, of Menifee, has agreed to pay $180,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by submitting hundreds of false claims to Medicare for surgically implanted neurostimulators, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today. As part of the settlement, Brown stipulated that, through his companies, Revive Med  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 24 -- The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office issued the following news release: East Los Angeles College and Palo Verde College have been honored with the 2024 Dr. John W. Rice Equity and Student Success Awards for their ceaseless efforts at creating successful and equitable pathways to greater student achievement in line with goals and benchmarks articulated in Vision 2030. Woodland Community College earned an Honorable Mention in the Student Succes  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: ARMY Global Ordnance,* Sarasota, Florida (W52P1J-21-D-0001); High Noon Unlimited Inc.,* Holiday, Florida (W52P1J-21-D-0002); and Paramount Enterprises International Inc.,* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (W52P1J-21-D-0003), will compete for each order of the $189,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of Trinitrotoluene. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work locations and fundi  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY KBR Wyle Services LLC, Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $153,606,550 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for certified and qualified operational contractor support services aircrew to support mission essential testing and evaluation of all manned air vehicles under the operational responsibility of the Naval Test Wing A  more

ALBANY, New York, July 24 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following wrap up on July 23, 2024: * * * Recent Statewide Forest Ranger Actions * * * New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate, and extract lost, injured, or distressed peo  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: School safety experts and leaders will advise on interagency school safety practices to better support K-12 communities Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced the inaugural members of the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse External Advisory Board, a group of school safety experts and education leaders that will provide advice and recommendations on practical ways to enhance K-12 sc  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: A NOAA Fisheries-led large whale entanglement response team successfully removed rope and buoys from an entangled sub-adult humpback whale off the coast of Orange County on Friday, July 19. The humpback was first spotted by whale watching vessels on Saturday, July 13 off Palos Verdes. Over the course of six days, response teams encountered the whale several times, including as far south as Dana  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security 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 21 at 6:29 p.m. PDT / 9:29 p.m. EDT to assist the state of California in combating the Hawarden Fire burning in Riverside County. On July 21, the state of California submitted a request for a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Trade Commission has stopped the operators of a scheme that it says tricked financially strapped consumers seeking student loan relief into paying hundreds of dollars in junk fees. The operators often targeted Spanish-speaking consumers in Puerto Rico, pretended to be affiliated with the Department of Education and its loan servicers, and made false promises of low, permanently fixed monthly payme  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 24 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Matthew Swain, of Ukiah, has been appointed to the Osteopathic Medical Board. Swain has been Chief Medical Officer at Mendocino Community Health Centers since 2022. Swain was a Hospitalist and Primary Care Physician at South Peninsula Hospital from 2020 to 2022. He was a Chief at the Primary Care VA Healthcare   more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Last week, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America tour, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled to Los Angeles, CA where he joined community leaders and city officials to highlight a major milestone on a vital infrastructure project, and check-in on progress on other transportation projects in the Southern California area. Secretary Buttigieg speaks at a pres  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute issued the following news release: Each year, the JGI accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from reseachers who translate genomic information into biological function. Through our CSP Functional Genomics call, we look for projects that will leverage the JGI's DNA synthesis and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. Tapping into these functions allows resear  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 23 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. S280322) on July 22, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * In the Supreme Court of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division One JAYDE DOWNEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF RIVERSIDE et al., Defendants and Appellants. Justice Kruger authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Guerrero and Justices Corrigan, Liu, Groban, Jenkins, and Evans concurred. Opinion of the Cour  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 23 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. G063586) on July 22, 2024: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RAYMOND EDWARD HERNANDEZ, Defendant and Respondent. OPINION Appeal from a postjudgment order of the Superior Court of Riverside County, John D. Molloy, Judge. Affirmed with directions. Request for judicial notice granted. Mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Latest Recovery in Largest Civil Forfeiture Ever Conducted by Department * * * The Justice Department has reached an agreement with "Jasmine" Loo Ai Swan (Loo), the former general counsel of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Malaysia's sovereign investment development fund, to recover artwork by Pablo Picasso and a financial account in Switzerland traced to funds allegedly embezzled from 1MDB. A  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 5:24-cv-01524; C.D. Cal. filed July 22, 2024) involving Black Hawk Funding Inc. and Robert Newell: * * * SEC Charges Fund Manager with $37 Million Offering Fraud and Misappropriation of Investor Money * * * On July 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged fund manager Robert Newell and his prior firm, Black Hawk Funding, Inc., with engaging in undisclosed misuses of inve  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: Jon Briceno, age 42, of Katy, Texas, pleaded guilty Friday, July 19, 2024, to conspiracy to commit money laundering, relating to his laundering of more than $8,751,523.07 in proceeds of various frauds, such as romance schemes and business email compromise schemes. The guilty plea was announced by Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland; Special Age  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, July 24 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: * * * The small but mighty gadget could help make massive research machines more efficient and enable future industrial applications. It has a pretty fascinating past, as well. * * * A pocket-size gizmo that puts the "pop" in microwave popcorn could soon fuel particle accelerators of the future. The small but mighty device is a magnetron - a  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 24 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency selects Orbital Insight, Inc., for up to $2 million in pilot funding for Project Aegir through NGA's first Commercial Solutions Opening. Project Aegir is NGA's response to increasing customer requirements for rapid commercial analytics and unclassified intelligence products supporting maritime domain awareness. The CSO solicited commercial techniq  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: AI model scored well on medical diagnostic quiz, but made mistakes explaining answers. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that an artificial intelligence (AI) model solved medical quiz questions--designed to test health professionals' ability to diagnose patients based on clinical images and a brief text summary--with high accuracy  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The White House issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration: * David Samuel Johnson, Nominee to be Inspector General for Tax Administration, U.S. Department of the Treasury * Gabriel Escobar, Nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Paraguay * Patrice H. Kunesh, Nominee to be Chairman of the Nat  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, July 24 -- President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on July 22, 2024, at a campaign event: * * * THE PRESIDENT: (Via teleconference.) Julie, if I didn't have COVID, I'd be sitting there with you -- standing there with you. I -- I'm so proud of what you've all done. (Applause.) And -- but this COVID has been keeping me out of -- out of people's hair for the next three or four days. But I'm going to be on the road, and I'm not going an  more

MENLO PARK, California, July 24 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news brief on July 22, 2024: * * * By Nathan Collins Wheat and other sources of gluten can spell trouble for people with the disease, but new findings could aid the development of first-ever drugs for the autoimmune disorder. * * * Celiac disease affects around one in a hundred people worldwide, and those that have the autoimmune disorder have no choice but to stick to a gluten-free die  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 24 -- The Sacramento Municipal Utility District issued the following news release: * * * California Energy Commission funding supports SMUD's decarbonization goals * * * SMUD's long-duration battery storage project in partnership with ESS Tech, Inc. has been awarded a $10 million grant from the California Energy Commission to demonstrate a groundbreaking 3.6-megawatt, 8-hour iron flow battery project and set the foundation for future large-scale battery deploymen  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two Mexican members of Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) and two Mexican companies. CJNG, a Mexico-based criminal organization, is one of the largest producers and traffickers of illicit fentanyl to the United States. OFAC coordinated this action with the Government of Mexico, including its financial  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: By Lisa Sodders, Space Systems Command Public Affairs EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AFNS) -- Military service members are expected to be fit - it's all a part of making sure a fighting force is ready for duty and the U.S. Space Force is no exception. Guardians may spend more time tracking satellites and space debris and staying alert for hostile missiles than engaging in hand-to-hand combat, but that doesn't mean they can slack off   more

WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin, July 24 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on July 23, 2024, at a political event at West Allis Central High School: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. (Applause.) Good after- -- hi, Wisconsin. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Kamala! Kamala! Kamala! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you. Tha- -- (laughs) -- thank you. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank y  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: For the first time since 1918, an astonishing 420 miles of salmon habitat in the Klamath River watershed in California and Oregon will be fully connected by September. This results from the world's largest dam removal effort, the Klamath River Renewal Project. The amount of habitat opened up on the Klamath is equivalent to the distance between Portland, Maine, and Philadelphia-a journey through  more