SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Alan Anderson was sentenced today to 88 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution for defrauding investors by lying to them about the profitability of his internet companies, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. Anderson's sentence w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Earlier this week, U.S Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe and her counterpart in Mexico, Undersecretary Alonso Jimenez for the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) participated in the 2025 United States - Mexico Border Program's National Coordinators Meeting, marking the celebration of 40 years of cooperation and achievements und  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) Director Owen Herrnstadt traveled to California this week to discuss EXIM's clean and renewable energy initiatives at events featuring local business leaders, government officials and academics.On Monday, Director Herrnstadt spoke on a panel for the Southern Cone Reverse Trade Mission for Initiative for Mitigating Pollu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) Director Owen Herrnstadt traveled to California this week to discuss EXIM's clean and renewable energy initiatives at events featuring local business leaders, government officials and academics. On Monday, Director Herrnstadt spoke on a panel for the Southern Cone Reverse Trade Mission for Initiative for Mitigating Pollution and Climate Threats (IMPACT) a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The FBI issued the following news release: The FBI Sacramento Field Office congratulates five local law enforcement professionals on their graduation from FBI National Academy Session #291. Each of the following graduates represents a law enforcement agency based within the 34-county region FBI Sacramento serves: * Chief Rudolfo Alcaraz, Selma Police Department * Chief Deputy Erik Levig, Kern County Sheriff's Office * Capt. Anthony Horner, California Highway Patrol *  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded the NASA Academic Mission Services 2 (NAMS-2) contract to Crown Consulting Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, to provide the agency's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, aeronautics and exploration technology research and development support. NAMS-2 is a single award hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum potential value of $121 million. The contract   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Zymergen Inc., an Emeryville, California-based biotechnology company, for misleading IPO investors about its overall market potential, revenue prospects, and customer pipeline for its only commercially available product, an electronics film named Hyaline. Zymergen raised approximately $530 million through its IPO in Apri  more

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following agency statement on Sept. 13, 2024: * * * Regrowing tropical forests emit significantly lower soil carbon dioxide than cattle pastures. Just as we do, roots and microbes in soils breathe out carbon dioxide gas--an important cause of global warming. Tropical soils release 10 times more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year than all our burning of fossil fuels. In warm, wet tropical  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Stranding responders tried to save a young killer whale stranded on Carmel River State Beach on the Central California Coast Tuesday. Unfortunately the animal died in transit to a rehabilitation facility in Santa Cruz. A necropsy on Wednesday found no underlying injuries or health problems. Teams from The Marine Mammal Center(link is external), Long Marine Laboratory(link is external), and Mo  more