LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: A former deputy mayor and long-time Los Angeles city official was sentenced today to 144 months in federal prison for soliciting and accepting more than $750,000 in bribe money for himself and facilitating over $1 million in bribes from property developers to then-Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar as part of a long-running pay-to-play   more

SAN DIEGO, California, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted San Diego restaurant owner Leronce Suel of wire fraud, conspiracy, and tax crimes for providing bogus information in applications for COVID relief programs and failing to report more than $1.7 million in revenue to the IRS. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Suel was the majority owner of Rockstar Dough L  more

MONTEREY, California, Oct. 5 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: * * * Note: This article appeared in the Watermark Fall 2024 issue with an inaccurate headline, which has been corrected for this post. * * * Palm Beach County, FL, Sheriff's Office Sgt. Rafael Padilla-Rodriguez is continuing to use his Center for Homeland Defense and Security Radiological Emergency Preparedness Early Career Program (https://www.chds.us/c/acade  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's San Francisco Division issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Tyrone Anderson, 44, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to 11 years and three months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 5,000 grams of cocaine and 280 grams of cocaine base and for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, Drug Enforcement Admi  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Senior Master Sgt. Nancy Chavez Mozingo, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron first sergeant, has always had values of service and community. The youngest of 12, Chavez Mozingo grew up in Tracy, a small town in Northern California, where her connection to those around her helped shape who she is today. "Because (Tracy) was such a rural area, it was a pretty tight-knit community where ev  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned an indictment yesterday charging a California man with evading the payment of his individual income taxes and obstructing the IRS in its efforts to collect those taxes. According to the indictment, Gabriel Guerrero, a Los Angeles-based commercial real estate agent, did not timely file tax returns for many years. In 2014, he allegedly filed more th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * California Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $1.8 Billion * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved California's Initial Proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration's "Internet fo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Sacramento District issued the following news release: Robert Chase has been awarded the Secretary of the Army Award for Valor for his heroic actions to help rescue a man and his dog from an overturned vehicle last November. The commendation recognizes civilian employees and private citizens who perform an act of heroism or sacrifice with voluntary risk to their safety in the face of danger, both on and off the job. Secretary   more