SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 15 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Joe Shea, of Los Angeles, has been appointed Assistant Secretary for Salton Sea Policy at the California Natural Resources Agency. Shea has served in several positions at the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom since 2019, including Deputy Cabinet Secretary since 2022, Assistant Cabinet Deputy, and Special Assistan  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 15 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on Oct. 14, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring October 14, 2024, as "Indigenous Peoples' Day." The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: PROCLAMATION For the sixth year in a row, California proclaims today as Indigenous Peoples' Day. In doing so, we reflect on the vibrant cultural diversity, and tenacity, of the Indigenous peoples who now call  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 15 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2024: Surrounded by legislators and community leaders in the rotunda of the California State Capitol, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to help prevent gas price spikes and save consumers money at the pump. The legislation -- ABX2-1 authored by Assemblymembers Gregg Hart and Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and Senator Nancy Skinner -- allows the state to require oil refiners to maintai  more

TRAVIS AFB, California, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Chustine Minoda, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Amidst the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, California, lies a story of resilience, gratitude and a deep sense of duty to give back. Born and raised in Los Angeles, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alberto Martinez-Calleja, an aerospace propulsion journeyman from the 860th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, embodi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following joint statement on Oct. 14, 2024, with Papua New Guinea: * * * The following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Papua New Guinea on the occasion of the first United States - Papua New Guinea Strategic Partnership Dialogue in Washington, D.C. United States Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and Independent State of Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso met in Washin  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news on Oct. 13, 2024: Find details about the launch sequences for the orbiter, which is targeting an Oct. 14 liftoff on its mission to search for ingredients of life at Jupiter's moon Europa. In less than 24 hours, NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is slated to launch from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket. Its sights are set on Jupiter's ice-encased moon Euro  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. After launch, the spacecraft plans to fly by Mars in February 2025, then back by Earth in December 2026, using the gravity of each planet to increase its momentum. With help of these "gravity assists," Europa Clipper will achieve the velocity ne  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2024: The massive spacecraft heads for Europa to search for signs of whether the ocean thought to exist beneath the moon's icy shell could support life. NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life. The spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m. EDT Monday   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: When Army Staff Sgt. Clinton Lavor Romesha woke up on a remote outpost in Afghanistan in 2009, he likely didn't realize he would spend the rest of the day fighting for his life. But as an overwhelming number of Taliban insurgents tried to take over the small encampment, Romesha refused to give up, battling through injury to save as many men as he could. His heroic efforts led to his receiving the Medal of Honor. R  more

ST. PETE BEACH, Florida, Oct. 15 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Oct. 13, 2024, on the administration's response to Hurricane Milton: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks. I just met a number of the homeowners, been wiped out, and the -- everything from the Coast Guard to the fire department. It's a hell of a deal. I'm here in Florida for the second time in two weeks and -- to survey the damage from another catastrophic storm: Hurricane Milton. Thankfully, the storm's impact  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Big science generates big data. But what happens when researchers produce more data than they can process? It's actually becoming a problem for research facilities that generate so much data that only supercomputers can tackle the volume. To bridge the gap between experimental facilities and supercomputers, experts from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are teami  more

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 15 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Oct. 13, 2024, at a church services at Koinonia Christian Center: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, church. Good afternoon. Oh, please have a seat. Please have a seat. (Laughter.) Bishop O'neal, I thank you so very much. We -- we've had some time to visit before we came out into the sanctuary, and I just thank you for the leadership that you have provided for so long. You know, in t  more