OAKLAND, California, Nov. 9 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert following the Governor's declaration of a state of emergency in response to the Mountain Fire in Ventura County. The fire has burned at least 19,643 acres, forcing the evacuation of residents and threatening homes, transportation, and critical infrastructure. In today's alert, Attorney General Bonta reminds al  more

OAKLAND, California, Nov. 9 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2024: * * * Affirms the protection of market competition on high traffic routes that include the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Long Beach, Burbank, Ontario, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, and Santa Ana * * * California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a statement in response to a Court of Appeals decision affirming the lower court's decision to end the a  more

OAKLAND, California, Nov. 9 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2024: California Attorney General Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, filed a brief with an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of the U.S. government's defense of a federal law, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 922(g)(1), which prohibits felons from possessing firearms. The case, United States v. Duarte, presents the question of whethe  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 9 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Scott Wyckoff, of Sacramento, has been appointed Executive Officer of the Board of Parole Hearings. Wyckoff has been Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary in the Office of the Governor since 2022. He was General Counsel at the California State Transportation Agency from 2019 to 2022. Wyckoff was General Counsel at the C  more

OAKLAND, California, Nov. 9 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2024: To maintain the state's progress in helping to address high levels of crime in the East Bay, Governor Newsom is directing the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to extend its presence in Oakland through the end of the year. The operation, first announced in February and increased in July, was scheduled to end this week. The operation has resulted in the arrest of nearly 1,200 suspect  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. ACS-58) on Nov. 6, 2024, by Jonathan Vespa and Caitlin Carter entitled "Trends in Veteran Disability Status and Service-Connected Disability: 2008-2022." Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION In 2022, over 13 percent of the U.S. population had a disability./1 People with disabilities are more likely to face challenges, such as limited access to health care services and experience poorer health outcomes./2  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Action follows repeated water outages at Southern California company * * * SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an Emergency Administrative Order under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to the Havasu Water Company. The Order, based on EPA's mission to protect human health, comes after frequent water outages that may endanger public health b  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: * * * Defendant Illegally Transferred Hundreds of Thousands of Dual-Use Semiconductors to Sanctioned Russian Entities with Ties to the Military and Intelligence Agencies * * * Ilya Khan, 66, a national of the United States, Israel, and Russia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act for his role in a transnational, multi-million-dollar scheme to secure a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel for allegedly manufacturing cocaine, fentanyl, and other drugs in Mexico and importing them into the United States. According to an indictment returned Monday in the Northern District of Illinois, Jose Angel Canobbio Inzunza, 44, served as a principal advisor, lieutenant, and security chief for Ivan Archival  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The National Capital Planning Commission issued the following news release: At its November 7, 2024 meeting the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) approved preliminary site and building plans for a Child Development Center at Joint Base Andrews in Camp Springs, Maryland. Plans submitted by the U.S. Department of Defense are for a new 23,000 square foot facility. It will be located at the intersection of Arkansas Road and California Avenue in the Installation's Adm  more

PASADENA, California, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage to infrastructure. We don't always notice it, but much of Earth's surface is in constant motion. Scientists have used satellites and ground-based instruments to track land movement associated with volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, and other phenomena. But a new satellite  more