SACRAMENTO, California, April 23 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * 1,000 more clean school buses coming soon to California roads as state sees big demand for zero-emission buses and trucks SACRAMENTO - California's transition to zero-emission transportation is accelerating faster than ever thanks to incentives and investments from the state. Following an announcement last August on plans to expand California's largest-in-the-nation zero-emission sc  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 23 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * California is now the 4th largest economy in the world What you need to know: California's economy continues to dominate and grow at a faster rate than the world's top economies, with new data showing it has overtaken Japan as the 4th largest economy in the world. SACRAMENTO -- Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that California has officially overtaken Japan to become the world's   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * Companies and President Operating Oregon Wood Treatment Facility to Pay $1.5M in Criminal Fines for Hazardous Waste and Air Pollution Charges WASHINGTON -- A federal judge in Oregon today sentenced the two companies responsible for the operation of the J.H. Baxter wood treatment facility in Eugene, Oregon, and their president, for hazardous waste and Clean Air Act violations.  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * Companies and President Operating Oregon Wood Treatment Facility to Pay $1.5M in Criminal Fines for Hazardous Waste and Air Pollution Charges A federal judge in Oregon yesterday sentenced the two companies responsible for the operation of the J.H. Baxter wood treatment facility in Eugene, Oregon, and their president, for hazardous waste and Clean Air Act violations. Collectively,   more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 24 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement on April 23, 2025, by Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr.: * * * CPSC Set to Vote on Proposed Solution to E-bike Lithium-Ion Battery Fires CPSC is finally moving forward to solve the lithium-ion battery fire problem that has been wreaking havoc across the country. At this point, the Commission has heard from a range of stakeholders, all of whom--including industry representatives, firefighters, a  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Holds Press Conference on Tijuana River Sewage Crisis in San Diego SAN DIEGO - Yesterday, on Earth Day, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin held a press conference in San Diego, California, with elected officials and local stakeholders on the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis. For decades, Mexico has allowed untreated sew  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Visits San Diego to Survey Tijuana River Sewage Crisis SAN DIEGO -- Earlier this week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin traveled to San Diego, California, to survey the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis. This decades-long problem of discharge of untreated sewage and contaminated stormwater from Mexico flowing into the   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The FBI issued the following news release: * * * FBI Releases Annual Internet Crime Report The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its latest annual report. The 2024 Internet Crime Report combines information from 859,532 complaints of suspected internet crime and details reported losses exceeding $16 billion--a 33% increase in losses from 2023. The top three cyber crimes, by number of complaints reported by victims in   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release: * * * Statistical Summary of 24-Month Campaign Activity of the 2023-2024 Election Cycle Presidential candidates raised $2 billion and spent approximately $1.8 billion in the 24 months of the 2023-2024 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission that cover activity from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024. Congressional candidates collected appr  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on April 23, 2025 entitled "Simulated effects of future water availability and protected species habitat in a perennial wetland, Santa Barbara County, California." Here are excerpts: * * * Simulated effects of future water availability and protected species habitat in a perennial wetland, Santa Barbara County, California This study evaluates the potential water a  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 22 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments 4.22.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Claire Cullis, of Carmichael, has been appointed Deputy Secretary of Business and Consumer Relations at the California Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Cullis has been Chief of Staff to the First Partner in the Governor's Office since 2021. Sh  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 23 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments 4.23.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Annabelle Hopkins, of Sacramento, has been appointed Deputy Director of Government Affairs at the California Public Advocates Office. Hopkins has been Government Relations Manager at RWE Offshore Wind since 2024. She was Legislative Director at the Office of   more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 23 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces SUN Bucks Program will provide food to California kids during summer break 2025 Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that California will soon be releasing electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards for the SUN Bucks food program in summer 2025. California was one of the first states in the nation to launch SUN Bucks in the summer of 2  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 23 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom's investment to prevent and prosecute organized retail crime yields 14,133 prosecution case referrals Sacramento, California - Marking a significant accomplishment of the law enforcement community in battling organized retail theft, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced 14,133 referrals for prosecution in the first year of the state's organized retail theft and vertica  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Phishing Attack Breach with Health Care Network for $600,000 Hacked email accounts result in breach affecting nearly 200,000 individuals Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with PIH Health, Inc. (PIH), a California health care network, over potential violations of   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * High-Ranking Tren de Aragua Member in Custody on Terrorism and International Drug Distribution Charges Case Marks First Instance of TdA Member Charged with Terrorism Related Crimes A five-count superseding indictment has been unsealed today charging a Venezuelan national and alleged high-ranking member of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA). Jose   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * Justice Department Reaches Settlement with California Towing Company for Illegally Auctioning a Navy Lieutenant's Car While He Was Deployed at Sea The Justice Department today announced that it reached an agreement with California towing company Tony's Auto Center to resolve allegations that it illegally auctioned a deployed Navy Lieutenant's car, in violation of the Servicemember  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL's Candy writes his seventh book LLNL electrical engineer Jim Candy never expected to be an author. But early in his nearly 50-year Lab career, several students in a university class he was teaching helped him become one. "I was an adjunct professor at Santa Clara University, and I needed a textbook for my students. They had gone to the school's dean a  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Search for sterile neutrinos continues at nuclear reactors Neutrinos, elusive fundamental particles, can act as a window into the center of a nuclear reactor, the interior of the earth, or some of the most dynamic objects in the universe. Their tendency to change "flavors" may provide clues into the prominence of matter over antimatter in the universe or exp  more

CORONADO, California, April 24 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * MAKO Sentry 2025-2: Generating Warfighting Capability and Lethality in the Pacific Over 300 Navy Reserve Component Sailors on staff at U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), U.S. 7th Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet and U.S. 10th Fleet participated in MAKO Sentry 2025-2 in Coronado, California, and other Department of Defense locations including Norfolk, Virginia, Denver, Colorado, Fort Worth, Texas, and Los Angeles, April 10-1  more

WHITE PLAINS, New York, April 24 -- The New York State Power Authority issued the following news release on April 23, 2025: * * * Governor Hochul Announces an Additional $30 Million is Now Available to Lease or Purchase an Electric Vehicle in New York State's Drive Clean Rebate Program Offers Point-of-Sale Rebates for More Than 60 New Electric Vehicles, Making It More Affordable To Drive Electric Charge Ready NY 2.0 Incentives Updated To Expand Consumer Access to Convenient, Easy Charging at  more

PASADENA, California, April 23 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Airborne Sensor's Wildfire Data Helps Firefighters Take Action A NASA sensor recently brought a new approach to battling wildfire, providing real-time data that helped firefighters in the field contain a blaze in Alabama. Called AVIRIS-3, which is short for Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer 3, the instrument detected a 120-acre fire on March 19 that had not yet been rep  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Airborne Sensor's Wildfire Data Helps Firefighters Take Action Data from the AVIRIS-3 sensor was recently used to create detailed fire maps in minutes, enabling firefighters in Alabama to limit the spread of wildfires and save buildings. A NASA sensor recently brought a new approach to battling wildfire, providing real-time data that helped firefighters in the field contain a blaze in Alabama. Called AVIRIS-3, which i  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Nine Finalists Advance in NASA's Power to Explore Challenge NASA has named nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were challenged to explore how NASA has powered some of its most famous science missions, and to dream up how their personal "superpowers" would energiz  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Designing long-duration toxin sensors Low-power sensors could last 10 years, providing surveillance, security ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Imagine a smoke detector that instead of warning residents of smoke before a fire engulfs their home, is placed in mass-transit locations to alert travelers and first responders to hazardous chemicals in the air. Researchers at  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Seven Ways Berkeley Lab is Pioneering the Quantum Future Groundbreaking research spans the quantum ecosystem, from qubits to sensors to quantum computing networks Quantum information systems are poised to revolutionize scientific discovery, computing, sensing, communications, and beyond. Quantum computers, for example, could someday perform calculations surpassing the   more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Stranding Team Responds to More Than a Dozen Dead or Dying San Diego Dolphins in a Single Day The stranding team from NOAA Fisheries' Southwest Fisheries Science Center recovered 16 dead dolphins from San Diego beaches on Sunday, April 20. These deaths add to the likely toll of a domoic acid outbreak produced by a harmful algae bloom off Southern California. Most of the dolphins were a  more