SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of peak fire season, California adds second C-130 airtanker to world's largest aerial firefighting fleet SACRAMENTO - With peak fire season on the horizon, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the state's second C-130 Hercules (C-130H) airtanker is now ready for firefighting operations. This strengthens California's ability to protect communities from catastrophic wildfire, add  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 23, 2025, entitled "Oregon Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2025": * * * Oregon had 100,000 job openings in February 2025, compared to 99,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Ore  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 23, 2025, entitled "Washington Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2025": * * * Washington had 140,000 job openings in February 2025, compared to 139,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings ra  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on April 24, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * 11 states had hires rates of at least 4.0 percent in February Nationally, there were 5.4 million hires in February 2025. The hires rate, which is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of employment, was 3.4 percent. Montana was among the states with the highest hires rates, at 4.9 percent, followed by Alaska at  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on April 23, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * A look at employment for National Park Week Did you know that National Park Week is being celebrated from April 19 to April 27? There are about 500 federal museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks around the nation, employing 25,226 workers total in September 2024. Let's take a trek through some additional data. * * * Chart:   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard offloads more than $214 million worth of illegal cocaine in San Diego The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) offloaded approximately 18,898 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $214.3 million, on Thursday in San Diego. The offload is a result of six separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions or events off the c  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 23, 2025 NAVY PCG-SMX JV, LLC,* Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $532,138,874 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract This contract will provide support services for enterprise-wide applications, server, storage, data protection/recovery, data transport, and data environment engineering, operations, and hosting support services. Re  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 24, 2025 NAVY Black Construction - Tutor Perini JV, Harmon, Guam (N62742-25-D-1327); CDM Constructors Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (N62742-25-D-1328); Conti Federal Services LLC, Orlando, Florida (N62742-25-D-1329); ECC Expeditionary Constructors LLC, Burlingame, California (N62742-25-D-1330); Icon SI (AUST) Pty Ltd., Richmond, Victoria, Australia (N62742-25-D-1331); MVL USA Inc., Lans  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on April 24, 2025: * * * Name of Product: LED Strip Lights Hazard: The recalled lights violate the mandatory federal regulations for consumer products designed to use button cell or coin batteries because the strip lights allow easy access by children to the lithium coin batteries, posing an ingestion hazard. In addition, the recalled products do not have the required warnings. When button cell or  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on April 24, 2025: * * * Name of Product: Model Year 2025 KX series competition and cross-country motorcycles Hazard: The primary gear for the crank shaft can fail, posing a crash hazard. Remedy: Repair Recall Date: April 24, 2025 Units: About 3,400 Consumer Contact: Kawasaki Motors USA toll-free at 866-802-9381 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or online at https://www.kawasaki.  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals Decades of research leads to self-contained solar panels that convert carbon dioxide into C2 products Key Takeaways * The Liquid Sunlight Alliance is a multi-institutional collaboration working to develop the tools needed to use energy from sunlight to produce liquid fuels. * Research  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 24, 2025: * * * EPA Celebrates Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects for Excellence and Innovation WASHINGTON - Yesterday, April 23, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Senior Advisor Jessica Kramer recognized 38 water infrastructure projects for excellence and innovation. These projects were funded by the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water Sta  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments 4.24.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Leia Bailey, of Sacramento, has been appointed Chief Deputy Director at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Bailey has been Deputy Director of Communications and Outreach at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation since 2021. Bailey w  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom proclaims Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring April 24, 2025 as "Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide." The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: *** Original text here: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/24/governor-newsom-proclaims-day-of-remembrance  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL intern shapes the understanding of ceramics Doctoral student Natalie Yaw came to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) as a summer intern. But when her time at the Laboratory ended, her work did not. She took the lead to write a paper based on her findings, and the result was published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. As a Department of Energy  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The National Academy of Medicine issued the following news: * * * From Vision to Action: Community-Led Solutions Bridge Climate and Health in Network's First Year The Climate Communities Network set out with a simple but bold idea: that the communities most affected by climate change are the best poised to build solutions. In the Network's first year, that idea is already yielding success. By Jamie Durana On a warm day in November 2023, the National Academy of Medici  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Engineering Sparks Innovative New Battery Nickel-hydrogen technology is safe, durable, and long-lasting - now it's affordable too. Battery technology that has powered the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, and numerous satellites is now storing energy on Earth, enabling intermittent renewable energy sources to provide steady power. These extremely durable batteries were made more affordable fo  more

PASADENA, California, April 24 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Orbiter Spots Curiosity Rover Making Tracks to Next Science Stop NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has never been camera shy, having been seen in selfies and images taken from space. But on Feb. 28 -- the 4,466th Martian day, or sol, of the mission -- Curiosity was captured in what is believed to be the first orbital image of the rover mid-drive across the Red Planet. Taken by the HiRIS  more

PASADENA, California, April 24 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Tests Key Spacesuit Parts Inside This Icy Chamber When NASA astronauts return to the Moon under the Artemis campaign and eventually venture farther into the solar system, they will encounter conditions harsher than any humans have experienced before. Ensuring next-generation spacesuits protect astronauts requires new varieties of tests, and a one-of-a-kind chamber called CITADEL (Cr  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Tests Key Spacesuit Parts Inside This Icy Chamber A JPL facility built to support potential robotic spacecraft missions to frozen ocean worlds helps engineers develop safety tests for next-generation spacesuits. When NASA astronauts return to the Moon under the Artemis campaign and eventually venture farther into the solar system, they will encounter conditions harsher than any humans have experienced before. Ensuring  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Tracks Snowmelt to Improve Water Management As part of a science mission tracking one of Earth's most precious resources - water - NASA's C-20A aircraft conducted a series of seven research flights in March that can help researchers track the process and timeline as snow melts and transforms into a freshwater resource. The agency's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) installed on the aircraft c  more

PASADENA, California, April 24 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Newest Space Telescope Recognized at New York Stock Exchange Members of NASA's recently launched SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) mission team participated in the New York Stock Exchange's closing bell ceremony in New York City on April 22. Michael Thelen, SPHEREx flight system manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion   more

IMPERIAL BEACH, California, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * Naval Special Warfare Honors Fallen Operator Gage Ingram With Posthumous Medal From Petty Officer 1st Class Chelsea D. Daily On a serene spring day, as a gentle breeze danced across the terrace and the sun broke through the clouds, a collective silence enveloped the Silver Strand Training Complex in Imperial Beach, Calif. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Gold Star families, distinguished guests, NSW membe  more

MENLO PARK, California, April 25 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Researchers use SLAC's synchrotron to monitor how one protein's evolution could affect transmission of avian flu to and between humans The new findings highlight the need for ongoing monitoring of H5N1's evolution in nature. In the game of evolution, viruses are among the most adaptable players, constantly changing in response to their environments. Researchers in immunology  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Offers Farm Loans for Beginning Farmers The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that FSA offers farm ownership and farm operating loans to beginning farmers and ranchers. Beginning farmers and ranchers who cannot obtain commercial credit from a bank can apply for FSA direct or guaranteed loans. "Farming and ranching is a ca  more