WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * California Man Pleads Guilty to Operating an Illegal Gambling Business, Tax Evasion, and Money Laundering A California man pleaded guilty today to operating an illegal gambling business, tax evasion, and money laundering. According to court documents and statements made in court, Christopher Scott King, of Santa Monica, California, operated an illegal bookmaking business. Working out of Los Angel  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 29 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * California sues Trump administration for dismantling AmeriCorps SACRAMENTO -- Today, Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that California, along with other states, is suing the Trump administration over recent DOGE efforts to dismantle AmeriCorps - the federal agency vital to supporting volunteer and service efforts in California and across the country. As   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 29, 2025 AIR FORCE Integrated Data Services Inc., Henderson, Nevada, was awarded a $99,000,000 ceiling follow-on, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for program management resource tools. This contract provides for a suite of Air Force enterprise applications designed to support several key facets of program and financial management, acquisition reporting, and leadership  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for High-Impact Science How Berkeley Lab is using the latest AI technologies - and developing new ones - to drive U.S. research At the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), we're engineering and deploying sophisticated artificial intelligence tools that make scientific research faster and more ef  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Researchers Pioneer Heat-Pumping Material for Localized Cooling Dynamic thin films could become the basis of clothing or devices for hot weather Key Takeaways * Researchers from Berkeley Lab and UCLA have created a material that pumps heat away from the source. * Thin, stacked polymer layers move toward and away from each other, transferring heat from layer to layer.  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 28 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom congratulates Prime Minister Mark Carney SACRAMENTO -- Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement congratulating newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: "Jennifer and I warmly congratulate Prime Minister Mark Carney on his party's election victory in Canada. California looks forward to strengthening our partnership with our northern neighbo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 29 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom deploys first-in-the-nation GenAI technologies to improve efficiency in state government Los Angeles, California - California continues to implement Governor Gavin Newsom's Executive Order on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), today with Governor Newsom announcing the state has entered into three new agreements to utilize GenAI to reduce highway congestion, im  more

PASADENA, California, April 29 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Juno Mission Gets Under Jupiter's and Io's Surface NASA's Juno mission has gathered new findings after peering below Jupiter's cloud-covered atmosphere and the surface of its fiery moon, Io. Not only has the data helped develop a new model to better understand the fast-moving jet stream that encircles Jupiter's cyclone-festooned north pole, it's also revealed for the first time th  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * San Jose Engineer Pleads Guilty to Bombings of PG&E Transformers, Causing Property Damage and Widespread Power Outages Peter Karasev, 38, a U.S. citizen residing in San Jose, pleaded guilty in the Northern District of California today to federal charges related to two separate bombings of PG&E electrical transformers in late 2022 and early 2023. Karasev was indicted on Oct. 19, 2023, and pleaded   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Chavez-DeRemer celebrates President Trump's first 100 days of economic success with visit to California's Central Valley WASHINGTON - To mark President Donald Trump's successful first 100 days in office, U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer traveled to California's Central Valley to meet with local businesses and workers who are benefiting from the new Administration's Ame  more

MENLO PARK, California, April 30 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Thousands of tiny snapshots reveal the evolution of a copper catalyst that can convert CO2 into valuable chemicals and fuels Developed at SLAC's synchrotron, SSRL, the method could help make those electrochemical conversions more robust and efficient and can be applied to studying a wide range of energy technologies. Copper is the most promising catalyst for turning carbon di  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * The First 100 Days U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy's First 100 Days Accomplishments Under the leadership of Secretary Duffy and President Trump, the U.S. Department of Transportation is ushering in the golden age of transportation. In just 100 days, the Department is delivering results at an unprecedented pace -- moving at the speed of President Trump to serve the  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Launches Title VI Investigation into Chicago Public Schools The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today opened an investigation into the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) amid allegations that CPS has violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964). This investigation is based on a complaint filed with OCR by Parents   more

LIVERMORE, California, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Visionary LLNL director and national security pioneer Johnny Foster dies at 102 Former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Director John S. Foster Jr., a pioneering physicist and nuclear weapon designer who shaped U.S. national security for seven decades, died on April 25 at the age of 102. Known affectionately as "Johnny," Foster was a towering   more