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News Tipoffs - California Editors Newsletter for Saturday June 07, 2025 ( 8 items )  

Army Leaders Propose Bolstering Lethality Through Transformation
WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: * * * Army leaders propose bolstering lethality through transformation By Joe Lacdan, Army News Service WASHINGTON -- During a hearing with Congress members, the Army's top leaders shared details on the Army Transformation Initiative, which calls for cutting spending on stagnant programs, upgrading equipment and restructuring forces. In April, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called on Army leaders to prioritize build  more

City of New York Takes Action To Protect Over $820 Million in Federal Funding for Public Safety Organizations Nationwide
NEW YORK, June 7 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on June 6, 2025: * * * City of New York Takes Action To Protect Over $820 Million in Federal Funding for Public Safety Organizations Nationwide Coalition Files Amicus Brief Outlining Why Non-Profits Must Have Federal Public Safety Grants Restored Continues Adams Administration's Work To Ensure New Yorkers Get Every Dollar They Are Entitled to at Every Level of Government * NEW YORK - The City of New York today -  more

Interior Designates Five New National Recreation Trails
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Designates Five New National Recreation Trails * In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day on June 7, the Department of the Interior today announced the designation of five new National Recreation Trails in six states, adding 387 miles to the National Trails System. The newly designated trails join a network of more than 1,300 existing National Recreation Trails, w  more

Mojave Falcon 25 expands Army Reserve training scope
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 6 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Mojave Falcon 25 expands Army Reserve training scope * Army Reserve Soldiers have engaged in large scale ground combat exercises traversing the rugged, Northern California landscape of Fort Hunter Liggett to the arid badlands of the Mojave in the south. Exercise Mojave Falcon began May 28, 2025, with more than 9,000 Army Reserve and active-duty Soldiers from across the force participating i  more

NASA Mars Orbiter Captures Volcano Peeking Above Morning Cloud Tops
PASADENA, California, June 6 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Mars Orbiter Captures Volcano Peeking Above Morning Cloud Tops * A new panorama from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows one of the Red Planet's biggest volcanoes, Arsia Mons, poking through a canopy of clouds just before dawn. Arsia Mons and two other volcanoes form what is known as the Tharsis Montes, or Tharsis Mountains, which are often surrounded by water ice clouds (as oppos  more

NASA's Ready-to-Use Dataset Details Land Motion Across North America
PASADENA, California, June 6 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Ready-to-Use Dataset Details Land Motion Across North America * NASA is collaborating with the Alaska Satellite Facility in Fairbanks to create a powerful web-based tool that will show the movement of land across North America down to less than an inch. The online portal and its underlying dataset unlock a trove of satellite radar measurements that can help anyone identify where an  more

Navy Elementary School Rebuilt 6 Years After Earthquakes
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Navy Elementary School Rebuilt 6 Years After Earthquakes * The Sierra Sands Unified School District cut the ribbon, June 3, 2025, on a new 77,000-square-foot Richmond Elementary School at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, restoring an essential academic anchor after the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes. A $78 million grant from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation's Public Schools   more

U.S. Department of Education to Implement New Identity Validation Processes to Combat Student Aid Fraud
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education to Implement New Identity Validation Processes to Combat Student Aid Fraud * Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced it will launch a nationwide effort to eliminate identity theft and fraud in the federal student aid programs for the fall 2025 semester to protect taxpayers while significantly reducing the administrative burden on colleges and universities. In  more