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News Tipoffs - California Editors Newsletter for Tuesday June 10, 2025 ( 15 items )  

AFIMSC Mission Monday: Section Chief, Customer Service and Administrative Support
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * AFIMSC Mission Monday: Section Chief, Customer Service and Administrative Support * JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas - It's Mission Monday! This week, we highlight Tech. Sgt. Jean P. Ramos Rupa and his dedication to keeping Airmen and Guardians mission ready as the section chief of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Customer Servic  more

Army leaders propose bolstering lethality through transformation
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Army leaders propose bolstering lethality through transformation * 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 lead  more

Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Acting at the Direction of North Korea to Export Firearms, Ammo, and Technology to North Korea
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Acting at the Direction of North Korea to Export Firearms, Ammo, and Technology to North Korea * An illegal alien from China pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for illegally exporting firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea by concealing them inside shipping containers that departed from the Port of Long Beach, California, and for   more

DLA modernizes distribution network for contested warfare
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: * * * DLA modernizes distribution network for contested warfare * FORT BELVOIR, Va. -The Defense Logistics Agency is modernizing its distribution network to ensure the military can sustain operations in increasingly complex and contested environments. The new white paper written by Army Maj. James Marley, DLA Distribution's joint logistics contingency planner for U.S. Central Command,   more

Five Men Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9 Million from Victims
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Five Men Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9 Million from Victims * Five men have pleaded guilty for their roles in laundering more than $36.9 million from victims of an international digital asset investment scam conspiracy that was carried out from scam centers in Cambodia. According to court documents, Joseph Wong  more

ICE Continues to Arrest Vicious Illegal Alien Criminals as Rioters Continue to Disrupt Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICE Continues to Arrest Vicious Illegal Alien Criminals as Rioters Continue to Disrupt Law Enforcement California sanctuary politicians and rioters are defending heinous illegal alien criminals including child pedophiles and other violent criminal illegal aliens at the expense of Americans' safety * Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released more information about some of   more

ICE Philadelphia and law enforcement partners execute worksite enforcement operation at Wyoming Valley Pallets Inc.
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Philadelphia and law enforcement partners execute worksite enforcement operation at Wyoming Valley Pallets Inc. * PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations Scranton and Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia, FBI Scranton, IRS-Criminal Investigations Scranton, the U.S. Marshals Service Scra  more

Interior Designates Five New National Recreation Trails
WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Interior Designates Five New National Recreation Trails * News Release Date: June 9, 2025 Contact: newsmedia@nps.gov WASHINGTON -- In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day on June 7, the Department of the Interior announced the designation of five new National Recreation Trails in six states, adding 387 miles to the National Trails System. The ne  more

Join expert scientists for a 10-week course on warm dense matter
LIVERMORE, California, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Join expert scientists for a 10-week course on warm dense matter * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) High Energy Density Science (HEDS) Center, in collaboration with the University of South Florida and University of California, San Diego, is offering a virtual course on the concepts and fundamentals of warm dense matter. In this course, you wi  more

Justice Department Sues Coffee House for Refusal to Serve Jewish Customers
WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Sues Coffee House for Refusal to Serve Jewish Customers Note: View complaint here (https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1402991/dl?inline). * The Justice Department announced today that it filed a lawsuit against Fathi Abdulrahim Harara and Native Grounds LLC, the owners of the Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants discriminated aga  more

NASA's SunRISE Mission Reviewing Launch Date, Names New Science Lead
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- NASA issued the following commentary: * * * NASA's SunRISE Mission Reviewing Launch Date, Names New Science Lead The team for NASA's SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) is reviewing the mission's launch date, with anticipated launch no earlier than September. The heliophysics mission is sharing a ride aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan-Centaur rocket carrying U.S. government payloads. The SunRISE mission consists of six toaster-size small satellites,  more

NASA's Webb Observations Update Asteroid 2024 YR4's Lunar Impact Odds
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- NASA issued the following commentary: * * * NASA's Webb Observations Update Asteroid 2024 YR4's Lunar Impact Odds By Molly Wasser While asteroid 2024 YR4 is currently too distant to detect with telescopes from Earth, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope collected one more observation of the asteroid before it escaped from view in its orbit around the Sun. With the additional data, experts from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the agency's Jet Propulsion Lab  more

Q&A: Jun-Sik Lee Explains How New SSRL Capabilities Will Probe the Mysteries of Superconductors
MENLO PARK, California, June 10 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Jun-Sik Lee explains how new SSRL capabilities will probe the mysteries of superconductors The upgrades to SSRL's resonant soft X-ray scattering beamline could reveal the hidden physics in high-temperature superconductors. * High-temperature superconductors hold tremendous promise. Because they conduct electricity without any resistance at cold but still relatively pract  more

SEC Obtains Final Judgments Against Participants in Schemes to Boost Financial Company's Stock Price
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 21-cv-11125-LAK; S.D.N.Y filed Dec. 29, 2021): * * * Securities and Exchange Commission v. Medallion Financial Corp., et al., No. 21-cv-11125-LAK (S.D.N.Y filed Dec. 29, 2021) On May 30, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered final consent judgments against Medallion Financial Corp. and its President, Andrew Murstein, as well as Lawrence Meyers and his  more

Stanford professor discusses future of visually intelligent machines and human-AI collaboration
LIVERMORE, California, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Stanford professor discusses future of visually intelligent machines and human-AI collaboration * In a talk at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on May 30, Stanford University professor and AI visionary Fei-Fei Li traced a sweeping arc in visual intelligence and AI -- a narrative she hopes ultimately leads to a more human-centered future. Part o  more