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News Tipoffs - California Editors Newsletter for Tuesday June 17, 2025 ( 10 items )  

Army Reserve Leaders Drive Transformation at SC/GC Conference
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 16 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve Leaders Drive Transformation at SC/GC Conference * FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. -U.S. Army Reserve senior leaders convened at the Senior Commander / Garrison Commander (SC/GC) Conference from May 7-8, 2025 at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, to strengthen transformation efforts aimed at enhancing infrastructure resilience, increasing operational effectiveness, and maximizing reso  more

Berkeley Lab Helps Utilities Understand Power Outage Costs
WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Berkeley Lab Helps Utilities Understand Power Outage Costs Tools confirm the need for significant investments to make the U.S. power grid more reliable and secure * Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are partnering with electric utilities across the country to create more accurate cost estimates for both short- and long-term po  more

DHS Debunks Fake News Demonizing ICE Officers, Sets the Record Straight on L.A. Operations
WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Debunks Fake News Demonizing ICE Officers, Sets the Record Straight on L.A. Operations * These disgusting smears are designed to demonize and villainize our brave ICE law enforcement and have led to a more than 400 percent increase of assaults on our officers WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement to set the record straight on media r  more

DOE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Advancing the Frontiers of Genetic Science at the Joint Genome Institute
WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Advancing the Frontiers of Genetic Science at the Joint Genome Institute How a national user facility is supporting genomic research that leads to real-world solutions * The Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is a DOE Office of Science (SC) national user facility operated by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to support research that advances the mission of  more

El Capitan reigns supreme across three major supercomputing benchmarks
LIVERMORE, California, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * El Capitan reigns supreme across three major supercomputing benchmarks * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) flagship exascale machine El Capitan maintained its status as the fastest supercomputer on the planet -- claiming the No. 1 spot on not just one, but three of the most prestigious high-performance computing (HPC) rankings. In the 65th ed  more

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Cutting Hours Instead of Cutting Jobs - Shared Work Within the Unemployment Insurance System
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 17 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news on June 16, 2025: * * * Cutting Hours Instead of Cutting Jobs: Shared Work Within the Unemployment Insurance System An event featuring new data and perspectives * How can unemployment insurance (UI) support alternatives to layoffs when business is slow? A little-known provision of the UI system, "shared work" or "short-time compensation," provides benefits to workers who have their hours red  more

Justice Department Highlights Enforcement Efforts Protecting Older Americans from Transnational Fraud Schemes in Recognition of 2025 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Highlights Enforcement Efforts Protecting Older Americans from Transnational Fraud Schemes in Recognition of 2025 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day * Note : The cases underlined hyperlink to press releases In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced that the Justice Department is reinvigorating efforts to protect older Americans from  more

Make Agriculture Great Again Trade Wins: President Trump Secures Greater Ag Market Access in Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam
WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Make Agriculture Great Again Trade Wins: President Trump Secures Greater Ag Market Access in Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam * (Washington, D.C., June 16, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced American agricultural producers will have greater market access to Thailand and Vietnam and maintained access to Brazil. The Trump Administration continues to break down non-tari  more

Phantom Debt Collectors to Face Permanent Ban as a Result of FTC Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * Phantom Debt Collectors to Face Permanent Ban as a Result of FTC Lawsuit * Debt collection operation Blackstone Legal, along with its owners, will face a permanent ban from the debt collection industry as a result of the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit charging that they deceived and harassed consumers to collect fake debts the consumers did not owe. Blackstone Legal, its associated companies, a  more

Two Corporate Executives Sentenced in First-Ever Criminal Prosecution for Failure to Report Under Consumer Product Safety Act
WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Two Corporate Executives Sentenced in First-Ever Criminal Prosecution for Failure to Report Under Consumer Product Safety Act * Two California businessmen were sentenced in Los Angeles, California, today for conspiracy and failing to report information related to defective dehumidifiers linked to multiple residential fires. U.S. District Court Judge Dale S. Fischer sentenced Simon Chu, 70, of Pom  more