WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSFR) -- California Department of Transportation is preparing to return a collection of cultural items to the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation. This repatriation effort involves 16 lots of objects encompassing both unassociated funerary objects and items of cultural patrimony. The cultural items include lithics/debitage, groundstone, ecofacts, fire-affected rock, faunal bone, personal adornments, shells, beads, ceremonial items, pottery and post-contact or modern items. Th  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to plane crash near Point Pinos, Calif. * SAN FRANCISCO -- The Coast Guard, along with state and local agencies, is searching for three people on a downed aircraft near Point Pinos, California, Saturday evening. At 10:55 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Monterey received a relay from Monterey County detailing that a twin-engine  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSFR) -- Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Oakland, California, has filed an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking a temporary variance from minimum flow requirements for its DeSabla-Centerville Project in Butte Creek, West Branch Feather River, and their tributaries in Butte County, California. The variance, filed on May 6, 2025, specifically requests adjustments to instantaneous minimum flow requirements in the West Branch Feather River below the He  more

LOS ANGELES, California, July 27 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Paul Hastings Further Bolsters Premier M&A Platform and Texas Presence With Houston Energy Partner * HOUSTON - Paul Hastings LLP today announced the continued expansion of its market-leading global M&A and private equity platform and Texas footprint with the addition of energy lawyer Peter Hays as a partner in Houston. "A core strategic priority for our global Corporate   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSFR) -- Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, California, intends to repatriate 38 sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony to the Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People. The cultural items include a variety of basketry, regalia, personal items, adornments, a fishing implement and a stone tool. These belongings have been determined to be of Yurok origin and craftsmanship. The collection's history spans various acquisitions by the Redding Museum and Art Center, Turtle Bay E  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSFR) -- The Yurok Tribe has submitted a Tribal Resource Management Plan to the U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that outlines harvest and monitoring activities for tribal fisheries, specifically those affecting Endangered Species Act-listed Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast coho salmon. NOAA has prepared a proposed evaluation and pending determination to assess whether implementing the TRMP will appreciably reduce the lik  more