CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: OKINAWA, Japan Amphibious Combat Vehicles with 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, completed the first open-water amphibious movement in the Kushi Crossing, Dec. 10, 2024. ACVs are the Marine Corps' newest amphibious vehicle platform and were first fielded in Fleet Marine Force units on Camp Pendleton, California, November 2022. The ACV was developed for the M more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a $13 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in two projects to improve ecosystems, increase resilience and remove barriers to fish passage in California, building on the goals of the domestic Freshwater Challenge. California Trout Corporation will receive $8 million in funding for the Harvey Diversion Fish Passage Rem more PR

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By SSgt. Brady Penn, 349th Air Mobility Wing TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Recently, FEMA's National Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT) Red and Region 9 IMAT 1, along with the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) IMAT and the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 349th Air Mobility Wing collaborated in an exercise to enhance their disaster response readiness. Held in Sacramento an more PR

MONTEREY, California, Dec. 19 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: West Virginia Fusion Center Deputy Director Steven Patterson has been appointed to serve on his state's Governor's Task Force on AI in State Government. The Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum represents the state's fusion center on the 14-member task force, which is comprised of a mix of representatives from the public and private sectors. Patterson  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * Agency additionally grants waiver for low-NOx regulations for heavy-duty and off-road vehicles and engines * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting two requests from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for waivers to implement and enforce its Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulations for light-duty vehicles, and its "Omnibus" low-NOx regu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: A federal grand jury in Fresno, California, returned an indictment today charging California State Prison-Corcoran Correctional Officer Raquel Mosqueda and inmate Jimmie Carter with conspiracy and a federal civil rights violation. The indictment alleges that, on or about April 20, 2022, Mosqueda and Carter conspired to violate the Eighth Amendment right to freedom from cruel and unusual pu more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: * * * Note: View the criminal complaint here (https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1381256/dl). * * * A criminal complaint filed Dec. 17 and unsealed this morning charges Yaoning "Mike" Sun, 64, for allegedly acting as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China (PRC) while serving as the campaign manager for a political candidate who was elected in 2022 to the city council of a Cali more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: Louisiana-based company Power Performance Enterprises Inc. (PPEI) and its president and owner, Kory B. Willis, were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Sacramento, California, for violating and conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act by tampering with the monitoring devices of emissions control systems of diesel trucks. U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez for the Eastern District  more PR

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Starris: Optimax Space Systems and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have entered a commercialization partnership for LLNL's patented monolithic telescope technology, which accelerates rapid deployment of modular optical designs for high-resolution or high-sensitivity space imagery. Starris has collaborated over the last decade with LLNL's Space Program  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. The Bureau of Reclamation today approved a new plan for the Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and Delta facilities of the State Water Project. The plan presents a path forward with more predictable actions for endangered fish species and a more reliable CVP response to multi-year droughts."The resilience of the Central Valley Project, with its  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 20 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news: GARDEN GROVE, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO - Thomas House Family Shelter will receive a $50,000 grant to continue providing life skills, tools, and resources for empowering economic self-sufficiency, awarded by the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) AHEAD Program in partnership with Wescom Credit Union. Thomas House Family Shelter colla more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), is expanding the areas quarantined for citrus greening (Huanglongbing; HLB), caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, in Cali more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is sharing several updates resulting from the December 2, 2024, ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacating the May 2020 final rule (7 CFR part 340) for organisms developed using genetic engineering. APHIS aims to provide our  more PR