SACRAMENTO–California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1730 (AB 1730), which allows SANDAG additional time to develop a visionary Regional Plan that provides real transportation choices that will enhance connectivity, increase safety and sustainability, and improve the quality of life. “AB 1730 is critical to ensuring that SANDAG has the time needed to develop a […]

The former owner of a marble mining company in Afghanistan was sentenced to 54 months in prison Thursday for his role in a scheme to defraud the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a U.S. government agency, which led to the default on a $15.8 million loan. Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s […]

StarKist Company was sentenced September 11 to pay a criminal fine of $100 million, the statutory maximum, for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for canned tuna sold in the United States. StarKist was also sentenced to a 13-month term of probation.  StarKist faced a criminal fine of up to $100 million, the […]

Washington, D.C.–Over the past two weeks, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross traveled to Greece and Turkey to discuss the United States’ economic relationships with these nations as well as the best route to strengthening their commercial partnerships with the U.S. “The United States is an essential economic partner to countries across the Eastern Mediterranean,” […]

El CENTRO–A dozen leaders of Imperial Valley Ministries, including the former pastor, are charged in an indictment unsealed today with subjecting dozens of mostly homeless people to forced labor, coercing them to surrender welfare benefits and compelling them to panhandle up to nine hours a day, six days a week, for the financial benefit of […]

A federal grand jury on Wednesday returned a superseding indictment charging a Germantown, Maryland, with federal charges of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, specifically, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.  Rondell Henry, 28, has been detained by federal authorities since his […]

SACRAMENTO–Governor Gavin Newsom Monday signed AB 392 by Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego). The bill enacts one of the strongest use-of-force laws in the country. AB 392 modernizes standards for use of deadly force by officers. Specifically, this bill updates the existing deadly force standards to provide that deadly force may only be used when […]

Jacksonville, FL–Two off-duty firefighters have been reported lost at sea since Friday, Aug. 16, near Port Canaveral, Florida CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) is currently conducting search and rescue missions in hopes of locating the two men.    AMO in Jacksonville has deployed a P-3 Orion Long Range Tracker crew, two Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft crews, […]

SAN FRANCISCO – In the Sunset District in San Francisco, Governor Gavin Newsom met with Californians struggling to secure housing near their work. At the event, Governor Newsom highlighted the historic investment this year’s California budget made in housing and discussed executive actions he has taken to confront California’s housing shortage and housing affordability crisis. […]

Alameda, CA–Crews aboard the pre-commissioned Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) interdicted a suspected low-profile go-fast vessel July 31, seizing more than 4,600 pounds of cocaine during a boarding in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. This was the second at-sea cocaine seizure made by Midgett’s crew within five days. Midgett’s crew seized more […]