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Federal Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Tuesday September 17, 2024 ( 7 items )  

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim - August 2024'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim - August 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.616 a gallon in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area in August 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward - August 2024'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward - August 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.791 a gallon in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area in August 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices w  more

BLS - Western Region Issues Report Entitled 'Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - August 2024'
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - August 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.469 a gallon in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area in August 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were lower th  more

Deadline Approaching in California for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to Tropical Storm Hilary
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Francisco SAnchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in nine California counties of the Oct. 15, 2024 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset  more

Justice Dept.: California Addiction Treatment Facility Operator Convicted of Paying Nearly $2.9M in Illegal Kickbacks
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted a California man this week for paying illegal kickbacks for patient referrals to his addiction treatment facilities located in Orange County, California. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Casey Mahoney, 48, of Los Angeles, paid nearly $2.9 million in illegal kickbacks to so-called "body brokers" who referred patients to Mahoney's addiction treatment fac  more

Marine Corps Adds AGM-158A JASSM to Arsenal
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: By Capt. Stephanie Davis and 1st Lt. Andrew Baez 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- Marines with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11 and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232 became the first to conduct ordnance operations with the Marine Corps' newest F/A-18 Hornet weapon, the AGM-158A joint air-to-surface standoff missile, during validation and verification testing at Mar  more

Mont. U.S. Attorney: Billings Woman Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trafficking Meth Directly From Mexico to Montana
BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: A Billings woman convicted at trial by a federal jury of trafficking methamphetamine by using her U.S. passport to bring the drug across the Mexico border and into California for mailing to Montana for distribution was sentenced on Sept. 13 to 15 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said toda  more