WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: APHIS updated the Federal Domestic Soil Quarantines Map (https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/fed-soilregs.pdf) to include the following changes: * Added the Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine in Alameda County, California * Added the Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine in Santa Clara County, California APHIS restricts the movement of domestic soi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 21, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim - September 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.626 a gallon in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area in September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline pr  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 21, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward - September 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $5.041 a gallon in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area in September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline pric  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 21, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - September 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.394 a gallon in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area in September 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were lowe  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings in Alaska - 2023": * * * In 2023, Alaska women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,035, or 80.5 percent of the $1,286 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings in Arizona - 2023": * * * In 2023, Arizona women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,019, or 82.6 percent of the $1,233 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. Catalyst Family Inc., a non-profit company that operates child development centers in various locations in California, has agreed to provide almost $150,000 to a former employee and injunctive relief following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's investigation, the part-time e  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)-led team $3.4 million to develop new alloys for first wall fusion reactors and enable commercial fusion energy. The funding came through ARPA-E's Creating Hardened And Durable fusion first Wall Incorporating Central  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Sarah Gauvin, DCMA Public Affairs FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. - The Defense Contract Management Agency Special Programs Mission Support Operations office recently held a workshop at the agency's headquarters here July 16-18.Thirty-five workshop attendees from Maryland, Texas, Virginia, and California received training for key MSO responsibilities, shared best practices, established new processes, gained insig  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Names of the deceased are: Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, 31, a Naval Flight Officer from California Lt. Serena N. Wileman, 31, a Naval Aviator from California The cause of the crash is under investigation. For consideration, the below story is shared on behalf of Carrier Strike Group Two & Carrier Air Wing 3: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/483570/remembering-two-trailblazing-aviators-lt-cmdr-lyndsay-miley-evans-and-lt-ser  more