Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring June 14, 2016 as "Flag Day" in the State of California.

Sacramento, California - The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has awarded $50,000 for 11 projects that will provide hands-on technical assistance to prospective State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) applicants.  Award recipients met several requirements, including holding at least one workshop within a disadvantaged community, reporting on workshop attendance to CDFA, and providing computers and internet access to allow growers to complete SWEEP applications.

Sacramento, California - California Governor's Office of Emergency Services Director Mark Ghilarducci overnight secured a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help ensure the availability of vital resources to suppress the 'Old' Fire impacting Los Angeles County. The FMAG also enables local, state and tribal agencies to recover eligible costs.

San Diego, California - On May 24, 2016, a federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted both Jaswant Singh Gill, also known as Jason Gill, the Chief Executive Officer of JSG Capital Investments LLC in San Diego (“JSG Capital”), and Javier Carlos Rios, the Strategic Relationship Manager at JSG Capital, with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Brian Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. 

San Francisco, California - Fred Buenrostro, the former Chief Executive Officer of the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS) was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for corruption and fraud charges stemming from a conspiracy to trade official acts for cash and benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Inspector in Charge Rafael Nuñez, and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) Special Agent in Charge David Thomas. 

Sacramento, California - Clint Gregory, 53, of Sacramento, was sentenced Thursday by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to six and a half years in prison for a mail fraud scheme involving bid rigging in connection with contracts issued by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.