Los Angeles, California - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in the Los Angeles area arrested more than 240 criminals and individuals who pose a threat to public safety last week, a record number for a four-day ICE operation in the Southland.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed an executive order to bolster Californias preparedness and response to destructive cyber-attacks, which increase the state’s vulnerability to economic disruption, critical infrastructure damage, privacy violations and identify theft.

San Francisco, California - Jing Zeng 42, of San Ramon, California, appeared in U.S. District Court today after being arrested by the FBI on a criminal complaint alleging theft of trade secrets, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California and Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson of the FBI’s San Francisco Division.

San Diego, California - Black bears in Yosemite National Park that don’t seek out human foods subsist primarily on plants and nuts, according to a study conducted by biologists at UC San Diego who also found that ants and other sources of animal protein, such as mule deer, make up only a small fraction of the bears’ annual diet.

Sacramento, California - Matthew Sarad, 42, of Bakersfield, was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for securities fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.