Mather, California - As the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) continues coordinating a wide range of mutual aid resources for battling wildfires, the state's law enforcement mutual aid system is also actively deploying law enforcement officers from around the state to protect lives, homes and property in communities where evacuations have left residents out of their homes and communities empty.

Sacramento, California - CDFA’s Division of Measurement Standards (DMS) often deals with the application of new technology as it evaluates the accuracy and suitability of new measuring devices for commercial service.  Over the years, we have encountered many new commercial instruments and software-interfaced systems for which there is no existing weights and measures code. 

Sacramento, California - As wildfires rage across California and the state’s drought stretches into a fourth year, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today penned an open letter to the Republican presidential candidates participating in Thursday’s debates and posed a simple question: “What is your plan to deal with the threat of climate change?”

Sacramento, California - Donald J. Peel, 64, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 17 and a half years in prison for transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in unlawful sexual activity, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

Fresno, California - John Derek Gitmed, 53, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty today to one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

Los Angeles, California - The owner and operator of a Los Angeles pharmacy was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme involving the Medicare Part D prescription drug program.