Sacramento, California - The general trout opener in many counties throughout California will commence on Saturday, April 25, one hour before sunrise.

Fresno, California - Evelyn Brigget Sanchez, 32, and Darling Arlette Montalvo, 34, both of Bakersfield, were sentenced Monday to two years in prison each for their involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that ran from October 2005 to May 2007, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Sanchez and Montalvo were convicted at trial of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud. Sanchez was also convicted of 11 counts of mail fraud, and Montalvo was also convicted of 10 counts of mail fraud and one count of money laundering.

Fresno, California - Kenneth Manuel Martin, 66, formerly of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud in connection with a Guatemalan real estate investment scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

Sacramento, California - the USDA has designated April as Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Prevention Month. From the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, here is an encore presentation of “First Line of Defense,” a story about CDFA’s Border Inspection Stations.

Pine Valley, California - Monday, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a 41-year-old man at the Interstate 8 checkpoint for human smuggling.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring April 12 through 19, 2015, as California Library Week in the State of California.