Stanford, California - To kill spam, email filters might need to act a bit more like ants.

Berkeley, California - The iconic image of a writer pecking away at an old typewriter is as quaint as the rotary phone. The digital age enables writers to write when and where they choose, and it has also revolutionized publishing. There are more ways to publish a book than ever before: e-books with enhanced interactivity, print on demand, video adaptations, and so on.

Berkeley, California - In the first study of its kind, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) quantitatively show that electric vehicles (EVs) will meet the daily travel needs of drivers longer than commonly assumed. Many drivers and much prior literature on the retirement of EV batteries have assumed that EV batteries will be retired after the battery has lost 20 percent of its energy storage or power delivery capability.

San Diego, California - The FBI is offering a reward up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest of Rene Arzate-Garcia, aka “La Rana.” Arzate-Garcia is known as a high-ranking member of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel. Arzate-Garcia is wanted by the FBI for allegedly conspiring with other persons to import a large amount of marijuana into the United States.

San Francisco, California - Jonathan Edward Mills, the former Chief Executive Officer of a San Francisco-based technology company, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment yesterday, and ordered to pay $572,039 in restitution for his involvement in a wire fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.

Sacramento, California - Four days before a trial was set to begin, Robert M. Schaefer, 68, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty Thursday, to possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.