Sacramento, California - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) welcomed eleven Imperial County high school students to the California Capitol and proudly presented them during this afternoon’s assembly session. These youth are currently participating in Comité Cívico del Valle’s Youth Environmental Health Internship.

Artic Circle - Divers from U.S. Navy Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) Two, Underwater Construction Team (UCT) One and the U.S. Coast Guard braved harsh Arctic waters to play a critical role during a torpedo exercise as part of Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2018.

Washington, DC - NIST is releasing Special Publication 500-325, Fog Computing Conceptual Model, which presents the conceptual models of fog and mist computing and how they relate to cloud-based computing models for the Internet of Things (IoT). Until recently, much of the data from IoT devices has been managed and stored through cloud computing, a centralized network of computers and servers connected together over the Internet. But access to data through the cloud can be slow at times, because the data needs to be transported to the cloud for processing, analysis and storage.

Washington, DC - Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan will present the 2018 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award, with remarks to be provided by First Lady Melania Trump, in honor of 10 extraordinary women during an official ceremony from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March 21, at the U.S. Department of State.

Washington, DC - Congressman Juan Vargas is leading a bipartisan effort to request funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) U.S. – Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program and the EPA's Office of International and Tribal Affairs, which supports vital programs such as the Border 2020 environmental program. These programs are integral to making improvements on both sides of the border to protect public health and improve wastewater infrastructure.

Quartzsite, Arizona - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents working near Quartzsite, Arizona arrested a convicted child molester and three other Mexican nationals Sunday.