Video: Gov. Schwarzenegger discuss CA budget
Governor Schwarzenegger discusses California’s budget at a news conference.
Allergan to pay $600 million to resolve allegations of unlawful promotion
WASHINGTON–American pharmaceutical manufacturer Allergan Inc. has agreed to plead guilty and pay $600 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion of its biological product, Botox® Therapeutic, for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Justice Department announced today. The resolution [...]
Six people charged in human trafficking conspiracy
WASHINGTON–A federal grand jury in Honolulu indicted six people Thursday for engaging in a conspiracy to commit human trafficking.
Mordechai Orian, an Israeli national; Pranee Tubchumpol, Shane Germann and Sam Wongsesanit of Global Horizons Manpower Inc., located in Los Angeles; and Thai labor recruiters Ratawan Chunharutai and Podjanee Sinchai were charged in engaging in a conspiracy [...]
CPUC approves solar program for SDG&E
SAN FRANCISCO–The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Thursday approved a five-year solar photovoltaic (PV) program to develop up to 100 megawatts (MW) of solar PV facilities in the range of 1 to 5 MW in San Diego Gas and Electric Company’s (SDG&E) service area.
The approved Solar Energy Program for SDG&E authorizes 26 MW of utility-owned [...]
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FEMA prepares for Hurricane Earl
WASHINGTON–The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners continue to closely monitor Hurricane Earl, as it moves past Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and toward the East Coast of the United States. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Earl is now a Category 4 hurricane. FEMA is closely coordinating with [...]
Canadian man sentenced to prison for selling counterfeit cancer drugs
WASHINGTON, DC–A Canadian man was sentenced to prison Wednesday for selling counterfeit drugs over the Internet.
Hazim Gaber, 22, of Edmonton, Canada, was sentenced in Phoenix by U.S. District Court Judge James A. Teilborg to 33 months in prison for selling counterfeit cancer drugs using the Internet, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the [...]
Three men plead guilty to racketeering, forced labor
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Two Uzbek men and one Moldovan man plead guilty to charges for their involvement in a racketeering enterprise that engaged in forced labor.
Viorel Simon, Nodirbek Abdoollayev and Bakhrom Ikramov have all pleaded guilty to numerous criminal activities including fraud in foreign labor contracting, visa fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, tax evasion and money laundering.
“These [...]
Gov. Schwarzenegger launches nation’s largest Telehealth Network
SACRAMENTO–Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger August 17 joined U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and a diverse group of statewide health care and technology agencies at the University of California (UC), Davis Cancer Center in announcing the launch of the California Telehealth Network (CTN), which will be the largest dedicated telehealth network in the country, and will [...]
Panel confirms appointment to Sacramento Court of Appeal
SAN FRANCISCO–Chief Justice Ronald M. George, Chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed the appointment of Judge Louis R. Mauro, of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District (Sacramento.)
The confirmation was approved by a unanimous vote at a [...]
