Sacramento, California - Today, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife, presided over a public joint initiative hearing with Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources and Transportation to discuss the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018.

San Francisco, California - A California man has agreed to pay more than $136,000 and to a permanent ban on offering tech support services as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that he provided substantial assistance to an India-based tech support scam.

Sacramento, California - CDFA and the USDA are continuing their joint project to eradicate a recent outbreak of virulent Newcastle disease (VND) in Southern California. Detections have occurred at a small number of properties in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Riverside, California - Southern Californians are being urged this summer to help fight a disease that threatens to wipe out the state’s iconic citrus by sharing fruit with friends, family and coworkers only after thoroughly washing it and removing the leaves.

Sacramento, California - Today, the Senate Governmental Organization Committee voted to approve Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia’s (D-Coachella) legislative proposal designating Cathedral City’s LGBT Veteran Memorial as the state’s official LGBT Veteran Memorial. AB 2439 would make California the first state to dedicate a memorial recognizing the service of LGBT veterans.

Sacramento, California - On Monday, after a seven-day trial, a federal jury found Saber A. Shehadeh, 75, of Sacramento, guilty of three counts of mail fraud related to an arson fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Shehadeh was remanded into custody following the verdict.