Imperial Valley News Center
Michael: Storm Coming to Southeast, Get Ready Now
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Washington, DC - Hurricane Michael is predicted to hit Florida’s Gulf Coast by mid-week with the risk of heavy rain, strong winds and a dangerous storm surge. The American Red Cross is preparing to respond if necessary and urges anyone in the path of this hurricane to get ready too.
American Red Cross Commits $1 Million to Aid Communities Impacted by Earthquakes and Tsunami in Indonesia
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Washington, DC - The American Red Cross is contributing $500,000 towards relief efforts being carried out by local and global Red Cross Red Crescent teams after a deadly earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi. These funds are in addition to $500,000 previously committed by the American Red Cross in the aftermath of destructive earthquakes and aftershocks—taking place over the past two months—that rocked the island of Lombok.
SEC Charges Real Estate Developer With Fraud in Project Tied to New Commuter Rail Station
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Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission Friday charged a Virginia real estate developer with skimming investor funds that were intended for use in purchasing an office building near the site of a planned commuter rail station on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Silver Line. The complaint also alleges commingling and misappropriation of investments in various real estate and other projects.
SEC Halts Microcap Fraud Scheme Orchestrated Through International Accounts
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Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency action and obtained an asset freeze against two individuals and their companies in a scheme that generated more than $165 million of illegal sales of stock in at least 50 microcap companies. SEC investigators unraveled the multi-year scheme with the assistance of more than a dozen international regulators and sophisticated analysis of nearly 400 bank and brokerage accounts.
Governor Brown Issues Statement on New UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement today on a new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finding that the world must take unprecedented action to limit global warming to 1.5 ° Celsius. The report was prepared by 91 authors and editors from 40 countries in response to an invitation from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change when it adopted the Paris Agreement in 2015.
Secretary of State Pompeo's Meetings in Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visited Seoul October 7-8 and met with President Moon and Foreign Minister Kang to give a readout of his October 7 trip to Pyongyang.
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