Los Angeles, California - The Honorable Dean Douglas Pregerson, United States District Court Judge, has been named the 2014 Los Angeles recipient of the Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA), an honor awarded annually by the FBI to recognize community leaders, announced David L. Bowdich, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles.

Santa Ana, California - The former controller of a company that provides supervision services, including electronic monitoring programs, to courts and probation departments was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for embezzling well over $3 million from the company over the course of two years.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.

Davis, California - Alternative housing systems for laying hens present a variety of tradeoffs, according to new UC Davis research. The findings shed light on how hen housing affects the 75 billion eggs produced in America each year, providing data on the cost, safety, animal welfare, worker health and environmental impacts of various hen-housing systems.

Los Angeles, California - A new exhibition at the Fowler Museum will bring together a selection of the museum’s African hair adornments and an award-winning contemporary film by Ghanaian-American artist Akosua Adoma Owusu. “Fowler in Focus: The Art of Hair in Africa” will examine the potential of hair styling and ornamentation to function as important forms of social communication, contributing to the construction of identity and the expression of cultural affinity.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May 2015 as “Small Business Month” in the State of California.