Sacramento, California - California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones has granted a 24-hour permit clearing all brand inspection and health requirements for nine reindeer scheduled to visit California on the evening of December 24 and in the early morning hours of December 25.

San Francisco, California - California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today issued a consumer alert on location services used by mobile applications (apps).

Sacramento, California - The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration has selected two firms to represent its interests before the Executive Branch and U.S. Congress. The joint venture between Lussier Group/Williams and Jensen was selected as its federal representative for retirement policy issues, and K&L Gates was selected as its federal representative for investment and financial market regulation issues.

San Jose, California - Lena “Mickey” Jacobs Coombs pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon on wire fraud charges alleging she embezzled money from her former employer, Symantec, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.

San Francisco, California - Behnam Halali, Ernesto Magat, Kraig Jilge, Karen Gagarin, and Alomkone Soundara, a/k/a Alex Soundara, were charged in an indictment unsealed yesterday in federal court in connection with a scheme involving fraudulent life insurance policies while each was employed at the American Income Life Insurance Company (AIL), announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Andrew Toth, and Commissioner Dave Jones of the California Department of Insurance.

 

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