BURBANK, California, Jan. 3 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: * * * "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 - Part 1" (Primetime) (8:00-10:00 p.m. - 7.0 million Total Viewers and 1.81 rating in AD18-49): Airing at 8:00 p.m., the first primetime segment of ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024" skyrocketed over last year's broadcast by 35% in Total Viewers (7.0 million vs. 5.2 million) and by 33% among Adults  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 3 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following final resolution (No. SX-153) on Jan. 2, 2024: * * * Recommendation to the California Transportation Commission for Increased Funding to be Set Aside for Maintaining Automatic Grade Crossing Protection Devices Under Public Utilities Code Section 1231.1 SUMMARY This resolution recommends that, for the fiscal year 2024-2025, the California Transportation Commission allocate the sum of $4,000,00  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 3 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order of dismissal (Case No. 24-01-001) on Jan. 2, 2023: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the matter of the Application of Grape Telecom Inc. for Registration as an Interexchange Carrier Telephone Corporation Pursuant to the Provisions of Public Utilities Code Section 1013 ORDER OF DISMISSAL On May 8, 2023, Grape Telecom Inc. filed an application fo  more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 3 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: BY Julia Ehlert Third-year undergraduate Michael Gutierrez and sixth-year graduate student Skyler Ware have a lot in common. Both are dedicated scientists--in astrophysics and chemistry, respectively--passionate journalists, and Caltech theater veterans. And in November 2023, both had an opportunity unlike any other: to co-star in a play at Teatro della Meraviglia, or Theater of Wonder, a science   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 3 -- Hawkins Parnell and Young, a law firm, issued the following news release: Hawkins Parnell & Young promoted Emily Cunningham to partner, effective January 1, 2024. "We are proud of Emily and fortunate to have her as part of our team," said Mark Love, partner-in-charge of Hawkins Parnell's San Francisco office. "Clients have been asking for her by name for years. She is an excellent litigator with skills beyond her years of experience." "When I joined Hawkin  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 3 (TNSres) -- Cornell University issued the following news: For talkative midshipman fish - sometimes called the "California singing fish" - the midbrain plays a robust role in initiating and patterning trains of sounds used in vocal communication. The midbrain in these fish, it turns out, may serve as a useful model for how mammals and other vertebrates, including humans control vocal expressions, according to Cornell behavioral research published Jan. 2 in Nature Commu  more

PALO ALTO, California, Dec. 30 (TNSres) -- Palo Alto University issued the following news: Palo Alto University (PAU) professor Matthew Cordova, PhD, will examine the multiple levels of obstacles social constraints present in trauma recovery at the January 22, 2024, Provost Colloquiums. The Colloquium is a brown bag series in which PAU faculty present research, insights, and thought-provoking ideas through interdisciplinary conversations that stimulate critical thinking and inspire innovative s  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 3 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised an ad hoc group of priority term loan lenders in connection with the transformative and comprehensive $4.3+ billion recapitalization of Travelport Worldwide Limited, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide. The ad hoc group was instrumental in negotiating a transaction whereby the junior lenders and existing e  more