RIVERSIDE, California, Jan. 3 -- Bourns, a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2024: Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today introduced its Multifuse(R) Model MF-RHS High Temperature Radial Leaded Polymer Positive Temperature Coefficient (PPTC) Resettable Fuse Series. Bourns' new fuse series answers the need for broader high temperature PPTC protect  more

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California, Jan. 3 -- California Polytechnic State University issued the following news: Cal Poly universities' "Shock n' Roll: Powering the Musical Current" float that depicts electric eels powering musical implements in a colorful undersea environment with massive manta rays, received the Crown City Innovator Award at the 135th Rose Parade(R) held New Year's Day. Cal Poly and California Polytechnic State University in Pomona teamed up for their 75th entry --the students' rol  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 3 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Galit Lipa, of Culver City, has been appointed State Public Defender in the Office of the State Public Defender, where she has served as Executive Director of the Indigent Defense Improvement Division since 2021. She was Program Director at the Public Welfare Foundation from 2019 to 2021. Lipa was a Supervising A  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 4 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: Today, Governor Gavin Newsom, joined by University of California (UC) President Michael Drake, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, representatives of Google, elected officials, and academic, business, and health care leaders announced the state has acquired the former Westside Pavilion shopping mall in Los Angeles. The site -- which UCLA will transform into the UCLA Research Park -- wi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 4 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order correcting error (Case No. 24-01-002) on Jan. 3, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Broadband Infrastructure Deployment and to Support Service Providers in the State of California. ORDER CORRECTING ERROR The Commission has been informed of an error in Decision 23-11-026. Therefore, pursuant to Resolution  more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 3 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: President Thomas F. Rosenbaum has endorsed recommendations by the Caltech Sustainability Advisory Council to decarbonize the Institute's purchase and production of electricity. Under a plan approved by Rosenbaum earlier this fall, Caltech will arrange to source largely carbon-free electricity through a partnership with Pasadena Water and Power. Simultaneously, a detailed engineering study will eva  more

GOLDEN, Colorado, Jan. 4 -- Colorado School of Mines issued the following news: Terry Lowe, research professor in metallurgical and materials engineering at Colorado School of Mines, was awarded the 2023 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Medal from the University of California Davis College of Engineering. Lowe was one of seven UC Davis alumni awarded the medal in 2023. He holds a Bachelor of Science in materials science and mechanical engineering from the university. Every year, UC Davis Coll  more

SAN BERNARDINO, California, Jan. 3 (TNSres) -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * "This grant will be used to hire undergraduate and graduate students as assistants on this major project and give significant research experience to individuals who are, traditionally, not offered such opportunities," said Eric Vogelsang, director of the Center on Aging. * * * The Center on Aging at Cal State San Bernardino is the recipient of a grant that will su  more

SAN BERNARDINO, California, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * Sonia Otte, founding director of Cal State San Bernardino's Master of Science in Physician Assistant (MSPA) program, recently discussed the vision and plans for the new curriculum that will launch in August 2025. * * * Sonia Otte, founding program director of Cal State San Bernardino's Master of Science in Physician Assistant (MSPA) program, was a guest on the pod  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 4 -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems issued the following news release: On Dec. 5, 2023, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed a major milestone with the full-scale fatigue testing of an MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). The team completed the "first lifetime" of fatigue testing - which is equivalent to 40,000 operating hours - and represents an important step in validating the design of the airframe system. The testing is part of th  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 4 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisor Zachary Fiandt CFP(R), CIMA(R) has joined LPL Financial's broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms, aligned with Financial Partners, Inc., an existing firm that's part of Exemplar Financial Network. Fiandt reported having served approximately  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 4 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news on Jan. 3, 2024: Mayer Brown announced today that litigator Anthony (Tony) Weibell has joined the firm as a partner in Northern California. Tony brings substantial experience in consumer class action, privacy and internet law matters. He joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. "Tony is a well-regarded Silicon Valley litigator and counselor whose broad-based litigation practice dovetails nicely with our preemin  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 3 -- Duane Morris, a law firm, issued the following news release: Duane Morris LLP has appointed Michael L. Fox managing partner of its San Francisco office. Fox succeeds Stephen H. Sutro, who served as managing partner since 2014. Sutro was recently named to the firmwide leadership of Duane Morris' largest practice group as a co-chair of the Trial Practice Group. "As Steve transitions from his office management role to a practice group one, we're fortunate to h  more

OAKLAND, California, Jan. 4 -- The Metropolitan Transportation Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2024: MTC and Bay Area transit agencies today announced announced the expansion of the Clipper(R) START pilot program (https://www.clipperstartcard.com/s/) -- which provides transit-fare discounts for lower-income adults age 19 to 64 -- to include VTA buses and light-rail trains and to include a uniform 50 percent discount for rides on all systems that accept Clipper for fare p  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Jan. 3 (TNSres) -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: When Georgia Eastham began her classes in the Ferguson College of Agriculture, she discovered a science connection beyond her expectations. A triple major in plant and soil sciences, biochemistry and chemistry, the senior credits her introductory classes with helping her find her place. Eastham, originally from Davis, California, got involved in agriculture before her freshman year of high school aft  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 4 -- Platinum Equity, an investment firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2023: Platinum Equity today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Horizon Organic and Wallaby from Danone. Horizon Organic is the largest USDA-certified organic dairy brand in the world and is a pioneer in dairy beverages, having introduced the first organic milk available coast to coast in the United States in 1991. Horizon Organic's portfolio of organic da  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Jan. 4 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: Since its establishment, UC Riverside's OASIS initiative (now branded SoCal OASIS(TM)) has been developing public-private partnerships to drive economic growth in the Inland Empire region. OASIS, which stands for "Opportunities to Advance Sustainability, Innovation, and Social Inclusion," is an initiative led by UCR's Office of Research and Economic Development, or RED, designed to leverage  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * High fat impairs immune, intestinal, and brain health * * * A UC Riverside study to motivate your new year's resolutions: it demonstrates that high-fat diets affect genes linked not only to obesity, colon cancer and irritable bowels, but also to the immune system, brain function, and potentially COVID-19 risk. While other studies have examined the effects of a high-fat di  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Discovery opens window to more effective treatment * * * Meet MYC, the shapeless protein responsible for making the majority of human cancer cases worse. UC Riverside researchers have found a way to rein it in, offering hope for a new era of treatments. In healthy cells, MYC helps guide the process of transcription, in which genetic information is converted from DNA into   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * Funding will support production of next generation CAR T cell therapy for multiple myeloma. * * * UC San Francisco's Thomas G. Martin, MD, a leading expert in blood cancers, has received a grant of nearly $4.6 million from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to produce a CAR T cell therapy for multiple myeloma, the second most common ma  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Key takeaways * The UCLA Research Park will occupy the former mall site, a 700,000-square-foot property 2 miles from the Westwood campus. * The research park will house the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy at UCLA and the UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, as well as programs across the disciplines. * This acquisition was made possible in part   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of California's Los Angeles Campus Samueli School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Effort is part of the new UCLA Research Park housed in the former L.A. Westside Pavilion * * * UCLA's new quantum innovation hub will occupy space at the UCLA Research Park on the site of the former Westside Pavilion shopping mall with an eye toward producing major advances in computing, communications, sensing and other areas, and train  more

LA VERNE, California, Jan. 3 (TNSres) -- The University of La Verne issued the following news: By Alexandra Clayton Check out the latest University of La Verne media coverage and mentions showcasing our community and other notable features from the month of December: * Student Adrianna Procida shared with alumnus Rick Montanez '06 how and why she wrote her first published book about her lifelong battle with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which aired on KCAL News CBS News Los Angeles (https://www.cbs  more

MARINA DEL REY, California, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news: * * * EPISODE 8 | ISI's Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know his researchers. This week: Joel Mathew * * * By Nina Moothedath Adam Russell, AI/nthropologist and Director of the AI Division at the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI), is on a journey to help   more