SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Littler Mendelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has released its Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IE&D) C-Suite Survey Report, completed by more than 320 C-suite executives across the United States. The survey finds that despite an increasingly challenging environment for diversity-related initiatives, many employers have deepened their commitm  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 11 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today introduced his 2024-25 state budget proposal, a balanced funding plan that maintains the state's fiscal stability while preserving key investments for education, public safety, addressing homelessness, mental health care reform, climate action, and other priorities. Using some of the unprecedented budget reserves built up over the years and other to  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 11 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision closing proceeding (Agenda ID No. 22150) on Jan. 10, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA In The Matter of the Application of San Diego Gas & Electric Company (U902G) and Southern California Gas Company (U904G) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Pipeline Safety & Reliability Project. DECISION CLOSING THE PROCEEDING  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 11 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting compensation (Agenda ID No. 22146) on Jan. 10, 2024: Here are excerpts: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Oversee the Resource Adequacy Program, Consider Program Reforms and Refinements, and Establish Forward Resource Adequacy Procurement Obligations. DECISION GRANTING COMPENSATION TO GREEN POWER INSTIT  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 10 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following agenda item (A.22-07-004) for Jan. 11, 2024: * * * Application of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the East San Fernando Valley (ESFV) Light Rail Transit Project for an order authorizing construction of two light rail tracks at 10 highway-rail crossings as follows: at (1) North Parthenia Street, (2) Woodman Avenue, (3) Woodman Station South Pedestrian (4) Beachy  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 10 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following agenda item (A.22-04-004) for Jan. 11, 2024: * * * Application of LS Power Grid California, LLC for a Permit to Construct the 500 kV Fern Road Substation. PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Certifies the Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and adopts the Mitigation Monitoring, Compliance and Reporting Program; * Grants permit to construct 500 kV Fern Road Substation; * Adopts settlement ex  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 10 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following agenda item (C.23-02-008) for Jan. 11, 2024: * * * Marion Jaramillo and Susan Newton d/b/a Firebells, vs. Havasu Water Company, Inc PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Grants and denies Complainants' claims in their Expedited Complaint Procedure, in part. * Closes this proceeding. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS: * There are no safety considerations associated with this decision. ESTIMATED COST: * There are no e  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 10 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following agenda item (A.18-07-011, A.18-07-012) for Jan. 11, 2024: * * * In the Matter of the Joint Application of Sprint Communications Company L.P. and T-Mobile USA, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, For Approval of Transfer of Control of Sprint Communications Company L.P. Pursuant to California Public Utilities Code Section 854(a). PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Awards The Utility Reform Network (TURN) $16,818.1  more

LONG BEACH, California, Jan. 11 -- California State University issued the following statement on Jan. 10, 2024: * * * The following statement can be attributed to CSU Chancellor Mildred Garcia: "The California State University (CSU) recognizes the state's current fiscal challenges due to a severe revenue decline, yet remains committed to improving student success and addressing our state's workforce demands. "Governor Newsom's January budget proposal for 2024-25 provides a restructured appro  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 11 -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: By Daniel Wilson On a cool December day at Vineland Preschool in Rio Linda, special education teacher Sher Thao gathered her six students around a table to take roll. "Look who came to school today," Thao sang, adding each child's name into the song, followed by the words "came to school today." As she sang, Sacramento State Teaching Credential student Jasmine Howard sat nearby, observing.  more

POMONA, California, Jan. 10 -- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona issued the following news: The Graduate Resource Center has evolved from being solely an online entity into a physical office on the second floor of the University Library. The center is open to graduate students in any field of study and aims to be an academic and career resource while helping to increase retention and degree completion rates. The mission of the Graduate Resource Center falls in line with one of the  more

FRESNO, California, Jan. 10 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Blake Zante, an alumnus of the Kenneth L. Maddy Institute Legislative Intern Scholar Program and former student body president of Fresno State, was named executive director of the Kenneth L. Maddy Institute. Zante succeeds Mark Keppler, who served as executive director of the Maddy Institute for 19 years. The Maddy Institute's mission is to provide non-partisan, interdisciplinary and f  more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 10 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Within the family of celestial orbs in the universe, brown dwarfs are somewhat like misfits. They are less massive and cooler than stars but are 10 to 80 times more massive than Jupiter. Brown dwarfs are sometimes called "failed stars," because they lack the mass to ignite nuclear fusion and shine with starlight. One mystery that surrounds these oddballs is how they formed: Some theories propose   more

BAKERSFIELD, California, Jan. 10 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: California State University, Bakersfield's nursing programs are being recognized as being among the best in the state. The university was ranked No. 7 in RegisteredNursing.org's 2024 Best RN Programs in California list. Twenty schools made the rankings, including fellow CSUs Fullerton, Long Beach and Stanislaus. "(CSUB) is the hub of a comprehensive and rigorous nursing program. With emphasi  more

SAN MARCOS, California, Jan. 10 -- California State University's San Marcos Campus issued the following news: Cal State San Marcos and the City Clerks Association of California (CCAC) have formed an innovative partnership to establish the Municipal Clerks Institute. The Institute strives to educate municipal clerks, engage them with one another and their communities, and elevate the profession as a continuum of public service. Municipal clerks stand on the front lines of democracy in their com  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 11 -- EDF Renewables, a renewable energy developer, issued the following news release: EDF Renewables North America and Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) today announced that Phase 1 of Fox Squirrel Solar, the largest solar complex in Ohio, is fully operational and delivering decarbonized electricity to the PJM grid. Fox Squirrel Solar, a ground-mounted solar facility with total capacity of 749 MWdc/577 MWac, is being constructed in three phases in Madison County,  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 10 -- EVgo Services, a charging public network for electric vehicles, issued the following news release: EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) ("EVgo" or the "Company"), one of the nation's largest public fast charging networks for electric vehicles (EVs), today announced an extension of its agreement with Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Toyota) to provide drivers who purchase or lease a new 2024 bZ4x with one year of complimentary fast charging on EVgo's nationwide network.   more

SAN JOSE, California, Jan. 10 -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release: Global Unichip Corporation (GUC), a leading global ASIC provider, has successfully taped out a complex 3D stacked die design on an advanced FinFET node process. The design, which involves a memory-on-logic configuration achieved with a wafer-on-wafer (WoW) structure using a flip-chip chip scale package, was created using   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 10 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. A164867) on Jan. 8, 2024: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division Four GREEN TREE HEADLANDS LLC et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. TARA CRAWFORD et al., Defendants and Appellants. ORDER MODIFYING OPINION; NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT BY THE COURT*: Appellant Crawford has filed a "Motion to Correct Clerical Error in Opinion." The motion is   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 10 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. G062782) on Jan. 9, 2024: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three GWENDOLYN ADAMS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, Defendant and Respondent. OPINION Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, Bryan Foster, Judge. Reversed and remanded. Adamson Ahdoot,   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 10 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. A167091) on Jan. 8, 2024: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division Three NICOLE DEMARINIS et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. HERITAGE BANK OF COMMERCE, Defendant and Appellant. This is a putative class action and representative action brought by plaintiffs Nicole DeMarinis and Kelly Patire under the California Private Attorneys General  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 10 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. E079859) on Jan. 8, 2024: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Two VINCENT GARCIA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. TEMPUR-PEDIC NORTH AMERICA, LLC, Defendant and Respondent. OPINION APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Godofredo Magno, Judge. Affirmed. Zeiler Law Group and Kerry P. Zeiler for Plaintiffs and Appel  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 11 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP is advising Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, financial advisor to Juniper Networks, Inc., a leader in AI-native networks, in its $14 billion sale to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Global Mergers & Acquisitions Chair Steve Camahort is leading the Paul Hastings team, which also includes associate Connor MacLeod More details on the transaction can be found here (https://newsroom.juniper.net/news/news  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- University of Southern California's Pullias Center for Higher Education issued the following news: * * * With funding from the National Science Foundation, scholars in the Pullias Center are exploring how professional societies embed and disseminate DEI reports in ways that shift the discourse and activity of their members. * * * As hubs for national communities within professions and disciplines, professional societies can and should play a criti  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- University of Southern California's Pullias Center for Higher Education issued the following news: Higher Education Leadership offers a groundbreaking exploration of leadership in higher education. Rozana Carducci, Jordan Harper, and Adrianna Kezar challenge traditional paradigms and ideologies that hinder progress--advocating instead for liberatory systemic change. The authors highlight new and evolving interdisciplinary leadership approaches for re  more

LA JOLLA, California, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release: * * * Salk researchers discover the molecule IMA1 links plant iron nutrition and immunity, providing a new potential target to help improve plant resilience * * * Plants and animals alike rely on iron for growth and regulation of microbiomes--collections of bacteria, fungi, and more that co-exist in places like the human gut or the soil around a plant's roots. Plants face a   more

BERKELEY, California, Jan. 11 -- The University of California issued the following statement on Jan. 10, 2024: * * * University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., today (Jan. 10) issued the following statement on Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed 2024-25 budget: "Governor Newsom's proposed budget reflects his recognition of the University of California's ongoing role in creating public good through research, public service and education. The University is a trust for every Californian  more

LA JOLLA, California, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news release: In-vitro-fertilization (IVF), a fertility treatment that involves fertilizing eggs in the laboratory and later implanting them in the uterus, has been a source of hope for many people struggling to conceive. However, the multi-step process is complex, and the overall live birth rate after IVF treatment is only 20-40% in females younger than 40 in the United States. One of t  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * The DNA of fruit bats may create new fronts to fight the human diabetes epidemic. * * * A high-sugar diet is bad news for humans, leading to diabetes, obesity and even cancer. Yet fruit bats survive and even thrive by eating up to twice their body weight in sugary fruit every day. Now, UC San Francisco scientists have discovered how fruit bats may have ev  more

DAVIS, California, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: By Greg Watry In nature, organic molecules are either left- or right-handed, but synthesizing molecules with a specific "handedness" in a lab is hard to do. Make a drug or enzyme with the wrong "handedness," and it just won't work. Now chemists at the University of California, Davis, are getting closer to mimicking nature's chemical efficiency through computational modeling and physical experim  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2024: * * * Scientists say the discovery presents a rare opportunity to study the physics that shape thousands of other planets * * * Key takeaways * Astrophysicists have found that a large exoplanet known as WASP-69b is being trailed by a tail of gas seven times as long as the planet itself. * The comet-like tail is the result of the planet's gas atmosphere being burned o  more

MARINA DEL REY, California, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news on Jan. 10, 2024: Adam Russell, AI/nthropologist and Director of the AI Division at the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI), is on a journey to help build a better world with AI. He interviews the ISI humans behind AI to understand what motivates them, how they shape AI today, and where they hope AI  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Article in Nature Physics shows the utility of Lagrange points in guiding light. * * * USC Viterbi School researchers have reported the first observation of an exotic class of guided optical waves called Trojan beams. Counterintuitively, these photonic wavefronts are trapped in nowhere land - in completely inconspicuous regions where no convention  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 11 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has represented Calpine Corporation, the largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources in the United States, in the closing of a syndicated project financing transaction in the commercial bank market. The transaction consisted of credit facilities totaling more than US$1 billion to finance the development and construction of a 680 MW battery energy s  more