BURBANK, California, Jan. 18 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: * * * TUESDAY, JAN. 23 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST - Celebrity Jeopardy!: "Final: Mo Rocca, Lisa Ann Walter and Katie Nolan" (213) (Season Finale) Logline: Who will be crowned the "Celebrity Jeopardy!" champion? Finalists Mo Rocca (CBS Sunday Morning), Lisa Ann Walter (ABC's "Abbott Elementary") and commentator Katie Nolan vie for the title and the $1 million grand prize for the charity  more

MERCED, California, Jan. 18 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: Dozens of almond growers and researchers came to UC Merced on Wednesday for a summit on best practices for one of California's most important crops. It was the first time the Almond Board of California hosted its Nutrient Summit on campus, and it highlighted the important partnership between the university and an industry that makes use of some of its most groundbreaking research. UC Merced Chancello  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Jan. 17 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: UC Santa Cruz has produced hundreds of award-winning authors. Championing important and diverse perspectives, these authors and their works reflect the excellence and diversity for which we celebrate the Literature Department's Creative Writing Program. For over two decades, the Living Writers Reading Series has connected current UCSC students with trailblazing alumni authors through l  more

ANAHEIM, California, Jan. 18 -- Disneyland issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has teamed up with Disneyland Resort to host an expanded Anaheim Ducks Days at Disney California Adventure Park on Thursday, Feb. 22, and Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. In celebration of the Ducks' 30th anniversary season, the fan-favorite event will take place over two days in Hollywood Land with new and returning in-park fan activi  more

CUPERTINO, California, Jan. 18 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: In Washington, D.C.'s historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, the office of children's literature nonprofit Shout Mouse Press is abuzz with the voices of passionate young people sitting before countless stacks of books on tall white shelves. Last year, Apple awarded Shout Mouse a grant through its Racial Equity and Justice Initiativ  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 18 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Auburn University's Myoung-Gi Chon has received a prestigious research fellowship from the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy (CPD). Chon serves as an associate professor of public relations and graduate program officer for the School of Communication and Journalism in the College of Liberal Arts. As a CPD Research Fellow, Chon will conduct studies on public diplomacy between South Kor  more

OAKLAND, California, Jan. 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, co-leading a coalition of 21 states, submitted a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget urging the Biden administration to complete its review and swiftly implement proposed public health regulations to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The proposed FDA rules (https://www.regulations.gov/doc  more

OAKLAND, California, Jan. 17 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta celebrated today's federal district court order permanently blocking JetBlue Airways' proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines, an anticompetitive combination that threatened competition in an industry already experiencing the negative impacts of market consolidation. On March 31, 2023, Attorney General Bonta, along with the   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 17 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Jeffery Marino, of Los Angeles, has been appointed Director of the Office of Data and Innovation. Marino has been Deputy Director for Strategy at the Office of Data and Innovation since 2022, where he has served in several roles since 2020, including Deputy Director of Service Innovation, Acting Deputy Director  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 18 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Joseph Carresi, of Rossmoor, has been appointed to the Fraud Assessment Commission. Carresi has been Senior Advisor of Workers' Compensation and Disability Management for Southern California Edison since 2004. He was a Regional Claims Consultant in the Western Region for CNA Insurance in 2004. Carresi was a Reg  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 18 -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: By Cynthia Hubert After losing his freedom in 2018, Jon Hernandez mourned the life he once took for granted: college student, star wrestler, mentor to his younger brother. "I thought I had thrown it all away," said Hernandez, who had been sentenced to six years in prison for robbery in a scenario he describes as a drug deal gone awry. "I wondered how I would ever be able to fix the things t  more

CAMARILLO, California, Jan. 18 -- The California State University Channel Islands campus issued the following news release: During the year she was volunteering with the Peace Corps as a teacher in Madagascar, CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) alumna Alyson Lucas witnessed the severity of the country's water crisis on a daily basis. "In the high school where I was teaching, my students were walking two kilometers to the nearest rice field to get water in order to cook or just wipe down the blackboar  more

MALIBU, California, Jan. 18 -- Pepperdine University issued the following news: On Saturday, February 17, 2024, the Pepperdine community will celebrate the 48th annual Pepperdine Associates dinner at 6 PM at the Beverly Hills Hotel. This year's theme, Shining the Light of Truth, recognizes the significance of seeking truth as a cornerstone of American ideals and aspirations and will welcome keynote speaker Condoleezza Rice, the 66th secretary of state of the United States, who has played a crit  more

SEASIDE, California, Jan. 18 -- California State University Monterey Bay campus issued the following news: By Mark Muckenfuss When the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles reopened Nov. 9, theatergoers found themselves immersed not only in the aura of the century-old venue's history and decor but also in the latest state-of-the-art technologies for both traditional and digital film and sound. This latter aspect is thanks to California State University, Monterey Bay alumnus Evan Norbom, who oversaw  more

NORTHRIDGE, California, Jan. 17 -- California State University's Northridge Campus issued the following news release: Isioma is fleeing her mother's house after recovering from a suicide attempt when the bus she is on is taken over by armed kidnappers. The short story chronicling what happens next, "Supernova" by Kosiso Ugwueze, an assistant professor of English at California State University, Northridge, has been included in "The Best American Short Stories 2023," an anthology of the year's b  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 17 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general, along with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and New York Attorney General Letitia James, in submitting a letter urging the Biden administration to complete its review and swiftly implement proposed regulations prohibiting the sale of menthol cigarettes  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Jan. 18 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Emily Cerf UShER, a software developed at UC Santa Cruz to map the genomic evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is the most widely used tool for tracking COVID-19 worldwide. A new paper from the tool's creators outlines the "game-time" decisions that the programmers made to keep up with an evolutionary tree of millions of genomic sequences, offering guidance for the future of web tools  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, Jan. 18 -- The Los Angeles Times issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: The Los Angeles Times today announced that it has begun content licensing agreements with three foreign-language newspapers serving Asian American communities: the World Journal, the Korea Daily and Nguoi Viet Daily News. Starting this month, each of the newspapers will be able to select, translate and publish stories from The Times, in print and digital editions, on a weekly basis. The  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 18 -- The University of California issued the following news release: Lionel Popkin, a professor of choreography and associate dean for academic affairs at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, has been appointed the school's interim dean. He begins his term Feb. 1. A strong advocate for the arts across campus, Popkin joined the faculty of UCLA Arts in 2006 and served as chair of the school's department of world arts and cultures/dance from 2015 to 2018. A  more

MONTEREY, California, Jan. 17 -- The Middlebury Institute of International Studies issued the following news: By Sierra Abukins In 2006, three women working in the growing field of localization in Silicon Valley became friends, looking for mutual support and collaboration. Today, the organization they founded 2 years later, Women in Localization, has over 10,000 members spread across 30 chapters worldwide. And one of those founders, Eva Klaudinyova, is now Program Chair for the Institute's Tr  more

OCEANSIDE, California, Jan. 17 -- MiraCosta College issued the following news: In the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, MiraCosta College stands out as a beacon of excellence, innovation, and community engagement. The year 2023 has been a testament to the institution's unwavering dedication to these core values, as evidenced by myriad extraordinary accomplishments. As MiraCosta College reflects on these achievements, the institution looks forward to a future filled with continued su  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 17 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on Jan. 16, 2024: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after a federal court blocked JetBlue Airways' proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines. Attorney General Stein and the attorneys general from California, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice to chall  more

BURBANK, California, Jan. 18 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release: The CW Network's broadcast of the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards on January 14 drew more than one million total viewers according to Nielsen, the ceremony's largest audience on the network in four years, up +14% over last year. The biggest party of the awards season featuring the hottest stars from film and television also grew +50% year-over-year in Adults 18-49 (202,00  more

BURBANK, California, Jan. 18 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: The CW Network, LLC ("The CW" "The CW Network") today announced the appointment of Erin McIlvain as Senior Vice President of Affiliate Distribution and Marketing, responsible for managing the network's distribution and overseeing affiliate relations with its station group partners. Ms. McIlvain will begin her new duties immediately and report to Dana Zimmer  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Key takeaways * The National Science Foundation awarded $1.3 million to a UCLA-led project that aims to foster connections among culture, creativity and technological innovation. * Nationwide activities will explore how to connect regional innovation with culture, enhance U.S. competitiveness and strengthen workforce development. * An open call invites organizations to submit p  more

COSTA MESA, California, Jan. 18 -- Orange Coast College issued the following news release: The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) recognized Orange Coast College president, Dr. Angelica Suarez, as the recipient of its 2024 National President's Award -- the first California community college president to be honored with this prestigious award. This award is the highest honor NASPA bestows on a college or university president or chancellor. "I am honored and humbled  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 16 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised private equity firm Flexpoint Ford in connection with its strategic investment in Public Trust Advisors, an investment advisory firm dedicated to serving municipalities, school districts, and other local government entities across the United States. Corporate of counsel Sahand Moarefy led the Paul Hastings team, which also included partners David Hearth, Amit Mehta, Holly Snow, J  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 16 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP advised global private investment firm Starwood Capital Group in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of 10 hotels from Edwardian Group for an undisclosed sum via an off-market transaction. Corporate Real Estate partners Michael James and Edward Meadowcroft led the Paul Hastings team, which also included associates Zoe McGowan, Kirsty Coventry, Dan Sullivan-Byrne, and   more

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 18 -- PennWest issued the following news: Edinboro's award-winning animation program once again ranks among the best in the U.S., receiving national ranking from Animation Career Review. A leading online resource for collegiate programs and careers in animation, game design and related fields, Animation Career Review named Edinboro's program No. 19 on the Top 25 Animation Schools and Colleges on the East Coast list for 2024. Offered in-person in PennWest's Colle  more

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 18 -- PennWest issued the following statement on Jan. 16, 2024: * * * A message from Dr. R. Lorraine Bernotsky to the PennWest community Happy New Year and welcome back! There's a renewed energy on our campuses as students return for the start of classes and our faculty and staff gear up for serving students this spring semester. New learning opportunities lie ahead, along with a full menu of support services designed to help students reach their academic, profe  more

MALIBU, California, Jan. 18 -- Pepperdine University issued the following news: On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at noon in Elkins Auditorium, David Schenker, Taube Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute and director of the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics, will explore the topic "Washington and the Crisis in the Middle East." As the former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, Schenker will discuss the status of the political climate in Israel and Washington's r  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 17 -- Platinum Equity, an investment firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Platinum Equity announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to sell the Hunterstown power generation facility and related assets to LS Power. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2024. Located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Hunterstown facility is a combined-cycle gas turbine generating power plant  more

LAKE FOREST, California, Jan. 18 -- iBASEt, a provider of software solutions, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: iBase-t, a leading provider of manufacturing, quality and MRO solutions, today announced that Ratier-Figeac, a propeller systems division of Collins Aerospace, has selected iBase-t's Solumina iSeries Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul (MRO) solutions at Ratier-Figeac's Figeac, France and Casablanca, Morocco sites. The deployment ac  more

LA JOLLA, California, Jan. 18 -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release: Salk Institute Professor Rusty Gage and Assistant Professor Pallav Kosuri have been awarded $1.3 million by the W. M. Keck Foundation to fund a novel investigation into the way brain and heart cell functions decline over time due to ribosubstitution events--cellular repair of DNA damage with RNA building blocks rather than DNA building blocks. The award combines the biological discovery  more

SONOMA, California, Jan. 18 -- Sonoma State University issued the following news: A $7.9-million grant from the US Department of Education (ED) to Sonoma State University's STEM and Computing Education Support (STEMACES) program is the result of a decade of success building technology to enable innovative science education and make it accessible to underrepresented students. STEMACES, which aims to improve middle school student achievement in science and increase the competency of STEM teache  more

STANFORD, California, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment issued the following news release: * * * A new model taps into the power of cooperation to promote sustainable palm oil production in Indonesia. "Tropical forests are a critical resource," says Xavier Warnes, PhD '21, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford Graduate School of Business. "They store huge amounts of carbon, they affect weather patterns and water systems, and they contain around 80% of the wo  more

TURLOCK, California, Jan. 18 -- California State University Stanislaus issued the following news: * * * The College of Education, Kinesiology and Social Work recently hosted an alumni awards event recognizing the outstanding contributions of several distinguished graduates across various fields. * * * Stan State's College of Education, Kinesiology and Social Work (COEKSW) recently celebrated the achievements of its alumni through its inaugural distinguished alumni awards event. "These awar  more

SUNNYVALE, California, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- ANSYS, a computer-aided engineering software developer, issued the following news on Jan. 17, 2024: * * * Key Highlights * Combines Leaders in Semiconductor Design Technology and Simulation and Analysis to Address Customers' Needs for Fusion of Electronics and Physics, Augmented with AI * Enhances and Accelerates Synopsys' Silicon to Systems Strategy in Core EDA and New Attractive, Adjacent Growth Areas * Expands Synopsys' TAM by 1.5x to ~$28 Billi  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 18 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news: Troutman Pepper secured a full grant of summary judgment (https://www.troutman.com/a/web/tK34VQ1AU9uKYWd7XsovbF/manpow-llc-summary-judgment.pdf) and complete dismissal, with prejudice, on behalf of ManPow, LLC, a New Western company, in a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit in the Central District of California. New Western is a dynamic player and industry leader in the real estate investment field. The win m  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Jan. 17 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: The Humanities Division at UC Santa Cruz has embarked on a transformative journey with a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch the groundbreaking Employing Humanities initiative. This visionary program aims to redefine humanities education by providing students with unparalleled experiential learning opportunities, bridging the gap between academic studies and real-world   more

RIVERSIDE, California, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: Scientists have known about a particular organelle in plant cells for over a century. However, UC Riverside scientists have only now discovered that organelle's key role in aging. The researchers initially set out to understand more generally which parts of plant cells control plant responses to stress from things like infections, too much salt, or too little light. Serendipitous  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Strategy developed by UC Riverside-led research team speeds up production of antibodies against COVID-19 * * * After COVID vaccination, it usually takes weeks for our bodies to develop protective antibody responses. Imagine, however, a vaccine that speeds up the production of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that spreads COVID-19. A research team led by Rong Hai,  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Jan. 18 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Allison Arteaga Soergel On Feb. 3, teachers and teachers-in-training from across the region will gather at the Monterey Conference Center for the annual STEM Education Central Coast Conference, organized by the University of California, Santa Cruz and California State University, Monterey Bay. The event is designed to share strategies for student success, facilitate networking and co  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Jan. 18 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Allison Arteaga Soergel On Feb. 3, teachers and teachers-in-training from across the region will gather at the Monterey Conference Center for the annual STEM Education Central Coast Conference, organized by the University of California, Santa Cruz and California State University, Monterey Bay. The event is designed to share strategies for student success, facilitate networking and co  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California's Los Angeles Campus Samueli School of Engineering issued the following news: Terahertz waves can penetrate opaque materials and provide unique spectral signatures of various chemicals, but their adoption for real-world applications has been limited by the slow speed, large size, high cost and complexity of terahertz imaging systems. The problem arises from the lack of suitable focal-plane array detectors, components that  more

DAVIS, California, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: By Emily C. Dooley Two potential new species of lamprey fish have been discovered in California waters, according to a University of California, Davis, study. The research is part of a special section on native lampreys published this week in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management. The findings suggest that the ancient animal has far more diversity in California than once thought,   more

MERCED, California, Jan. 17 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: Environmental Systems Ph.D. candidate Marie Buhl has been invited to join the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate (CACC). Buhl, who is from Germany, works in Professor Sam Markolf's lab focusing on climate change adaption research in the field of civil engineering through resilient infrastructure. Their research includes improving engineering educat  more

MERCED, California, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: Rocks, from ponderous boulders to tiny grains of sand, are subject to the whims of moisture, weather and time as they tumble from surrounding slopes into rivers, pools and lakes. UC Merced Professor Claire Lukens is getting more detailed data about these natural processes by using a larger range of samples than those of earlier studies -- a novel analytical framework that could hold important  more

BURBANK, California, Jan. 18 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: ABC's Emmy(R) Award-winning late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EST and features a diverse lineup of guests that includes celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human-interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The following episodes are scheduled to air the week of Jan. 15-19 (subject to change): Monday, Jan  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 18 -- The University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism issued the following news: Open-source investigative journalism uses publicly available information -- from satellite imagery and social media networks to online databases -- to reveal powerful untold stories. It often requires technological savvy, computational tools and other advanced techniques to search through vast amounts of visible data and collect insights. Open-  more

MARINA DEL REY, California, Jan. 18 -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following commentary on Jan. 17, 2024: * * * 'We Need Diverse Voices Doing AI to Serve a Diverse Population' By Nina Moothedath * * * EPISODE 10 | ISI's Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know his researchers. This week: Emmanuel Johnson * * * Adam Russell, AI/nthropologist and Director  more

MARINA DEL REY, California, Jan. 17 -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news: By Leila Okahata On the Tuesday morning of November 28, 2023, Julie Jiang woke up to the pleasant surprise of buzzing notifications from friends and family, all congratulating her for her recognition as a 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science. In both joy and disbelief, the LA-based computer social scientist repea  more

POMONA, California, Jan. 17 -- Western University of Health Sciences issued the following news release: The Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons of Oregon (OPSO) named Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest (COMP-Northwest) Assistant Professor and Chair of Family Medicine Jenna Collins, DO, as its DO of the Year. "I know how many amazing physicians are out there," Collins said. "To be called out was quite an honor. I was humbled and honored   more

SANTA BARBARA, California, Jan. 17 -- Westmont College issued the following news: By Scott Craig "I was surprised at the sheer size of the math world," said first-year student Isaiah Conway, reflecting on his trip with fellow students and faculty to the world's largest mathematics conference Jan. 3-6 in San Francisco. Ten students and three faculty members were among nearly 6,000 other mathematicians at annual Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), hosted by the American Mathematical Society. "I h  more