PASADENA, California, Jan. 26 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: "It's on the money," said Paul Nied, one of three telescope operators for the 200-inch Hale Telescope at Caltech's Palomar Observatory near San Diego. Nied was sitting in a large black chair at the helm of the controls for the massive telescope, which is nestled on Palomar Mountain. He had just directed the telescope to point at a star on the sky while astronomer Zach Vanderbosch watched nearby as  more

OAKLAND, California, Jan. 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement ahead of arguments in the Miller v. Bonta appeal and in defense of California's assault weapons ban before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Miller v. Bonta is a Second Amendment challenge to California's restrictions on rifles, pistols, and shotguns that qualify as assault weapons unde  more

OAKLAND, California, Jan. 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 19 states in support of a legal challenge of Idaho's latest attack on reproductive rights, which would potentially punish medical providers and residents of states outside of Idaho for giving information and assistance to minors who access lawful abortion in those states. In the brief, filed in Matsumoto v. La  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 27 -- The California Natural Resources Agency issued the following Q&A on Jan. 25, 2024, by Exposition Park General Manager Andrea Ambriz: * * * Andrea Ambriz, thanks for joining us for this feature. You've been at the helm of LA's Exposition Park since December 2022 and a lot has happened since then. The Space Shuttle Endeavour is getting ready to be hoisted into launch position, the Lucas Museum construction is advancing rapidly, the Natural History's Commons are  more

LA JOLLA, California, Jan. 26 -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release: The Salk Institute has named Jan Karlseder as its new senior vice president and chief science officer (CSO). Karlseder, a professor in Salk's Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research, and Donald and Darlene Shiley Chair for Research on Aging, will assume the role on February 1, 2024. Karlseder's selection is the result of  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 26 -- The Sacramento Municipal Utility District issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: SMUD CEO & General Manager Paul Lau has named Scott Martin SMUD's new Chief Financial Officer, effective January 27. Martin replaces Jennifer Davidson who's retiring after six successful years as CFO and more than 17 years at SMUD. Martin currently serves as SMUD's Chief Strategy Officer, overseeing enterprise-wide strategies to achieve SMUD's ambitious goal of elimi  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, Jan. 26 -- The Los Angeles Times issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: Los Angeles Times Executive Chairman Patrick Soon-Shiong today announced that he's named Terry Tang, who currently serves as editor of the editorial page, the interim executive editor of The Times. In her new role, Tang will oversee the newsroom and the editorial page. She will immediately begin working to identify a managing editor and organize the newsroom leadership team, and will co  more

LA JOLLA, California, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news release: Each year, at least 1.7 million adults in the United States develop sepsis, and approximately 350,000 will die from the serious blood infection that can trigger a life-threatening chain reaction throughout the entire body. In a new study, published in the January 23, 2024 online edition of npj Digital Medicine, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Me  more

BURBANK, California, Jan. 26 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: The second season of Adult Swim's hit animated comedy about a dysfunctional family fighting over the legacy of their second-rate cracker company, "Royal Crackers," premieres Thursday, February 29 at midnight ET/PT. The debut season of "Royal Crackers" was the most-watched Adult Swim original series of 2023. Created by and starring Jason Ruiz, the half-hour comedy   more