SANTA CLARA, California, Jan. 31 -- Agilent Technologies, a company that specializes in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced an agreement with Incyte that will bring together Agilent's expertise and proven track record in the development of companion diagnostics (CDx) to support the development and commercialization of Incyte's hematology and oncology portfolio. The value  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the results of a statewide human trafficking operation called "Reclaim and Rebuild". The San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force (SDHTTF), the Fresno Human Trafficking Sexual Predator Apprehension (HT-SPAT) and the Sacramento HT-SPAT teams participated in the multi-juris  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta together with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) today announced the arrest of ten suspects as part of a multiagency apprehension operation in Southern California. Over the past year, the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (L.A. IMPACT) was a p  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today will appeal the district court decision striking down California's ammunition laws adopted by Proposition 63 and amended by SB 1235, and will seek an immediate stay of the district court decision pending appeal to maintain California's life-saving, constitutional restrictions on ammunition in Rhode v. Bonta. These commonsense amm  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, along with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and other partnering agencies, announced sentencing against three individuals involved in a multijurisdictional organized retail theft operation targeting Walmart and Target locations and resulting in a total loss of over $130,000. Lawrence Fountain, Kevin Hawkins, and Zaniyah Hoi  more

OAKLAND, California, Feb. 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined 19 attorneys general in a multistate amicus brief in support of the Transgender American Veterans Association's (TAVA) petition for increased access to gender-affirming care for transgender veterans in TAVA v. Veterans Affairs. TAVA's rulemaking petition seeks to compel the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to amend a regulation excluding me  more

OAKLAND, California, Feb. 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting the federal government's regulations involving mifepristone, a drug which is widely used for medication abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit i  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that the cities of Eureka, Healdsburg, Mountain View, Petaluma, San Luis Obispo, Santa Monica, and the County of Tulare, have earned the Prohousing designation by cutting red tape and speeding up housing approvals. Today's announcement brings the total number of California's Prohousing communities to 37. "We need to aggressively build more  more

FOLSOM, California, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The California Independent System Operator issued the following news release: The latest quarterly benefits report for the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM), coming about two weeks after regional energy transfers helped keep the lights on during an extreme cold spell in parts of the West, shows more than $5 billion in cumulative benefits for market participants since the market was launched. "Working collaboratively with our partners across a broad g  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 31 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision denying petition to modify decision (Case No. 24-01-033) on Jan. 30, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Continue Implementation and Administration of California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. DECISION DENYING PETITION TO MODIFY DECISION 14-12-081 Summary This decision denies the October 4, 2017 pet  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 31 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting compensation (Case No. 24-01-052) on Jan. 30, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (U39M) for Approval of its Proposal for a Day-Ahead Real Time Rate and Pilot to Evaluate Customer Understanding and Supporting Technology. DECISION GRANTING COMPENSATION TO ENVIRONMENT  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 31 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting compensation (Case No. 24-01-047) on Jan. 30, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company for Approval of the Retirement of Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Implementation of the Joint Proposal, And Recovery of Associated Costs Through Proposed Ratemaking Mechanisms (U39E). DECIS  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 1 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following final resolution (No. ALJ-451) on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * Resolves K.23-05-019, the Appeal of Orange County Power Authority (ID 243) of Citation No. E-4195-0134 This resolution resolves the appeal of Citation No. E-4195-0134 (Citation) issued to Orange County Power Authority (ID 243) (OCPA) by the California Public Utilities Commission's (Commission) Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division (  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 31 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed decision (No. 21-10-002) on Jan. 30, 2024: * * * 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 DENYING PETITION FOR MODIFICATION OF DECISION 23-06-029 BY THE CALIFORNIA LARGE ENERGY  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 1 -- GEI Consultants issued the following news release: Feyera Hirpa, Ph.D., has joined GEI Consultants as a Climate Scientist. For 10 years he has worked with public and private institutions to develop hydrological models to quantify floods and climate risk at local, national, regional, and global levels. "We are excited about Feyera's experience running large, complex hydrologic and hydraulic models using cloud computing resources," says Kwabena Asante, Ph.D., P.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Another day, another federal investment delivered for Southern California by Congressman Mike Levin. Last week, Levin announced $53.9 million for San Diego County rail projects -- "improving reliability, increasing ridership, and making the corridor more resilient to climate change." As the San Diego Union-Tribune noted, "Levin also has been a big booster of sand replenish  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 1 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisors Jonathan Maloney and Niki Davis have joined LPL's employee advisor channel, Linsco by LPL Financial, to launch Maloney Davis Wealth Management. They reported having served approximately $175 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 1 -- Hanson Bridgett, a law firm, issued the following news release: Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been named to U.S. News & World Report's 2024 list of Best Companies to Work For among U.S. Law Firms, ranking among the top law firms recognized for employee well-being. The analysis that went into the report reflects how individual firms meet the needs and expectations of their employees compared to their competitors. "To be includ  more

SANTA ROSA, California, Feb. 1 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has achieved a new milestone in validating the accelerated infrastructure necessary to power the next-generation AI-driven cloud data center with Keysight's AresONE-M 800GE test platform and the Marvell Teralynx 10 Ethernet switch chip. AI networks require high performance, unprecedented sc  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 31 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisors David Segarra, AIF, CPFA, and Sean Sullivan of Latus Group, Ltd. have joined LPL Financial's broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. They reported having served approximately $320 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 1 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced the launch of an online, searchable public depository that will contain nearly four million documents from his lawsuit against e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL. The depository was created and is being housed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's University Libraries (UNC) and the University of California, San Fr  more

CULVER CITY, California, Jan. 31 -- Sony Music Entertainment issued the following news release: Crunchyroll, the ultimate anime destination for global fans, and Sony Music Entertainment are launching Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect, a weekly roundtable podcast spotlighting anime's influence on the broader cultural zeitgeist. The Anime Effect will be available worldwide in English on all major podcast platforms beginning February 16, with new episodes every Friday. You can watch/listen t  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 31 -- Northrop Grumman issued the following news release: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), AT&T* and SEMPRE (Secure EMP-Resilient Edge) demonstrated the ability to securely share sensitive, classified military data across geographies at high speeds. The demonstration showcased how flightline maintenance and sustainment can be digitally transformed to reduce time and costs associated with aircraft maintenance and repair. Northrop Grumman integrated its secur  more

IRVINE, California, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * The advance will allow researchers to transform everyday materials into conductors for use in quantum computers * * * Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Los Alamos National Laboratory, publishing in the latest issue of Nature Communications, describe the discovery of a new method that transforms everyday materials like glass into materials scientists  more

IRVINE, California, Jan. 31 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: Bernadette Boden-Albala, M.P.H., Dr.P.H., director of the University of California, Irvine Program in Public Health and founding dean of the planned School of Population and Public Health, has been selected to receive the prestigious Edgar J. Kenton III Lecture Award from the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, just prior to its annual International  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Yesterday, Governor Newsom, along the banks of Prairie Creek and the Elk River, released the State's first-ever strategy to restore populations of salmon amidst hotter and drier weather exacerbated by climate change. Here's what local, community, legislative, and Tribal leaders are saying... California State Senate Majority Leader Mike McGuire: "Salmon are some of the toughes  more