SANTA CLARA, California, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- Agilent Technologies, a company that specializes in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: * * * Highlights * Revenue of $1.66 billion, down 5.6% reported and 6.4% core(1) from the first quarter of 2023. * GAAP net income of $348 million; earnings per share (EPS) of $1.18, down 1% from the first quarter of 2023. * Non-GAAP(2) net income of $380 million; EPS of $1.29, down 6% fr  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 28 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Robyn Fennig, of Sacramento, has been appointed Assistant Director, Hazard Mitigation at the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, where she has served as Division Chief of the Hazard Mitigation Planning Division since 2023. She held several roles in the Division of Emergency Management at the Wis  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 28 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom, joined by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, today presented the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to three law enforcement officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) who went above and beyond the call of duty. The award, which is the highest state award for valor presented to a public safety officer, was presented to Officer Aaron Adair, O  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the California National Guard (CalGuard) supported counter-drug operations in 2023 that led to the record seizure of 62,224 pounds of fentanyl in California and the state's ports of entry. Since 2021, fentanyl seizures supported by CalGuard have increased by 1066%. WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID: "Fentanyl is a poison, and it doe  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 28 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisors James "Jamie" P. Debuque, CPFA(R), CPWA(R), CRPC(TM) and Timothy M. Baltz, CPFA(R), CRPC(TM) have launched a new independent practice, Continuity Private Wealth, through affiliation with LPL Financial's supported independence model, LPL Stra  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, Feb. 28 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: Last month, the Department of Economics in the School of Business and Public Administration received the 2023 Departmental Seed Grant for Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion by the American Economic Association (AEA). This one-time award is open to US-based economics departments in an amount up to $5,000 to help establish a new "bridge program" or training program. Departments would use the  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 28 -- EDF Renewables, a renewable energy developer, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: SAN DIEGO and GLENDORA, Calif. -- EDF Renewables North America today announced a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for a portion of the Bonanza Solar and Storage project. The carbon-free electricity generated by the 125 MWac solar photovoltaic (PV) system and 65 MW 4-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BE  more

ONTARIO, California, Feb. 28 -- Electrify America, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, issued the following news release: Electrify America, the largest open DC fast-charging network in the U.S., and NFI , a leading North American third-party logistics provider, announced the grand opening of NFI's state-of-the-art DC fast charging facility in Ontario, CA. Supporting NFI's fleet of 50 heavy-duty electric trucks, the project advances the electrification of drayage operations between the  more

SAN RAMON, California, Feb. 28 -- GE Aerospace, a subsidiary of General Electric, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: GE Aerospace today announced that ASL Aviation Holdings has chosen to adopt Safety Insight and FlightPulse(R) for all its airlines and associate airlines including FlySafair, ASL Airlines France, ASL Airlines Belgium, and ASL Airlines Ireland. Historically, ASL's have used a variety of software solutions from different vendors for FDM (Flight Data Monitoring) an  more

SANTA ROSA, California, Feb. 28 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) introduces QuantumPro, the electronic design automation (EDA) industry's first integrated electromagnetic (EM) design and simulation tool and workflow tailored for seamless creation of quantum computers based on superconducting qubits. The QuantumPro solution consolidates five essential fun  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The California Department of Pesticide Regulation issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Today, DPR announced the addition of a new leader to advance the department's work to foster and accelerate a transition to sustainable pest management across California's agricultural, urban and wildland settings. Michael Millican joins the department's executive leadership team this week as its first Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) Assistant Direc  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 28 -- Nixon Peabody, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nixon Peabody LLP has strengthened its patent and trade secrets litigation capabilities on the West Coast with the addition of Michael W. Gray, who joins the Intellectual Property practice as counsel in the law firm's Los Angeles office. Michael focuses his practice on helping high-tech clients navigate litigation, protect their intellectual property and trade secrets, and advance their business o  more

PASADENA, California, Feb. 27 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Jensen (Jen-Hsun) Huang, Founder and CEO of technology company NVIDIA will deliver the keynote address at Caltech's 130th Annual Commencement Ceremony on June 14, 2024. Named the world's best CEO by Fortune, The Economist, and Brand Finance, Huang led NVIDIA to become a pioneer in accelerated computing and the fourth most valuable company in the world. "As NVIDIA's CEO, Jensen Huang has led a re  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 27 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP was recognized with a "shout-out" by The American Lawyer's Litigator of the Week feature for its victory in the New York Court of Appeals on behalf of the Ad Hoc Board of Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Venezuela's national oil company, appointed by the democratically-elected Venezuelan National Assembly, when the court ruled that Venezuelan law rather than New York state law governs the   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 28 -- Salesforce, a customer relationship management company, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the #1 AI CRM, today announced the public beta availability of Einstein Copilot, a new customizable, conversational, and generative AI assistant for CRM. Unlike other AI assistants or copilots that lack adequate company data to generate useful responses, Einstein Copilot enables Salesforce customers to generate responses using  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of California's Los Angeles Campus Samueli School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * The $20 million system will be capable of removing 3,650 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year while producing 105 metric tons of carbon-negative hydrogen * * * Following the successful launch and operation of two pilots in Los Angeles and Singapore last spring, UCLA and its startup Equatic are scaling up for the ne  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 28 -- The University of San Diego issued the following news release: This spring, a group of master's students from the University of San Diego's (USD) Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies will embark on a cross-country trip aimed at seeking connection during one of the most polarizing times in recent U.S. history. Over two weeks in May, the "Crossing the Divide" course will take 9 students by train to cities across the Southwest and Southern United States. At each s  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * From public health insights to busting bias in machine learning, discover USC researchers' groundbreaking artificial intelligence work at AAAI 2024 * * * From developing AI for pandemic policies to coordinating autonomous agents and addressing bias in machine learning, USC researchers presented their latest findings at the 38th Annual AAAI Confer  more

PALO ALTO, California, Feb. 28 -- Wilson Sonsini, a law firm, issued the following news release: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, is pleased to announce that Pro Bono Partner Luke Liss will be honored with the Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr. Social Justice & Advocacy Award from the Center for Medicare Advocacy. The award, named after Alfred J. (Chip) Chiplin, Jr., the esteemed former managing attorney  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 28 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news on Feb. 27, 2024: Yesterday, Elex Michaelson from Fox Los Angeles ran a segment covering local California bank owner Eric Hovde's run for Senate. Hovde has admitted that his "main business" is the $2.8 billion California bank that he owns, which is conveniently located near his $7 million Laguna Beach, California megamansion in one of California's most exclusive gated communities, complete with a private ya  more