BURBANK, California, March 1 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (Monday-Friday, 11:35 p.m.) During the week of Feb. 19, 2024, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" hit a 12-week high in Total Viewers (1.73 million) and a 5-week high in the key demo of Adults 18-49 (0.15 rating) -- since the weeks of 11/27/23 and 1/15/24, respectively. "Kimmel" shot up week to week by 22% in Total Viewers (1.73 million vs. 1.42 million) and by   more

BURBANK, California, March 1 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: * * * Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Catherine O'Hara, Octavia Spencer and Ramy Youssef * * * Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Catherine O'Hara, Octavia Spencer and Ramy Youssef will present at  more

BURBANK, California, March 1 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * MONDAY, MARCH 4 8:00-10:03 p.m. EST - The Bachelor: "2808" (2808) Logline: An excited and anxious Joey makes his way to the hometowns of his four incredible remaining women. It's a week that could change everything as he meets their families and has important conversations about what the future may hold for each of them. The four women vying for Joey's heart are the foll  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 1 -- Agilent Technologies, a company that specializes in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the selection of Distinguished Professors Michel Barsoum and Yury Gogotsi at Drexel University and Professor Ananda Amarasekara at Prairie View A&M University as recipients of an Agilent Solutions Innovation Research Award (SIRA). The three honorees   more

OAKLAND, California, March 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. are today encouraging all Californians to understand their rights as a voter, learn more about the state's voting protections, and make a plan to vote before the Presidential Primary Election on March 5, 2024. As Election Day fast approaches, all Californians should be aware of their rights   more

OAKLAND, California, March 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with two separate local Bakersfield landlords and their property management company, Clemmer & Company, for multiple violations of the Tenant Protection Act (TPA) and for violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act. Co-authored by Attorney General Bonta during his time as a state assemblymember, the TPA   more

OAKLAND, California, March 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of Connecticut's restrictions on large-capacity magazines (LCMs) and assault weapons in National Association for Gun Rights v. Lamont. "Large capacity magazines and assault weapons have been used in many horrific mass shootings around the country, incl  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Bennae Calac, of Pauma Valley, has been appointed to the California Native American Heritage Commission. Calac has been President, Owner and Managing Member at Native Grounds Monitoring Research and Consulting LLC since 2000, at 7G Foundation since 2018, and at Onoo Po Strategies since 2020. She is an enrolled   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed the following bills: * SB 263 by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) - Insurance: annuities and life insurance policies. * SB 400 by Senator Aisha Wahab (D-Hayward) - Peace officers: confidentiality of records. For full text of the bills, visit: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. * * * Original text here: https://www.gov.ca.  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced millions of Californians will receive an average of $146 in credits on their April gas and electric bills. The California Climate Credit - automatically applied to Californians' bills every April and October - is a direct result of the state's nation-leading Cap-and-Trade climate program that requires polluters to pay for climate action.   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 1 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: This April, millions of Californians can look forward to significant savings on their electric and/or natural gas bills, thanks to the California Climate Credit. The state will provide total payments exceeding $1.6 billion for electric customers, $1 billion for natural gas customers, and $160 million for small businesses. The average bill credit will total $146 pe  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- The California State Auditor issued the following report (No. 2023-110) on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "California Department of Public Health: Process Improvements Could Help Reduce Delays in Completing Fetal Death Registrations." Here are excerpts: * * * To: The Governor of California, President pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, State Capitol, Sacramento, California 95814 Dear Governor and Legislative Leaders: As directed by the Joint Legis  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 (TNSres) -- The California Department of Water Resources issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 47.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 18 inches, which is 77 percent of average for this location. The snow water equivalent measures the amount of water contained in the snowpack and is a key compon  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- The California Air Resources Board issued the following news release: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently awarded $33 million in grants to support projects that increase access to zero-emissions transportation and diversify mobility options for schools and communities that service more than 20 low-income areas, including a new effort that empowers communities with resources to plan for future transportation projects. The programs, called Clean   more

SONOMA, California, March 1 -- Sonoma State University issued the following news: California State University among just seven selected by Lumina Foundation in national competition to transform how students get into college. The California State University (CSU) is one of seven winners of The Great Admissions Redesign, a competition by Lumina Foundation to revolutionize the admissions process and increase accessibility to higher education for all students. The CSU will use the $750,000 award t  more

NORTHRIDGE, California, Feb. 29 -- California State University's Northridge Campus issued the following news release: California State University, Northridge has launched the first disability studies minor in the CSU system, with the first students being admitted to the program in fall 2024. "CSUN has the largest population of self-identifying disabled students in the system," said Jeffrey Reeder, dean in CSUN's College of Humanities, where the program will be housed. "Additionally, our univer  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 1 -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew the XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) for the first time on Feb. 28, 2024. OBSS is an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) program and GA-ASI was selected in 2021 to design, build and fly the new aircraft. With flight of the AFRL-funded XQ-67A, GA-ASI has validated the "genus/species" concept first developed wi  more

SANTA ROSA, California, March 1 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has been selected as the Test Partner for the Deutsche Telekom Satellite NB-IoT Early Adopter Program, providing an end-to-end narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) non-terrestrial network (NTN) testbed to enable designers and developers to validate reference designs for solutions using 3G  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 1 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: LPL Financial LLC announced today that financial advisor Seth Marshall and the team at Endeavor Wealth Strategies have joined LPL Financial's broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms, aligned with Exemplar Financial Network. The Endeavor team reported serving approximately $515 million in advisor  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 29 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: Mayer Brown obtained an across-the-board trial win on behalf of Wood Group US Holdings Inc. in the US District Court for the Central District of California in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) class action suit, Robert Lauderdale et al. v. NFP Retirement Inc. et al. The case involved allegations that Wood imprudently selected flexPATH as the investment manager for the Wood 401(k) plan, an  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 1 -- The Mississippi State University issued the following news: George C. Rable, Professor Emeritus and former Charles G. Summersell Chair in Southern History at the University of Alabama, and Ryan Reynolds, a Ph.D. candidate from Oakland, California, studying American military history and the Cold War, will be the featured speakers for the 2024 John F. and Jeanne A. Marszalek Lecture Series at Mississippi State. The event, free and open to the public, will be h  more

SAN JOSE, California, March 1 (TNSres) -- NetApp, a provider of software, systems and services to manage and store data, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended on January 26, 2024. "In Q3, our focused execution and continued operational discipline delivered solid revenue growth and again yielded company all-time highs across ke  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 29 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP, along with pro bono partners the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) and Public Counsel, secured a landmark victory for veterans and their caregivers in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Veterans Court) invalidating a rule that precluded hundreds of thousands of veteran  more

PASADENA, California, Feb. 29 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Each year, a Caltech faculty member is selected to receive the Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching for demonstrating "in the broadest sense, unusual talent, creativity and innovation in undergraduate or graduate classroom or laboratory teaching." Recipients, chosen by a committee appointed by the provost, are nominated by faculty, students, postdoctoral scholars, staff, and alumni.  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 1 (TNSres) -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * Throughout the strategic plan, teams have driven new or expanded efforts to drive sustainability and reduce environmental impacts.B * * * Motivated by the strategic plan, students, staff, faculty and administrators have spent years dedicated to building a resilient and sustainable university through expanded efforts and new projects. Since the launch of the We Rise We Defy: Transcending B  more

ROCKLIN, California, March 1 -- Sierra College issued the following news release: Bobby Singh Gosal, Dean of Student Services at Sierra College, was recognized at the annual conference of the Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA) with the Leadership Award for Academic Excellence. The ACCCA Leadership Award for Administrative Excellence was established in 1996 to honor an administrator or manager who has consistently shown leadership in the face of adversity, and w  more

SONOMA, California, March 1 -- Sonoma State University issued the following news: Artificial intelligence (AI) will not wipe out humanity, destroy jobs, or make humans lazy and stupid, according to Dr. Alexander "Sasha" Sidorkin, but educators and others must be vigilant about its use and how students, especially, are prepared for life in an AI-rich society. Sidorkin, Chief AI Officer and Director of the National Institute on Artificial Intelligence in Education, was the keynote speaker Thursd  more

PALO ALTO, California, March 1 -- Squire Patton Boggs, a law firm, issued the following news: Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the addition of partner Sarah Mirza to its global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. She joins the firm from the Silicon Valley IP boutique Artegis Law Group. "Sarah has earned a reputation as a trusted advisor to an impressive roster of Silicon Valley clients, particularly in the electronics and software space," said David Elkins, leader of the fir  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 1 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Allison Arteaga Soergel The Center for Economic Justice and Action (CEJA) at UC Santa Cruz will lead the University of California's participation in the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities. The challenge was a nationwide call for stakeholders across society to make commitments that could help to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases by 2030, while   more

IRVINE, California, March 1 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine researchers find security flaws in first- and next-generation LiDAR systems * * * A University of California, Irvine-led research team has demonstrated the potentially hazardous vulnerabilities associated with the technology called LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, many autonomous vehicles use to navigate streets, roads and highways. Computer scientists   more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 1 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * UC Santa Cruz's Dean of the Arts Division, award-winning filmmaker and author celebrates the publication of her most recent work * * * By Gaby Messino The Movies of Racial Childhoods: Screening Self-Sovereignty in Asian/America is Dean Celine Parrenas Shimizu's fourth soul-written book published earlier this year by Duke University Press. To celebrate, Shimizu will be hosting a  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 1 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Sandra Messick Many students face a financial challenge when it comes to covering the cost of course materials each quarter. This can sometimes prevent them from taking a class or be the reason behind their decision to withdraw from one. To help reduce this financial burden, a growing number of instructors at UC Santa Cruz are using Open Educational Resources (OER). "It's an equity   more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 1 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Stephanie Silva Educational equity remains a persistent challenge in California and across the nation, as disparities in educational access and opportunity have made it difficult for some students to achieve academic and economic success. For many students, especially those from communities traditionally underrepresented in higher education, navigating the transition from high school  more

SEATTLE, Washington, March 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington's School of Medicine issued the following news release: Scientists and clinicians have long suspected a link between wildfires and a decline in mental health. A new study of prescription records supports the association, showing that large wildfires appear to exacerbate preexisting mental health conditions. The research, published Feb. 26 in JAMA Open Network, involved analysis of psychotropic prescription data to analyze me  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 1 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, California bank owner Eric Hovde (R-Laguna Beach) mistook a lake for the Pacific Ocean, insisting that everyone stop talking about his California ties. "If California bank owner Eric Hovde thinks sitting in a lake is going to stop us from telling Wisconsinites about his California bank, California megamansion, and California ties, he's going to be swimming a whole lot for the next e  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 1 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: Yesterday, Wisconsin Democrats and leaders throughout the state held press conferences calling out Republican Senate candidate and California bank owner Eric Hovde (R-Laguna Beach) for his record on abortion. Hovde said he supported overturning Roe v. Wade, is totally opposed to abortion," and "opposed legalized abortion," saying he wanted to protect "life from conception." The events call  more