MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, March 7 -- The A.O. Smith, a manufacturer of residential and commercial water heaters and boilers, issued the following news on March 6, 2024: Water technology company A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE: AOS) announced today it acquired Impact Water Products, a California-based water treatment company, in an all-cash transaction. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Impact Water Products joins other A. O. Smith acquisitions, Water Tec (2023), Atlantic Filter (2022), Mas  more

IRVINE, California, March 8 -- Allied Universal, a security and facility services company that provides smart technology to deliver solutions to businesses, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Allied Universal(R), the world's leading security and facility services company, has been named to the Newsweek list of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2024. Receiving a ranking of four stars, the publication evaluated the company's compensation, work-life balance and proactive ma  more

ALMA, Michigan, March 8 -- Alma College issued the following news: Dorothy "Dottie" Johnson was announced as the first winner of the Alma College Lynne Sherwood Women's Leadership Award at a reception before family, friends and the Alma College community on Wednesday, March 6. "I am deeply honored to be recognized by Alma College in Lynne's name. Lynne was a role model for us all," Johnson said. Johnson, of Grand Haven, Mich., is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the Ha  more

SAN JOSE, California, March 8 -- Cisco Systems issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: San Jose (California, USA), and Madrid (Spain) -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and BBVA today announced the companies have deepened their strategic alliance and signed a Strategic Whole Portfolio Agreement (WPA), providing BBVA faster access to Cisco's comprehensive software and Customer Experience (CX) portfolio. BBVA is the first EMEA-based financial services institution to sign a WPA with Cisco in Euro  more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 8 -- Bourns, a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced it continues to broaden its sales channel partnerships in EMEA by signing that Cabcongroup as a new full line distributor partner. Effective immediately, the Cabcongroup was selected for their excellent customer re  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with CalRecycle Director Rachel Machi Wagoner, today announced that five managers of Recycling Services Alliance, Inc. (RSA), who together carried out a recycling fraud scheme in Sacramento County, have been ordered to pay a total of $140.5 million total criminal restitution and administrative fines for the purpose of replenish  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he took action to accelerate a housing project in downtown Los Angeles that, if ultimately approved, is expected to deliver more than 1,500 new homes, office space and retail all centrally located near transit and jobs. The 10-building project is anticipated to pump $2 billion into the California economy and create up to 10,000 union  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 8 -- The California Department of Public Health issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) launched the Take on Alzheimer's campaign, an education and awareness campaign aimed toward all Californians to promote healthy brains, knowledge about the difference between aging and dementia, and improve conversations with loved ones and health care providers. "With more people living longer lives, the numb  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, March 7 (TNSres) -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: * * * Three faculty members receiving support for ethics projects * * * Three California State University, Bakersfield faculty members have been given the opportunity to conduct their own ethics projects as part of the Kegley Institute of Ethics' Faculty Fellows Program. The institute has announced that its 2024-25 Faculty Fellows recipients are Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studi  more

CAMARILLO, California, March 8 -- The California State University Channel Islands campus issued the following news release: CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)'s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a strong lineup of class offerings for the Spring II session. Adult students whose tastes run toward current events, politics and history can sign up for classes like: "Eyeball to Eyeball: The Eagle and the Dragon Stare Each Other Down," on U.S. Chinese relation  more

FRESNO, California, March 7 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Controversies about books in American libraries are not new, but they have spiked in number over the past two years. Contentious discussions at library and school board meetings are now regular news across the country and recently reached Fresno County with the passage of the Parents Matter Act by the Board of Supervisors, which calls for the sequestering of children's books with allege  more

SANTA CLARITA, California, March 7 -- The College of the Canyons issued the following news release: The National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN- CNEA) has reaffirmed the accreditation of the College of the Canyons nursing program for a maximum term of 10 years. "We are delighted to have our accreditation status reaffirmed by the NLN-CNEA," said Dr. Tammy Bathke, director of the college's nursing program. "The COC Nursing Program has a long-established l  more

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- Cuesta College issued the following news release: Cuesta College proudly announces that Aubrey Kuan Roderick, Dean of Instruction for Creative Arts, Humanities, & Communication, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright International Education Administrators Award. "Dean Kuan Roderick's Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award exemplifies Cuesta College's dedication to promoting international understanding and collaboration on a global s  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: "Mike Garcia is a far-right extremist who has established a shameful record in Congress, including a lack of transparency that has seriously undermined the trust of his constituents. Hardworking families in this district deserve better than Garcia's record of self-service and extremism - and luckily they have a better choice this year in George Whitesides, a job creator and pragmatic consen  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- Gap, a retailer of clothing and accessories, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), the largest specialty apparel company in the U.S., with a portfolio of brands including Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 3, 2024. "The fourth quarter exceeded expectations on several key metrics along with market share gains, reflect  more

OAKLAND, California, March 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: In recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today highlighted ongoing efforts to protect California consumers and urged Californians to report misconduct or violations of state consumer protection laws to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) at oag.ca.gov/report. Complaints submitted by the public provide DOJ with importan  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 7 -- Loyola Marymount University issued the following news release: As the global entertainment industry continues to expand, iterate, and change as never before, Loyola Marymount University has introduced a game-changing master's program to its lineup in fall 2024. The Master in Entertainment Leadership and Management (MELM), a collaboration between LMU School of Film and Television and LMU College of Business Administration, is strategically curated to provide  more

PASADENA, California, March 6 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Many salamanders have the remarkable ability to regrow their own limbs and tails after an injury. How are they able to do this, while more complex mammals, such as humans, cannot? "Certain animals like zebrafish and salamanders are able to regenerate body parts, but higher up on the evolutionary tree of life, regeneration happens much more rarely," says Marianne Bronner, the Edward B. Lewis Profe  more

AZUSA, California, March 8 -- Northrop Grumman issued the following news release: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is partnering with Palantir USG, Inc. on the newly awarded Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) ground system for the U.S. Army. The program supports one of the Army's key modernization imperatives by using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to enhance the automation of target recognition and geolocation and integrate data from multiple se  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released the following statement on California's 27th Congressional district primary election results: "Navy fighter pilot Representative Mike Garcia has dedicated his career to defending America's security. Representative Garcia fights to keep the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley safe from crime and open b  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 8 -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: NVIDIA and HP Inc. today announced that NVIDIA CUDA-X(TM) data processing libraries will be integrated with HP AI workstation solutions to turbocharge the data preparation and processing work that forms the foundation of generative AI development. Built on the NVIDIA CUDA(R) compute platform, CUDA-X libr  more

BURBANK, California, March 8 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Oprah Winfrey hosts a sit-down conversation around the radical impact of prescription weight loss medications in the primetime event, "An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution," airing MONDAY, MARCH 18 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC and the next day on Hulu. The special delves into the prevailing questions and concerns surrounding the impact on our health care,   more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 8 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news on March 7, 2024: Paul Hastings secured an outright victory in the California Court of Appeal on behalf of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC ("WME"), when the panel affirmed the trial court's award of summary judgment for WME on all claims. In VFLA EventCo LLC v. William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC, festival organizer VFLA sued talent agency WME in a dispute over guarantees paid to secure p  more

ITHACA, New York, March 7 -- Cornell University issued the following news: This year's Culler Theory Lecture at the Society for the Humanities will examine philosophical accounts of the ways in which we organize the concept of reality. Titled "Beyond the World as Picture: Worlding and Becoming the Whole World [devenir tout le monde]," the Culler Lecture will be delivered by Pheng Cheah, Ph.D. '98, professor of rhetoric at the University of California at Berkeley. The talk will take place in th  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release: * * * Salk scientists test whether different commercial cell culture products affect organoid development and response to pancreatic cancer drugs * * * Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers and is projected to become the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States by 2030. It is especially difficult to treat because panc  more

IRVINE, California, March 8 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: A donation of $1.5 million from The Drake Gives will support a novel initiative at the University of California, Irvine's School of Social Ecology focused on leveraging the power of music to galvanize students, other individuals and communities for social progress and well-being. The contribution will spearhead the new Power of Music initiative, which will be led by Richard Matthew, pro  more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * New technology offers hope for treating chronic back pain * * * With technology developed at UC Riverside, scientists can, for the first time, make high resolution images of the human spinal cord during surgery. The advancement could help bring real relief to millions suffering chronic back pain. The technology, known as fUSI or functional ultrasound imaging, not only en  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * Landmark study contradicts misinformation about brain development and conditions like autism in children. * * * The COVID vaccine is safe to administer during pregnancy, reports UC San Francisco in an important finding on the safety of the vaccine in infants - despite widespread fear and misinformation. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is the firs  more

MERCED, California, March 7 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: The National Science Foundation recently awarded nearly $500,000 to the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) to help develop an internal culture that fosters inclusion, diversity and equity. The grant comes from the BIO-LEAPS (Leading Culture Change through Professional Societies of Biology) program for the proposal titled "Strengthening Inclusion by Change in Building Equity, Divers  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * People of color also hit historic highs while women drop in key jobs, according to UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report Key takeaways * Box-office numbers demonstrate the power and profits wielded by audiences of color and women: People of color dominated opening weekend sales for 14 of the top 20 films in 2023, while women led the charge among ticket buyers with three films in the t  more

LA VERNE, California, March 7 -- The University of La Verne issued the following news: As a progressive institute of higher learning, the University of La Verne continues to live up to its core value of diversity and inclusivity by expanding its educational offerings throughout the state to better serve diverse student populations. One of the ways that this is being implemented is through a new community college workforce educational partnership with the California Community College Classified   more

MARINA DEL REY, California, March 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news: * * * EPISODE 17 | ISI's Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know his researchers. This week: Basel Shbita * * * By Nina Moothedath Adam Russell, AI/nthropologist and Director of the AI Division at the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI), is on a journey to he  more

MARINA DEL REY, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news: * * * USC scientists uncover social media's "vicious cycle" that traps vulnerable populations within pro-anorexia communities. * * * By Stephanie Lee Eating disorders are surging at an alarming rate. Emergency room visits for adolescent girls struggling with conditions such as anorexia or bulimia do  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * USC researchers uncover social media's "vicious cycle" that traps vulnerable populations within pro-anorexia communities. * * * Eating disorders are surging at an alarming rate. Emergency room visits for adolescent girls struggling with conditions such as anorexia or bulimia doubled from 2019 to 2021, according to the CDC. Meanwhile, discussions   more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 8 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today an all-new relationship series that takes online dating into the real world, THE NEVER EVER METS, which will premeire on Friday, April 19 at 8pm ET/PT. Hosted by Ta'Rhonda Jones, known for her roles in Empire, The Real, The Steve Harvey Show, this 10-episode series features seven couples who have been virtually dating   more