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State Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Thursday March 14, 2024 ( 30 items )  

BMO Stadium Selects Allied Universal As Preferred Event Services Provider
IRVINE, California, March 13 -- Allied Universal, a security and facility services company that provides smart technology to deliver solutions to businesses, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Allied Universal(R), the world's leading security and facility services provider, has been selected by BMO Stadium as its event services provider offering comprehensive temporary staffing, consulting and security. Allied Universal's expertise supporting large venues enables BMO Stadium t  more

Cadence Collaborates With Arm to Jumpstart the Automotive Chiplet Ecosystem
SAN JOSE, California, March 14 -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced a collaboration with Arm to deliver a chiplet-based reference design and software development platform to accelerate software-defined vehicle (SDV) innovation. The automotive reference design, initially for advanced driver assistance system (AD  more

Calif. Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments 3.13.24
SACRAMENTO, California, March 14 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Tyler Sadwith, of Oakland, has been appointed State Medicaid Director at the California Department of Health Care Services. Sadwith has served as a Deputy Director of Behavioral Health at the California Department of Health Care Services since 2022 and was an Assistant Deputy Director of Behavioral Health the  more

California American Water Receives Award for Eardley-Forest Lake Transmission Main Replacement Project
PACIFIC GROVE, California, March 14 -- California American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, issued the following news release: California American Water is pleased to announce that its Eardley-Forest Lake Transmission Main Replacement Project has been awarded a 2024 Award of Merit by the American Public Works Association (APWA) Monterey Bay Chapter. The award recognizes the critical emergency repairs completed in 2023 following a major rainstorm that caused a large tree to fall and damag  more

Cisco and Raymond James to Host a Tech Talk at OFC 2024
SAN JOSE, California, March 14 (TNSres) -- Cisco Systems issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Cisco today announced that it will participate in the following event with the financial community. The session will be via webcast. Interested parties can register and view these events on Cisco's Investor Relations website at https://investor.cisco.com. No new financial information will be discussed on this conference call. Cisco and Raymond James to Host a Tech Talk at OFC 2024   more

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: The Case Against Kevin Kiley
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * "Kevin Kiley is an out-of-touch politician who would rather spread conspiracy theories than solve the problems families in California's 3rd Congressional District are facing. That's why there's no one better than Jessica Morse - the fifth-generation Californian, wildfire resilience expert, and career problem solver - to give Northern California families the representa  more

Dinsmore Expands National Labor and Employment Practice With Four-Attorney Team in California
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 14 -- Dinsmore and Shohl, a law firm, issued the following news release: Less than a year after welcoming a dynamic team of women to Dinsmore & Shohl LLP's Los Angeles office, the Firm's national labor and employment practice has added four more attorneys in California, continuing its expansion of service capabilities on the West Coast. Olivia Perry joins the practice as a partner of counsel, bringing with her nearly two decades of experience counseling higher education  more

First Partner Siebel Newsom and California Partners Project Release Equal Pay Playbook on National Equal Pay Day
SACRAMENTO, California, March 13 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom released the Equal Pay Playbook, in partnership with the California Partners Project to provide companies with strategies for creating a more equitable workplace by identifying and eliminating their internal wage gap. To mark National Equal Pay Day, the First Partner also announced that more than 200 California-based com  more

FPU Center for Community Transformation Events Support Small Business, Combat Domestic Violence
FRESNO, California, March 14 -- Fresno Pacific University issued the following news: Supporters of community development, small businesses and healthy families are invited to activities by the Center for Community Transformation at Fresno Pacific University. During March and April, the CCT will sponsor a trio of public events: Spark Tank Pitch Fest Come watch the Spark Tank Pitch Fest and encourage local entrepreneurs. The event begins at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in BC Lounge in North H  more

Fresno Pacific University: Janzen Lectureship Looks at Mark's 'Misunderstood' Gospel
FRESNO, California, March 13 -- Fresno Pacific University issued the following news: By Wayne Steffen Understanding the "most misunderstood Gospel" will be the aim of the 2024 Janzen Lectureship in Biblical Studies. "Mark: The Most Misunderstood Gospel" is the title of a series by Tim Geddert, Ph.D., emeritus professor of New Testament at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary. The lectureship will be March 21-23, hosted by the Fresno Pacific University Biblical & Religious Studies Division and Nor  more

GA-ASI Hosts Joint Industry/Government Open Architecture Conference
SAN DIEGO, California, March 14 (TNSres) -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems issued the following news release: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) hosted an Open Architecture Symposium on Feb. 29, 2024, at its headquarters in Poway, California. At the symposium, government and industry speakers highlighted the tools, communities, and partners required to put Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) into practice in the development of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). More than 8  more

Holland & Knight Conducts 2024 Joint Venture Challenge Competition
CENTURY CITY, California, March 14 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Holland & Knight recently completed its Real Estate Joint Venture Challenge (JV Challenge). The event brought together graduate-level law, business and real estate development students from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on Friday, March 1, at UCLA Law School. The JV Challenge is an annual event tha  more

Keysight and Q-CTRL Team Up to Accelerate Infrastructure Quantum Software
SANTA ROSA, California, March 14 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) and Q-CTRL, a pioneer of quantum infrastructure software to make quantum technologies useful, are partnering to integrate key infrastructure quantum software to accelerate quantum processor development, characterization, and key proof of principle scientific demonstrations. An interesting  more

Los Angeles Times Announces Slate of Talent for 29th Annual Festival of Books
EL SEGUNDO, California, March 14 -- The Los Angeles Times issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: The Los Angeles Times today announced the lineup for the 29th annual Festival of Books, to be held April 20-21 at the University of Southern California. The weekend festival will bring together more than 550 writers, experts and storytellers, and hundreds of exhibitors to the 226-acre campus. Participants scheduled to appear include Hanif Abdurraqib, Kaveh Akbar, Jose Andres, Maria Ba  more

NYU: Social-Emotional Growth Linked to Higher Math and English Scores
NEW YORK, March 14 (TNSres) -- New York University issued the following news release: Research has shown that social-emotional learning (SEL) skills are a strong predictor of educational and career achievement. A new study finds that SEL changes from year to year also predict academic success. Several California school districts-known as CORE districts-survey students on their SEL levels, including their social awareness and self-management, as an effort to gather and share information for imp  more

Pa. House Republicans: O'Neal, Kail Stand Against Governor's Energy Tax
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 14 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * In response to Gov. Josh Shapiro's proposed energy plan, released today, March 13, in Scranton, Reps. Tim O'Neal (R-Washington) and Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) issued the following statement: "Once again, Gov. Shapiro is pushing extreme California policies that will cost Pennsylvanians more. After campaigning on pulling out of RGGI, Gov. Shapiro is pushing anoth  more

Paul Hastings Advised Riverside Company in Its Investment in U.S. Cabinet Depot
LOS ANGELES, California, March 14 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised The Riverside Company, a global investment firm, in its investment in U.S. Cabinet Depot, a wholesale distributor of ready-to-assemble kitchen and bath cabinetry products. MERK Capital Corporation and StoneCreek Capital were co-investors alongside The Riverside Company. Global Co-Chair of the Corporate Department Amit Mehta and partner Kelly Padgett led the Paul Hastings team,   more

Prominent Health Law Attorney Daniel Guggenheim Joins Quarles & Brady as Partner
SAN DIEGO, California, March 14 -- Quarles and Brady, a law firm, issued the following news release: The national law firm of Quarles & Brady today announced that Daniel Guggenheim has joined the firm as a partner in the Health & Life Sciences Practice Group. He will work remotely in the San Francisco Bay area and is affiliated with the firm's San Diego office. Guggenheim represents clients in a variety of industries, including health care, health technology, life sciences and information tech  more

San Diego State University: Centinela Prison B.A. Program to Expand Under $1 Million Mellon Foundation Grant
SAN DIEGO, California, March 13 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: San Diego State University will use its experience bringing higher education to prisons to help train other educators to do the same, drawing from a newly announced $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation that will also introduce degree offerings in the humanities at Centinela State Prison. The grant supports SDSU's VISTA (Valuing Incarcerated Scholars through Academia) program, which currently awards   more

Stanford University: New High-Speed Microscale 3D Printing Technique
STANFORD, California, March 14 (TNSres) -- Stanford University issued the following news release: A new process for microscale 3D printing creates particles of nearly any shape for applications in medicine, manufacturing, research and more - at the pace of up to 1 million particles a day. 3D-printed microscopic particles, so small that to the naked eye they look like dust, have applications in drug and vaccine delivery, microelectronics, microfluidics, and abrasives for intricate manufacturing  more

Stanford University: Smaller, More Powerful Stretchable Electronics for Wearables and Implantables
STANFORD, California, March 14 (TNSres) -- Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * Stanford researchers have developed soft integrated circuits that are powerful enough to drive a micro-LED screen and small enough to read thousands of sensors in a single square centimeter. * * * Small wearable or implantable electronics could help monitor our health, diagnose diseases, and provide opportunities for improved, autonomous treatments. But to do this without aggravating or da  more

UC-Irvine: Grounding Zone Discovery Explains Accelerated Melting Under Greenland's Glaciers
IRVINE, California, March 14 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine researchers suggest we may be underestimating severity of sea level rise * * * Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have conducted the first large-scale observation and modeling study of northwest Greenland's Petermann Glacier. Their findings reveal the intrusion of warm ocean water beneath the ice as the cu  more

UCLA Anderson Forecast: Higher Interest Rates and Restrained Growth, But Fear of U.S. Recession Fades
LOS ANGELES, California, March 14 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: The UCLA Anderson Forecast ended 2023 ringing an "up" note as its December forecast asserted that the long, lingering possibility of a recession had faded because of expansionary fiscal policy, new national industrial policy and a national consumer base that continued to spend, despite the perception of economic uncertainty. The first forecast of 2024 continues these themes, while also  more

UCLA-School of Engineering: Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus Vijay Dhir Named to European Academy of Sciences and Arts
LOS ANGELES, California, March 13 -- The University of California's Los Angeles Campus Samueli School of Engineering issued the following news: UCLA Samueli School of Engineering Dean Emeritus Vijay Dhir, a distinguished professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering, as well as chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Austria, the non-governmental association brings togeth  more

UCSC Alumna Carolina Ixta Debuts First Novel
SANTA CRUZ, California, March 14 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news on March 13, 2024: By Bayan Parrenas Shimizu Writing a book is nothing new for Carolina Ixta (Kresge '18 literature, Spanish studies, education), who wrote a novel every year in high school for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Now, after a comprehensive education across multiple disciplines, Ixta returns to novel authorship with her debut, Shut Up, This is Serious, a story of two   more

USC Information Sciences Institute: "We Need More Social Sciences Experts in AI to Focus on Its Human Side"
MARINA DEL REY, California, March 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news: * * * EPISODE 18 | ISI's Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know his researchers. This week: Shushan Arakelyan * * * By Nina Moothedath Adam Russell, AI/nthropologist and Director of the AI Division at the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI), is on a journey  more

USC Information Sciences Institute: What Are The Opportunities Presented by Quantum Computing?
MARINA DEL REY, California, March 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news: * * * USC ISI research teams to devise tests for quantum computers to inform DOD investment * * * By Bernice Chan Quantum computers have always been touted as "magical" devices in science-fiction movies - however, their impact may soon become a reality. ISI's Itay Hen, Research Team Leader at the   more

USC Viterbi School of Engineering: To 'Howdy,' or Not to 'Howdy,' That Is the Question
LOS ANGELES, California, March 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * USC researchers explore the impact of prompt design on large language model performance. * * * Do you start your ChatGPT prompts with a friendly greeting? Have you asked for the output in a certain format? Should you offer a monetary tip for its service? Researchers interact with large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, in many ways, inclu  more

WarnerMedia: All-New Season of 'Ghost Adventures - House Calls' Premieres Wednesday, April 3 on Discovery Channel
BURBANK, California, March 14 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Paranormal investigators Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley and Jay Wasley spring into action to help families desperate for answers to supernatural activity invading their home when an all-new season of GHOST ADVENTURES: HOUSE CALLS returns Wednesday, April 3 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Discovery Channel. For the distraught homeowners this season, Bagans and the  more

Wisconsin Democratic Party: ICYMI - GOP Senate Candidate Took Bold Stance Against the Sale of Alcohol... In Wisconsin
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 14 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news: New reporting from Rolling Stone detailed how California bank owner Eric Hovde said he opposed the commercial alcohol industry. Commercialized alcohol is one of the most culturally and economically important industries in Wisconsin, supporting over 161,000 jobs and generating over $3 billion in wages annually. Bars outnumber grocery stores roughly three-to-one in the state of Wisconsin. But as Rolling Ston  more