BAKERSFIELD, California, March 23 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: The diverse population of students, faculty and staff on campus were recognized and celebrated on Tuesday as part of California State University, Bakersfield's first Ethnic Studies Symposium. The event, titled "Ollin: The HeART & Movement for Ethnic Studies," featured a student art exhibit, faculty presentations as well as guest speakers including Belen Carrasco with Kern County Educators fo  more

BURBANK, California, March 23 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: * * * SUNDAY, MARCH 24 7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT - America's Funniest Home Videos: "3415" (3415) Logline: Brace yourself for laughter when children lose teeth in some inventive ways, a prankster snacks on a waxy treat from her dog, and belly-laugh-inducing scares ensue -- one involving a fake bobcat in the office! (TV-PG) Watch episodes on demand and on Hulu the day following their  more

BURBANK, California, March 23 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: * * * TUESDAY, APRIL 2 9:00-10:00 p.m. EDT - The Rookie: "The Vow" (605) Logline: When a toddler is found at the scene of a crime, John and Bailey must decide whether to let the child go to a shelter for the night or care for her themselves. Meanwhile, when someone from his past returns, Tim disappears and leaves Lucy in the dark. (TV-14, V) Watch episodes on demand and on H  more

REDWOOD CITY, California, March 22 (TNSres) -- Dell'Oro Group, a provider of market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, issued the following news release: According to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, strong demand for AI servers drove the revenues for GPU and custom accelerators by 224 percent in 2023. In 2024, in addition to cont  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 23 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: California took a major step forward in correcting the damage from 50 years of neglect to the state's mental health system with the passage of Proposition 1. This historic measure -- a signature priority of Governor Gavin Newsom -- adds rocket fuel to California's overhaul of the state's behavioral health systems. It provides a full range of mental health and substance abus  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 23 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following final resolution (No. G-3604) on March 22, 2024: * * * Southern California Gas Company's 2023 Annual Compliance Report on System Operator's Southern System Reliability Purchases and Sales (October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023). PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Approves Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) Advice Letter 6219-G. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS: * This resolution evaluates activities to mainta  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 23 -- The California Department of Water Resources issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced a second increase in the State Water Project (SWP) allocation forecast for 2024. The forecasted allocation is now 30 percent of requested supplies, up from the 15 percent allocation update announced last month. The State Water Project is a critical water source for 29 public water agencies that serve 27 mill  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, March 23 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following Q&A on March 21, 2024, with James Tompkins, executive vice president of Associated Students Inc.: * * * Associated Students Inc. Executive Vice President James Tompkins had the opportunity to present at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Annual Conference earlier this month in Seattle, Washington, about California State University, Bakersfield's Project Rebound, which sup  more

FRESNO, California, March 23 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: In honor of Women's History Month, Fresno City Councilmember Tyler Maxwell honored Shawna Blair, coordinator of major events and staff development for Fresno State's Student Involvement Center, as District 4's Woman of the Year. Fresno State is part of District 4. "While she has a lot of duties and responsibilities under her belt," Maxwell said, "you probably know her work best if you  more

CAMARILLO, California, March 23 -- The California State University Channel Islands campus issued the following news release: Alejandra Arroyo and Sheila Ferer, undergraduate scientists in the Tapia Lab at CSUCI, recently showcased their groundbreaking research at The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) 2024 in Washington D.C., shedding light on how organisms adapt to dry environments and the drying and rehydration cycles. Arroyo's work focused on substances known as compatible solutes and how th  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Yesterday, increasingly vulnerable California Rep. Kevin Kiley's Republican Study Committee held a press conference to introduce its extreme MAGA budget that would balloon the deficit and reward the ultra-wealthy while raising costs for millions of working-class Americans. Chief among Kiley's disastrous policies is a massive handout to billionaires and big corporations.   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: A new report (https://www.axios.com/2024/03/19/republicans-donald-trump-jewish-democrats-israel) from Axios exposes increasingly vulnerable California Republicans Mike Garcia and Ken Calvert for defending Donald Trump after the Republican presidential nominee attacked Jewish Americans during a time of heightened antisemitism. In an interview with Sebastian Gorka, a top Trump administratio  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Yesterday, increasingly vulnerable California Rep. Mike Garcia's Republican Study Committee held a press conference to introduce its extreme MAGA budget that would balloon the deficit and reward the ultra-wealthy while raising costs for millions of working-class Americans. Chief among Garcia's disastrous policies is a massive handout to billionaires and big corporations.  more

SAN JOSE, California, March 23 (TNSres) -- FICO, an analytics software company, issued the following news: * * * Identity theft, transactions to third parties, and unauthorized use of credit cards are among the main concerns of Colombians * * * FICO, a leading global company in predictive analytics and decision management software, has revealed the results of its latest survey on "fraud, identity, and digital banking." According to the analysis, Colombians are increasingly concerned about f  more

FULLERTON, California, March 23 -- Hope International University issued the following news release: HIU's College of Education is pleased to announce official approval to launch a new Teacher Induction Program (TIP) starting with the 2024-2025 academic year. TIP will provide mentoring and support of new teachers during their first years of teaching. HIU's Teacher Induction Program has been a months-long labor of love, which resulted in an affordable, pragmatic, and personalized program for new  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 22 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. C098037) on March 21, 2024: * * * IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT NEPTUNE MANAGEMENT CORP., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CEMETERY AND FUNERAL BUREAU, Defendant and Respondent. APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Stephen P. Acquisto, Judge. Affirmed. Gurnee, Mason, Rushford, Bonotto & Forestiere, Steven H. Gurnee, C  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 22 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. C098017) on March 21, 2024: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Third Appellate District TRIDENT SOCIETY, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CEMETERY AND FUNERAL BUREAU, Defendant and Respondent. APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Steven M. Gevercer, Judge. Affirmed. Gurnee, Mason, Rushford, Bonotto & Forestiere, Steven H. Gurnee, Canda  more

MESA, Arizona, March 23 -- Mesa Community College issued the following news release: Mesa Community College students from the disciplines of Design, Dance and the Performing Arts competed in the February 2024 Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in California at Glendale Community College. Once again, MCC received a wealth of awards and acclaim for talent, skills and creativity. Two students will go on to compete April 22 at the National Kennedy Center American  more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 22 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: Physicist Nathaniel Gabor at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded a $7.5M grant from the Department of Defense, or DoD, to develop a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives, or MURI, center on campus. Called QuVET for the Center for Quantum Vibronics in Energy and Time, the center's co-principal investigators are leading scientists at UCR, Caltech, MIT, and   more

BURBANK, California, March 23 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: ABC's Emmy(R) Award-winning late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EDT and features a diverse lineup of guests that includes celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human-interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The following episodes are scheduled to air the week of March 25-29 (subject to change): Monday,   more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 23 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Managing IP has shortlisted Paul Hastings' leading Intellectual Property practice for nine awards at their Managing IP Americas Awards 2024, in the following categories: * National Firm of the Year - Patent Disputes * National Firm of the Year - Life Sciences IP Litigation * National Firm of the Year - PTAB * National Firm of the Year - Trade Secrets * Practitioner of the Year: PTAB - Naveen Modi *   more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 23 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news on March 22, 2024: Paul Hastings LLP announced today that Jonice M. Gray, Chair of the Consumer Financial Services practice, Joe Profaizer, Global Co-Chair of the International Arbitration practice, and Scott Joachim, Global Vice Chair of the Private Equity practice, have been appointed to Law360's 2024 Editorial Advisory Board. Gray, Profaizer, and Joachim will serve the Banking, International Arbitratio  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 22 -- Platinum Equity, an investment firm, issued the following news release: Platinum Equity announced today a significant investment in TAK Communications, a national provider of communications and broadband infrastructure services. Financial terms were not disclosed. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, TAK provides fiber and broadband network services, last-mile connectivity and on-premises technology deployment solutions for the broadband and telecomm  more

PASADENA, California, March 22 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Fans at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concerts in Los Angeles made SoFi Stadium and the ground around it "ring like a bell" last August, creating measurable seismic activity during each song. So say scientists from Caltech and UCLA, who collected seismic data during one of the shows. In a new paper, the researchers report that it was the dancing and jumping movements of the 70,000-plus fans, not the   more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 23 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news: Troutman Pepper Partner Ben Wagner has notched a mission-critical trademark win on behalf of Guang Tai He Import Export, Inc., a Maryland-based flooring company, securing a permanent injunction from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The defendant's improper federal registration of the generic term "SPC," which is used industry wide as an acronym for "stone plastic c  more

MERCED, California, March 23 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: Inflammation is the process by which the human immune system responds to injury and stimulates tissue repair and healing. But it can become a chronic condition, leading to health concerns such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer and arthritis. UC Merced bioengineering Professor Eva de Alba, a member of the Health Sciences Research Institute, and postdoctoral scholar Meenakshi Sharma have been  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 22 -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release: As human rights conditions in Haiti rapidly deteriorate, the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) urges the Biden administration to take swift action to protect Haitians fleeing danger. Amidst disturbing reports that the White House is considering intercepting Haitians at sea and imprisoning them at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, CGRS calls on the administration to inste  more

IRVINE, California, March 22 (TNSres) -- CoreLogic, a property, mortgage and consumer information provider, issued the following news release: * * * * U.S. single-family rental costs increased by 2.6% year over year in January 2024, compared with the 5.5% gain recorded in January 2023. * Annual rent growth has remained below 3% since last summer. Year-over-year attached and detached rental price gains differed by 0.2 percentage points. * Urban Honolulu led the nation for annual rental cost  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 23 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: An all-new season of TLC's hit series 90 DAY FIANCE: LOVE IN PARADISE returns as four lovestruck Americans travel to new international locations including Brazil, Italy, Malta and Colombia to be with their significant others who reside in these countries. The couples featured this season test each other's limits, face emotional hardships and learn surprising,  more