BURBANK, California, April 2 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: * * * MONDAY, APRIL 15 8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT - American Idol: "711 (Top 14 Reveal)" (711) Logline: Live from Hollywood, the Top 20 take the stage again as host Ryan Seacrest reveals the 10 hopefuls America has voted to advance. Judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie select the remaining four who will round out the Top 14. (TV-PG, L) Watch episodes next day on Hulu. * *  more

BURBANK, California, April 2 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: * * * WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT - Not Dead Yet: "Not You Yet" (208) Logline: Nell, Lexi and Cricket take Sam out on a "divorce day" to celebrate her singlehood, while Nell makes plans for her future. (TV-14, D) Watch episodes next day on Hulu. * * * Original text here: https://www.dgepress.com/abc/pressrelease/not-dead-yet-not-you-yet-4-17/ [Category: BizArts/C  more

BURBANK, California, April 2 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: * * * FRIDAY, APRIL 19 8:00-9:01 p.m. EDT - Shark Tank: "1521" (1521) Logline: Entrepreneurs pitch Sharks an array of products, including a robotic burger vending machine, bespoke hats that display hometown pride, customizable footwear, and a resistance band to develop the perfect jump shot. Michael Rubin returns as Guest Shark. (TV-PG) Watch episodes next day on Hulu. * * *   more

BURBANK, California, April 2 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: * * * WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 9:32-10:00 p.m. EDT - The $100,000 Pyramid: "Ken Jennings vs. Ross Mathews" (603A) Logline: In an all-new "The $100,000 Pyramid," "Jeopardy" host Ken Jennings goes head-to-head with television host Ross Mathews. (TV-PG, D) Watch episodes next day on Hulu. * * * Original text here: https://www.dgepress.com/abc/pressrelease/the-100000-pyramid-ken-jenn  more

BURBANK, California, April 2 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: * * * WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT - The $100,000 Pyramid: "Tayshia Adams vs Matt James and Wendi McLendon-Covey vs Thomas Lennon" (604) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 7/31/22) Logline: This week on "The $100,000 Pyramid," Bachelor Nation's Tayshia Adams goes roses to roses with Matt James, while Wendi McLendon-Covey (ABC's "The Goldbergs") plays against Thomas Lennon ("Reno 91  more

BURBANK, California, April 2 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: * * * WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 8:00-8:30 p.m. EDT - The Conners: "Toilet Hacks and The Management Track" (607) Logline: After feeling the cafeteria staff could use some organization, Darlene seeks to be manager of food services at Mark's college. Elsewhere, Dan teaches housewives the basics of DIY home projects to make some extra money toward paying off the house. (TV-PG) Watch epi  more

BURBANK, California, April 2 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: * * * TUESDAY, APRIL 16 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT - The Good Doctor: "Skin in the Game" (702) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 2/27/24) Logline: Shaun struggles to accommodate the newest member of his surgical team, Charlie, who interferes in a patient's relationship with his daughter. Elsewhere, Park tackles a tricky brain tumor, and Lea and Morgan adjust to motherhood. (TV-14, D) Watch episode  more

BURBANK, California, April 2 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: * * * TUESDAY, APRIL 16 9:00-10:00 p.m. EDT - The Rookie: "Trouble in Paradise" (603) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 3/5/24) Logline: Nolan and Bailey's honeymoon is more of a nightmare than dream when it turns into an active crime scene. Meanwhile, Tim and Celina partner up and must uncover the identity of a John Doe. (TV-14, DV) Watch episodes next day on Hulu. * * * Original text her  more

BURBANK, California, April 2 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: * * * TUESDAY, APRIL 16 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT - Will Trent: "You Don't Have to Understand" (203) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 3/5/24) Logline: With several civilians dead and one woman missing, Will and Faith question a suspicious pastor ahead of the councilman's ribbon-cutting ceremony. Meanwhile, Angie joins Ormewood back in the field to investigate a sauna murder. (TV-14) Watch episodes  more

SANTA CLARA, California, April 2 -- Agilent Technologies, a company that specializes in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the launch of the Advanced Dilution System, the ADS 2, a new automation workflow solution that will increase productivity, lower cost of ownership, and improve the overall efficiency within the laboratory. The Agilent ADS 2 is an intelligent autodil  more

PASADENA, California, April 1 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Every year, the South Asian monsoon season brings heavy rain to over a billion people in the Indian subcontinent between June and September. The rain falls in oscillations: Some weeks see 1 to 4 inches of water, while other weeks are mostly dry. Predicting when these dry and wet periods will occur is critical for agricultural and urban planning, enabling farmers to know when to harvest crops and h  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 2 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on March 31, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring March 31, 2024, as "Cesar Chavez Day" in the State of California. * * * The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: Throughout his life of work and service, Cesar Chavez empowered thousands to stand together for their rights and led our nation toward a more equitable and just society. His visionary  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 2 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following statement on April 1, 2024: * * * As attacks on reproductive freedom continue, including just last week at the U.S. Supreme Court, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement in response to the Florida Supreme Court's ruling allowing Governor DeSantis' 6-week abortion ban to go into effect - severely restricting reproductive freedom and cutting off access to care before many women even know   more

PASADENA, California, April 1 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Billed as an extravaganza of science, technology, engineering, robotics, medicine and health, and the environment, the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) ScienceFest delivered hands-on activities and inspiring demonstrations, with strong participation from Caltech and other STEM-focused institutions. Aiming to inspire the next generation of scientists and innovators, parent volunteers partne  more

PALO ALTO, California, April 2 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Cooley CEO Rachel Proffitt was named to Forbes' list of America's Top 200 Lawyers. The publication's inaugural list highlights the "finest practitioners in the profession--lawyers with stellar track records in their specialties, those who have broken barriers to emerge as leaders in their fields, and attorneys most respected by peers and clients." Forbes' methodology entailed a "rigorous,  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 2 -- Dinsmore and Shohl, a law firm, issued the following news release: Two Dinsmore attorneys based in the Firm's San Diego office have been named to the 2024 California - San Diego Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers. Rising Stars is an exclusive list of top-rated, up-and-coming attorneys in specific practice areas who were chosen after thorough evaluation of numerous criteria. This designation is awarded to a select number of accomplished attorneys in each state. For  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 1 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Juan Felipe Herrera As a "natural wonderer, dreamer, traveler... mega listener...and only child," poet Juan Felipe Herrera grew up in California's San Joaquin and Salinas Valleys "listening to everything and everyone," he says, and those habits led him "to the magical lands of words, stories, ideas, books, songs, riddles and ultimately writing." Herrera, the 2015-17 U.S. Poet Laureate, will be in Syracuse this week   more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 2 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Homin Lee, shareholder of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, was named a 2024 Banking and Finance Visionary by the Los Angeles Times B2B brand publishing team. Lee joins a group of trusted advisors who are "each an expert who has demonstrated continued successes and achieved numerous accomplishments in the past 24 months," according to the publication. His profile appeare  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 2 -- Hanson Bridgett, a law firm, issued the following news release: Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce that a team of appellate attorneys, including partner Gary A. Watt and senior counsel Rosanna Gan and David Casarrubias, secured an all-out victory on behalf of client D.A. McCosker Construction Co., dba Independent Construction Co. (ICC). California's Department of Water Resources (DWR) agreed to drop any further litigation and paid the firm's client   more

DALLAS, Texas, April 2 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: A team of California litigators from Haynes and Boone, LLP earned a complete defense verdict after a two-week jury trial in the Central District of California on March 22 for Black Gold Farms, a respected, family-run farming operation. The trial team was led by Partner Jason Lao with assistance from Associates Andrea Levenson, Alfredo Amoedo and Letitia Johnson-Smith as well as Counsel Thomas Moore from   more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 2 -- Littler Mendelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Littler, the world's largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added John Nordlund as its newest shareholder in its San Diego office. Nordlund joins the firm from Jackson Lewis P.C. Nordlund has more than a decade of experience representing employers in a wide array of both federal and state employment litigation matters. He has handled class and representative actio  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 2 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz announces that Laura M. Franco has joined as a Member of the Intellectual Property practice group in the firm's San Francisco office. Laura is an internationally recognized trademark practitioner specializing in trademark prosecution, brand enforcement and protection, and IP licensing. "Over the past twenty years, leading brands have relied on Laura time and again for guidance on some of the most   more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 2 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised the financing sources in connection with Partners Group's acquisition of The Rosen Group, a leading global provider of inspection services for energy infrastructure assets. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Global Finance partner Josh Zelig led the Paul Hastings team, which also included Co-Chair of the Global Finance practice Mo Nurmohamed; partner Rob Dav  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 2 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP advised Pemberton Asset Management, one of Europe's leading private credit managers, in relation to its Euros2.3 billion Strategic Credit Fund III, one of Europe's largest opportunistic direct lending funds. The final close of Strategic Credit Fund III brings Pemberton's total Assets under Management across the three vintages for this strategy to Euros4.9bn. Partner Christian P  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present data on the latest advances in cancer science and medicine at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, taking place April 5-10 in San Diego, California. Follow us @PennMedicine and @PennMDForum for u  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Yesterday, the non-partisan election forecaster Inside Elections shifted California's 41st Congressional District in Rollins' favor from "Lean Republican" to "Tilt Republican." Inside Elections analyst Nathan Gonzales attributes the change to Rollins' strong fundraising, including having more cash on hand than Republican Ken Calvert, and the district "trending leftward." From the ratings  more

CLAREMONT, California, April 2 -- Claremont Graduate University issued the following news: In an unprecedented effort to redefine the landscape of the fast-food industry and higher education, Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is set to launch the Double-Double Degree Master's Program in the fall of 2024. This innovative quadruple master's program, inspired by the legendary In-N-Out University, aims to nurture the next generation of industry leaders who will carry forward In-N-Out's legacy of  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 2 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Miles Martin Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have been awarded two new grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), totaling $6.7 million, to develop and clinically test technologies that can noninvasively examine and quantify immune cells found in tumors. These immune cells, called macrophages, are involved in the body's normal inflam  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 2 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Liezel Labios An international team of scientists has built the largest and most detailed bird family tree to date--an intricate chart delineating 93 million years of evolutionary relationships between 363 bird species, representing 92% of all bird families. The advance was made possible in large part thanks to cutting-edge computational methods developed by engineers at the U  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, April 2 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Thompson has taught tens of thousands of students during his three-decade career at UCSC; now, he's making an impact in a new way * * * By Christy Tall "I've had the most wonderful career." Nestled in his office at Stevenson College, surrounded by hundreds of books, Bruce Thompson reflects on his 33 years of teaching at UC Santa Cruz--and the legacy he has created for students  more

MERCED, California, April 2 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Jody Murray, UC Merced UC Merced researchers are shedding light on a little-explored aspect of cross-cultural communication that involves no spoken words but sometimes can cause confusion and anguish for children acting as interpreters for older family members. The moments are common in California's Central Valley, where English isn't the primary language in nearly 45% of households -- an  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 2 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Could practices adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic point the way to new audiences and more reliable funding? Key takeaways * During the COVID-19 pandemic, many theaters presented performances online, explored new ways to engage with audiences and attracted unprecedented government funding. * A UCLA report says that practices like those could help lead the U.S. theater industr  more

BURBANK, California, April 2 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: "SMILING FRIENDS," the hit animated comedy co-created and starring Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel that follows the employees of a small company dedicated to bringing happiness to a bizarre yet colorful world, will return for a second season on Sunday, May 12 at midnight on Adult Swim. Adult Swim continued its annual April Fools' Day tradition this morning at midnig  more

PALO ALTO, California, April 2 -- 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, has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of pro bono clients, Angie and Wenceslaus (June) Provost Jr., along with a proposed class, in res  more