BURBANK, California, April 18 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: * * * The Chemistry Is Clear as 'Live with Kelly and Mark' Increases Total Viewership Year Over Year 'Live with Kelly and Mark' Is Most-Watched Syndicated Talk Show for Every Week Since Kelly and Mark's Debut as Co-Hosts * * * * "Live" has a lot to celebrate as it reaches the one-year anniversary of Kelly and Mark co-hosting together, continuing its reign as the No. 1 entertainment talk show   more

BURBANK, California, April 18 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: * * * WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 9:32-10:01 p.m. EDT - The Conners: "Campaign U-Turn and a Hard Write" (610) Logline: Dan gets asked to write an article for a Hardware magazine, making Ben long for his days as a writer. Meanwhile, Jackie inserts herself into Louise's run for the school board when her retirement leads to too much free time. (TV-PG, DL) Watch episodes next day on Hulu.   more

BURBANK, California, April 18 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, TIME reveals the 2024 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The issue has four worldwide covers, each highlighting a member of the TIME100: singer-songwriter Dua Lipa, football quarterback Patrick Mahomes, actor Taraji P. Henson, and Yulia Navalnaya, a leader of Russia's opposition movement. The TIME100 list includes surprising pairing  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: As part of a statewide effort to address gun violence, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today was joined by local leaders for a roundtable discussion. The roundtable in Los Angeles is the second in a series of meetings led by Attorney General Bonta across the state to bring together leaders of community-based organizations to discuss best practices in add  more

SAN JOSE, California, April 18 -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release: Building upon its leadership in hybrid cloud solutions, Cadence announced industry's most comprehensive True Hybrid Cloud solution for enterprise, enabling Cadence customers to seamlessly transition to hybrid cloud environments. This solution provides customers with the flexibility and simplicity they need to leverage a   more

SAN JOSE, California, April 18 -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release: Building upon its 20+ years of leadership in providing hosted (or managed) cloud solutions for EDA workloads, Cadence has collaborated with MemVerge to enable seamless support for AWS Spot instances for long-running high-memory EDA jobs. Cost-optimization of cloud infrastructure has become a consistent ask as more and m  more

SAN JOSE, California, April 18 -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced the new Cadence(R) Palladium(R) Z3 Emulation and Protium(TM) X3 FPGA Prototyping systems, a revolutionary digital twin platform that builds on the success of the industry-leading Palladium Z2 and Protium X2 systems to tackle escalating system a  more

OAKLAND, California, April 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced signing a memorandum of understanding or agreement to create a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to further air travel consumer protection efforts. The agreement formalizes collaboration between the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and DOT to more effectively and efficiently review a  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the final regulations implementing Assembly Bill 488 (Government Code section 12599.9), a first-of-its-kind law governing charitable fundraising on internet platforms. The final regulations are the result of an extensive rulemaking process, and allow the Attorney General to properly supervise crowdfunding websites an  more

OAKLAND, California, April 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorney generals in submitting a comment letter in response to the U.S. Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) notice of proposed rulemaking regarding certain real estate transactions. The proposed rule increases transparency by imposing reporting and record kee  more

OAKLAND, California, April 18 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a federal district court's ruling that Georgia's congressional and legislative maps violate Section Two of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Attorney General Bonta joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Grant, et al., v. Secretary of St  more

OAKLAND, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1506 (AB 1506), today released a report on Daniel Elena Lopez and bystander Valentina Orellana Peralta's death from an officer involved shooting in North Hollywood, California, on December 23, 2021, involving the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The report is part of the California Department of  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 18 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following statement on April 17, 2024: * * * Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement following last night's unanimous vote by the Anaheim City Council in favor of the Walt Disney Company's $1.9 billion DisneylandForward plan, with the final vote set to take place on May 7th: "Disney is making it clear that California is its home because we provide the welcoming and supportive environment where b  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 18 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Building upon the commitments made in his Real Public Safety Plan, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the California Highway Patrol (CHP) has made a record number of arrests and recovered millions in stolen goods so far this year. Since January 2024, the CHP's Organized Retail Crime Task Force has conducted 185 investigations, leading to 474 arrests and recovering more t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 18 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed decision (No. 18-07-003) on April 17, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Continue Implementation and Administration, and Consider Further Development, of California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. DECISION CLOSING RULEMAKING 18-07-003 Summary This decision closes Rulemaking 18-07-003. 1. Background and  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, April 18 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: Earlier this month, the National Science Foundation awarded nearly $2.5 million for scholarships and student support services to California State University, Bakersfield's School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering. "S-STEM: Providing Aid for STEM Success," or PASS, is a six-year grant that aims to improve retention and degree completion of STEM majors by providing scholarships   more

MERCED, California, April 18 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: Sometimes public service at UC Merced looks like finding ways to grow crops with a changing water supply. Or delving into how children translate for their non-English-speaking parents. And sometimes it looks like picking up a paintbrush and refurbishing park benches and curbs at Lake Yosemite. That was the case Wednesday as California Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday joined UC Merced Chancellor Jua  more

FRESNO, California, April 18 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Fresno State is one of five public colleges and universities receiving funding from the Mellon Foundation to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors. With the funding, Fresno State's College of Arts and Humanities will design, implement and scale an internship program for its humanities majors that allows them to put theories learned during coursework into practice.   more

PASADENA, California, April 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Solar eclipses are not only stunning and rare phenomena, but they are also central to our understanding of the cosmos: The 1919 total eclipse helped test Einstein's theory of general relativity by allowing astronomers to observe starlight bending around the sun. And community events like the one on April 8, which was hosted by Caltech's popular astronomy and astrophysics outreach program, give th  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 18 -- The University of California's Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuellar, the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former justice of the Supreme Court of California, will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2024 at UCLA School of Law's commencement ceremony on May 10. A leading figure on the national and global stage, Cuellar currently heads one of the preeminent nonpartisan t  more

LONG BEACH, California, April 18 -- California State University issued the following news release: The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees has approved an amendment to Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations that will create a singular general education (GE) pattern for all CSU undergraduates. This change--voted on in March and effective in fall 2025--will create a clear and consistent set of requirements for all future CSU students pursuing a bachelor's degree. The updat  more

PASADENA, California, April 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: For decades, researchers believed that lamprey--eel-like jawless fish--did not have sympathetic neurons, which are a part of the peripheral nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system is made up of nerves that target internal organs throughout the body, including the heart, pancreas, and gut. Persistent activity of the sympathetic nervous system is required to maintain homeostasis, as it modul  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 17 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By Taylor Slane The federally funded San Diego State University Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) spearheaded by Asfaw Beyene, mechanical engineering professor in the College of Engineering, has been serving Southern California for the past thirty years. Since its inception, the IAC has evaluated over 650 manufacturing plants. It is the oldest of all IACs in the Golden State and one of the first five cen  more

COSTA MESA, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- Experian, an information services company, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Lack of financial knowledge is leading to costly financial missteps for many Americans according to new research[1] released (https://www.experian.com/blogs/news/2024/04/17/bridging-the-financial-literacy-gap-through-credit-education) today by Experian(R). A survey of 2,000 adults across the U.S. revealed three in five adults feel their limited understandi  more

SAN JOSE, California, April 18 -- FICO, an analytics software company, issued the following news on April 17, 2024: Today at FICO(R) World, the industry's leading analytic and AI event, analytics software leader FICO (NYSE: FICO) announced a significant milestone in the adoption of FICO(R) Score 10 T by the mortgage industry. Since 2023, clients with over $100 billion in annualized mortgage originations and approximately $300 billion in eligible mortgage portfolio servicing have signed up for t  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 18 -- Hanson Bridgett, a law firm, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Hanson Bridgett LLP is proud to announce that it has been selected by the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) for a 2024 Beacon of Justice Award which recognizes law firms for their efforts to address issues related to civil and human rights. This is the third year-in-a-row that the firm has received this award. The Beacon of Justice awardees will be celebrated   more

PASADENA, California, April 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Many of us would love the superpower to fly, and for good reason: Flight offers a crucial evolutionary advantage. Flying enables an animal to travel large distances quickly, in search of food and new habitats, while expending far less energy than walking. Through flight, insects colonized the planet and fostered the massive diversification of flowering plants by acting as efficient pollinators. T  more

ARCATA, California, April 18 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: More than 758 Lumberjacks have served as Peace Corps Volunteers, ranking Cal Poly Humboldt No. 6 in the medium-sized enrollment category. Through service, the Peace Corps equips alumni with adaptive leadership, intercultural competence, and problem-solving skills highly valued by employers across federal, state, and local governments, nonprofits, and the private sector. The Peace Co  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Key takeaways * Worries about the high cost of living pushed Los Angeles Country residents' satisfaction back to its lowest-ever level, the annual Quality of Life Index showed. * The overall rating slipped two points from last year to 53, marking the second time in three years it came in below the survey's 55 midpoint. * The cost-of-living rating fell to 38 from 41, the lowest  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 (TNSres) -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, posted the following issue brief from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center on April 16, 2024: * * * An Act Relative to Strengthening Massachusetts' Economic Leadership Introduction Massachusetts is the global epicenter for the life sciences industry. Yet, other states, such as Texas, New York, California, and North Carolina, are competing hard to outpace us. To remain the leader and to continue to cultivate inn  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 18 -- Metrolink, a commuter rail system in Southern California, issued the following news on April 17, 2024: On Monday, April 22, Earth Day, Metrolink will provide free rides on all Metrolink and Arrow trains, with no ticket required. Riders can board a Metrolink train at any station throughout the six-county area for transportation wherever Metrolink trains travel. "Using public transit is more than getting from point A to point B; it's about embracing a sustain  more

PASADENA, California, April 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Mikhail Shapiro, the Max Delbruck Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering, has been awarded the Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award by the Franco-American Fulbright Commission. The award will support Shapiro's ongoing research and teaching at two institutions in France, ESPCI Paris - PSL and Inserm, during the 2024-25 academic year while he is on sabbatical from Calt  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, April 18 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Emily Cerf A grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will further the work of the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at UC Santa Cruz work with UC partners at Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Diego to promote open source research, teaching, and public service. The $1.85 million grant will serve to institutionalize the OSPO approach in the UC system by creating co  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 18 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised J.P. Morgan, Santander and Scotiabank in connection with Engie Chile's inaugural green notes offering for $500 million. An amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be allocated to finance and to refinance, in whole or in part, eligible green projects in alignment with the ENGIE group's Green Financing Framework. Engie Chile is a leading electricity gener  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 18 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised Oppenheimer & Co. and Citizens JMP as joint book running managers in connection with INOVIO Pharmaceutical's underwritten offering. INOVIO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: INO), is a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing DNA medicines to help treat and protect people from HPV-related diseases, cancer, and infectious diseases. Co-head of Equity Capital Ma  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 18 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP advised VINCI Airports ("VINCI"), the world's leading private airports operator, in an agreement to acquire the majority shareholding in Edinburgh Airport Limited, the company that owns Edinburgh Airport, for pound sterling1.27 billion, subject to possible adjustments prior to completion of the transaction. VINCI, a subsidiary of VINCI Concessions, will acquire an effective 50.  more

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, April 18 -- PennWest California issued the following news: In small pods buzzing with focused energy, the fourth graders at Bentworth Elementary School pondered, then conquered an engineering challenge: What's the best way to design a fan using a few household items, that was strong enough to move an index card. They were guided by 30 PennWest University elementary education majors studying at the California campus. It was a breeze for some, a challenge for others, a  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release: * * * Salk scientists observe cannabinol's neuroprotective properties in fruit flys and identify cannabinol analogs that could serve as promising future therapeutics for traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's * * * One in every 10 individuals above the age of 65 develops an age-related neurological disorder like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, yet treatment option  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 17 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By Jeff Ristine To understand why Mary Lawlor's philanthropic gift to San Diego State University's entrepreneurship program is being recognized with the naming of a set of stairs on campus, think about counting bugs outdoors. And robotics in health care. No, really. SDSU has buildings, conference rooms and even an elevator lobby named for various donors of prominence or their families, but the Marylinn J.  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 17 (TNSres) -- San Diego State University issued the following news: More than 200 educators, business leaders and information technology experts, including representatives from all 23 California State University system campuses, gathered at San Diego State University Friday to discuss the evolving impact of artificial intelligence in education. The Academic Applications of AI Summit, held at the Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center, was organized to allow attendees t  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 17 (TNSres) -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By Mike Freeman Maryam Fani analyzes surface water for microbial clues on the source and age of human pollution that could make people sick. Nicole Karongo researches strategies for guiding African immigrants around the nutrition pitfalls in the U.S. food landscape, benefitting their long-term health. After her grandmother's ovarian cancer diagnosis, Esra Tiftik was surprised by the lack of eff  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 17 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By Mario Sevilla San Diego State University's groundbreaking textbook access program that provides essential course materials to students before the first day of school is rebranding as it continues to set record highs for participation. Equitable Access will be rebranded as Day1Ready this summer. In just two years since the program launched, it has set a new standard for student preparation by ensuring t  more

STANFORD, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Researchers find that a little-understood part of the brain appears to be involved in starting seizures and keeping them going. * * * By Kimberlee D'Ardenne Removing part of the brain's temporal lobe is the only treatment available to the millions of people with a form of epilepsy that medications often don't alleviate. But even that approach fails a third of the time. A new s  more

MERCED, California, April 18 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Alyssa Johansen, UC Merced UC Merced has partnered with two California community colleges to further extend access to students transferring to a four-year university. In April, ceremonies were held to sign agreements with Madera Community College and Las Positas College. By signing the Madera Promise and Las Positas Promise agreements, the institutions give respective students attending Madera Co  more

IRVINE, California, April 18 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: Susanne Phillips, DNP, professor and senior associate dean in UC Irvine's Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Policy Award from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. She is being recognized for developing, implementing and advocating for policies that positively affect the role of the advanced practice regi  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Debra Bass To bolster the success of cutting-edge technologies, the Department of Defense (DoD) has announced a $221 million allocation towards basic defense-related research projects. UC San Diego researchers and scientists are leading teams or part of teams on four key projects. This significant investment is part of the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MU  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Lauren Fimbres Wood and Monica May The University of California San Diego was awarded $7.35 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a multidisciplinary program to advance understanding of marine contaminants and nutrients in a changing climate, and to ensure that safe and healthy seafood is available and acc  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Katherine Connor and Erika Johnson A University of California San Diego current graduate student and an undergraduate alumna are are among 30 recipients of the 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. The merit-based program for immigrants and children of immigrants awards up to $90,000 to support each fellow's graduate studies. Fellows are chosen based on their a  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Miles Martin By analyzing electronic health records, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified hundreds of new genes associated with tobacco use disorder. They also identified hundreds of potential drug candidates that could help treat the disease. The study was published on April 17, 2024, in Nature Human Behavior. "Tobacco use diso  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Joseph McClain A group of researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine led an investigation that offers new insight into the development of the human forebrain. The study, led by Changuk Chung, Ph.D., and Xiaoxu Yang, Ph.D., both from the laboratory of Joseph G. Gleeson, M.D., Department of Neurosciences at the School of Medicine and the Rady Children'  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, April 18 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Haneen Zain UC Santa Cruz's Spring Give--a 10-day long fundraising campaign--wraps up with over $150,000 raised, 86 campus organizations supported, and over 2,000 donors. The third annual Spring Give saw more than double the number of project team participation this year and triple the number of donors. "Thank you to the UCSC community for coming together to support our amazing   more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following research brief: * * * FINDINGS A recent UCLA study demonstrates a new process for screening T cells, part of the body's natural defenses, for characteristics vital to the success of cell-based treatments. The method filters T cells based on the receptor proteins found on their surface -- which enable them to latch onto certain threats -- and the type and amount of cell-killing or immune response-t  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 18 -- The University of California issued the following news release: Offering a range of supportive services, such as assistance to secure housing and case management, may bolster the effectiveness of programs designed to help individuals experiencing homelessness as they transition into long-term housing, according to an evaluation of the Housing for a Healthy California program by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Housing for a Healthy California, or  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * USC ISI researchers are building tools to solve safety problems in space operations, and creating test beds to simulate cyberattacks in space * * * Space systems are often exposed to operational threats. These threats may be directed towards hardware, such as space debris' harmful effects to spacecraft. They may also affect software, such as bre  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 18 -- FICO, an analytics software company, issued the following news: * * * Highlights: Volvo Cars has strategically leveraged FICO(R) Platform to revolutionize its customer onboarding process across B2C, B2B and fleet segments Volvo Cars improved its speed, ensured buyers' affordability and gained agility Volvo Cars has won a 2024 FICO(R) Decisions Award for Customer Onboarding & Management * * * Today at FICO(R) World, the industry's leading analytic and AI   more

BURBANK, California, April 18 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Renowned paranormal investigators Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley and Jay Wasley investigate more chilling cases of ghostly phenomena when an all-new season of the hit series GHOST ADVENTURES premieres Wednesday, May 15 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on Discovery Channel, with a special two-hour episode. This season documents some of the team's most haunting encounte  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, April 18 -- Westmont College issued the following news: Two Westmont juniors, Rachel Todd of Nipomo and Levi Wicks of Huntington Beach, won David K. Winter Servant Leadership Awards for showing selflessness and humility as effective leaders. Angela D'Amour, dean of student engagement, introduced the 24th annual awardees on April 10 in Westmont chapel. The award recognizes the late David K. Winter, who served as Westmont's president from 1976-2001 and returned as inte  more

ALAMEDA, California, April 18 -- Wind River, a subsidiary of Intel, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Wind River(R), a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, today announced that Wind River Linux is being used by Yaskawa Electric Corporation, a leading manufacturer of servo motor, AC drives, and industrial robots, in the development of its new product, MOTOMAN NEXT. MOTOMAN NEXT is capable of autonomous adaptivity to the environment an  more