HAYWARD, California, May 3 -- California State University East Bay campus issued the following news: Cal State East Bay will confer an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters to Betty Reid Soskin during the May 11 commencement ceremony for the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences at 1 p.m. A resident of the East Bay for 90 years, Soskin retired at the age of 101, holding the distinction of serving as the oldest active U.S. National Park Ranger. Soskin is a distinguished civic leader whose  more

SHENZHEN, China, April 30 -- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: Four Seasons Hotel Shenzhen welcomes a new era of culinary precision and globally-inspired dining with the appointment of William Ong as Executive Chef. Chef William arrives with more than two decades of culinary experience in Asia's most prestigious luxury properties. His disciplined approach - a hallmark of his service as a Singapore Infantry army officer - has informed his meticulous attention to  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, today announced the winners of the 2024 Ripple of Hope Awards: Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter, actor, director, and producer; Antonio Neri, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise; John W. Rogers, Jr., chairman and co-CEO of Ariel Investments; and Tom Wilson, chair, president, and CEO of The Allstate Corporation. The laurea  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 27, 2024: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) joined Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland at the opening of the First State National Historical Park's Visitor Center at the Sheriff's House in Historic New Castle today. The visit comes during National Park Week, a nine-day celebration of the more than 400 national parks nationwide. Delaware's long journey to opening a national park began with an eff  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, the White House announced the expansion of two national monuments in California. Using powers granted by the Antiquities Act of 1906, President Biden added protections for lands adjacent to San Gabriel Mountains National Monument near Los Angeles, and to Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in Northern California. Biden's designation provides permanent protection for roughly 120,000 acres of publi  more