LOS GATOS, California, May 8 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news on May 6, 2024: Netflix has unveiled the premiere date of 'Gangs of Galicia', the new series produced by Vaca Films and starring Clara Lago and Tamar Novas, which will premiere on June 21. In 'Gangs of Galicia', a new lawyer arrives to settle in the small town of Cambados. Her name is Ana (Clara Lago) and her presence doesn't go unnoticed by anyone, including Daniel (Tamar Novas), son of  more

IRVINE, California, May 7 -- Allied Universal, a security and facility services company that provides smart technology to deliver solutions to businesses, issued the following news release: Allied Universal Holdco LLC and Allied Universal Finance Corporation (collectively, "Allied Universal") today announced the commencement of a tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase for cash up to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (as such aggregate principal amount may be increased or decreas  more

PASADENA, California, May 7 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: While growing up, alumnus Tyler Colenbrander (BS '23) knew that he liked making things, but it was not until his high school STEM program that he found his true calling as an engineer: "My first year in high school, we had an alternative energy car project in class. We made small model cars, and then we were supposed to make them move 5 meters with some alternative form of energy. Some of the sugges  more

CUPERTINO, California, May 8 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Apple today announced M4, the latest chip delivering phenomenal performance to the all-new iPad Pro. Built using second-generation 3-nanometer technology, M4 is a system on a chip (SoC) that advances the industry-leading power efficiency of Apple silicon and enables the incredibly thin design of iPad Pro. It also features an entirely  more

CUPERTINO, California, May 8 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Apple today unveiled the groundbreaking new iPad Pro in a stunningly thin and light design, taking portability and performance to the next level. Available in silver and space black finishes, the new iPad Pro comes in two sizes: an expansive 13-inch model and a super-portable 11-inch model. Both sizes feature the world's most advance  more

CUPERTINO, California, May 8 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Apple today announced the redesigned 11-inch and all-new 13-inch iPad Air, supercharged by the M2 chip. Now available in two sizes for the first time, the 11-inch iPad Air is super-portable, and the 13-inch model provides an even larger display for more room to work, learn, and play. Both deliver phenomenal performance and advanced c  more

CUPERTINO, California, May 8 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Apple today introduced Final Cut Pro for iPad 2, bringing huge updates that unleash the remarkable capabilities of the new iPad Pro and take creativity to the next level. Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 transforms iPad into a multicam production studio with Live Multicam, giving users the power to speed up their shoot by allowing them to co  more

CUPERTINO, California, May 8 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Apple today unveiled the all-new Logic Pro for iPad 2 and Logic Pro for Mac 11, delivering breakthrough professional experiences for songwriting, beat-making, producing, and mixing. Powered by artificial intelligence, the new Logic Pro introduces incredible studio assistant features that augment the music-making process and provide a  more

MONROVIA, California, May 8 -- AeroVironment issued the following news release: AeroVironment's (AV) Switchblade 600 loitering munition system has been selected for Tranche 1 of the first iteration of the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) Replicator initiative. AV's Switchblade 600 is a man-portable, extended-range loitering munition system equipped with an anti-armor warhead for engaging larger, hardened targets at greater distances. The first iteration of the Replicator initiative aims to ac  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 8 -- Bechtel issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: bechtel.org, the social enterprise arm of Bechtel that delivers sustainable, scalable infrastructure projects to address local challenges, announced today a major achievement by the Health Electrification Telecommunications Alliance (HETA), a public-private partnership that includes bechtel.org. HETA successfully brought clean, reliable solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to more than 300 health facilitie  more

RIVERSIDE, California, May 8 -- Bourns, a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today introduced its Model TLVR1005T and TLVR1105T Series. Bourns' new multiphase trans-inductor voltage regulator (TLVR) inductors deliver extremely high current capabilities, low inductance, and low DC resistance (DCR) that are desi  more

OAKLAND, California, May 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of Massachusetts' assault weapons and large-capacity magazine ban. The brief, filed in Capen v. Campbell, urges the First Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court's ruling that the law was consistent with the Second Amendment. "States play an esse  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Building on new measures that will increase oversight of state homelessness funding to ensure accountability by local jurisdictions, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his support for new legislation to ensure cities and counties do their part to tackle homelessness. The legislation - Assembly Bill 3093, introduced by Assemblymember Chris Ward (D-San Diego) - will require that   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: In just the last two days, California has seen two firsts related to zero-emission vehicles: the nation's first solar-powered electric truck charging depot and Amazon's largest electric truck fleet in any country. The two milestones illustrate Governor Gavin Newsom's commitment to building more, faster to achieve California's world-leading climate goals. In recent years, the stat  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: California achieved 4.1 million acre-feet of managed groundwater recharge in 2023, with an overall increase in groundwater storage of 8.7 million acre-feet - equivalent to 26.1 million households' usage over an entire year. Governor Gavin Newsom and the state took action to help local communities during last year's wet season, expanding groundwater recharge by 1.6 million acre-feet: * Executiv  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: In recognition of National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the California National Guard's Counterdrug Task Force assisted in the seizure of an estimated 7,100 pounds of fentanyl and more than 3.4 million fentanyl pills statewide since the start of the year, including at ports of entry and along the border. WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID: "As we recognize  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 7 (TNSres) -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) invites customers of Southern California Edison's (SCE) Santa Catalina Gas utility (Catalina Gas) to a remote Public Forum on the rate case for Catalina Gas. This is an opportunity for Catalina Gas customers to communicate directly with the CPUC regarding the revenue, rates, and electrification activities that SCE proposes i  more

FRESNO, California, May 7 (TNSres) -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Fresno State political science professor Dr. Lisa Bryant is one of 28 Andrew Carnegie Fellows who will receive stipends of $200,000 each for research related to political polarization. Bryant's research seeks to understand how and why society has become so polarized, and how strengthened cohesion can fortify democracy. Her selection as part of the 2024 class was announced on Ma  more

SAN MARCOS, California, May 7 -- California State University's San Marcos campus issued the following news release: More than 4,000 students are graduating in the Class of 2024 as Cal State San Marcos hosts its annual spring commencement ceremonies this month. A total of 4,018 students have graduated or will graduate as part of this year's class. Spring commencement follows on the heels of CSUSM holding the first fall commencement in its 35-year history. Those ceremonies last December drew a t  more

PASADENA, California, May 7 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Carver Mead (BS '56, PhD '60), Caltech's Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, has been honored with a lifetime contribution award by the jury that confers the Misha Mahowald Prizes for Neuromorphic Engineering. Mead was presented with the award on April 23 at a ceremony during the Neuro Inspired Computational Elements Conference in La Jolla, California. Mea  more

SAN JOSE, California, May 8 -- Cisco Systems issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Cisco today unveiled findings from a survey that details how software developers are spending more than 57% of their time being dragged into 'war rooms' to solve application performance issues, rather than investing their time developing new, cutting-edge software applications as part of their organization's innovation strategy. Software developers play a critical role in building, launching and main  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, May 7 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: Following a national search, California State University, Bakersfield has announced that Ari Wideman has been selected as the fourth head coach in the history of the Roadrunner women's basketball program. Wideman brings an unprecedented perspective to the `Runners, as she is the first woman to lead the CSUB women's basketball team dating back to the program's inception in 2000. She is also the   more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 -- The University of California issued the following news release: Among the responsibilities UCLA professor Michael Emmerich figured he might have this academic year, making arrangements for a filmmaker to travel to Cannes was probably not one of them. But booking flights to the south of France are now on his to-do list, because an animated short film that Emmerich conceived and helped bring to fruition has made the cut for a screening at the prestigious Directo  more

FRESNO, California, May 7 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Fresno State will award honorary doctorates to three individuals this year -- advocate for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Robert R. Davila; Hinds Hospice founder Nancy Hinds; and Fresno arts proponent Lilia Gonzales-Chavez. Honorary doctorates are awarded on behalf of the California State University system and Fresno State in recognition of excellence and extraordinary achievement in signi  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 7 -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news release: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Caith Kushner has joined the firm's New York office as a partner and a member of the firm's Liability Management and Special Situations Practice in the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. "We are excited to welcome Caith to the firm," said Scott Greenberg, Global Chair of Gibson Dunn's Business Restructuring an  more

SANTA ROSA, California, May 8 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has expanded the software applications for its FieldFox portfolio of handheld radio frequency (RF) analyzers to include a pulse generator. Available for B- and C-Series FieldFox handheld analyzers, the downloadable Option 357 pulse generator offers field engineers a diverse array of pulse typ  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, May 8 -- The Los Angeles Times issued the following news release: Water the plants late in the afternoon to prevent evaporation. Collect rainwater and reuse. Wash only full loads of clothes. These were some of the water conversation tips featured on Chaeyu Kim's grand prize winning poster for the L.A. Times in Education and L.A. Department of Water and Power's (LADWP) 12th annual student poster contest. Kim is a ninth grader at Van Nuys High School. For the competition  more

MARSHALL, Missouri, May 8 -- Missouri Valley College issued the following news on May 7, 2024: Missouri Valley College has welcomed Alex Perez to the marketing and communications office as videographer and communications specialist. Perez' first day at MVC was Saturday, May 4 - covering commencement. "It was a great day to start, getting thrown into the fire," he said. "But I remembered what the day was like for sure." Perez graduated from Valley with a degree in communications just three yea  more

MERCED, California, May 7 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Alyssa Johansen, UC Merced More than 1,300 students plan to participate in UC Merced's Spring 2024 Commencement, celebrated with three distinct ceremonies on the campus's Recreation Field. The first ceremony honors Graduate Division students and will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, May 10. There will be 27 master's candidates recognized and 67 Ph.D. candidates hooded. There are 693 undergraduate students s  more

SAN JOSE, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- NetApp, a provider of software, systems and services to manage and store data, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: NetApp(R) (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today unveiled insights from its latest report on the evolving landscape of AI in the enterprise. The IDC White Paper, sponsored by NetApp, "Scaling AI Initiatives Responsibly: The Critical Role of an Intelligent Data Infrastructure*," reveals the various cha  more

LOS GATOS, California, May 8 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news on May 6, 2024: Lights, camera, action! Today, Netflix announced the cameras are rolling for the new Dutch comedy series Roosters, starring a stellar lead cast of Jeroen Spitzenberger, Waldemar Torenstra, Andre Dongelmans and Benja Bruijning. Roosters tells a comedic story about four friends trying to survive in a "new era, new man" environment. The series is written by Luuk van Bemmelen   more

IRVINE, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- CoreLogic, a property, mortgage and consumer information provider, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: * * * * U.S. single-family home prices rose by 5.3% year over year in March, marking the 146th consecutive month of annual growth. * Over the next 12 months, year-over-year home price gains are projected to range between 5.6% and 3.7%. * Four of the top five states for annual appreciation in March are in the Northeast: New Jersey (12.2%),   more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news on May 7, 2024: Paul Hastings LLP advised Kakao Corp. on its issuance of Convertible Bonds due in 2029 on April 29, 2024. The offering was conducted in reliance on Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Bonds were listed on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. UBS AG Hong Kong Branch acted as the sole manager and bookrunner. Kakao Corp. operates Korea's leading mobile plat  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP acted as sole international counsel in connection with Korea Ocean Business Corporation ("KOBC")'s issuance of $300 million 5.375% Senior Unsecured Notes due in 2027 and $300 million 5.250% Senior Unsecured Notes due in 2029 under its Medium Term Note Program on May 2, 2024. The offering was conducted in reliance on Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Notes   more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By Susanne Clara Bard In 1994, a Los Angeles resident vacationed in Taormina, a small coastal town on the coast of Sicily. He returned with seven Italian wall lizards (Podarcis siculus) in his suitcase and released them into his backyard in San Pedro, a neighborhood that's home to a portion of the bustling Port of Los Angeles. The small green and brown reptiles thrived in their new environment, acco  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 -- The Sesame Workshop issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY - Today at the 27th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference, Save the Children and Sesame Workshop announced a new partnership to support a generation of children and their caregivers to cope and thrive in the face of the climate crisis. The announcement was made by Sesame Workshop President and Interim CEO Sherrie Westin and Save the Children U.S. President  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 8 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By Aaron Burgin A campaign to get Black students more involved in the electoral process is underway at San Diego State University. Spearheaded by the Harold K. Brown Knowledge, Education and Empowerment Program, the Vote and Amplify campaign is aimed at engaging with students of color -- Black students, in particular -- to inform them about the issues in the upcoming general election and empower them to aff  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 8 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By Jeff Ristine San Diego State University will award honorary doctorate degrees during this month's commencement ceremonies to a former California State University trustee who serves as chief administrator for a Kumeyaay Nation tribe, and to the namesake of a campus center for AI research. In an annual tradition recognizing service to the university and the San Diego community, honorary degrees will be conf  more

STANFORD, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news: By Erin Digitale A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help children await heart transplants at home, not in the hospital, has performed well in the first stage of human testing. The pump, a new type of ventricular assist device, or VAD, is surgically attached to the heart to augment its blood-pumping action in individuals with heart failure, allowing time to find a donor heart. Th  more

STANFORD, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment issued the following news: In the Western United States, wildfires ignited by electric infrastructure have caused devastating damage and created billions of dollars in liability, throwing finances in question for utilities such as Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO), Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in California, and PacifiCorp in Oregon. Wildfires, made more severe by climate change, threaten areas beyond those  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 8 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: By Nadia Jones Dr. Sarah Hu, an assistant professor in the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University, has been making waves in the scientific community with her groundbreaking research into microbial ecology and biological oceanography since arriving on campus a little more than a year ago. With a background deeply rooted in the coastal regions of the United States, her journey from the Universit  more

BERKELEY, California, May 8 -- The University of California issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, the University of California announced that 21st Century Policing Solutions (21CP) will lead the independent investigation of the actions that led to violence on the UCLA campus last week. 21CP is a nationally recognized consultant known for expertise in policing reform, content-neutral policing of demonstrations, and helping higher education institutions enhance community safety  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 8 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Annie Pierce UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest has garnered the "LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer" designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's (HRC) 16th iteration of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) the nation's premier benchmarking survey of the policies and practices health care facilities take to ensure equitable treatment and inclusion of LGBTQ+   more

LA JOLLA, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Study of two engineering student programs explains how they generate beneficial outcomes for participants- particularly participants underrepresented in STEM * * * Story by: Katherine Connor Engineering and computer science undergraduate students who take part in mentorship programs are more involved in campus communities than those who don't, according to a study at the Un  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Cynthia Dillon The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy have announced the first 35 projects that will be supported with computational time through the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot, marking a significant milestone in fostering responsible AI research across the nation. The initial call for applicants was is  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 8 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following statement on May 6, 2024, by Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla: * * * Early this morning, law enforcement authorities successfully removed an illegal encampment on the UC San Diego campus after five days of attempts to communicate with participants and multiple, clear requests to disperse. UC San Diego encourages and allows peaceful protests, but this encampment violated campus policy and the law and g  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Brittany Hook An international team of scientists has discovered a new cellular mechanism that explains how cells can adapt to pressure changes during tissue growth by packing themselves into a unique shape. Researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, and the Institute of Biomedicine in Seville (IBiS) in  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * UCSF-led study finds artificial intelligence is as good as a physician at prioritizing which patients need to be seen first. * * * Emergency departments nationwide are overcrowded and overtaxed, but a new study suggests artificial intelligence (AI) could one day help prioritize which patients need treatment most urgently. Using anonymized records of 251,000  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, May 8 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Erin Foley On April 30, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Secretary Karen Ross and members of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture held their April Board meeting at the Hay Barn on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus. The public meeting began with a department update from Secretary Ross. Stacy Philpott, Faculty Director of the Center for Ag  more

NORTHBROOK, Illinois, May 8 -- UL Solutions, a company that says it delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: UL Solutions Inc. (NYSE: ULS), a global leader in applied safety science, today announced that it has completed the sale of its payments testing business to an affiliate of Gallant Capital Partners, LLC, a California-based private equity firm. In connection with this  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: * * * UCLA researcher to explore why a mostly moderate public is represented by increasingly polarized elected officials Key takeaways * Chris Tausanovitch, a UCLA associate professor of political science, has been awarded a 2024 fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. * The fellowship includes a $200,000 stipend that will enable Tausanovitch, who co-autho  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: Researchers from the USC School of Advanced Computing present 13 papers at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR). Researchers from the USC School of Advanced Computing, a unit of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, are presenting 13 papers at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), a premier gathering o  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 7, 2024, with Kaitlyn Kumar, chief engineer of USC Racing: * * * Dancer, roboticist and race car engineer Kaitlyn Kumar reveals a surprising strategy for academic excellence. At USC Viterbi, it takes more than a stellar academic record to stand out from the crowd. More often than not, good grades are simply a symptom of a lifelong curiosity for a particular t  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 7, 2024, with astronautics student Henry Adam: * * * By Matilda Bathurst Graduating student Henry Adam was too curious to specialize early on - by allowing his interests to roam, he managed to achieve more than most goal-oriented engineers. For enterprising USC Viterbi astronautics student Henry Adam, the interdisciplinary field of robotics is a sol  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Soha Niroumandi, a USC Viterbi Ph.D. student, receives an American Heart Association award to develop a non-invasive, smartphone-based diagnostic tool * * * By Alea Motwane Your smartphone can play Roblox. But can it also detect early onset of dementia? Soha Niroumandi, a Ph.D. student in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, believes so. She re  more

SAN JOSE, California, May 8 -- Western Digital, a developer and manufacturer of storage solutions that enable people to create, manage, experience and preserve digital content, issued the following news release: Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) has expanded its SanDisk portfolio with the new 8TB* SanDisk(R) Desk Drive, its highest capacity yet on an external desktop solid state drive (SSD). Featuring the speed and reliability of an SSD, this new class of drives gives content creators and bus  more