CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 8 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * An award-winning documentary co-produced by the Lemelson-MIT Program celebrates invention, innovation, and curiosity. * * * The Lemelson-MIT Program has announced the national debut of an award-winning documentary that celebrates invention: American Public Television (APT) presents "Pathways to Invention," a film that follows modern inventors of diverse backgrounds as they d  more

BURBANK, California, May 8 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: From Endemol Shine North America and Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine, a part of Candle Media, a new iteration of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is set to return to ABC and stream next day on Hulu for the 2024-2025 season. Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin, co-founders of the global lifestyle brand The Home Edit and the duo who made America fall in love with getting organized, are on board as hosts  more

BURBANK, California, May 8 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: * * * SUNDAY, MAY 19 8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT - American Idol: "718 (Grand Finale)" (718) (Season Finale) Logline: Who will become the next American Idol? The Top 3 finalists give their all for the last chance to earn America's vote. Jon Bon Jovi serves as guest mentor, plus special performances from more music legends and today's top stars. (TV-PG, L) Watch episodes next day on Hulu.   more

BURBANK, California, May 8 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: * * * TUESDAY, MAY 21 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT - The Good Doctor: "Goodbye" (710) (Series Finale) Logline: As the doctors consider their futures, they work together to solve one of the most important cases of their careers. (TV-14) Watch episodes next day on Hulu. * * * Original text here: https://www.dgepress.com/abc/pressrelease/the-good-doctor-season-finale-goodbye-5-21/ [Catego  more

IRVINE, California, May 9 -- Allied Universal, a security and facility services company that provides smart technology to deliver solutions to businesses, issued the following news release: Allied Universal(R), the world's leading security and facility services company, has been named to the Newsweek list of America's Greatest Workplaces for Job Starters 2024 with a ranking of four and a half stars. The list was compiled based on responses from people with less than five years of employment ex  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The California Air Resources Board issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: * * * California's Cap-and-Trade Program has funded $28 billion in climate investments - delivering more than a half a million projects across the state, supporting 30,000 jobs and cutting millions of tons of carbon emissions * * * In just 10 years, California's climate investments have wiped out emissions equivalent to taking 80% of the state's gas cars off the road  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 9 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Today, Governor Gavin Newsom, State Board of Education (SBE) President Linda Darling-Hammond, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced that SBE unanimously approved nearly $1.3 billion in grants, appropriated during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 budget years, for community schools at its May meeting - the largest allocation of funds yet under the state's na  more

MALIBU, California, May 9 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: Since 2010, 59 people have lost their lives along a 21-mile stretch of California's iconic Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu. But a renewed effort the state is launching aims to change that. As part of Governor Gavin Newsom's efforts to build more, faster, the dangerous stretch of highway is getting a safety makeover with infrastructure upgrades, increased traffic enforcement and a new public educa  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 9 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: In just 10 years, California's climate investments have wiped out emissions equivalent to taking 80% of the state's gas cars off the road. That's according to a new report released today by the state, which comes just ahead of national Infrastructure Week. California has funded $28 billion in climate investments in the last 10 years, already delivering $11 billion to more than ha  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: The world's largest wildlife crossing is getting closer to becoming a reality. Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing outside of Los Angeles is on track to open by early 2026. Ahead of National Infrastructure Week, the Governor also announced that construction crews are now more than halfway through installing the beams that form the crossing. The wor  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 8 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision denying petition to modify decision (Agenda ID No. 22448) on May 7, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company for Authority to Establish Its Authorized Cost of Capital for Utility Operations for 2023 and to Reset the Cost of Capital Adjustment Mechanism(U39M). And Related Matters. DECISION DENYING PET  more

SAN MARCOS, California, May 9 -- 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

SAN JOSE, California, May 9 -- Cisco Systems issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: * * * News Summary: * Employs AI in self-hosted observability deployments to automatically detect anomalies and suspected root causes in application performance, significantly reducing the time required to identify and resolve issues. * Detects and protects against application vulnerabilities and attacks, while business risk observability allows prioritization of the most significant software threa  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 9 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Cooley, alongside the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Georgia, filed a motion on behalf of the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) to intervene in a pending lawsuit against the NCAA that seeks to block transgender women and girls from playing college sports. NWLC has intervened to defend the ability of transgender women and girls to participate. The Cooley team included lawyers Kathle  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 9 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Cooley advised Cache DNA, a life sciences company revolutionizing biological sample and data storage infrastructure, on the close of its seed round. Notable investors included Climate Capital Bio, Exor Ventures, Hawktail, LifeX Ventures, Pillar VC and Trousdale Ventures - with support from Illumina and founders such as Alec Nielsen. Partner Matthew Bartus led the Cooley team advising Cache DNA. * * *   more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 9 -- The Creative Coalition issued the following news release: Joel Kim Booster, an actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and executive producer, epitomizes multi-hyphenate talent. His filmography includes notable roles in "Loot," "Fire Island," and "Search Party," making him a talent to keep an eye on. This week, Booster joins "Hollywood at Home" for an insightful discussion about his diverse career. He has shared laughs on screen alongside luminaries such as Ma  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: In an election year that could significantly impact the future of employment and labor law, U.S. employers expect heightened regulatory enforcement as they navigate a host of workplace issues, including the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and managing divisive political beliefs among employees. That's according to the 12th Annual Employer Survey released today b  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 9 -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Today, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced its partnership with Shift5 to integrate the company's onboard cyber anomaly detection and predictive maintenance capabilities into the MQ-9A Reaper for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The GA-ASI and Shift5 partnership will assure AFSOC a  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 9 -- Shift5 Inc., an observability platform for onboard operational technology, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: SAN DIEGO, CA, AND ROSSLYN, VA -- Today, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced its partnership with Shift5 to integrate the company's onboard cyber anomaly detection and predictive maintenance capabilities into the MQ-9A Reaper for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and Air Force Special Operation  more

PASADENA, California, May 8 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: The nucleus of each of your cells contains all the genetic information (the genome) necessary to build every type of cell and protein in your entire body. Like a complex library in a tiny space 50 times smaller than the width of a human hair, genes are organized into precise regions in three dimensions. In addition to the genome, the nucleus contains structures called nuclear bodies that contain hig  more

CONWAY, Arkansas, May 9 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Hendrix College has named Dr. Donna M. Eddleman as its new Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students. She was selected following a national search led by Academic Search, Inc., and a campus committee including faculty, staff, alumni, and students and will begin her new role on July 15. A Pleasant Valley, New York native, Eddleman joins the Hendrix community from the University of Redlands, a p  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 8 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. A169321) on May 7, 2024: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, Division Five GEORGE BYERS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Respondent; USAA GENERAL INDEMNITY COMPANY et al., Real Parties in Interest. When a party seeks attorney fees as damages caused by an insurer's breach of the covenant of good faith and fair de  more

SANTA ROSA, California, May 9 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), device security research lab, Riscure Security Solutions, has received formal approval from the Netherlands Vehicle Authority (RDW) to become a designated technical service provider for approval of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) R155 and R156 regulations. Created   more

LOS GATOS, California, May 9 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: What lurks in the shadows? The answers lie in Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams. The teaser for Anwar's highly-anticipated series has been unveiled, offering a peek into a sci-fi supernatural universe he created. The brief glimpse shows striking imagery: people in black cloaks, a terrified man dangling from a giant clock tower, a door to an unknown world, and a myriad of clues waitin  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 9 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised Barclays and the other initial purchasers in connection with Surgery Partners' high yield senior notes offering for $800 million. The net proceeds from the offering are being used to redeem all of Surgery Partners' outstanding 6.750% senior unsecured notes due 2025 and 10.000% senior unsecured notes due 2027, to pay the accrued interest on such notes, and to pay related fees and ex  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 9 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised SYN Prop E Tech S.A., a Brazilian real estate company, in an asset swap transaction with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) involving an increase in SYN's stake in Tiete Plaza Shopping to 62.5% and a reduction to 10% in Towers D and E of the WTorre JK Condominium, as well as a purchase of interests to increase SYN's stake in Shopping Cerrado to 85%. Latin America prac  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 9 -- Politico issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: POLITICO, the global authority on the intersection of power, politics and policy, today announced a key pillar of its California expansion: a newly formed, specialized team dedicated to covering California's deeply impactful ballot-measure campaigns. Since the introduction of the ballot initiative process more than a century ago, many of the most significant and wide-ranging changes to state laws have been  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 9 -- The Sacramento City Unified School District issued the following news release: This afternoon, the State Board of Education (SBE) approved Sacramento City Unified School District's request for a waiver of the penalty for not providing the minimum number of instructional days and minutes during the 2021-2022 school year. Approval of the waiver means we will be adding eight (8) instructional days to the 2024-2025 calendar and moving the first day of school to Mon  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 9 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By La Monica Everett-Haynes Under a newly signed partnership agreement, San Diego State University and Kumeyaay Community College will work closely to recruit and admit college transfer students to drive increased enrollment and degree attainment. The new memorandum of understanding initiates an effort to guarantee admission to qualifying students transferring from Kumeyaay Community College, a public commu  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, May 8 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Phil Shockley loved all things cars growing up, especially dragsters. On several occasions during his childhood, his family would drive from their home in Fresno, California, to Bakersfield for the March Meet drag races. Twelve-year-old Shockley took his Instamatic camera to one of the events and attempted to capture the lightning-fast machines as they streaked down the strip. When he got the developed pictures  more

STANFORD, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * Combining advances in display technologies, holographic imaging, and artificial intelligence, engineers at Stanford say they have produced a leap forward for augmented reality. * * * Researchers in the emerging field of spatial computing have developed a prototype augmented reality headset that uses holographic imaging to overlay full-color, 3D moving images on the lenses of what would appear  more

PASADENA, California, May 8 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Two Caltech professors, Thomas Y. Hou and Jonas C. Peters, have been elected amongst the newest members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this year. Membership in the academy is considered one of the highest honors a scientist can receive. Thomas Hou is the Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics. Hou's work focuses on multiscale problems arising from geophysic  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 8 (TNSres) -- Trinity University issued the following news: Dawn, 165 million years ago: The breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea is ongoing, the brand new Atlantic Ocean is widening, and North America is moving westward. Significant geological and biological events are shaping the evolution of the landscape, the climate, and various life forms. And amid the western Sierran foothills in California, Kathleen Surpless, Ph.D., Trinity University professor of earth and envi  more

IRVINE, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * Heat stress affects brain, gut and liver function via a complex network of molecular mediators * * * Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have found evidence of the molecular causes of the damaging impact heat stress causes on the gut, liver and brain in the elderly. These findings point to the potential of developing precise prognostic and therapeutic in  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: A group of researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine led an investigation that offers new insight into the causes of spina bifida, the most common structural disorder of the human nervous system. Work of the group, led by Keng Ioi Vong, Ph.D., and Sangmoon Lee, M.D. Ph.D., both from the laboratory of Joseph G. Gleeson, M.D., at the UC San Diego School   more

SANTA CRUZ, California, May 9 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Emily Cerf Building on longstanding commitments to serve underrepresented academics in engineering, the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz has been selected to lead the inaugural Western regional hub for the Engineering PLUS Alliance. This National Sciences Foundation initiative aims to drive transformative, systemic and sustainable change for Black, Indigenous, people of co  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, May 9 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Allison Arteaga Soergel Distinguished Research Professor Emerita of Anthropology Diane Gifford-Gonzalez was recently elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Gifford-Gonzalez is a trailblazer in the field of zooarchaeology, which uses animal remains to gain new insights into the deep history of humans and animals. "Being elected to the National Academy of Sciences is a  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Today the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), and the UC Law SF Haiti Justice Partnership (HJP) published a new report, Precluding Protection: Findings from Interviews with Haitian Asylum Seekers in Central and Southern Mexico. As the United States and Mexico meet with regional partners in Guatemala this week to discuss t  more

MERCED, California, May 9 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Patty Guerra, UC Merced Much of the work Yue (Jessica) Wang does at UC Merced sounds like science fiction: She creates flexible material that gets stronger the more you hit it. And it conducts electricity. Science, yes. Fiction, no. This work is happening. It was featured in a presentation materials scientist Di Wu from the Wang lab delivered this spring at the American Chemical Society meeting in   more

PASADENA, California, May 8 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: How have Caltech researchers helped revolutionize modern society? On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. PT in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium and online via livestream, microelectronics pioneer Carver Mead, the Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, will draw on more than 70 years of research and perspective to highlight Institute breakthroughs. In a public t  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- Westmont College issued the following news on May 7, 2024: By Scott Craig College presidents are highly visible and vulnerable, serving on the frontlines to respond to events both on and off campus, inspiring faculty, staff, students and other constituencies, and upholding the ideals of the academy. Some do it well, and some don't. The presidency of an institution of higher education has been deemed by some as the toughest job in our nation because   more

SANTA BARBARA, California, May 9 -- Yardi Matrix, a part of Yardi Systems, issued the following news release: Yardi(R) Matrix's Q2 2024 Multifamily Forecast Supply update was slightly increased in the near term due to a somewhat larger under-development pipeline, which combined with elevated completion times led to marginal increases in the near-term forecast. However, overall new construction levels continued to decline, suggesting new supply will bottom out in 2026. Yardi Matrix tracked mark  more