BURBANK, California, May 9 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: * * * SUNDAY, MAY 26 7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT - America's Funniest Home Videos: "3410" (3410) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 1/14/24) Logline: An episode packed with playful kids - like a toddler who slyly locks her parents out to savor a tub of ice cream solo. Then, tune in for fitness fumbles and a spotlight on the adventures of seniors. (TV-PG) Watch episodes next day on Hulu. * * * Original t  more

BURBANK, California, May 9 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: * * * TUESDAY, MAY 14 9:00-10:00 p.m. EDT - The Rookie: "The Squeeze" (609) Logline: Officer Nolan and Celina take on a special case; meanwhile, Monica enlists help to identify her attackers. Elsewhere, Lopez and Harper discover a connection to the trail of crimes. (TV-14, V) Watch episodes next day on Hulu. * * * Original text here: https://www.dgepress.com/abc/pressrelease/the  more

IRVINE, California, May 10 -- 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") previously announced the commencement of a tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase for cash up to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 6.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (  more

OAKLAND, California, May 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, alongside a bipartisan, multistate coalition, announced a $10.25 million settlement with major U.S wireless carriers after an industry-wide investigation of misleading advertising practices. The settlement, which is subject to court approval, resolves the allegations that the carriers violated the Unfair Competition Law and False Adv  more

OAKLAND, California, May 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today secured a court decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowing the California Department of Justice (DOJ) to continue sharing data with qualified gun violence researchers to better direct strategies to prevent gun violence. The decision in Doe v. Bonta allows DOJ to continue to provide the University of   more

OAKLAND, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, joined an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in support of Colorado's law requiring a three-day waiting period for firearm purchases. Attorney General Bonta joined the brief in Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis after the district court denied a pre  more

OAKLAND, California, May 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that the U.S. District Court in Arizona denied Avid Telecom's (Avid) attempts to dismiss and delay a bipartisan, 49-state lawsuit against the company and its owner, Michael D. Lansky, for allegedly initiating and facilitating billions of unlawful robocalls in California and around the country. Those robocalls included Social Security Administrat  more

OAKLAND, California, May 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a multistate coalition of 15 attorneys general urging congressional leaders to remove preemption language in the current draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), a proposed federal data privacy bill. The preemption clause currently in the APRA would result in California's landmark privacy law being replaced with weaker pro  more

OAKLAND, California, May 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that the California Department of Justice (DOJ) has ended monitoring of the Mojave Unified School District (District), concluding the four-year term of a 2020 stipulated judgment that addressed the District's policies and practices, including with regard to complaints of discrimination and retaliation. The settlement followe  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 10 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today released a statement calling on the Half Moon Bay Planning Commission to stop delaying the approval of a 40-unit project to provide affordable housing for senior farmworkers. The Commission's delay follows a deadly shooting last year that exposed the dire living conditions of farmworkers in the area. "Last year a deadly shooting brought to light the s  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 10 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: California's infrastructure is getting a makeover. Not since the 1950s and 60s has the state undergone such a significant upgrade, and it's all thanks to record state and federal dollars. Governor Gavin Newsom recently visited the Golden Gate Bridge - one of the most iconic pieces of infrastructure in America - to highlight record tourism spending and his agenda to build more, f  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 10 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Ahead of national Infrastructure Week, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a new interactive map that spotlights hundreds of beautification projects funded by Clean California. The mapping tool offers location-specific, multilayered data that demonstrates the transformative impact these community-focused improvements and infrastructure investments are making throughout the stat  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 10 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today approved a proposal to reduce the price of residential electricity through a new billing structure mandated by the state Legislature in Assembly Bill 205. This billing adjustment introduces a flat rate bill component and reduces the electricity usage rate. It lowers overall electricity bills on average for lower  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 10 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is re- launching a new California LifeLine Foster Youth Pilot Program that will continue providing critical communication services to foster youth across the state. This program underscores the CPUC's unwavering commitment to fostering digital inclusion and socio-economic empowerment among California's vulnerable populations. Progr  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 10 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order of dismissal (Case No. 24-05-001) on May 9, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Joint Application Pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 854 for Approval of Acquisition by EP Equity Investment S.a.r.l. of Indirect Control of Atos Public Safety, LLC. EXECUTIVE ORDER OF DISMISSAL Upon written and unopposed request of EP Equity Investment S.a.  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 9 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order of dismissal (Case No. 24-05-002) on May 8, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Joseph Sutton and Long Island Property Owners Association (LIPOA), Complainants, vs. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (U39E), Defendant. ORDER OF DISMISSAL Upon written and unopposed request of all parties, Case 23-06-015 is dismissed without prejudice under Public   more

BAKERSFIELD, California, May 10 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: California State University, Bakersfield will confer the highest honor in the CSU system on two transformational Kern County leaders who devoted their lives to helping students excel in one of the most educationally and economically challenged regions of the state. Beloved Arvin educator Larry Hallum and CSUB leader Faust Gorham, who both died within the last year, will receive posthumous hono  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, May 10 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: Unlike many of his peers in California State University, Bakersfield's School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering, James Odle was not always interested in a career in the sciences. "I used to hate science and math all through high school," he admitted. Odle's time in the Navy as an electronics technician slowly changed that. He realized he was good at repairing technology, and hi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 10 -- The California Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Caltrans, in partnership with the California Department of Technology (CDT) and the Department of General Services (DGS), today announced historic contracts as California seeks to harness the power of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to protect vulnerable road users and improve traffic flows throughout the state. Deloitte Consulting, LLP and INRIX, Inc. were  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 10 -- The California Department of Transportation issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Just ahead of national infrastructure week, Caltrans today launched a new interactive map that spotlights hundreds of beautification projects funded by Clean California. The geographic information system (GIS) mapping tool offers users location-specific, multilayered data that demonstrates the transformative impact these community-focused improvements and infrastructur  more

SAN JOSE, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- Cisco Systems issued the following news release: Cisco has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at 1:30 PM (PT); 4:30 PM (ET) to announce its third quarter fiscal year 2024 financial results for the period ending Saturday, April 27, 2024. Financial results will be released over PR Newswire via US National and European Financial distribution, after the close of the market on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Cisco's quarterly earnings press r  more

PALO ALTO, California, May 10 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: According to PitchBook's deal database, in the first quarter of 2024, Cooley ranked second overall* for venture capital transactions involving artificial intelligence (AI) companies. The firm represented AI companies and their investors on 32 reported venture capital transactions totaling approximately $910 million in deal value. Among those deals, the firm represented companies including Observe in its $11  more

CAMARILLO, California, May 10 -- The California State University Channel Islands campus issued the following news release: CSUCI was honored with 2023 Tree Campus Higher Educationrecognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management. The Arbor Day Foundation is the world's largest membership nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. Its Tree Campus Higher Education program began in 2008 to encourage colleges and universities to plant trees on  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 8, 2024, with student Danetti Martino: * * * Taking a tour of the Liquid Propulsion Lab (LPL) in the USC Department of Astronautics, you'd be forgiven for mistaking former LPL lead engineer Danetti Martino for a master's student specializing in the mechanics of regeneratively cooled engines. In fact, he's a graduating senior with an academic track record wel  more

SAN DIEGO, California, May 10 -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems issued the following news release: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is working with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to develop a new Airborne Battlespace Awareness and Defense (ABAD) capability. The new ABAD pod is being developed for the GA-ASI-supplied MQ-9A Block 5 Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance Tactical (MALET) Extended Range Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) being operated by the U.S. Air   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 10 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 25-state lawsuit challenging the Biden EPA's new mandate that threatens existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The mandate forces coal and natural-gas power plants to use unproven technology or face mass shutdowns. Biden's mandate will force Iowans to pay more for electricity and grapple with California-style blac  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 9 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. G062338) on May 8, 2024: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three ROSE BUI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NGO KY et al., Defendants and Respondents. OPINION Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Richard Y. Lee, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions. Hoyt E. Hart II for Plaintiff and Appellant. Mark S.   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 10 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis counseled TPG Rise Climate, the dedicated climate investing strategy of TPG's global impact investing platform TPG Rise, on the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Olympus Terminals, a leading independent storage provider for renewable fuels and refined products in Southern California, majority owned by an affiliated investment fund of Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP   more

SANTA BARBARA, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- Yardi Matrix, a part of Yardi Systems, issued the following news release: The multifamily market is a tale of two supply scenarios, shows a new special report (https://www.yardimatrix.com/media/downloads/file/5619-MatrixBulletin-MultifamilyForecast-May2024?signup=false) from Yardi(R) Matrix. Of the 134 U.S. cities reviewed by Yardi Matrix, those that recorded substantial growth during the pandemic and are now receiving high volumes of new supply ar  more

SAN DIEGO, Texas, May 9 -- LPL Financial Holdings Inc., an investment advisory firm company, issued the following news release: LPL Financial LLC ("LPL Financial" or "LPL") announced it has closed its acquisition of the wealth management business of Crown Capital Securities, L.P. ("Crown Capital" or "Crown") a full-service broker-dealer and registered investment advisor ("RIA") headquartered in Orange County, California. "We continue to be impressed with Crown Capital's growth mindset and dee  more

LOS GATOS, California, May 10 -- 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 waiti  more

COSTA MESA, California, May 10 -- Experian, an information services company, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Experian(R) today announced the launch of Cashflow Attributes(TM), a groundbreaking solution to help expand fair and affordable access to credit, particularly for thin-file and credit invisible consumers. With over 900 income, cashflow and affordability attributes, Experian's cashflow insights are available now and allow lenders to seamlessly integrate banking data into  more

SUNNYVALE, California, May 10 -- Real-Time Innovations, an industrial Internet of Things connectivity company, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the infrastructure software company for smart-world systems, today announced that RTI Connext(R) has been selected as winner of the ''Best Overall Connected Healthcare Solution'' award in the annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MedTech Breakthrough. RTI has extensive expertise in distribu  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 9 -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: By Jennifer K. Morita When Rabbi Ben Herman hung the mezuzah - a sign of protection - on the doorpost of the Jewish Life and Resource Center at Sacramento State, he was joined by audience members who recited the Hebrew blessing by heart. Sacramento city leaders and members of the Jewish community joined faculty and students on May 8 to celebrate the official opening of the center, a collabora  more

LONG BEACH, California, May 10 -- California State University issued the following news release: After a competitive review process involving multiple university candidates, the California State University (CSU) has selected California State University, Sacramento, as the location for its new CSU Statewide Central Office for the Advancement of Black Excellence. The systemwide office serves as the primary entity to oversee and implement the recommendations articulated in the CSU's Black Student   more

LA JOLLA, California, May 10 -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release: The Salk Institute will receive a four-year, $5 million gift from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation to support pancreatic cancer research. The project's leaders, Salk Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle, Professor Ronald Evans, and Professor Reuben Shaw, will establish a novel pipeline from patients to the laboratory and back to the clinic. The approach will provide a unique opportuni  more

ROSEMEAD, California, May 9 -- Southern California Edison, a part of Edison International, an electric power distributor and energy services company, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Southern California Edison announced today that it will redeem all of the outstanding shares of its Series E Preference Stock. The redemption date will be June 6, 2024, and the redemption price will be $1,000 per share of Series E Preference Stock, plus accrued and unpaid dividends up to, but exclu  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 10 -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a monthly fixed fee that will be added to customers' monthly utility bills. This fee is a result of a 2022 bill, Assembly Bill 205, that directed the CPUC to add a fixed charge to utility bills based on household income in exchange for lowering volumetric rates. The approved plan will add a fixed charge of $24.15 to monthly utility bills (red  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: A poet who recently published her first two collections, Class of 2024 graduate Meredith Lapidas also has a background as a contortion artist. Meredith Lapidas can't not write. Ever since she was in middle school, telling stories and spinning creativity from her day-to-day experiences and observations was just something she was physically compelled to do - even as  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 9 -- Occidental College issued the following news: Stephen Amankonah Sekyere '27 and Eleanor Goddard '25 have been selected as members of the 2024 Project for Peace grantee cohort. They will travel to Ghana this summer to build support for girls in STEM. Each year, Projects for Peace awards $10,000 grants to student peacebuilders to develop innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world's most pressing issues. This summer, Sekyere and Goddard w  more

MERCED, California, May 10 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: UC Merced has earned a trio of top athletic year-end honors from the California Pacific Conference. Alexandra Lopez and Brycen Miller were named female and male Scholar-Athletes of the Year, respectively. David Dunham, the university's executive director of athletics and recreation, was named Athletic Director of the Year. Cal Pac announced the honors Tuesday. The scholar-athlete awards are voted on by  more

MERCED, California, May 10 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Alyssa Johansen, UC Merced The WE Will! Education and Workforce Collaborative, spearheaded by UC Merced and composed of partners from Merced, Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties, has awarded $10.6 million to community and education partners in the tri-county region. Recipients applied for funding with projects aligned to the collaborative goals of WE Will! including equity for all students, develop  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 9 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Miles Martin Two professors from UC San Diego have been named among the most influential leaders in hospice and palliative care by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM): Rabia Atayee, Pharm.D., professor of clinical pharmacy and associate dean for admissions and recruitment at UC San Diego's Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS), an  more

IRVINE, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine, other researchers find that children do initially benefit from preschool * * * A new study including University of California, Irvine School of Education researchers has yielded varied results on the impact of publicly funded U.S. preschool programs on student performance beyond early childhood. A study detailing the findings was published this month in Scien  more

RIVERSIDE, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Extreme conditions on rocky planet surprise scientists * * * UC Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane had to double check his calculations. He wasn't sure the planet he was studying could be as extreme as it seemed. Kane never expected to learn that a planet in this faraway star system is covered with so many active volcanoes that seen from a distance it would take on a f  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Yadira Galindo A defining development of the 20th century that changed the course of public health was when governments around the world improved access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene. However, a binational study led by University of California San Diego researchers found that, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, people experiencing homelessness and individual  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 9 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Sally Ride Science, a nonprofit organization based at the University of California San Diego, is gearing up for its sixth annual Women in Leadership event on May 23, 2024, at the UC San Diego Price Center East Ballroom. This event brings together a panel of women leaders to share their personal stories and visions on how women can help guide us to a better future. This year's panel includ  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Joseph McClain Pradipta Ghosh, M.D., sat down in her office at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and considered a request from the other side of the world. Ghosh, a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, received an email from Dennis McGonagle, Ph.D., professor of investigati  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Joyce Pritchett Studying methods. Everyone has a different theory on what works best. Just as each student's educational journey is different, the ways we learn and retain information varies as well. No matter how we learn best, one thing we all have in common is the need for a strategy. University of California San Diego School of Medicine student Noah Choi came up with a  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * UCSF surgeons among the first in nation to conduct minimally invasive cardiac procedure to improve patients' quality of life. * * * UC San Francisco interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed the health system's first commercial transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement procedure using the Edwards EVOQUE system. Th  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 10 -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Today the Biden administration unveiled a new rule that would block many people seeking asylum from ever receiving a full and fair hearing on their claims. The proposed rule would allow asylum officers to make complicated legal determinations at the initial credible fear screening stage and swiftly preclude protection in cases where they suspect certain statutory bars  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 10 -- Union Pacific issued the following news release: Union Pacific's legendary Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive built to conquer mountains, will make 19 whistle-stops in five states this summer during its 2024 Westward Bound Tour from Wyoming to California. In addition, this mighty steam locomotive will be on public display for two days each in Roseville, California, July 12-13, and Ogden, Utah, July 20-21. Big Boy will leave its home bas  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: Deanna Ryals, the director of international affairs at the U.S. Space Force in Los Angeles, was ecstatic to be selected for the USC SHIELD Executive Program in Global Space and Deterrence. To her, it presented a unique opportunity to gain a fresh perspective on forging global partnerships for space access and defense. "I had heard about the program from my counter  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 8, 2024, with environmental engineering student Ana Luiza Behisnelian: * * * Ana Luiza Behisnelian is using her environmental engineering degree to take on the mission of protecting one of our planet's most important resources - water. Through research projects and guidance from her professors at USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineeri  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 9, 2024, with engineering student Cinthia Sanchez Alvarado: * * * Cinthia Sanchez Alvarado (B.S. ISE' 24) wants to inspire the next generation of problem solvers, thinkers and dreamers. Cinthia Sanchez Alvarado is lowering the ladder down behind her. The Class of 2024 graduate from the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering wants   more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 8, 2024, with communication data science master's student Natalie Fung: * * * From PR to data science, Natalie Fung, a graduating master's student, on becoming a "double Trojan" after a life-altering accident. I was 21 years old when I broke my neck and became paralyzed from the chest down. Up until this point, I had a relatively typical college experience  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 9, 2024, with Alejandra Felix, a student in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science: * * * Alejandra Felix has been researching cancer cell behavior, to improve our fundamental understanding of this complex disease. Alejandra Felix is passionate about improving healthcare and reducing disparities. She is particularly driven t  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 9, 2024, with Victoria Pinkett, vice chair of the National Society of Black Engineers: * * * Victoria Pinkett, hands-on learner and student leader, shares how she's made the most of her USC experience. Graduating mechanical engineer Victoria Pinkett has a practical frame of mind. While some engineers are drawn to the math and fundamental theories, Pinkett ha  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: Spike Fu, a senior in the Computer Science Games Program at USC Viterbi, is on the brink of a significant turning point. Graduating this May with her bachelor's degree, she's planning to take her goal of helping to reshape the future of gaming, to the next level. From a young age, Fu was captivated by the storytelling power of games and animations, sparking a desir  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 8, 2024, with astronautical engineering student James Austin: * * * Graduating engineer James Austin went from small-town roots to becoming a startup founder developing a new space launch system. Growing up in the small town of Chilton, Wisconsin, James Austin gained early exposure to the world of aerospace at the nearby EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - one of the l  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 8, 2024, with Mohamad Awada, a student in the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: * * * Mohamad Awada, a graduating Ph.D. student in USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, reflects on five years of research developing dynamic environments for modern workspaces. Imagine you're sitting at your desk at wo  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 8, 2024, with astronautical engineering student Brooke Rios: * * * For graduating student Brooke Rios, the path to engineering excellence was discovered in the powerful alliances she forged along the way. Brooke Rios always had her sights set on the cosmos. As a USC graduate in astronautical engineering, Brooke Rios has excelled academically and immersed her  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 9, 2024, with Shelby Wu, president of the USC chapter of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Theta Tau and Alpha Pi Mu: * * * The 2024 graduate of the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering led three major student organizations simultaneously. Shelby Wu is accustomed to stepping up. The Class of 2024 graduate from t  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: The 2024 Ph.D. Hooding and Awards Ceremony honors 166 new graduates and Gourav Datta, winner of this year's best Ph.D. thesis. Ryan Bena was only in his second semester as a Ph.D. student at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering when he was forced to leave the Dynamic Robotics and Control Laboratory. COVID-19, it seemed, cared little for continuity in do  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- Whole Foods Market issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Jason Buechel, Whole Foods Market CEO, recently participated in two panels at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2024, fostering discussions on the evolving food retail landscape and the future of work. The Milken Institute Global Conference is a premier gathering of global leaders from business, finance, government, and philanthropy. This year's conference focused on the critical issues  more

OAKLAND, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: As the landmark price transparency law is set to go into effect July 1, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released guidance to help businesses across the state comply with the new law. According to 2018 data from Consumer Reports, at least 85% of Americans have experienced a hidden or unexpected fee for a service, and more than two-thirds of those surveyed in  more