SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Jeremy Kirk, of Hidden Valley Lake, has been Appointed Deputy Administrator of the Veterans Home of California, Yountville. Kirk has been Direct Construction Supervisor II for the California Department of Veterans Affairs since 2023 and has served in several positions there since 2015, including Stationary Engine  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on June 7, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring June 2024, as "LGBTQ+ Pride Month" in the State of California. * * * The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: This month - and every month - California stands with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community as they take pride in who they are and whom they love. Pride Mont  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on June 7, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring a statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. * * * The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA I, GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of the State of California, pursuant to California law, including without limitation, sections 10720 and 120  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: With parts of the Klamath River beginning to flow freely for the first time in 100 years thanks to the largest river restoration effort in American history, Governor Gavin Newsom this week visited the dam removal project that will revitalize nearly 400 miles of historical habitat for salmon and steelhead, when completed. Last September, the first of the four dams was brought down, and the res  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 (TNSres) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: As senseless gun violence continues to plague the country with an estimated 120 people killed every day, California has reduced gun violence in the state significantly over the last 30 years. Continually ranked as the leader across the country for strong gun safety laws, new findings from the California Department of Justice contribute to the research affirming the state's efforts to i  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 8 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today announced the first round of recommended awardees for last mile broadband projects as part of the $2 billion Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant Program. This program aims to expand internet access for underserved and unserved communities across California. Today's announcement kicks off a rolling process t  more

IRVINE, California, June 8 (TNSres) -- CoreLogic, a property, mortgage and consumer information provider, issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: * * * * U.S. homeowners with a mortgage pulled in $28,000 in equity gains year over year in first quarter of 2024, the highest number since late 2022. * California ($64,000), Massachusetts ($61,000) and New Jersey ($59,000) led the country for annual home equity gains in the first quarter. * Los Angeles topped major metro areas for year  more

BERKELEY, California, June 8 -- The University of California issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: A Superior Court judge today (June 7) granted a temporary restraining order to the University of California, temporarily halting the illegal systemwide strike by UAW-represented employees across campuses. The action comes after UC filed a lawsuit and requested injunctive relief Tuesday against UAW for breach of contract. UC and UAW have collective bargaining agreements that each hav  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: A week after Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony charges, vulnerable California Republican John Duarte is already cosigning new methods of manipulating the American judicial system to support the former president and recently convicted felon. Duarte quickly rallied to Trump's defense, but he's now taking it a step further - telling Axios he plans to support far-right   more

BOISE, Idaho, June 8 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador announced an administrative appeal yesterday with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The appeal asks the agency to reconsider its determinations that the Lava Ridge project, a proposed wind turbine development on Bureau of Land Management property in Idaho's Magic Valley, poses "no hazard" to aviation in the area. The vast majority of any powe  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, June 8 -- Mattel, a toy manufacturing company, issued the following news: Mattel, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAT), a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world, in collaboration with Outright Games, the leading publisher of family-friendly interactive entertainment, has today revealed the first all-console and PC video game inspired by the die-cast collectible toy brand Matchbox(TM). Developed by Casual Brothe  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Nearly 50 local Asian American, immigrant and community leaders and organizations in California's 45th district demanded extreme Democrat Derek Tran apologize for his recent offensive comments or drop out of the race. "Disparaging Congresswoman Steel's background while chastising her for coming to America to realize the American Dream is an affront to all First Generations who have come here in sea  more

NEW YORK, June 8 -- Newmark Group issued the following news release: Newmark[1] announces it has facilitated the signing of a 146,816-square-foot lease at 5700 E. Airport Drive in Ontario, California. The property is part of the larger +- 250,248-square-foot Airport Distribution Center. Newmark Executive Managing Directors Ron Washle and Mark Kegans represented the landlord, Alere Property Group, in the transaction. The tenant is Logistar Inc. "The demand for distribution facilities in the On  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 8 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised Sterling Organization (Sterling) in the formation of Sterling Value Add Partners IV (SVAP IV), which represents Sterling's newest real estate private equity fund in its flagship retail real estate fund series. SVAP IV secured capital commitments of $600 million, exceeding the $500 million target and hitting the fund's hard cap. SVAP IV will primarily target value-add, grocery-anch  more

BEVERLY HILLS, California, June 8 -- Platinum Equity, an investment firm, issued the following news release: LOS ANGELES and HONG KONG -- Platinum Equity portfolio company Hop Lun, one of the world's largest designers and manufacturers of intimate apparels, announced today the acquisition of P.H. Garment. Headquartered in Hong Kong, P.H. Garment is an innovative private label manufacturer of high-quality bras, shapewear and performance-driven active wear for world renowned fashion brands. The  more

FOLSOM, California, June 8 -- PowerSchool, a provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, issued the following news on June 7, 2024: PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PWSC) ("PowerSchool" or "the Company"), a leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Bain Capital in a transaction valuing the Company at $5.6 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, PowerSchool stockholders will receive  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 (TNSres) -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: By Cynthia Hubert Sacramento State scholars earned four top awards at this year's CSU Student Research Competition at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The student researchers brought home three first-place awards and one second-place award, continuing a string of success at the annual CSU-wide competition. "Over the past several years, Sacramento State students have consistently performed  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 8 -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release: Congratulations to the awardees of the Kavli Small Equipment Grant Program, where Salk Faculty and Research Professors working in neuroscience, and related fields, submitted proposals to receive funds to purchase or build small equipment needed to further their research. Here is a sumary of the six awardees that were selected: "Atomic Force Microscope" from Pallav Kosuri, Dmitry Lyumki  more

SAN JOSE, California, June 8 -- Calix, a communications service providers, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Today, Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) announced that, in only six months, SCTelcom enhanced subscriber loyalty and revenue by extending exceptional broadband experiences to all facets of rural life with SmartLife(TM) managed services and the Calix Broadband Platform. Broadband service providers (BSPs) leverage the singular Calix Platform and integrated SmartLife managed servi  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Robert Monroe Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever -- accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego announced today. Scientists at Scripps Oceanography, which initiated the CO2 monitoring program kn  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Alex Fox In early May, the neurotoxic effects of the heavy metal mercury made news when outlets reported that 2024 U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in 2012 that he experienced cognitive issues such as memory loss due to mercury poisoning, likely from a diet heavy in tuna. Now, a new study from researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oce  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Alex Fox New research led by Lia Siegelman, a physical oceanographer at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, shows that the roiling storms at the planet Jupiter's polar regions are powered by processes known to physicists studying Earth's oceans and atmosphere. The geophysical commonalities spanning the 452 million miles between the two planets could even h  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, June 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Emily Cerf The techniques used for genetic sequencing of DNA and RNA have been rapidly improving over the past decade, but different methods have costs and benefits, and the scientific community has yet to determine which techniques will yield the best results for a given research question. Optimizing sequencing methods can help researchers across a variety of biological fiel  more

MERCED, California, June 7 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: Humanities education has been under fire on college campuses over the past decade. "There's a lot of concern nationally about graduate education in the humanities. We're producing plenty of Ph.D.s but are there enough jobs for them upon graduation?" said anthropology and heritage studies Professor Robin DeLugan, who leads UC Merced's Research Center for Community Engaged Scholarship (ReCCES).   more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 8 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: New research by UCLA finds thousands more people than previously counted die each year in California due to the health impacts of wildfire smoke. The research, published today in the journal Science Advances, finds that inhaling the fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 from wildland fires led to 52,500 to 55,700 deaths in the 11 years from 2008-2018, with an associated economic impact   more

GUNNISON, Colorado, June 8 -- Western State Colorado University issued the following news: Western Colorado University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing is proud to welcome New York Times bestselling author Jamie Ford to its summer residency. The internationally beloved author will speak at the GPCW's graduation ceremony on July 26, 2024. Jamie Ford is a Chinese American author best known for his multi-cultural novels that weave together rich historical details with captivating narratives  more