BURBANK, California, June 13 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: "9-1-1" (Disney/Mike Taing), "Grey's Anatomy" (Disney/Anne Marie Fox), "Station 19" (Anne Marie Fox)*Series photos are available here. After seven days of viewing across ABC, Hulu and digital platforms, as well as strong linear performance, the "9-1-1" season finale earned an impressive 9.59 million Total Viewers and a 2.05 rating in Adults 18-49, the show's best multiplatform performance in both  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics issued the following news release: A new white paper (https://healthpolicy.usc.edu/research/fixing-medicare-advantage-competitive-bidding) by scholars from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics recommends a competitive bidding model that bases Medicare Advantage rates on market forces instead of spending in traditional Medicare. Proposed reforms  more

OAKLAND, California, June 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New Jersey Attorney General Mathew J. Platkin, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle A. Henry today led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in filing a multistate amicus brief in the Northern District of Alabama in support of the U.S. Department of Education's 2024 Title IX Final Rule amidst several lawsuits filed by Republican sta  more

OAKLAND, California, June 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New Jersey Attorney General Mathew J. Platkin, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle A. Henry today led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in filing a multistate amicus brief in the Western District of Louisiana in support of the U.S. Department of Education's 2024 Title IX Final Rule amidst several lawsuits filed by Republican st  more

OAKLAND, California, June 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with Blackbaud, a South Carolina-based software company, for violating consumer protection and privacy laws related to its unlawful data security practices. Blackbaud provides data management software to nonprofit organizations that allows the storage of, among other things, names, Social Security numbers, ba  more

OAKLAND, California, June 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week, along with a coalition of attorneys general, sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) supporting a final rule to detect and deter corporate offenders that have broken consumer laws and are subject to federal, state, or local government or court orders. Under the rule nonbank entities that offer consumer  more

OAKLAND, California, June 14 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's decision on access to mifepristone, a drug which is widely used for medication abortion and miscarriage treatment. Studies show that medication abortion allows individuals to receive reproductive car  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 13 -- Bourns, a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced the release of its highly functional POE-LAB1 Design Kit, created to help streamline both the designing of power/data delivery and protection in Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications. The kit includes advanced com  more

SAN JOSE, California, June 13 -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: * * * Highlights: * Cadence.AI digital and analog tools optimized for advanced node SF2 gate-all-around (GAA), driving enhanced quality of results and accelerating circuit process node migration * Cadence's best-in-class 3D-IC technology enabled for all of Samsung Foundry's multi-die integration offeri  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 13 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Anni Chung, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the Medical Board of California. Chung has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Self-Help for the Elderly since 1981. She was Project Coordinator of the Youth for Elderly Project for the American Red Cross from 1972 to 1973. Chung is a member of the S  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 13 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: A new draft regulation announced today by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will require that insurers that use new catastrophe modeling must write more policies in distressed areas, with larger insurance companies required to insure properties in distressed areas at a rate equal to 85% of the insurer's statewide market share. This is part of the Commissioner's Su  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 13 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting compensation (Agenda ID No. 22547) on June 12, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Microgrids Pursuant to Senate Bill 1339 and Resiliency Strategies. DECISION GRANTING COMPENSATION TO SIERRA CLUB FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO DECISION 23-04-034 Intervenor: Sierra Club Fo  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, June 13 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: California State University, Bakersfield's dual enrollment partnership with the Delano Joint Union High School District (DJUHSD) has been recognized as being among the best in the state. Delano and Robert F. Kennedy high schools received Exemplary Dual Enrollment awards from the California Department of Education as part of its California School Recognition Program ceremony held in Anaheim la  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: By Jennifer K. Morita Most visitors give little thought to the red lanterns strung across rooftops in Chinatowns throughout the U.S. The pagoda-style buildings and chop suey menu fonts come across as charming if not fake. But it turns out there is a story behind what Sacramento State Ethnic Studies Professor William Gow calls "Chinatown pastiche." In his new book, Gow shows how C  more

OAKLAND, California, June 13 -- The Blue Shield of California issued the following news release: Blue Shield of California has been named by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) as the sole health plan to provide its Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) offering. The state agency provides benefits for California's public employees, retirees and their families, representing 1.5 million people, and making it the second largest public purchaser of employee health benefits  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 13 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: Carl F. Cranor celebrated his 28th birthday by taking up a new hobby: running. More than five decades later, he's still trekking about 20 miles a week. Ten years ago, he hiked Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain. His focus and his determination on healthy living have been heavily influenced by what has given him a unique area of expertise: the combination of philosophy, science,   more

FRESNO, California, June 14 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Dr. Julie B. Olson-Buchanan, dean of the Craig School of Business at Fresno State, was honored by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology with its 2024 Humanitarian Award, presented at the society's annual conference in April. The Humanitarian Award recognizes members who have enhanced the society through their research, work with organizations that address critical so  more

NEW YORK, June 14 -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism issued the following news: Four veteran journalists have been named the latest recipients of the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism. Each of the winning projects will receive a grant of up to $15,000. The new McGraw Fellows will explore subjects ranging from labor conditions in California's agriculture sector and the housing crisis in Montana's Indian Country, to the impact of efforts by US corporations t  more

BERKELEY, California, June 13 -- The University of California issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., announced today (Wednesday, June 12) the selection of Julio Frenk, M.D., a global health expert and current president of the University of Miami, as UCLA's next chancellor. The UC Board of Regents approved the appointment today during a special meeting held at UCLA. Dr. Frenk will succeed Chancellor Gene Block, who announc  more

FULLERTON, California, June 14 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: A third round of grants from Cal State Fullerton's Scott-Jewett Fund for Student Success and Innovation will fund eight projects focused on expanding student-led research, elevating social justice centered curriculum, bolstering the transfer pipeline and more. The fund was created in 2021 after the university received a historic $40 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott  more

FRESNO, California, June 14 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: For the second consecutive year, Fresno State received a 4.5-star rating on a 5-star scale in Money's 2024 Best Colleges rating published on June 12. For the past 10 years, Money has analyzed colleges and universities nationwide to help families in their college search by showing variety and high-value colleges. In this year's list, Money rated 745 schools on 25 factors in quality, aff  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Utilizing wearable electronics and AI, new ingestible sensors provide real-time 3D monitoring of gastrointestinal health * * * By Amy Blumenthal Imagine finding your location without GPS. Now apply this to tracking an item in the body. This has been the challenge with tracking "smart" pills - pills equipped with smart sensors-once swallowed. At   more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 14 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Ian Bastek, of Roseville, has been appointed Deputy Director of Response in the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. Bastek has been Captain and Commanding Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard, Air Station Sacramento since 2021. He was Captain/U.S. Coast Guard and Joint Task Force East Liaison Office  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 14 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Cracking down on illicit drugs and those who smuggle them into California, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced he is more than doubling the California National Guard's (Cal Guard) Counter Drug Taskforce operations statewide, including at ports of entry along the border from 155 to now nearly 400 service members. Embedded in cross-government initiatives to combat transnatio  more

FOLSOM, California, June 13 -- The California Independent System Operator issued the following news release: A comprehensive package of reforms to accelerate the efficient and cost-effective interconnection of new generating resources to the grid was approved Wednesday by the California Independent System Operator's (ISO) Board of Governors. The interconnection process changes, which must also be approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) before taking effect, were crafted dur  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 13 -- The University of California issued the following news release: Dr. Julio Frenk, the president of the University of Miami and a leading global health researcher who has held positions in government and academia, both in the U.S. and in Mexico, will be UCLA's next chancellor. Frenk's appointment was announced today by the University of California Board of Regents. He will begin his role as the campus's seventh chancellor on Jan. 1, 2025. Since 2015, Frenk ha  more

SANTA ROSA, California, June 14 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), has been recognized by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for Diversity in 2024. Keysight was listed for the second consecutive year, earning the 8th ranking out of 500 U.S.-based companies. The prestigious award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics port  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, June 13 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00422) on June 12, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Investigation Of Louisville Gas And Electric Company And Kentucky Utilities Company Service Related To Winter Storm Elliott ORDER On June 3, 2024, Sierra Club moved the Commission to admit pro hac vice Sunil Bector, an attorney whose office is in California, to practice law before the Commission on behalf of the Sierra Cl  more

BERKELEY, California, June 14 -- The University of California issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., today named UCLA's executive vice chair and provost, Darnell Hunt, as interim chancellor of UCLA following Chancellor Gene Block's departure at the end of July 2024. A well-known and highly respected member of the UCLA community, Hunt will ensure a smooth leadership transition until chancellor-designate Dr. Julio Frenk arriv  more

SANTA CLARA, California, June 13 -- Santa Clara University issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Santa Clara University President Julie Sullivan today announced the appointment of Fr. Matthew E. Carnes, S.J., Ph.D., '03 M.Div., as Vice President for Mission and Ministry for Santa Clara University. Carnes is a Jesuit priest, University trustee, and renowned Georgetown professor and administrator in the field of political science and international affairs. Carnes, who has been at G  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics issued the following news release: Mothers whose pregnancies span two calendar years could face higher out-of-pocket costs for maternity care simply because of when they became pregnant, according to a new USC study. The study, from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, finds that some women with high-deductible health plans pay their cost-shar  more

WHITE PLAINS, New York, June 13 -- The New York State Power Authority issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: The New York Power Authority (NYPA) received an American Public Power Association (APPA) Energy Innovator Award yesterday in recognition of a real-time transmission line issue detection system that is helping improve grid safety, security and reliability. The award was presented during the APPA's National Conference in San Diego, California. "The New York Power Authority wo  more

BELMONT, California, June 13 -- Notre Dame De Namur University issued the following news release: Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) President Beth Martin, Ph.D. announced the election [of] Pedro David Espinoza to a 3-year term on the university's Board of Trustees. Espinoza is a TED speaker, entrepreneur, AI investor, and author. In 2014, Pedro became the founder & CEO of SmileyGo, an app that helped companies invest smarter. SmileyGo indexes the data of 1.3 million NGOs with users in 30 c  more

SANTA CLARA, California, June 13 -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: * * * Individuals Can Participate Online * * * NVIDIA today announced it will hold its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders online on Thursday, June 26, at 9 a.m. PT. The meeting will take place virtually at http://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NVDA2024. Stockholders will need their control number   more

SUNNYVALE, California, June 13 -- Real-Time Innovations, an industrial Internet of Things connectivity company, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the infrastructure software company for smart-world systems, is proud to announce its recognition as one of this year's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area. This is RTI's second time being named to this prestigious list, coming in at No. 21 out of 75. Named by Great Place To Work(R) and Fortune magazine ranke  more

ROCKLIN, California, June 13 -- Sierra College issued the following news release: The Sierra College Board of Trustees at its June board meeting appointed Lucas Moosman as the new Assistant Superintendent/Vice President of Student Services. Lucas had been serving in the role in an interim capacity since September of 2023 and was selected from a highly qualified pool of applicants for the permanent position in June 2024. "Lucas has done an outstanding job of engaging and leading the division to  more

SONOMA, California, June 14 -- Sonoma State University issued the following news: In April, the California State University (CSU) system allocated $4,630,846 for one-time funding to its 23 universities to advance Black student success and elevate Black excellence across the system. Sonoma State was awarded $250,000 of the fund. "This is important because it reevaluates how the system supports Black students and addresses persistent trends of low enrollment, retention, and graduation from Blac  more

STANFORD, California, June 13 -- The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment issued the following news: U.S. Department of Energy funds initiative - built on Stanford Uncommon Dialogue - seeking greater consensus among solar companies, conservation groups, agricultural interests, tribal nations and others in developing large-scale solar projects. U.S. energy producers and policymakers are under increasing pressure to dramatically increase supplies of reliable, clean energy to fight climat  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- Yardi Matrix, a part of Yardi Systems, issued the following news release: Preleasing at the Yardi 200 reached 80 percent in May, still slightly above last year's rate, according to the latest Yardi(R) Matrix National Student Housing Report. As of May, the average published asking rent reached $897 per bed, which was 5.3 percent higher on a year-over-year basis. May's average rent per bed marks an all-time high for the student housing sector, but g  more

FRESNO, California, June 14 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Under the guidance of Dr. Nathan J. Sobieralski, the Fresno State trumpet ensemble achieved third place in the 2024 International Trumpet Guild Conference, Chamber Music Division. In the semi-final round, they surpassed several renowned competitors, including University of California at Los Angeles and University of Southern California. In the final round, the Royal Danish Academy of Mu  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Ocean circulation enables tolerable climate * * * When it comes to the ocean's response to global warming, we're not in entirely uncharted waters. A UC Riverside study shows that episodes of extreme heat in Earth's past caused the exchange of waters from the surface to the deep ocean to decline. This system has been described as the "global conveyer belt," because it red  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 14 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Triveni Sheshadri The UC San Diego Speech and Debate Team won three national championship titles at the 2024 Biennial Tournament hosted by Pi Kappa Delta, one of the oldest forensic organizations in the country. Held at Glendale Community College, Ariz. March 7-11, the tournament drew more than 50 teams from colleges and universities across the country. The UC San Diego team, sp  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 14 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Amanda Rubalcava NASA astronaut Kate Rubins '99 recently visited UC San Diego to participate in a panel discussion alongside renowned leaders in space technology and health. Hosted by Kiana Aran, an associate professor of bioengineering, and UC San Diego's Institute of Engineering in Medicine, the symposium offered insights into how research conducted in space can be tra  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 13 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Erika Johnson Love and respect anchor the words written by Associate Professor of Literature Brandon Som in his latest work, "Tripas: Poems," which garnered the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. The two dozen works in the collection reflect on the transnational paths of his family, including the intersecting languages and wisdoms they have transmitted across generations and the lega  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 13 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Sara Bock What are the unique issues and challenges faced by Black male college students, and how do these impact their mental health? Which barriers often impede access to counseling or mental health services, and how can those barriers be removed? How can higher education practitioners promote communities of care on campuses--ones that will drive more equitable mental health ou  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Robert Monroe Emissions of nitrous oxide - a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide or methane - continued unabated between 1980 and 2020, a year when more than 10 million metric tons were released into the atmosphere primarily through farming practices, according to a new report to which researchers from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography contrib  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by: Liezel Labios Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver cancer-fighting medication directly to metastatic tumors. This approach has shown promise in mice, where it inhibited the growth and spread of tumors that had metastasized to the lungs, thereby boostin  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, June 13 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news on June 12, 2024: By Mike Pena As the only full-time staff member at UC Santa Cruz's Fort Ord Natural Reserve, Director Joe Miller doesn't need to create more work for himself. And yet, he's managed to do just that by successfully partnering with a nearby charter high school that brings students onto the 610-acre property to teach students about local natural history and introduce them t  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: For seven students in UCLA School of Law's first-year Legal Research and Writing course, the rewards for their achievements in the classroom far exceeded the invaluable education that they received in the ins and outs of crafting legal briefs and other fundamental documents. In April, the students were celebrated at a ceremony that the law school hosted with Continu  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 13 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: Dozens of the world's top thought leaders and advocates in international law, human rights, racial justice and ecological crises convened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from May 27 to 29, for a conference marking the launch of UCLA School of Law's the Promise Institute Europe. The dynamic and forward-looking institute opened in the Hague in late 2023 as a hub of the study, t  more

MERCED, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: In a new study, an international team of researchers -- including UC Merced Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mark Aldenderfer -- reconstructed the evolutionary history and global spread of malaria over the past 5,500 years, identifying trade, warfare and colonialism as major catalysts for its dispersal. Malaria, one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, is caused by several species of  more

MERCED, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Jody Murray, UC Merced A study of fast-tracked government funds for relief during the COVID-19 pandemic uncovered bottlenecks at federal, university and community levels that undermined partnerships. Researchers, including UC Merced Professor Nancy Burke , made several recommendations to strengthen financial partnerships that underlie community-based participatory research. In a paper pub  more

NEW YORK, June 14 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP advised Consolidated Water Cooperatief, U.A. (Consolidated Water) in successful negotiations with Mexico to settle claims brought by Consolidated Water under a bilateral investment treaty between Mexico and the Netherlands. The claims arose in connection with Mexico's termination, in 2020, of a public-private partnership agreement that two of its state agencies and the Governmen  more

ALAMEDA, California, June 13 -- Wind River, a subsidiary of Intel, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Wind River(R), a global leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge, today announced that its Professional Services organization has once again been appraised at Level 3 of ISACA's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI(R)). CMMI is a proven, outcome-based performance model and the globally accepted standard for improving capability, optimizing business performa  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, June 13 -- Yardi, a provider of property management software and investment management solutions for real estate, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Yardi(R), a leading provider of real estate software for every portfolio size and type, today announced a new offer for clients to enhance the resident experience with an innovative alternative to traditional security deposits. Yardi has partnered with Obligo(R) to simplify the security deposit process be  more