SANTA CLARA, California, June 27 (TNSres) -- Agilent Technologies, a company that specializes in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today released the company's annual ESG report, showcasing a comprehensive and growing set of sustainable solutions that enable hundreds of thousands of labs worldwide to reduce consumption of nonrenewable resources and to minimize waste. Agilent's sustain  more

IRVINE, California, June 27 -- Allied Universal, a security and facility services company that provides smart technology to deliver solutions to businesses, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Allied Universal(R), the leading security and facility services provider, today announced that Carmen Randall, vice president of training and development for North America, has earned the 2024 OnCon Icon "Top 100 Learning & Development Professional" award. The OnCon Icon Awards are voted   more

OAKLAND, California, June 27 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: * * * New law prevents information regarding reproductive healthcare from being shared out-of-state * * * California Attorney General Rob Bonta today sent letters to eight major pharmacy chains (CVS Health, Walgreen Company, Cigna, Optum Rx, Walmart Stores, The Kroger Company, Rite Aid Corporation, and Amazon Pharmacy), as well as five health data companies (Airtable, Jot  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 26 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania have filed another set of amicus briefs in federal courts across the country this month to defend Title IX's protections of students from sex-based discrimination and harassment in education. Attorney General Platkin, the Division on Civil Rights (DCR), and their state partners are seeking t  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 26 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting compensation (Case No. 24-06-020) on June 25, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company for Approval of Energy Savings Assistance and California Alternate Rates for Energy Programs and Budgets for 2021-2026 Program Years. (U39M.) And Related Matters. DECISION GRANTING COM  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 26 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following final resolution (No. T-17825) on June 25, 2024: * * * Approval of Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Allocations for California Advanced Services Fund SUMMARY This Resolution approves Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 budget allocations for six California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) accounts, including the Broadband Adoption Account (Adoption), Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Grant Account (C  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Children's Hospital Association (CCHA) today announced an agreement to expand health care for children in the state. The agreement will provide additional funding for the Department of Health Care Services to support California children's hospitals now and in the future. This funding will help support medical care for critically ill children and those f  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an agreement to enhance the state's ability to prepare for and potentially prevent the next pandemic by integrating the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine into the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS) and broadening its scope to include technologies relevant to pandemic prevention. Precision med  more

PASADENA, California, June 26 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Virginia V. ("Ginny") Weldon, a leader in pediatric medicine, former senior vice president of public policy for the Monsanto Company, and life member of the Caltech community, passed away on May 23, 2024. She was 88 years old. Weldon was first named to the Caltech Board of Trustees in 1996 and became a life member in 2010. During her tenure on the Board, she served on the Institute and Alumni Rel  more

REDWOOD CITY, California, June 27 (TNSres) -- Dell'Oro Group, a provider of market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, issued the following news release: According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center industries, 1Q 2024 worldwide Campus Switch revenues dropped by 23 percent year-over-year (Y/Y). The only two vendors that grew Campus Switch revenues Y/  more

BURBANK, California, June 25 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: TUESDAY, JULY 2 10:00-11:00 p.m. EST - Celebrity Jeopardy!: "Final: Mo Rocca, Lisa Ann Walter and Katie Nolan" (213) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 1/23/24) Logline: Who will be crowned the "Celebrity Jeopardy!" champion? Finalists Mo Rocca (CBS Sunday Morning), Lisa Ann Walter (ABC's "Abbott Elementary") and commentator Katie Nolan vie for the title and the $1 million grand prize for the charity of their c  more

BURBANK, California, June 25 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 9:00-10:00 p.m. EDT - Claim to Fame: "Almost Unfamous" (301) (Season Premiere) Logline: The 11 celebrity relatives vying to stake their own "claim to fame" and win the $100,000 prize are introduced. The first challenge is a talent show with a twist, determining who is at risk of the first elimination. Hosted by Kevin and Franklin Jonas. (TV-PG, L) Watch episodes next day on H  more

CLAREMONT, California, June 27 -- Claremont McKenna College issued the following news release: Claremont McKenna College is among the 25 inaugural recipients of the Carnegie Foundation Elective Classification for Leadership for Public Purpose, a formal recognition of the College's campus-wide commitment to tackling complex societal issues and fostering a deeper understanding of leadership as a public good. David Day, Claremont McKenna College Professor and Academic Director at the Kravis Leade  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 27 -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, issued the following news release: Constangy congratulates attorney Kritika Thukral for being named a 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers "Rising Star" for the first time. Kritika represents and advises employers on a variety of workplace law matters including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to accommodate, wrongful termination, and wage and hour compliance. Prior to joining Constangy, Kritika r  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 27 -- EVgo Services, a charging public network for electric vehicles, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) ("EVgo" or the "Company"), one of the nation's largest public fast charging networks for electric vehicles (EVs), and Regency Centers Corporation (NASDAQ: REG) ("Regency" or "Regency Centers"), today announced the opening of a new fast charging station at Blakeney Town Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Blakeney To  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, June 24 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Kathleen Haughney A Florida State University researcher is being honored by the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) for her work in developing better protective clothing for first responders and others in fields with unique clothing needs. Meredith McQuerry, the Carol E. Avery Associate Professor of Retail Entrepreneurship, will be honored at the ITAA annual conference in Long Bea  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Jill Barnes, of Culver City, has been appointed Assistant Director and Superintendent of the California Specialized Training Institute at the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. Barnes has been Administrator of Emergency Management at the Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Emergency M  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 27 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today signed legislation including the legislative version of the 2024 state budget, with the Legislature expected to vote later today on legislation reflecting the final budget agreement. The Governor announced signing the following bills: * AB 107 by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) - Budget Act of 2024. * AB 661 by Assemblymember Joe Patterso  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 27 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight represented Joby Aviation Inc. (NYSE: JOBY), a leading electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft manufacturer, on its acquisition of the autonomy division of Xwing Inc., an industry leader in developing autonomous aviation application software. The transaction was announced on June 4. The acquisition included Xwing's existing automation and autonomy technology activities  more

PALO ALTO, California, June 27 -- Hewlett-Packard, an information technology company, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) today announced that Karen Parkhill will join the company as Chief Financial Officer on August 5, 2024. Tim Brown, who has been serving as interim Chief Financial Officer, will return to his role as the head of Print Finance. A world-class finance leader, Parkhill, has spent the past 13 years serving as the Chief Financial Officer for wel  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 27 -- McGlinchey Stafford, a law firm, issued the following news release: McGlinchey Stafford is proud to announce the appointment of Michelle M. McCliman as the Office Managing Member of its Irvine, California office. Michelle has almost 30 years of litigation experience in firms of all sizes, including managing a firm in private practice. With this addition ten of McGlinchey's 17 offices are now led by women. "Michelle's management style and litigation acumen mak  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 27 -- The California Department of Transportation issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: The State of California today honored nine Caltrans employees by presenting them with the Governor's State Employee Medal of Valor, the highest honor California bestows on its public servants. The awards are given annually to state employees for acts of heroism to save lives or protect state property. "We are extremely proud of these nine Caltrans workers who coura  more

BURBANK, California, June 26 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: WHAT: ESPN announced the nominees for "The 2024 ESPYS Presented by Capital One," hosted by Serena Williams, and fan voting is now open. WHERE: A list of "The 2024 ESPYS" nominees is available here, and fans can cast their vote at ESPN.com/ESPYS. More information is available in the complete 2024 ESPYS Media Kit. WHEN: Voting is now underway and all categories will clo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 27 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Ramping up efforts to continue tackling illicit fentanyl in the state, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the seizure of an estimated nearly 7 million pills containing fentanyl statewide, including at ports of entry along the southern border, since January 2024. Through the California National Guard's Counterdrug Task Force, which helps local and federal partners take dea  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics issued the following news release: Women residing in states with the most restrictive abortion policies after the Supreme Court's reversalof Roe v Wade also experienced declines in the use of birth control pills and emergency contraceptives, according to a new USC study evaluating the impact of the decision. The findings, which appear today in JAMA Network Open,  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 26 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Detecting intelligent life that's light years away * * * If aliens modified a planet in their solar system to make it warmer, we'd be able to tell. A new UC Riverside study identifies the artificial greenhouse gases that would be giveaways of a terraformed planet. A terraformed planet has been artificially made hospitable for life. The gases described in the study would   more

SAN DIEGO, California, June 27 -- National University issued the following news on June 26, 2024: National University (NU)--a nonprofit, veteran-founded institution serving over 50,000 students annually through its degree programs and 80,000 more through its workforce and professional training programs -- today announced the launch of the National University Foundation, the first in its more than 50-year history of serving working adults, non-traditional students and military-affiliated student  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 27 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: Combating climate change may involve building structures as large as stadiums with arrays of huge fans that suck in vast volumes of air to capture free-floating carbon dioxide before carbon-free air is released back into the atmosphere. Direct air capture, or DAC, is viewed as a powerful weapon to prevent catastrophic climate change. But the technology, now in its infancy, needs   more

CLAREMONT, California, June 27 -- Pomona College issued the following news: Two Pomona College alumni have been elected as new members of the College's 28-member Board of Trustees, with terms beginning on July 1. Erika James '91 is dean of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a recognized expert on crisis leadership, management strategy and diversity in the workplace. Before joining Wharton, she was dean and professor of organization and management at Emory   more

OAKLAND, California, June 27 -- The Blue Shield of California issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Blue Shield of California is launching its new Member Health Record, which will improve the way users access and interact with their health information -- all within the Blue Shield member app and website. The new health record feature will combine all of a member's health data from their medical history and allow them to view and use it electronically. "Simply put, this is health   more