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State Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Thursday July 25, 2024 ( 40 items )  

'Alpha Males' Announces Season 4
LOS GATOS, California, July 25 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: Netflix has announced today a fourth season of Alpha Males created by Alberto and Laura Caballero and produced by Contubernio Films. The series launched on Netflix in 2022 and soon scaled to become one of the most hilarious comedies of the year. Now, with production of Season 3 just wrapped, Netflix announces a Season 4 has just been greenlighted. "We are thrilled to keep on working  more

California Adults Who Need Long-Term Support Programs Hurt by Lack of Access to Resources
LOS ANGELES, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * New study examines the health and well-being of older adults and adults with disabilities * * * Key takeaways * Adults in California who need long-term services and supports, or LTSS, were three times more likely to report their health as "fair" or "poor" and to have experienced serious psychological distress compared with the overall adult population in the state. * Asians (3  more

CMG Mortgage Adopts FICO's Most Predictive, Innovative Score
SAN JOSE, California, July 25 -- FICO, an analytics software company, issued the following news: * * * Top 10 US Lender Taps FICO(R) Score 10 T to Expand Options and Offerings for Customers, Reduce Delinquencies * * * BOZEMAN, Mont., July 23, 2024- FICO, a leading analytics software firm, has announced that CMG Mortgage, Inc. the retail lending arm of the well capitalized and privately held mortgage banking firm, CMG Financial has adopted FICO(R) Score 10 T, the company's newest, most innova  more

Coinbase Issues Commentary: Talent Density - An Update on Structured Assessments
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 25 -- Coinbase, a publicly traded company that says it operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform, issued the following commentary on July 24, 2024: * * * Talent Density - An Update on Structured Assessments By L.J. Brock Coinbase's new cognitive and cultural hiring assessments, introduced to boost Talent Density, have yielded impressive early results. With all-time high application volumes, this rigorous evaluation process has led to a marked improvement in   more

Dark Matter Flies Ahead of Normal Matter in Mega Galaxy Cluster Collision
PASADENA, California, July 24 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters' vast clouds of dark matter have decoupled from the so-called normal matter. The two clusters each contain thousands of galaxies and are located billions of light-years away from Earth. As they plowed through each other, the dark matter--an invisible substance that feels the force of gravity  more

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Corrupt Calvert - New LA Times Report "Raising Questions About The Extent To Which [Ken Calvert] Personally Benefits From The Earmarks He's Secured"
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: * * * Calvert has long history of using taxpayer dollars to increase Riverside County real estate prices for personal gain * * * As real estate prices across Riverside County have skyrocketed, so has the value of vulnerable Republican and "corrupt" real estate mogul Ken Calvert's assets - and new reporting is calling into question how much of that self-enrichment is thanks to California   more

Double the Action, Double the Drama: Netflix's OG Fixer 'Rana Naidu' is Coming Back Bigger and Badder... and He's Not Alone!
LOS GATOS, California, July 25 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: In a collision of star power and familial intrigue, Netflix's breakout title of 2023, Rana Naidu, is gearing up for a must-watch second season. The series, which propelled on-screen father-and-son duo Rana and Naga Naidu into the limelight, promises even more adrenaline-pumping drama in the upcoming season. Adding to the simmering tension and magnetic charisma of the ensemble cast, Ar  more

Dress My Tour: Pilot (7/29)
BURBANK, California, July 24 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: MONDAY, JULY 29 10:01-11:00 p.m. EDT Dress My Tour: "Pilot" (101) Logline: Eleven aspiring fashion designers bring their own personal flair to the work room as they compete for the chance to snag one of 10 designer spots for the first celebrity artists Watch episodes on Hulu. *** Original text here: https://www.dgepress.com/abc/pressrelease/dress-my-tour-pilot-7-29/ [Category: BizArts/Cultur  more

Faith in Action in the Sports Industry: Samford Students Serve at the Daniel Summit
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, July 25 -- Samford University issued the following news release: This summer, several Samford University Brock School of Business students and leaders served at the Daniel Summit in Carlsbad, California. The Daniel Summit is a leadership conference that attracts hundreds of men and women within the sports and entertainment industries who share a common goal of using their platform for God. Samford sports marketing and analytics students played an important role in plannin  more

Federal Partnership Offers Career Development in Health and Social Services
FRESNO, California, July 25 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Fresno State's Career Development Center has partnered with the Pathways to Public Service Program, an initiative overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to launch careers in public service. The Pathways to Public Service Program, establi  more

Governor Newsom Announces Appointments 7.24.24
SACRAMENTO, California, July 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Tamara Chambers, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. Chambers holds several positions at LA General Medical Center, including Chief Medical Director of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery since 2012, Associate Program Director of t  more

Governor Newsom Announces Seizure of 8 Million Fentanyl Pills in Six Months
SACRAMENTO, California, July 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: * * * What you need to know: The California National Guard supported the seizure of over 8 million fentanyl pills in the first six months of 2024, including over 1 million illegal pills in June alone. * * * Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the California National Guard's (Cal Guard) Counterdrug Task Force helped seize 1,068,219 fentanyl pills and 423 pounds of fen  more

GWU Media Tip Sheet NYC Considering Cellphone Ban in Schools, Joining Other Districts Nationwide With Similar Policies
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- George Washington University issued the following news: New York City recently announced it's considering a plan to ban cellphones in its roughly 1,600 schools. The potential ban would start in February. New York City is home to the nation's largest school district. Cellphone bans have been considered and enacted in other school districts across the country, including in Virginia and California. Los Angeles school board officials cited concerns about the devices distracti  more

How Data Could Help Us Take Gymnastics Gold
LOS ANGELES, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Shilong Ren shows how sports analytics could increase the chance of victory for the United States. * * * By Jacob Ballon Sponsored by the University of Connecticut Statistical Data Science Lab, The UCSAS 2024 USOPC Data Challenge challenged entrants to develop an analytical model that would identify two groups of five gymnasts, one group for men a  more

Keysight and NXP Set New Standard for Automotive Security With World's First Digital Key Applet
SANTA ROSA, California, July 25 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * * First-ever Car Connectivity Consortium Digital Key Applet certification for NXP Semiconductors * The latest certification program strengthens trust in the security of next-generation vehicles * Keysight further expands its security evaluation offering for the automotive industry * * * Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NY  more

Love, Lies and Survival: Netflix Unveils Trailer for 'Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba'
LOS GATOS, California, July 25 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: The much awaited sequel, directed by Jayprad Desai, written and co-produced by Kanika Dhillon and produced by Aanand L Rai's Colour Yellow Productions and Bhushan Kumar's T-Series Films, will premiere exclusively on Netflix on August 9th, 2024. * * * PICTURES Rani and Rishu are back, and their tumultuous journey continues in Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba. Directed by the visionary Jayp  more

Mott Agrees to Sell to IDEX for $1B
PALO ALTO, California, July 25 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Boston - July 23, 2024 - Cooley advised Mott Corporation, a microfiltration business specializing in the design, customization, and manufacturing of sintered porous metal components and engineered solutions used in fluidic applications, and its subsidiaries, on its definitive agreement to sell to IDEX Corporation for cash consideration of $1 billion, subject to customary adjustments. IDEX (NYSE: IEX) expec  more

Nanoscale Device Simultaneously Steers and Shifts Frequency of Optical Light, Pointing the Way to Future Wireless Communication Channels
PASADENA, California, July 24 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: It is a scene many of us are familiar with: You're working on your laptop at the local coffee shop with maybe a half dozen other laptop users--each of you is trying to load websites or stream high-definition videos, and all are craving more bandwidth. Now imagine that each of you had a dedicated wireless channel for communication that was hundreds of times faster than the Wi-Fi we use today, with   more

Nationwide Flood Models Poorly Capture Risks to Households and Properties
IRVINE, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine researchers stress need for local topography and infrastructure data * * * Government agencies, insurance companies and disaster planners rely on national flood risk models from the private sector that aren't reliable at smaller levels such as neighborhoods and individual properties, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine. In a paper  more

New Paper Shows Best Practices for Inclusive Innovation in Agtech
MERCED, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: Farmhand Ventures announces the publication of its research paper, "Inclusive Innovation in Agriculture: Redesigning Agtech Ecosystems for All," funded by UC Merced's Valley Institute for Sustainability, Technology and Agriculture (VISTA). The team of authors, led by Connie Bowen with support from Suma Reddy and Jamil Wynne of Riffle Ventures and Sarah Mock, author of "Farm and other F Words"  more

New Podcast 'Where's Dia?' From Pushkin and iHeartPodcasts Sheds Light on 2020 Disappearance of Lydia 'Dia' Abrams Amid Messy Dispute Over Her Sprawling Idyllwild Estate
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 24 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release: * * * Journalist Lucy Sherriff dives into a tangled web of manipulation, power, estranged families, and greed in new true-crime series * * * IDYLLWILD, Calif. and NEW YORK - July 23, 2024 - Lydia "Dia" Abrams was known in the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, California as a glamorous 65-year-old, who, from the outside looking in, seemed to have it all. That is, until she disappeared without a trace on June 6,   more

Odyssey House Implements Oracle Health to Help Enhance Patient Care, Improve Revenue Management
REDWOOD SHORES, California, July 25 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release: * * * Utah-based mental health organization integrates EHR and behavioral health solutions to help deliver a better care experience for patients and providers Automated revenue cycle processes to drive efficiency and speed reimbursement * * * Odyssey House, a community-based mental health and substance abuse treatment provider in Utah, has gone live with Oracle He  more

Organoids Mimicking Celiac Disease Show New Link Between Gluten, Intestinal Damage
STANFORD, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Balls of intestinal cells from people with celiac disease faithfully model the disorder in a Stanford Medicine study. The lab-grown organoids revealed a new link between gluten and cell death. * * * Small, laboratory-grown balls of cells made from the intestinal tissue of people with celiac disease have revealed a previously unknown molecular link between gluten exposure and inte  more

Paul Hastings Advised Starwood Capital on Sale of YOTEL Edinburgh Hotel
LOS ANGELES, California, July 25 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP advised leading global private investment firm, Starwood Capital Group, on the sale (by a controlled affiliate) of the YOTEL Edinburgh hotel to Millemont Capital Partners Limited, a UK private equity platform. Located in Edinburgh's New Town, the 276-room hotel opened in 2019, having been converted from an office to a hotel by Starwood Capital Group. As part of the acquisition,   more

Pillsbury Advises Thyme Care in $95M Capital Raise
NEW YORK, July 25 -- Pillsbury, a law firm, issued the following news release: Pillsbury advised Thyme Care, the leading value-based cancer care enabler, in its recent $95 million capital raise. New investor Concord Health Partners joined existing investors CVS Health Ventures, Town Hall Ventures, a16z Bio + Health, AlleyCorp, Echo Health Ventures, Frist Cressey Ventures and Foresite Capital in funding the $55 million Series C equity financing and Banc of California will support with an addit  more

PowerSchool Leads Education Technology Industry in AI Security With Rigorous Penetration Testing and Continuous Improvement
FOLSOM, California, July 25 -- PowerSchool, a provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, issued the following news on July 24, 2024: * * * Through comprehensive red teaming and Responsible AI guardrails, PowerSchool sets the gold standard for secure AI implementation in education technology * * * PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, announced today its latest investment in practice measures to fortify its systems and AI security  more

PowerSchool Releases 2024 Education Focus Report Highlighting Key Priorities and Innovations in K-12 Education
FOLSOM, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- PowerSchool, a provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, issued the following news: * * * PowerSchool examines national survey data from K-12 educators to uncover the educator and students demand for personalized education experiences, the trending perceptions of AI and more, ahead of the new school year * * * PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America, has released the key find  more

RAN Forecast Revised Downward, According to Dell'Oro Group
REDWOOD CITY, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- Dell'Oro Group, a provider of market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, issued the following news release: * * * Worldwide RAN to Decline at a 2 Percent CAGR over Next Five Years * * * According to a newly published forecast report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, Radio Access Network (RAN) market conditions r  more

Real Estate Professor Research Shows Link Between Property Values and Voting
FRESNO, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Could housing prices affect the outcome of the 2024 presidential election? Property values can influence homeowning voters to switch political parties, according to a research article co-authored by Fresno State Professor Andres Jauregui, director of the Gazarian Real Estate Center at the Craig School of Business. "Housing Performance and the Electorate," co-written by Erin Ci  more

Sac State Biology Students Tap the Potential of Stem Cells to Cure Illnesses
SACRAMENTO, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: By Cynthia Hubert In her undergraduate Biology courses at Sacramento State, Fatima Miranda Chavez became fascinated with stem cells and their potential to treat and cure devastating illnesses including cancer, Parkinson's disease and bone disorders. Now a Sac State graduate student, Miranda Chavez is putting stem cells to work. And the first few weeks of her internship in Professor  more

Salesforce and Workday Form Strategic Partnership, Unveil New AI Employee Service Agent
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 25 -- Salesforce, a customer relationship management company, issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: * * * Partnership will deliver a personalized, AI-powered assistant for employee service use cases such as onboarding, health benefits, and career development within Salesforce and Workday The two companies will establish a common data foundation that unifies HR and financial data from Workday with CRM data from Salesforce, enabling AI-powered use c  more

Science Exhibits, Shark Lab Offer Young Minds the Thrill of Discovery
LONG BEACH, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- California State University issued the following news: By Wendy Thomas Russell Four-year-old Aurelio Vidrio has a plastic putty knife in his hand and is hacking away at a small brick of compacted sand. Somewhere inside the brick is an actual fossil, millions of years old, and Aurelio is determined to find it. His downward thrusts are strong -- and not particularly strategic. He's only 4, after all. When the reddish tooth begins to reveal itself,   more

Service Provider Router and Aggregation Switch Market Poised for Growth After Inventory Correction, According to Dell'Oro Group
REDWOOD CITY, California, July 25 -- Dell'Oro Group, a provider of market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, issued the following news release: * * * Cloud Service Provider Spend Will Outpace Telecom over Next Five Years * * * According to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, the Service Provider Router and Aggregation Switch marke  more

Solar Canal Project Earns Environmental Award as Construction Begins
MERCED, California, July 25 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: Construction has begun on a pilot project to install solar panels above two sections of Central Valley canals. This innovative initiative, which studies significant power and water issues, has already garnered recognition. Project Nexus, a partnership between the Turlock Irrigation District (TID), the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Bay Area development firm Solar AquaGrid, and UC Merc  more

Student Housing Surveyed Preleasing Reaches 85.2 Percent in June, Reports Yardi Matrix
SANTA BARBARA, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- Yardi Matrix, a part of Yardi Systems, issued the following news release: * * * Annual average advertised rent growth dropped to five percent * * * Surveyed preleasing at colleges and universities tracked by Yardi(R) reached 85.2 percent in June, on par with last year's pace and outpacing historic trends. The average advertised asking rent per bed stood at $898 last month, while year-over-year rent growth slowed to five percent, according to th  more

The Linchpin to Better Business Results With AI is a System Strategy
SANTA CLARA, California, July 25 -- Intel Corp., an industry that says it creates world-changing technology that enables progress and enriches lives, issued the following news: * * * Making AI accessible across cloud, network, PC and edge requires a fundamental shift in the industry's approach. * * * Businesses demand value from their technology investments, particularly AI. While advanced foundation models garner a lot of attention in the press, enterprises are more focused on realizing bus  more

The Paris Olympics: Venue Security Up Close Allied Universal Provides Insight on Effective Security Planning
SANTA ANA, California, July 25 -- Allied Universal, a security and facility services company that provides smart technology to deliver solutions to businesses, issued the following news release: * * * Allied Universal Provides Insight on Effective Security Planning * * * As the anticipation builds for the 2024 Paris Olympics, security concerns are heightened. While this long-awaited event will showcase the world's most accomplished athletes, the safety of all participants and spectators is p  more

UC-Riverside: Experts Broach Nuances of Kamala Harris' Sudden Ascent
RIVERSIDE, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following Q&A on July 24, 2024, with economist Antonio Troiano and political scientist John Cioffi: * * * An economist discusses females as CEOs/heads of state; a legal expert considers likely GOP challenges * * * A whirlwind week in which Joe Biden bowed out of the 2024 presidential race and Kamala Harris became the Democrats' heir apparent finds us with little time to assess the new election  more

UCLA Engineers Become 6-Time RoboCup Soccer World Champions
LOS ANGELES, California, July 25 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Team RoMeLa knocked out four opponents in six matches at an international tournament in the Netherlands * * * UCLA engineers dominated at RoboCup 2024 July 18-21 in Eindhoven, Netherlands, with a pair of humanoid ARTEMIS robots winning every game in the soccer tournament to snag the world championship. Led by UCLA Samueli School of Engineering professor Dennis Hong, the team from the Ro  more

University of La Verne: Inspiring Future Innovators
LA VERNE, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- The University of La Verne issued the following news: The University of La Verne's STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) Summer Camps are inspiring the next generation of tech enthusiasts and innovators. In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, early exposure to science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics is crucial. The University of La Verne's Wilson Library and the Center of Learning and Innovation l  more