SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 13 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued two consumer alerts regarding current legal limits on rent hikes. Entitled "Know Your Rights as a California Tenant," the first consumer alert outlines, for each county, the maximum annual rent increase permitted under state law -- specifically, the Tenant Protection Act (TPA). Under the TPA, most landlords cannot raise rent mo  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following white paper (No. 2024-31) on Oct. 9, 2024, entitled "News Selection and Household Inflation Expectations". The white paper was written by Adam Hale Shapiro and Daniel J. Wilson. * * * Abstract We examine the impact of systematic media reporting on household inflation expectations, focusing on how selective news coverage influences household responses to inflation news. In a model wher  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey Volcano Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5062) on Oct. 4, 2024, entitled "Special Topic--Boreholes". The report was written by Shaul Hurwitz and Jacob B. Lowenstern. * * * Introduction Installation of instrument packages in deep (several hundred to several thousand meters) boreholes near volcanoes is relatively expensive (a few million to tens of millions of U.S. dollars), but can provide  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey Volcano Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5062) on Oct. 4, 2024, entitled "Special Topic--Rapid-Response Instrumentation". The report was written by Ashton F. Flinders. * * * Introduction Based on the reports of Ewert and others (2005, 2018) and Moran and others (2008), most U.S. volcanoes are currently under-monitored and are likely to remain so until the goals of the National Volcano Ear  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey Volcano Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5062) on Oct. 4, 2024, entitled "Streams, Springs, and Volcanic Lakes for Volcano Monitoring". The report was written by Steven E. Ingebritsen and Shaul Hurwitz. * * * Introduction Volcanic unrest can trigger appreciable change to surface waters such as streams, springs, and volcanic lakes. Magma degassing produces gases and soluble salts that are   more