SAN JOSE, California, Dec. 6 -- Calix, a communications service providers, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * BOYCOM Cablevision transforms the unincorporated community of Stringtown--where, just a year ago, residents struggled to send texts from home--into a hub for the best residential broadband services in southeast Missouri thanks to a public-private partnership and the flexible Calix Broadband Platform * * * Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that its custome  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 7 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Clint Kellum, of Sacramento, has been appointed Chief Deputy Director at the California Department of Cannabis Control. Kellum has served as the Chief Deputy Executive Director at California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank since 2021. He held multiple positions at the Department of Finance from 2011   more

ARCATA, California, Dec. 7 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: Cal Poly Humboldt Geography Professor Amy Rock is on a mission to build more inclusive spaces for women in academia. Rock is a co-principal investigator (PI) on a $1 million project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support foreign-born women faculty in geospatial sciences, a groundbreaking project aimed at fostering equity and inclusion in U.S. universities. "It is ou  more

ARCATA, California, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: Research is often driven by curiosity, passion, or a deep personal connection to the subject. For psychology graduate student Matias Solorzano, his work is a blend of all three. Solorzano's identity as an autistic individual motivates him to focus on areas often overlooked by conventional research. Through his current master's thesis research, he sheds light on how male and fe  more

IRVINE, California, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- CoreLogic, a property, mortgage and consumer information provider, issued the following news release: * * * * The rate of equity growth dropped from 8% to 2.5% from the second to third quarter. * Total homeowner equity for borrowers with a mortgage reached $17.5 trillion in third quarter. * For the third quarter of 2024, the average U.S. homeowner gained approximately $5,700 in equity during the past year. * The largest average national equity gains i  more

BEVERLY HILLS, California, Dec. 6 -- Dick Clark Productions issued the following news: * * * MEGAN MORONEY AND SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR ALSO SET TO PERFORM LIVE ON THE TIMES SQUARE STAGE The #1 New Year's Eve Destination Airs LIVE Tues, Dec. 31, Beginning at 8/7c on ABC * * * [EDITOR'S NOTE]: For talent photos and social media assets, please click HERE (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/0ekt7acgftnkbmzhq25zf/AD55GeZ2Q5dE8seGWy38mCI?rlkey=3hpaksfomrr7if6u309fo1xqd&st=6nl4njto&dl=0) * * * Los Angel  more

LOS GATOS, California, Dec. 7 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news on Dec. 6, 2024: Many of today's greatest visionaries got their start directing short films, from Sofia Coppola and Guillermo del Toro to Christopher Nolan, Kathryn Bigelow and Spike Lee. Shorts give filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their storytelling talent, hone their craft, and launch a career in filmmaking. Today, we're unveiling"Fresh Perspective: Short Films," a collection o  more

ANAHEIM, California, Dec. 7 -- Disneyland issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * - Disneyland Resort 70th Celebration begins May 16, 2025, with returning 'Paint the Night' parade and debut of new 'World of Color Happiness!' - Family fun across two theme parks, Downtown Disney District and three hotels make Disneyland Resort a multi-day vacation destination - Limited-time festivals and separately ticketed events offer even more choices of entertainment, food and beverage,   more

FRESNO, California, Dec. 7 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Leaders at Fresno State held a ceremonial groundbreaking on Dec. 6 for the first new on-campus student housing project in more than 50 years. The new, 80,000-square-foot building will be four stories high and include one- to four-bedroom units. It will also offer a limited number of apartments for students with children. This new affordable student housing project -- the first major ho  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 6 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) have enabled a handful of test participants who are unable to move or speak to communicate simply by thinking. An implanted device picks up the neural signals associated with a particular thought and converts them into control signals that are fed into a computer or a robotic limb. For example, a quadriplegic person is asked to think about moving a cursor on a comput  more

BURBANK, California, Dec. 6 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: ABC's Emmy(r) Award-winning late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EST and features a diverse lineup of guests that includes celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human-interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The following episodes are scheduled to air the week of Dec. 9-13 (subject to change): Monday, Dec. 9 1. Jason Batema  more

IRVINE, California, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine School of Social Ecology survey examines voter attitudes * * * In last month's general election, Orange County voters picked Democrat Kamala Harris for president and Republican Steve Garvey for Senate, as well as Democrat Dave Min for the 47th Congressional District and Michelle Steele for the 45th. Produced by the School of Social Ecology at the University of  more

LOS GATOS, California, Dec. 6 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: Produced by Deal Entertainment Inc., Netflix is set to celebrate Valentine's Day next year with the launch of romantic comedy series I am Married...But!. Written, directed and edited by Li Nien-hsiu and produced by Vita Huang, this 12-episode series features an ensemble cast including Alice Ko, Jasper Liu, Samantha Ko, Tseng Jing-hua, Pipi Yao, Sie Yi-lin and more, and a special appeara  more

LOS GATOS, California, Dec. 7 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news on Dec. 6, 2024: Today, Netflix announces that Anders Danielsen Lie (The Worst Person in the World, Bergman Island), Ane Dahl Torp (Home Ground, Charter) and pop-singer Dagny (Home for Christmas S02) have joined the star-studded cast for the highly anticipated series, created by best-selling author Jo Nesbo, one of the leading crime writers in the world. Jo Nesbos Harry Hole (English t  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 7 -- Parsons Corp., an engineering, construction, technical and management services firm, issued the following news release: CHANTILLY, Va. (December 5, 2024) - Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) announced today that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has selected the Tutor/O&G joint venture (JV) team, with Parsons as the lead designer, for the Newark AirTrain Replacement Program - Guideway and Stations project. The $1.18 billion project is a critical  more

HIGHLAND, California, Dec. 7 -- The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: * * * Grants to support recovery, conservation, and wildfire prevention efforts in the communities threatened by recent wildfires #Linefire. * * * In celebration of Giving Tuesday, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is excited to announce $1 million in grants to support recovery, conservation, and wildfire prevention effo  more

STANFORD, California, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * Receptors are cellular components that trigger internal changes based on external signals. Researchers have built a new synthetic receptor with incredibly broad potential to program cell activity, including immune response and neurological signaling. * * * A basic function of cells is that they act in response to their environments. It makes sense, then, that a goal of scientists is to contr  more

IRVINE, California, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine and University of Bristol researchers recommend analysis of complex factors * * * Recent decades have seen a rapid surge in damages and disruptions caused by flooding. In a commentary article published today in the American Geophysical Union journal Earth's Future, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Bristol in the United K  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * Immune cells that are designed to soothe could improve treatment for organ transplants, type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune conditions. * * * When the immune system overreacts and starts attacking the body, the only option may be to shut the entire system down and risk developing infections or cancer. But now, scientists at UC San Francisco may have found  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Dec. 7 -- The University of Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs posted the following news release: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded $75 million to a consortium of leading global institutions, including the Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs, to enhance the effectiveness of poverty alleviation programs through research. The Promoting Impact and Learning wit  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * USC researchers present their latest research at NeurIPS 2024, one of the world's top natural language processing and artificial intelligence conferences. * * * By Bernice Chan Researchers at USC are presenting their breakthrough discoveries at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) 2024 from December 10-15 in Vancouver,   more