SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 22 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Continues Support of CFPB: Destruction of CFPB is the Destruction of Backbone of Federal Consumer Protections Files second amicus brief in support of the agency OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced joining a coalition of 23 attorneys general in submitting an amicus brief in National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought, a lawsuit   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 22 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Preliminary Injunction Blocking DOGE's Access to Private Data OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released a statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York's issuance of a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing Americans' personal and private info  more

CLAREMONT, California, Feb. 22 -- Pomona College issued the following news: * * * Economics Professor Gary Smith Warns About AI Bubble Artificial intelligence seems ubiquitous. This year's Super Bowl ads touted the latest innovations in AI. Geopolitical powers race for AI dominance. Stock prices soar as AI is portrayed as the next great industrial revolution. Gary Smith, Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics, hears the hype and sees in the overheated stock prices another bubble in the making  more

STANFORD, California, Feb. 22 -- Stanford University issued the following news: * * * New findings on the power of enzymes could reshape biochemistry Stanford researchers have illuminated how enzymes are able speed up life-sustaining biochemical reactions so dramatically. Their discoveries could impact fields ranging from basic science to drug discovery. Using a series of more than 1,000 X-ray snapshots of the shapeshifting of enzymes in action, researchers at Stanford University have illumi  more

STANFORD, California, Feb. 22 -- Stanford University issued the following news: * * * Scientists discover low-cost way to trap carbon using common rocks The new process uses heat to transform common minerals into materials that permanently sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide. Stanford University chemists have developed a practical, low-cost way to permanently remove atmospheric carbon dioxide, the main driver of global warming and climate change. The new process uses heat to transform com  more