CUPERTINO, California, March 6 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, posted the following news on March 5, 2025: * * * Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with the soaring performance of the M4 chip, a gorgeous new sky blue color, and a lower starting price of $999 The world's most popular laptop delivers more value than ever with greater performance, up to 18 hours of battery life, a 12MP Center Stage camera, and enhanced external display suppo  more

CUPERTINO, California, March 6 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, posted the following news on March 5, 2025: * * * Apple reveals M3 Ultra, taking Apple silicon to a new extreme The new chip delivers up to 2.6x the performance of M1 Ultra, along with Thunderbolt 5 connectivity and support for more than half a terabyte of unified memory -- the most ever in a personal computer CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced M3 Ultra, the highest-pe  more

CUPERTINO, California, March 6 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, posted the following news on March 5, 2025: * * * Apple unveils new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever, featuring M4 Max and new M3 Ultra With Thunderbolt 5, up to 512GB of unified memory, and an up to 16TB SSD, all in a compact design, the ultimate pro desktop delivers even more performance CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced the new Mac Studio, the most powerful M  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Provides Guidance to Schools on Efforts to Support Equal Access to Education Opportunities OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a multistate coalition, issued guidance to educational institutions regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on race-conscious admissions policies at institutions of higher education. The guidance com  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Administration's NIH Funding Cuts OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts issuing a preliminary injunction that continues blocking the Trump Administration's unlawful and drastic National Institutes of  more

ARCATA, California, March 6 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: * * * R/V North Wind is Here! Cal Poly Humboldt welcomed its newest research vessel, the R/V North Wind, into Humboldt Bay. The R/V North Wind traveled approximately 550 miles from Bellingham Bay, Washington, where it underwent various tests and sea trials for fine-tuning. "The R/V North Wind will expand our reach and capabilities in research and teaching throughout the North Coast,  more

FULLERTON, California, March 6 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: * * * Physics Researchers Use Tiny Vinegar Eelworms to Harness Collective Motion and Understand Active Matter Undergraduate Receives Over $13,000 in Scholarships to Support Research Experience Inside a lab in Dan Black Hall, Cal State Fullerton student Ashley Robinson mixes fluorescent particles with tiny nematodes, commonly known as vinegar eelworms. Through the experiments, R  more

FULLERTON, California, March 6 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: * * * Rats, Cats and Prairie Dogs: Outstanding Professor Unravels Wildlife Ecology Research Some people may squirm when encountering roof rats. But not Gaby Guzman, who is studying ecology. The future ecologist wants to learn more about the diets of these invasive species to improve pest control strategies. Classmate Saatvika Deshpande investigates the diets of feral cats in Sou  more

BURBANK, California, March 5 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * Celebrity Jeopardy: Quarterfinal #3: Rachel Brosnahan, Seth Green, Margaret Cho (3/19) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 1/22/25) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 9:02-10:01 p.m. EDT - Celebrity Jeopardy: " Quarterfinal #3: Rachel Brosnahan, Seth Green, Margaret Cho" (303) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 1/22/25) Logline: Celebrity contestants compete for the $1 million grand prize for charity w  more

BURBANK, California, March 5 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * Celebrity Jeopardy: Quarterfinal #4: Roy Wood Jr., Brian Jordan Alvarez and Phoebe Robinson (3/19) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 1/29/25) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 10:01-11:00 p.m. EDT - Celebrity Jeopardy: " Quarterfinal #4: Roy Wood Jr., Brian Jordan Alvarez and Phoebe Robinson" (304) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 1/29/25) Logline: Celebrity contestants compete for the $1 million   more

PALO ALTO, California, March 6 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Cooley Again Ranks Among Top AI Transactional Firms Through the end of 2024, the firm's AI venture capital transactions totaled $17.7 billion+ for companies and investors New York - March 4, 2025 - Across all quarters in 2024, Cooley maintained its position at the forefront of significant transactions in the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem - including multiple prominent venture capital finan  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 6 -- Duane Morris, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Duane Morris LLP Publishes the Private Attorneys General Act Review - 2025 CHICAGO, March 4, 2025--In 2024, actions under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) saw their first setback as a workaround to workplace arbitration programs that require individual proceedings. To assist with understanding what this means for employers facing PAGA claims, Duane Morris LLP has releas  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 5 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Gibson Dunn Advised Serena Williams on Acquisition of Ownership Stake in Toronto Tempo Gibson Dunn advised Serena Williams, one of the world's most celebrated athletes, in the acquisition of an ownership stake in the Toronto Tempo, the first Canadian Women's National Basketball Association team. The Gibson Dunn corporate team was led by partner Kevin Masuda an  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 5 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Gibson Dunn Advises H.I.G. Capital on Strategic Investment in TIMETOACT GROUP Gibson Dunn has advised H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm managing $67 billion in capital, on its strategic investment in TIMETOACT GROUP. The Gibson Dunn international private equity team was led by partners Till Lefranc, Dirk Oberbracht, Isabel Berger, an  more

BURBANK, California, March 5 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * High Potential: Hangover (3/11) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 10/29/24) TUESDAY, MARCH 11 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT - High Potential: "Hangover" (Episode Six) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 10/29/24) Logline: A wild office party at a high-profile medical technology startup leads to the shocking murder of the founder and CEO, and Morgan and the team are on the case. Meanwhile, a new   more

BURBANK, California, March 5 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * High Potential: One of Us (3/18) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 11/12/24) TUESDAY, MARCH 18 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT - High Potential: "One of Us" (Episode Seven) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 11/12/24) Logline: Morgan agrees to show Ava around the LAPD, but things quickly take a dangerous turn when the precinct is held hostage by the friends of a recently convicted man. Can Morgan  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 6 -- Intel, an industry that says it creates world-changing technology that enables progress and enriches lives, issued the following news: * * * Intel Expands Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) AI PC Commercial Portfolio Intel's wide range of commercial AI PCs delivers unmatched performance, manageability and security for businesses. BARCELONA, Spain, March 5, 2025 - Today, at MWC 2025, Intel unveiled its most powerful lineup of commercial AI PCs ever with the launch  more

SANTA ROSA, California, March 6 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * Keysight and Capgemini Accelerate Validation of Regenerative and Transparent Non-Terrestrial Network RAN * End-to-end validation of regenerative non-terrestrial network (NTN) Capgemini's 5G O-RAN CU/DU framework, for robust operations in non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) and low earth orbit (LEO) constellations * A  more

SANTA ROSA, California, March 6 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * Keysight Chosen to Validate Performance, Security, and Resilience of U.S. Army's Unified Network at Cyber Quest '25 * Assess security and performance for the United States Army Unified Network program, which will integrate tactical and enterprise systems into one cohesive network * Validate zero-trust architecture solutio  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- Liberty Mutual Insurance Group issued the following news release: * * * Liberty Mutual Insurance Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results BOSTON, Mass., March 5, 2025 - Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively "LMHC" or the "Company") reported net income attributable to LMHC of $1.239 billion and $4.383 billion for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024, versus income of $654 million and $213 million for the  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Nonpartisan Analysis Proves Vulnerable California Republicans' Budget Cuts Medicaid Washington Post: "GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds" A new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office confirms what other outside analysts have already written: the House Republican budget will result in severe cuts to Medicaid, ripping away health care  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 5 -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release: [Category: BizComputer Technology] * * * NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Industry Visionaries to Unveil What's Next in AI at GTC 2025 NVIDIA today announced GTC 2025, the world's premier AI conference, will return March 17-21 to San Jose, Calif. -- bringing together the brightest minds in AI to showcase breakthroughs happe  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 5 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Paul Hastings Advises Genesis Energy on Sale of Its Soda Ash Operations Paul Hastings LLP advised Genesis Energy, L.P., a diversified midstream energy master limited partnership headquartered in Houston, Texas, on the sale of its soda ash manufacturing and related operations to an indirect affiliate of WE Soda Ltd at an implied enterprise value of $1.425 billion. The Paul  more

REDWOOD CITY, California, March 5 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Dell'Oro Group, a provider of market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, issued the following news release: * * * RAN Down $9 Billion, According to Dell'Oro Group [wp_tech_share] REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - March 5, 2025 - According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center indu  more

PLEASANTON, California, March 6 -- Rimini Street, a provider of independent enterprise software support services, issued the following news release: * * * Rimini Street and T-Systems North America Announce a Strategic Partnership to Deliver Comprehensive, Cost-Effective Enterprise Software Support and Hosting Solutions Integrated solution will reduce total IT costs, extend the lifespan of current releases and deliver advanced enterprise AI, workflow and automation capabilities without need fo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 6 -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: * * * Sac State and Arik Armstead's Academic Project partner to guarantee admission for underserved youth By Jennifer K. Morita Sacramento State President Luke Wood announced a new partnership with beloved Elk Grove native and NFL star Arik Armstead's nonprofit Armstead Academic Project (AAP) to guarantee admission for underserved youth. Wood and Armstead signed a memorandum of partnershi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 6 -- Salesforce, a customer relationship management company, issued the following news release: * * * Salesforce Launches Agentforce 2dx: New Capabilities Embed Proactive Agentic AI into Any Workflow, Create Multimodal Experiences, Extend Digital Labor Agentforce 2dx enables Agentforce to engage proactively, be triggered on changes in data, operate autonomously in the background of any business process, and interact with users across any user interface with ri  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 6 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * Celebrating Women's History Month: New books on women's health Unveiling the hidden histories of women's health: from menstruation to menopause, the myths, misogyny and medical truths that shape women's bodies today By Laurel Bliss There are a ton of new books in our collection about key issues in women's health. The list below is by no means exhaustive. If we don't have a particular title, feel f  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 6 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * SDSU Imperial Valley partners with Imperial Public Library to expand admission resources The agreement, signed between the city of Imperial and SDSU Imperial Valley, will allow both parties to collaborate in providing admission support and guidance to prospective students. By Daniella Rodiles San Diego State University Imperial Valley has partnered with the city of Imperial to utilize space inside   more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 6 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * SDSU President Adela de la Torre honored for advancing global education and workforce development De la Torre received the AIEA 2025 Award for Presidential Leadership in Internationalization for her commitment to global engagement, expanding SDSU's international programs, and preparing students for a global workforce. By Mario Sevilla San Diego State University President Adela de la Torre has been   more

IRVINE, California, March 6 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine study shines headlights on consumer driverless vehicle safety deficiencies Project demonstrates the low cost and ease of carrying out 'sticker attacks' Irvine, Calif., March 4, 2025 -- For the first time, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have demonstrated that multicolored stickers applied to stop or speed limit signs on the roadside can confuse self  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 6 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * UC San Diego Celebrates Three New National Academy of Engineering Members Story by: Daniel Kane - dbkane@ucsd.edu Three members of the University of California San Diego community have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), which is one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. NAE members are highly accomplished engineering professional  more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 6 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Carrying on a Scientific Legacy A pioneering entomologist and his wife establish a scholarship to support new generations of researchers. Mir Mulla called UC Riverside home for nearly 70 years. Shortly after receiving his Ph.D. in entomology and parasitology, Mulla, who was born in Zangawat, Afghanistan, accepted a postdoc position at the Citrus Experiment Station as a junior rese  more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 6 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Enhancing mosquito repellent effectiveness Two NIH grants to UC Riverside support a machine learning approach to identify insect repellents In a recent study, researcher Anandasankar Ray at the University of California, Riverside, and his team employed machine learning techniques combined with cheminformatics to predict novel mosquito repellents that could greatly improve global m  more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 6 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Professor's TED Talk warns of AI's hidden water costs Huge volumes of water used to keep computer processing centers cool While artificial intelligence, or AI, is transforming industries, its environmental impact is often overlooked. Shaolei Ren, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, took to a TED Talk stage last fall in Vienna, Austria, t  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 6 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * A New Way to Predict Cancer's Spread? Scientists Look at 'Stickiness' of Tumor Cells Story by: Liezel Labios - llabios@ucsd.edu By assessing how "sticky" tumor cells are, researchers at the University of California San Diego have found a potential way to predict whether a patient's early-stage breast cancer is likely to spread. The discovery, made possible by a specially designed m  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 6 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Scientists Unravel the Spiraling Secrets of Magnetic Materials for Next-generation Electronics Story by: Liezel Labios - llabios@ucsd.edu Deep within certain magnetic molecules, atoms arrange their spins in a spiral pattern, forming structures called chiral helimagnets. These helical spin patterns have intrigued researchers for years due to their potential for powering next-generat  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 6 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Seeing Yourself in the Stars UC San Diego students attend a conference celebrating Black excellence in physics Story by: Michelle Franklin - m1franklin@ucsd.edu The National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) was founded in 1977 to support the professional development of African American physics researchers and students. Last fall they held a joint conference with the National Soc  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 6 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Study: Vaping Does Not Help U.S. Tobacco Smokers Quit Vaping, especially daily vaping, may actually make it harder to quit smoking, according to new research from UC San Diego Story by: Miles Martin - milesmartin@ucsd.edu Researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science and Moores Cancer Center at University of California San Diego have found  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 6 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Supercomputers Reveal How Small Ocean Processes Influence Storms Story by: Alex Fox - a4fox@ucsd.edu For decades, scientists assumed that only large ocean temperature patterns covering 200 kilometers (124 miles) or more could strongly influence storms. Now, by leveraging advances in computing power, a team of scientists from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, NASA   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 6 -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * The 'Silent' X Chromosome Gives the Aging Female Brain a Boost In a surprise, work in mice has found that the dormant X chromosome in females can reawaken late in life and turn on genes that keep the brain healthy. By Levi Gadye UCSF researchers may have discovered how the female brain remains resilient in aging, answering an age-old question of how most women out  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 6 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * AI chatbots perpetuate biases when performing empathy, study finds By Emily Cerf You can talk to an AI chatbot about pretty much anything, from help with daily tasks to the problems you may need to solve. Its answers reflect the human data that taught it how to act like a person; but how human-like are the latest chatbots, really? As people turn to AI chatbots for more of their  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 6 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Explaining how our biological clocks work and how to better regulate our circadian rhythms A Q&A with renowned chronobiologist and UC Santa Cruz Professor Carrie Partch By Mike Pena As anticipation builds for the longer days that follow this weekend's switch to daylight savings time, the moment seemed ideal to turn to one of the nation's leading circadian-rhythms researchers, U  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 6 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * UCLA Anderson Forecast: Increased uncertainties as new administration enacts economic agenda Key takeaways * Anticipated mass deportations of undocumented workers and tariffs on key trade partners will have significant impacts on both the U.S. and California economies. * No national recession is forecast, though uncertainty persists surrounding the new presidential administration's eco  more

MERCED, California, March 6 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Research Team Focuses on the Next Generations of Scientists By Lorena Anderson The Biology Integration Institute (BII): The Institute for Symbiotic Interactions, Training and Education in the Face of a Changing Climate, or INSITE, stands out because it is supported by $12.5 million from the National Science Foundation, one of the largest NSF grants UC Merced has ever received. But there is an  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 6 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Nanoparticle immune therapy shows potential in mice to treat and prevent spread of pancreatic cancer to liver Key takeaways: * Pancreatic cancer that spreads to the liver is especially difficult to treat because the liver naturally suppresses immune responses, creating an environment where cancer can evade detection and thrive. * UCLA researchers have developed a nanoparticle that carri  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 6 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Small and large planets have significantly different upbringings Giant exoplanets with elliptical orbits and smaller planets with nearly circular orbits formed along different pathways Key takeaways * Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. * This split coincides wit  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 5 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * With rain incoming, California takes action to protect fire-impacted communities in Los Angeles County Los Angeles, California - As another round of winter weather is forecasted to make its way across California starting today, Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to coordinate with key partners to strategically preposition critical r  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, March 5 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Yardi, a provider of property management software and investment management solutions for real estate, issued the following news release: * * * Yardi Matrix Projects Reduced Self Storage Deliveries Supply seen gradually moderating into 2029 SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 5, 2025 - The Yardi(r) Matrix Q1 2025 Self Storage Supply Forecast reports a slowdown in self storage development, with a deceleration in construction starts tr  more