RICHMOND, Virginia, March 12 -- McGuireWoods, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Accomplished Employment Litigator Timothy Rusche Joins McGuireWoods in LA McGuireWoods continues to grow its national employment litigation practice with the arrival of partner Timothy M. Rusche, who has over two decades of experience advising employers in wage-and-hour litigation and compliance matters. Rusche joins the firm's downtown Los Angeles office, strengthening the firm's California l  more

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Acoustic monitoring network for birds enhances forest management A new study using the largest network of microphones to track birds in the United States is providing crucial insights for managing and restoring fire-prone forests across California's Sierra Nevada region. The research, published March 11 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, demonstrates how emerging bioacoustics technology can enhance w  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 11 [Category: BizEngineering] -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release: * * * AECOM named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the ninth year The Company has been honored for the fifth consecutive year for its commitment to business integrity through robust ethics, compliance, and governance programs DALLAS (March 11, 2025) -- AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the trusted global infrastructure leader, announced today that it has received t  more

BURBANK, California, March 11 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * America's Funniest Home Videos: 3515 (3/30) SUNDAY, MARCH 30 7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT - America's Funniest Home Videos: "3515" (3515) Logline: It's a week of laugh-out-loud moments as kids get upset at silly things, cats cause laughable chaos, and people get busted doing something wrong. (TV-PG) Watch episodes next day on Hulu. *** Original text here: htt  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 11 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Announces Seizure of 14 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl in Los Angeles, Arrest of Three Traffickers LOS ANGELES -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta together with Downey Police Department and Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman today announced the arrest of three major fentanyl traffickers and the seizure of nearly $55 million worth of   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Secures Early Court Decision Stopping Trump Administration's Unlawful Termination of K-12 Teacher Preparation Pipeline Grants District Court judge issues temporary restraining order OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today secured a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts temporarily blocking the Trump Administra  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 -- Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto index fund manager in America, issued the following news on March 11, 2025: * * * Bitwise Bitcoin Standard Corporations ETF (Ticker: OWNB) Launches on NYSE Arca; Tracks Publicly Traded Companies That Own at Least 1,000 BTC Following Strategy's (MSTR) playbook, 70+ public companies collectively own over $60 billion of bitcoin, including Semler Scientific, MARA Holdings, Tesla, Block, and others. Bitwise Asset Management  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 -- The Blue Shield of California issued the following news release: * * * Blue Shield of California Announces Leadership Transition OAKLAND, Calif. (March 11, 2025) - Blue Shield of California, the nonprofit health plan serving the state's residents since 1939, today announced that its board of directors has appointed Mike Stuart, the health plan's chief financial officer, as interim president and chief executive officer. Stuart succeeds Lois Quam, who is s  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 10 [Category: BizWater] -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, posted the following news release: * * * California American Water Highlights Digital Options to Manage Your Account and Stay Informed [SAN DIEGO] - MARCH 10, 2025 - California American Water shares how customers can easily manage their account and locate information at any time of the day, by using its online self-service customer portal, MyWater, and the company website. "Customers are the  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 11 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * California pre-deploys resources statewide ahead of incoming storms, continues coordination with Los Angeles to protect burn areas SACRAMENTO - As a series of storms is set to move across California this week, Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to coordinate with partner agencies throughout the state to keep communities safe. State  more

PALO ALTO, California, March 12 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Cooley Advises Special Committee of Checkpoint on Acquisition by Sun Pharma New York - March 9, 2025 - Cooley advised the independent special committee of Checkpoint Therapeutics' (Nasdaq: CKPT) board of directors in connection with Checkpoint's definitive agreement to be acquired by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (NSE: SUNPHARMA) for an upfront cash payment of $4.10 per share and an up-to 70-cent n  more

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California, March 12 -- Dole, a producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit and fresh vegetables, issued the following news release: * * * Dole Embraces Disney's Stitch to Spread the "Spirit of 'Ohana" to Pineapple and Tropical Fruit Lovers in 2025 Beloved Disney alien experiment inspires five-month Dole initiative focused on health, hospitality and an expanded view of family Shoppers can now find Disney's Stitch on millions of DOLE Pineapples and Bananas throughout N  more

PLANO, Texas, March 11 [Category: BizTransportation] -- Toyota Motor Sales USA posted the following news: * * * EVgo Opens First Fast Charging Stations Deployed Through Toyota's "Empact" Vision The companies collaborated on high-power DC fast charger deployment in key markets to increase public charging infrastructure LOS ANGELES (March 11, 2025) - EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) ("EVgo" or the "Company"), one of the nation's largest providers of public fast charging infrastructure for electric ve  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 12 -- EVgo Services, a charging public network for electric vehicles, issued the following news release: * * * EVgo Opens First Fast Charging Stations Deployed Through Toyota's "Empact" Vision The companies collaborated on high-power DC fast charger deployment in key markets to increase public charging infrastructure LOS ANGELES - March 11, 2025 - EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) ("EVgo" or the "Company"), one of the nation's largest providers of public fast charging i  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Gibson Dunn Advises HBX Group on the Set-Up and Launch of The Luxurist Gibson Dunn has advised B2B TravelTech company HBX Group on the set-up and launch of The Luxurist, a fully integrated luxury travel ecosystem. The Luxurist is a French premier booking platform that brings together exceptional properties and luxury-travel advisors to provide seamless travel  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 11 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments 3.11.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Adele Burnes, of Berkeley, has been appointed Chief at the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Burnes has been Acting Chief at the Division of Apprenticeship Standards since 2024, where she has been Deputy Chief since 2021. She was Regional Director of Appr  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, March 12 -- The Los Angeles Times issued the following news release: * * * L.A. Times Sports Scores APSE Triple Crown For the fifth year in a row, the Los Angeles Times has earned the prestigious Associated Press Sports Editors' triple crown, a best-in-show award presented to publications that place in the top 10 among the nation's largest newspapers in the categories of print portfolio, digital and projects. "Amid all the changes the company has been through the past  more

LOS ANGLES, California, March 12 -- TikTok, a destination for a short-form mobile video, issued the following news: * * * New ways we're supporting parents and helping teens build balanced digital habits By Adam Presser, Head of Operations & Trust and Safety * New Family Pairing features give parents additional tools to set boundaries and customizable limits for their individual family needs * A new in-app meditation feature is designed to help teens wind down if they use TikTok after 10pm   more

NEWPORT BEACH, California, March 12 -- Pacific Life, an insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Pacific Life Named One of World's Most Ethical Companies for Eighth Consecutive Year NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - March 11, 2025 - Pacific Life has been named one of the 2025 World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. Pacific Life was evaluated on its culture of ethics; environment  more

PASADENA, California, March 12 -- Parsons Corp., an engineering, construction, technical and management services firm, issued the following news release: * * * Parsons Honored as One of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 16th Consecutive Year CHANTILLY, Va., (March 11, 2025) - Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) announced today that it has been recognized by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2025 World's Most E  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Paul Hastings Adds Market-Leading M&A Partner Eric Schiele NEW YORK - Paul Hastings LLP announced today that elite corporate M&A lawyer Eric Schiele has joined the firm as a partner in New York and global co-chair of M&A. One of the leading corporate M&A lawyers of his generation, Schiele joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP following nearly two decades at Cravath, Swaine, &   more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Paul Hastings Advises Altisource Portfolio Solutions on Restructuring and Term Loan Extension Paul Hastings LLP advised Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (NASDAQ: ASPS) in a set of liability management transactions, including the exchange of its existing $232.8 million term loans for $160 million in new first-lien term loans with an extended maturity and 58.2 million com  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 11 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Retail theft crackdown in 2024 recovers $13.5 million in stolen goods Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that in 2024, the state's Organized Retail Crime Task Force conducted a record-breaking 879 investigations which led to 1,707 arrests and the recovery of 676,227 stolen goods valued at $13.5 million. Spearheaded by the California Highway Patrol, the Or  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 -- Salesforce, a customer relationship management company, issued the following news release: * * * Salesforce Named to World's Most Ethical Companies List for 16th Year The Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and measuring corporate ethical standards of business practices, has once again recognized Salesforce as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Why it matters: In the age of agentic AI, in which organizations are deploying tools tha  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 -- Salesforce, a customer relationship management company, issued the following news release: * * * Salesforce to Invest USD $1B in Singapore over 5 Years Salesforce pledges to invest in Agentforce, customer success, and workforce development Salesforce launches more services on Hyperforce, allowing customers to securely deploy a deeply unified platform with Agentforce, Data Cloud and Customer 360 Applications, adhering to local data residency Singapore   more

LA JOLLA, California, March 12 -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release: * * * Salk Institute appoints Michelle Chamberlain as Vice President of External Relations LA JOLLA--The Salk Institute has named Michelle Chamberlain as Vice President of External Relations. She will assume the role on April 2, 2025. As Salk's VP of External Relations, Chamberlain will serve on the Institute's Executive Leadership Team and oversee all fundraising efforts, communica  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 -- Cornerstone Research, a provider of economic and financial analysis in commercial litigation and regulatory proceedings, issued the following news release: * * * SEC Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Activity Plummeted in Final Year of Gensler Administration SEC imposed the highest total dollar amount of monetary penalties since 2021. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) drastically reduced its accounting and auditing enforcement activity  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 -- Salesforce, a customer relationship management company, issued the following news release: * * * Singapore Airlines and Salesforce Collaborate on AI-Powered Customer Servicing Applications, Plan to Co-Develop More Solutions for the Airline Industry SAN FRANCISCO - March 11, 2025 - Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the world's #1 AI CRM, and Singapore Airlines (SIA) today announced that the Airline is incorporating Agentforce, Einstein in Service Cloud, and Data Cl  more

CUPERTINO, California, March 12 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, posted the following news on March 11, 2025: * * * Six games come to Apple Arcade in April, including new Katamari and Space Invaders games Six fun games and exciting updates for Apple Arcade are launching over the next month, joining an award-winning catalog of over 200 games. On April 3, Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE -- the Katamari franchise's first original game in nearly e  more

BURBANK, California, March 11 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * The $100,000 Pyramid: Tiffany Haddish vs Michael Urie and Chandra Wilson vs Rob Riggle (3/16) SUNDAY, MARCH 16 10:01-11:00 p.m. EDT - The $100,000 Pyramid: " Tiffany Haddish vs Michael Urie and Chandra Wilson vs Rob Riggle" (802) Logline: It's a night of laughs in an all-new episode of "The $100,000 Pyramid," where actress-comedian Tiffany Haddish battle  more

BURBANK, California, March 10 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * The Bachelor: 2907 (3/17) MONDAY, MARCH 17 8:00-10:02 p.m. EDT - The Bachelor: "2907" (2907) Logline: Grant and his final three women arrive in the Dominican Republic, a destination close to his heart. With overnight dates approaching, the women meet with Bachelor Nation favorites to reflect on their feelings as they near the end of their journeys. Ext  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 12 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Researchers Uncover Metabolism Link to Proteins Important in Infections, Cancer and Autoimmunity Story by: Mario Aguilera Not long after a threatening organism enters our bodies, our immune system springs into action and starts producing proteins known as type one interferons (IFN-I), which fight viruses and cancer, while also playing pathogenic roles in autoimmune disorders. Whil  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 12 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Whale waste helps health of oceans by funneling nutrients to the tropics, new study shows UC Santa Cruz's vast elephant-seal data helped researchers estimate nutrient transfer By Mike Pena New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles--in their pee and poop--from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, supporting the health of tropical ecosystems and fish. UC Santa Cruz  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 12 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * UCLA Dentistry awarded $4.2 million for tenfold expansion of special patient care clinic The UCLA School of Dentistry's Special Patient Care Clinic has received a $4.2 million grant from the state of California to fund a multifaceted expansion, increasing its footprint tenfold and elevating it into Southern California's premier facility for treating medically compromised patients. The a  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 11 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: * * * Blake Emerson earns ALI's Early Career Scholars Medal UCLA School of Law professor Blake Emerson has been named a recipient of the Early Career Scholars Medal from the American Law Institute. The award - which the ALI bestows only every other year - is among the most prestigious in the legal academy. According to the ALI, it goes "to one or two outstanding early-car  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 11 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: * * * Mark McKenna is honored with CLA's Vanguard Award UCLA School of Law professor Mark McKenna has been named a recipient of the Vanguard Award from the California Lawyers Association. According to the CLA, "the people selected for the 2025 Vanguard Awards are recognized for developing practices and standards which IP attorneys in California rely on every day." An emi  more

REDWOOD CITY, California, March 11 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Dell'Oro Group, a provider of market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, issued the following news release: * * * Wi-Fi 7 APs Surge to 11 Percent of Shipments in 4Q 2024, According to Dell'Oro Group [wp_tech_share] REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - March 11, 2025 - According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, se  more