PASADENA, California, March 13 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * 40th-Annual ME 72 Competition: Bot Hockey, Caltech Style Recent uncharacteristic rainy weather spoiled original plans to host the 40th annual ME 72 Engineering Design Competition on Beckman Lawn. But the students of ME 72, their TAs, and instructors made the most of the change, hosting the capstone competition instead in the Jim Hall Design and Prototyping Lab, the same subbasement space   more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 14 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * An interview with Jennifer Finney Boylan: Celebrated trans author and advocate visits UC Santa Cruz during a critical moment for trans rights In an informal and far-ranging interview at The Humanities Institute, where Boylan is currently scholar-in-residence, she stressed the role of the humanities in fostering compassion and imagining other lives. By Dan White Bestselling au  more

MERCED, California, March 12 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * At UC Merced, Shannon Lee Talks About Expanding Legacy of Her Martial Arts Hero Father By Francesca Dinglasan Shannon Lee - whose extensive resume includes roles as author, producer and legacy-keeper of her father, martial arts icon Bruce Lee -- visited UC Merced on March 6 as a special guest speaker. The event, held in recognition of Women's History Month, spotlighted her career highlights,   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 10 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Announces Investigative Sweep of Location Data Industry, Compliance with California Consumer Privacy Act Location data can be used to track people's precise movements -- without them realizing OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced an ongoing investigative sweep into the location data industry, sending letters to advertising netw  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 13 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Mass Firings at the U.S. Department of Education Trump Administration seeks to cut number of employees in half as part of its plans to shutter the Department OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a multistate coalition in filing a lawsuit challenging the unlawful mass firing of nearly 50% of all empl  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 13 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta to DOE: Unlawful Delay in Energy Efficiency Rules Would Increase Consumer and Business Costs OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a coalition of eight attorneys general and New York City in submitting two comment letters to the United States Department of Energy (DOE) urging the department to allow energy efficiency standards for gas-f  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 13 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * California Department of Justice Releases 2024 Armed and Prohibited Persons System Annual Report DOJ seized 1,520 firearms through the APPS program, including 39 ghost guns SACRAMENTO - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the release of the 2024 Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) annual report. The APPS database works to identify individuals who legall  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 13 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * California deploys cutting-edge technologies for LA fires recovery with expanded NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory partnership LOS ANGELES - As part of the state's ongoing actions to support Los Angeles County's wildfire recovery, Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that the state is expanding its collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to monitor air and water using   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 13 -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: * * * Student hackers win $3,000 in cash prizes for AI creations to solve problems in education, finance, health care and sustainability By Jennifer K. Morita More than 100 students hacked into real-world problems to come up with innovative solutions during Hornet Hacks at Sacramento State's Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The artificial intelligence hackathon kicked   more

FRESNO, California, March 13 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: * * * Engineering students take innovative research abroad Mechanical engineering students Colton Cunningham and Andrei Catalan returned in February from their first international adventure -- a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe "My favorite part of the trip was being exposed to another part of the world. It was a very maturing experience to see how things are the same and different  more

IRVINE, California, March 14 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * Donation from SAP establishes new UC Irvine endowed chair in artificial intelligence Funding will support education, research and industry collaboration around AI Irvine, Calif., March 13, 2025 -- With a $2 million gift from SAP SE, a German supplier of enterprise applications and business artificial intelligence software, the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Scienc  more

PASADENA, California, March 13 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Everything Flows: Refining the Laws of Friction in Caltech's "Seismological Wind Tunnel" Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it may first appear to remain motionless--it needs a lot more force to start sliding visibly. Similarly, if you slowly start tilting the table upward, the book still appears to rem  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 13 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Federal court orders reinstatement of fired probationary federal employees Judge rules workers were illegally fired by the Trump administration SAN FRANCISCO - Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, presided over by Judge William H. Alsup, granted a Preliminary Injunction in a lawsuit joined by Washington against the Office of Personnel Mana  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 13 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments 3.13.25 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Andrew King, of Sacramento, has been appointed Deputy Director of Data Operations Strategy at the Office of Data and Innovation. King has been Manager of the Data Operations Section at the California Air Resources Board since 2023, and has held several positi  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, March 13 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Gwen Michael-Jones '14 Fights Climate Change--and Fires Gwen Michael-Jones '14 is a climate resiliency consultant who, for the past few years, has also worked as a wildland firefighter in California. Michael-Jones studied political science and geology at Bryn Mawr and earned her master's in international relations and security studies at University College London. "I have always had this running thread  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 14 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * How UCLA engineers are aiding L.A.'s wildfire recovery and addressing post-fire hazards In the aftermath of the January Southern California wildfires, which ravaged large parts of Altadena and Pacific Palisades, as well as other areas in Los Angeles and San Diego, faculty members and students from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have come together to support the community's recove  more

BEVERLY HILLS, California, March 14 -- Dick Clark Productions issued the following news: * * * Nikki Glaser Returns to Host the 83rd Annual Golden Globes Los Angeles, CA - March 13, 2025 - Today, CBS and the Golden Globes announced that acclaimed Golden Globe, Grammy and Emmy-nominated comedian and actress Nikki Glaser is set return as host of the 83rd ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES, the first major award show of the season, airing January 2026 on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 14 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release: * * * NVIDIA and Microsoft Open Next Era of Gaming With Groundbreaking Neural Shading Technology NVIDIA today announced ahead of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) groundbreaking enhancements to NVIDIA RTX(tm) neural rendering technologies. NVIDIA has partnered with Microsoft to b  more

PASADENA, California, March 13 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Pamela Bjorkman and Jim Eisenstein are named Wolf Prize laureates for 2025. Pamela Bjorkman, the David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering; and Jim Eisenstein, the Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Emeritus; have each been awarded the Wolf Prize in their respective fields. According to the Wolf Foundation, the Wolf Prize "acknowledges scient  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 13 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Paul Hastings Bolsters Market-Leading Structured Credit Practice in New York NEW YORK - Further strengthening its premier asset-backed finance and complex securitization offerings, Paul Hastings LLP announced today that structured credit lawyer John F. Murphy III has joined the firm as a partner in New York. Murphy's broad securities practice focuses on structured financ  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 14 -- Qualcomm, a developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * Qualcomm and Palantir Work to Extend AI and Ontology Capabilities to the Edge, Enhancing Data-Driven Decision-Making for Customers for Industrial IoT Highlights: * Qualcomm and Palantir are collaborating to run Palantir's Ontology and AI capabilities on Qualcomm's advanced edge computing platforms--extendi  more

MERCED, California, March 12 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * UC Merced Doubles Down on Huntington Distinguished Fellowships By Jody Murray The Huntington Library in San Marino is one of the world's greatest sources for independent research in the humanities, with documents and artifacts that span 11 centuries. Scholars from more than 30 nations visit its reading rooms or tap into its digital services. Each year, the library awards 15 long-term fellows  more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 13 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Advancing antiferromagnetic spintronics for next-gen memory and computing UC Riverside receives $4M from UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program Author: Iqbal Pittalwala UC Riverside has received a Collaborative Research and Training Award of nearly $4 million from the UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program to explore how antiferromagnetic spintronics can be used to a  more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 14 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Signs of alien life may be hiding in these gases Advancing the search for weird life on weird planets Author: Jules Bernstein Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like Earth and gases rarely considered in the search for extraterrestrials. In a new Astrophysical Journal Letters paper, researchers f  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 14 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Courtside with Coach Eric Olen The secret sauce behind the men's basketball team's first Big West regular season title Story by: Tori Acuna - vtejera@ucsd.edu For the first time in UC San Diego history--and in its first year of full NCAA Division I eligibility--the men's basketball team earned the outright title of Big West Regular Season Champions after defeating UC Davis Saturd  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 13 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Tariq Rana, Ph.D. Appointed Chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Story by: Stephanie Healey - s2healey@ucsd.edu University of California San Diego School of Medicine is pleased to announce that Tariq Rana, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and chief of the Division of Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics, has been appointed chair of the Department of Cellula  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 13 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Forum captures urgency to use ecosystems now to keep people safe from looming natural disasters Wetlands and reefs are cost effective for reducing risks to people and property By Mark DeGraff With catastrophes ranging from the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and extreme waves in Central California all serving as the backdrop, a diverse group o  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 13 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * New study shows how microalgae could help advance sustainable trout farming By Allison Arteaga Soergel In their latest publication for the journal Foods, researchers from the ecological aquaculture lab at UC Santa Cruz shared a sustainable seafood innovation years in the making. Building upon many prior experiments, the team developed new aquaculture feed formulations for far  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 13 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: * * * What's the deal with tariffs? Kimberly Clausing sheds some light Tariffs are making headlines right now, partially due to President Trump's tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China. But what exactly is a tariff? And what are the pros and cons of using tariffs as an instrument of fiscal policy? Kimberly Clausing, tax law expert and the Eric M. Zolt Chair in   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * UCSF Among First in U.S. to Receive New Pulmonary Care Designation The Bronchiectasis and NTM Association has accepted UC San Francisco (UCSF) into its Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center Network (CCN), recognizing UCSF's dedication to providing high-quality medical care, resources and education for patients with bronchiectasis and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM)  more

MERCED, California, March 12 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Thymus Research Could Unlock Immune System Improvements By Patty Guerra A multimillion-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund research at UC Merced that could help cancer patients and others live longer, healthier lives. The $3.5 million, five-year grant will fund bioengineering Professor Joel Spencer's lab, which is investigating the thymus, a key organ in the human i  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 14 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * How chemistry and force etch mysterious spiral patterns on solid surfaces Hundreds of regular patterns spontaneously form on a small germanium chip Key takeaways * Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots on a germanium wafer with evaporated metal films led to the discovery of beautiful spiral patterns etched on the surface of the semiconductor by a chemical reaction. * Further e  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 13 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * A Long Sleep for a Long Life New USC Viterbi assistant professor Yaoheng Yang studies how safely induced artificial hibernation could improve our longevity. Yaoheng (Mack) Yang envisions a future where humans can live long, healthy lives, beyond the current limits of human lifespan. An expert in focused ultrasound for brain stimulation, Yang recently join  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 13 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Mapping Volcanic Hazards with Pegasus Researchers at ISI help tackle the computational challenges of volcanology. When a volcano erupts, the danger doesn't just come from the blast. Rivers of lava carve through the landscape, swallowing roads and homes, while pyroclastic flows--scorching avalanches of gas, ash, and rock--race down the slopes at over 60 mil  more

BURBANK, California, March 14 -- The Walt Disney Company issued the following news release: * * * Walt Disney Company To Webcast Its Annual Meeting Of Shareholders BURBANK, Calif., March 13, 2025 - The annual meeting of shareholders of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), including remarks by management regarding the Company, will be available live via webcast at www.disney.com/investors beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT on March 20, 2025. The webcast presentation will be archived. C  more