NORFOLK, Virginia, June 6 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * 'Got Worms?' Disturbing Warning Over Parasite-Filled Fish Prompts New PETA Campaign * San Diego - After a just-released study from the University of California, San Diego revealed that freshwater fish in Southern California are teeming with human-infecting parasitic worms, PETA plans to make waves in the area with a billboard urging everyone to keep worms and   more

BURBANK, California, June 6 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * 'Live with Kelly and Mark' Soars With Star-Studded Week * Disney Entertainment Television/ Lorenzo Bevilaqua * Series photos are available here. * Featuring a star-studded week of guests including Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Ryan Phillippe, Elizabeth Banks and more, "Live with Kelly and Mark" grew for the second week in a row in all  more

LOS GATOS, California, June 6 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: * * * A Tender Tale Unfolds: 'The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity' Premieres July 6 Beloved by manga enthusiasts, The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity by Saka Mikami has captured the hearts of fans with its gentle and sincere storytelling. Serialized on the official Weekly Shonen Magazine app, Magazine Pocket, the manga has distinguished itself in the shonen genre, selling over  more

BURBANK, California, June 6 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * America's Funniest Home Videos: 3516 (6/15) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 4/6/25) * SUNDAY, JUNE 15 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT - America's Funniest Home Videos: "3516" (3516) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 4/6/25) Logline: On this week's episode of "America's Funniest Home Videos," the laughs don't stop when a little girl dreams big for her birthday party. Plus, impressive basketball  more

BURBANK, California, June 6 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * America's Funniest Home Videos: AFV Presents: Great Moments in Bad Ideas (6/15) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 4/27/25) * SUNDAY, JUNE 15 7:00-8:01 p.m. EDT - America's Funniest Home Videos: "AFV Presents: Great Moments in Bad Ideas" (3519) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 4/27/25) Logline: This special episode is a blast to the mishap-past celebrating people making questionable d  more

BURBANK, California, June 6 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * America's Funniest Home Videos: America's Funniest People (6/15) * SUNDAY, JUNE 15 8:01-9:03 p.m. EDT - America's Funniest Home Videos: "America's Funniest People" (3523) Logline: Hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Alyson Hannigan, this lively special celebrates America's funniest moments with a mix of live performances and hilarious videos, featuring everythi  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission has issued a final determination finding a violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended in an investigation concerning certain selective thyroid hormone receptor-beta agonists. This ruling specifically targets companies for misappropriation of trade secrets, leading to the issuance of a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders. The Commission's investigation, initiated on February 9, 2023, stemmed from   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-LA, Partners to Protest Trump's New Expanded Travel Ban at Los Angeles International Airport * On Monday, June 9, the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), along with California Immigrant Policy Center, South Asian Network, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and VietRISE, will protest President Trump's new expand  more

PALO ALTO, California, June 5 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Chambers USA 2025 Recognizes Cooley Lawyers + Practices * New York - June 5, 2025 - The Chambers USA 2025 guide has recognized Cooley with 78 practice area rankings and honored 150 Cooley lawyers in their respective fields. Each year, Chambers & Partners conducts extensive research to publish detailed rankings of the country's top lawyers, legal departments and law firms.   more

SAN JOSE, California, June 3 -- Cisco Systems issued the following news release: * * * Cisco research: A major infrastructure shift is underway. AI could double the strain or solve it Most outages stem from congestion, cyberattacks, and misconfiguration -- but IT Leaders believe the right infrastructure can protect performance and unlock future value News summary: - Architectural shift already underway: Cisco research shows 97% of IT leaders see modernized networks as critical to deploying  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Derek Tran & Dave Min: Disasters Coast to Coast * California Democrats are squandering taxpayer dollars on bloated projects, pushing radical policies that drive up gas prices, and prioritizing benefits for illegal immigrants over the needs of working Californians. Democrats Derek Tran and Dave Min are back in Washington, doubling down on the same disastrous policies that hurt California i  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Expanded child tax credit helped middle-class families pay energy bills, but not the poorest New study shows tax policy benefits were limited to families earning 200-600% of federal poverty level * A new study from UCLA Health shows that the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit helped prevent energy insecurity among middle-class families with children but provided no measurable benefit to the lowe  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a public notice regarding pending nominations and related actions for the National Register of Historic Places in six states. This initiative seeks electronic comments on the historical significance of various properties submitted for consideration before May 24, 2025. Among the properties under review are sites spanning several states. In California, nominations include those within Los Angeles   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 6 -- The Immigrant Legal Resource Center issued the following news release: * * * Immigrant Legal Resource Center Condemns Trump's Muslim and African Ban (Washington)--The Trump administration's Muslim and African ban is fueled in hate and racism which will keep families seeking to reunite and pursue their dreams from being together--many of these families are seeking refuge to escape poverty, violence and war and the administration is instead acting with cruel  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 6 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Interior Approves Expansion for Lawless Montana Coal Mine Without Public Review * Bozeman, MT -- The Department of Interior today announced the approval of an approximately 50-million-ton expansion of the notorious Bull Mountains Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, Montana. The Trump administration approved the expansion without a draft environmental impact statement or the op  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission has issued a notice of a commission determination not to review an initial determination, upholding a finding of violation concerning certain exercise equipment and subassemblies thereof. This decision, which grants in part a motion for summary determination of violation, now moves to the remedy phase, with the Commission requesting submissions on appropriate remedies, public interest considerations, and bonding. The Commission i  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Modoc County, California, has submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding a proposed rule to redefine "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. The county has been impacted by the current interpretation for years and applauds the wildlife agency's recognition that recent court decisions mandate a fresh look at the regulation. Sean Curtis, director, stated, "The County's federal land grazers, loggers and irrigators that use federal water have been buff  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 6 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Mojave Falcon 25 expands Army Reserve training scope * Army Reserve Soldiers have engaged in large scale ground combat exercises traversing the rugged, Northern California landscape of Fort Hunter Liggett to the arid badlands of the Mojave in the south. Exercise Mojave Falcon began May 28, 2025, with more than 9,000 Army Reserve and active-duty Soldiers from across the force participating i  more

PASADENA, California, June 6 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Mars Orbiter Captures Volcano Peeking Above Morning Cloud Tops * A new panorama from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows one of the Red Planet's biggest volcanoes, Arsia Mons, poking through a canopy of clouds just before dawn. Arsia Mons and two other volcanoes form what is known as the Tharsis Montes, or Tharsis Mountains, which are often surrounded by water ice clouds (as oppos  more

PASADENA, California, June 6 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Ready-to-Use Dataset Details Land Motion Across North America * NASA is collaborating with the Alaska Satellite Facility in Fairbanks to create a powerful web-based tool that will show the movement of land across North America down to less than an inch. The online portal and its underlying dataset unlock a trove of satellite radar measurements that can help anyone identify where an  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Navy Elementary School Rebuilt 6 Years After Earthquakes * The Sierra Sands Unified School District cut the ribbon, June 3, 2025, on a new 77,000-square-foot Richmond Elementary School at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, restoring an essential academic anchor after the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes. A $78 million grant from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation's Public Schools   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Women's Law Center posted the following news release: * * * NWLC Supports California AG's Motion to Ensure Providence Hospital Provides Emergency Abortion Care * SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 5, 2025) -- Today, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a motion to enforce an existing agreement with Providence Hospital in Eureka to provide emergency abortion care as required by state law. The State's lawsuit is based on what happened to NW  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Capito Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Emergency Medical Transportation in Mountainous Regions * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced the bipartisan Preserving Emergency Access in Key Sites (PEAKS) Act to bolster emergency medical transportation services in mountainous areas. The PEAKS Act would help Critical A  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff, Heinrich, Huffman Call on Trump Admin to Reverse Unlawful Approval of Mining in Mojave National Preserve * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate ENR Committee, and Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02), Ranking Member of the  more

SANTA MONICA, California, June 7 -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on June 6, 2025, to Nikkei Asia: * * * U.S.-Japan Ties: Perfect Like Before or Changing It All? By Jeffrey W. Hornung While U.S. President Donald Trump's messaging for Europe has been almost consistently negative, the same cannot be said for Japan. Since returning to office, his administration has been nothing but positive (apart from on tariffs) on the U.S.-Japan alliance. As encouraging as this situation  more

SANTA MONICA, California, June 7 -- Rand issued the following commentary on June 6, 2025: * * * Housing as Health Care: What We (Don't) Know About Its Costs By Sarah B. Hunter and Ryan K. McBain Housing is increasingly being viewed as an important contributor to health outcomes. As a result, more and more health care systems and managed health care plans are getting into the housing business, but will this pay off for their bottom lines? Probably not right away. The research evidence demons  more

SANTA MONICA, California, June 7 -- Rand issued the following commentary on June 6, 2025: * * * Mitigating Emerging Human Intelligence Challenges with Forecasting By David Stebbins, Marie Jones and Anthony Vassalo Human intelligence (HUMINT) has long been an informational cornerstone of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), providing crucial insights into the intentions and actions of foreign adversaries. Yet, as highlighted in a recent Washington Post article, the CIA's ability to recruit a  more

SANTA MONICA, California, June 7 -- Rand issued the following commentary on June 6, 2025: * * * The Pandemic Accord's Dangerous Blind Spot: Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity By Jay Atanda Natural pandemics have been among history's greatest health threats, from Bubonic plague, the Black Death, Smallpox, Spanish flu, Polio, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, to COVID-19. However, the fight to stop the next pandemic may well be underway in the sleek, sterile halls of a growing number of biological high-conta  more

MILPITAS, California, June 7 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, posted the following news release from its member company (RECIF Technologies): * * * RECIF Technologies Presents R.PACK Software Suite: The next step in efficiency and control Toulouse, 5 June 2025 - RECIF Technologies is pleased to announce the launch of R.PACK, the next-generation software suite designed for RECIF sorters. With an emphasis on usability, efficiency, and   more

BURBANK, California, June 6 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * RICKY GERVAIS, WILL ARNETT, JASON BATEMAN, SEAN HAYES, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, SAM ROCKWELL, DAVID SPADE AND MORE GUESTS ON ABC'S 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE,' JUNE 9-13 * ABC's Emmy(r) Award-winning late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EDT and features a diverse lineup of guests that includes celebrities, athletes, musical acts,   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFR) -- A notice of intended repatriation has been issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, signaling Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, its plan to repatriate specific cultural items. These items, defined as objects of cultural patrimony, have been determined to have a cultural affiliation with the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria, California. The university intends to repatriate 899 lots of cultural   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 6 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Southern California Air Regulators Reject Healthy Air Standards, Caving to Industry Misinformation Campaign * Diamond Bar, CA -- In a major failure for efforts to clean up dangerous air pollution in the nation's smoggiest region, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) rejected standards today that would have reduced air pollution from home furnaces and water   more

STANFORD, California, June 7 -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Advance in creating organoids could aid research, lead to treatment Stanford Medicine researchers developed a way to create the first heart and liver organoids that generate their own blood vessels, possibly paving the way for organoid-based regenerative therapies. By Nina Bai For over a decade, scientists have been growing organoids -- small clusters of cells that mimic a particular orga  more

STANFORD, California, June 7 -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Clinicians can 'chat' with medical records through new AI software, ChatEHR ChatEHR, artificial intelligence software developed at Stanford Medicine, is expediting chart reviews and other tasks by allowing clinicians to ask questions of medical records. By Hanae Armitage In much the same way people can "chat" with large language models like GPT-4, Stanford Health Care clinicians can now i  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 7 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * 'On Hunger' recasts hunger in history, industry Food, pharmaceutical industries follow an old playbook when they profit from hunger, Dana Simmons argues By Sheree Winslow Dana Simmons wants you to know that if you are hungry, it is not your fault. In her recently released book, "On Hunger: Violence and Craving in America, from Starvation to Ozempic," published by UC Press, Simmon  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Even bumble bee queens need personal days, too UC Riverside study reveals surprising breaks in egg-laying cycle By Jules Bernstein Some queens don't rule nonstop. A new study from the University of California, Riverside shows that even bumble bee queens, the sole founders of their colonies, take regular breaks from reproduction--likely to avoid burning out before their fi  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Genetic link found between iron deficiency & Crohn's disease Researchers identify gene mutation that disrupts iron absorption, helping explain patients' persistent anemia By Iqbal Pittalwala A study led by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine shows how a genetic mutation associated with Crohn's disease can worsen iron deficie  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Molecule Linked to Metabolism Found to Boost Plant Growth Largely unexplored in plants, "itaconate" stimulates seedling development, offering a path to enhancing valuable food crops By Mario Aguilera Within the animal kingdom, a naturally produced molecule known as itaconate serves a prominent role in the immune system as a defensive agent against viruses and inflammation.  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Recognizing Sex Differences in Disease Can Improve Treatments for All Addressing these differences at the cellular level could help close the gap in health disparities in heart disease and benefit everyone. By Laura Shields One-size-fits-all hats are okay, but one-size-fits-all medical treatments don't cut it. A new study shows that drug treatment outcomes are significantl  more

MERCED, California, June 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Hurricanes Create Powerful Changes Deep in the Ocean, Study Reveals By Lorena Anderson With careful planning and a little luck, researchers found a surprising upside to hurricanes after a Category 4 storm disrupted their expedition off the coast of Mexico. The team was able to sample the ocean right after the storm passed and found that the storms churn the ocean so powerfully and dee  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 7 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Reimagining Energy Annual USC Viterbi ECET Summit highlights cutting-edge research, energy augmentation breakthroughs, a new energy degree offering, and insights shaping the economics of energy and business. * If you use a mobile phone or laptop, you are using energy. And if you are using generative AI, the energy toll is high and growing. The theme of the  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 7 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * USC Viterbi School and BITS Pilani Forge Global Partnership to Advance Research and Education Agreement between two schools creates new degree program and joint academic exchange. * The USC Viterbi School of Engineering announced a new partnership with the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), one of India's leading technological   more

SANTA BARBARA, California, June 7 -- Westmont College issued the following news: * * * Where Curiosity Meets Discovery By Scott Craig Nearly 50 students participated in the 29th annual Student Research Symposium presenting their scholarly research in April. The 34 projects spanned the humanities, social sciences and natural and behavioral sciences. Topics included sports anxiety and athlete burnout, stress in spiny lizards, analysis of a reusable launch vehicle, and the ortho-arylation of ar  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, June 6 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Yardi, a provider of property management software and investment management solutions for real estate, issued the following news release: * * * Yardi launches Aspire Platinum package with cutting-edge AI tools The learning management platform upgrades its offering to include advanced features for enhanced customization, engagement and integration capabilities * Yardi is proud to announce the launch of Aspire Platinum, the newe  more