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News Tipoffs - California Editors Newsletter for Thursday July 24, 2025 ( 17 items )  

Arizona Commerce Authority: Arizona Business Leaders Form Arizona Small Business Growth Coalition
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 24 -- The Arizona Commerce Authority issued the following news on July 23, 2025: * * * Arizona Business Leaders Form Arizona Small Business Growth Coalition Coalition will advance Arizona's entrepreneurial vitality and support local small businesses * * * PHOENIX, AZ (July 23, 2025) - Today, the Arizona Commerce Authority and Arizona business leaders announced the launch of the Arizona Small Business Growth Coalition (SBGC), a statewide alliance of trusted small busin  more

BLS Issues Report on State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2025
WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-1182) on July 23, 2025, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2025": * * * Job openings rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 1 state in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires rates increased in 8 states and decreased in 3 states. Total separations rates decreased in 3 states and increased in 1 state.   more

CPSC Orders Massive Recall of 5 Million Chinese-Made Pools After Deadly Design Flaw Linked to Nine Child Deaths
BETHESDA, Maryland, July 24 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced an urgent recall of more than 5 million Chinese-made above-ground swimming pools following the deaths of at least nine young children over the past two decades. Acting Chairman Peter Feldman and Commissioner Douglas Dziak condemned what they called "years of inaction" as the agency now addresses a design flaw first identified in 2007: pools featuring compression straps encircling their outer vertical supports, so  more

EPA llega a un acuerdo con Vistra Corp. para la limpieza urgente de baterias en Moss Landing, lanza un sitio web para actualizaciones publicas
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA llega a un acuerdo con Vistra Corp. para la limpieza urgente de baterias en Moss Landing, lanza un sitio web para actualizaciones publicas * Bajo la supervision de la EPA, Vistra llevara a cabo y pagara la remocion de baterias para reducir el riesgo de incendio y llevar a cabo un plan de participacion comunitaria MOSS LANDING, Calif. (23 de julio de 2025) - La Agencia de Proteccion Ambie  more

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Domestic Risk-Sharing Shortfalls Help Explain Exchange Rate Patterns
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has released a report titled 'Incomplete Markets and Exchange Rates,' offering new insights into why exchange rates behave unpredictably in international markets. Issued on July 8, 2025, the study addresses anomalies in currency movements--such as the longstanding Backus-Smith puzzle--by analyzing the effects of imperfect risk-sharing within and across countries. The report was authored by Emile A. Marin an  more

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Study Finds Feedback Loop Between Credit and Information Can Worsen Economic Downturns
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on July 15, 2025, released a report by Ding Dong, Allen Hu, Zhaorui Li, and Zheng Liu titled 'Information Acquisition and the Finance-Uncertainty Trap,' revealing how the interplay between firms' access to credit and their efforts to acquire economic information can amplify and extend business cycle fluctuations. The authors draw on novel indicators of information acquisition to establish what they call a   more

First-of-Its-Kind Exhibition Opening at the National Gallery of Art Explores Photography's Role in the Black Arts Movement
WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: * * * First-of-Its-Kind Exhibition Opening at the National Gallery of Art Explores Photography's Role in the Black Arts Movement Never-before-seen photographs alongside images of cultural icons reveal the medium's central role during a pivotal era of creative expression * The National Gallery of Art presents Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985, an exhibition exploring the work of American an  more

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Leads Groundbreaking DeNOVO Initiative in AI Antibody Design
LIVERMORE, California, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory leads groundbreaking DeNOVO initiative in AI antibody design In a pioneering project aimed at revolutionizing the design of antibodies and antibody-like molecules through the power of AI, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is working to transform medical countermeasure development and biologics discovery. The   more

Mingus Discusses Landpower, Simulations, Next-gen Tech for Army Modernization
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: * * * Mingus discusses Landpower, simulations, next-gen tech for Army modernization By Shannon Collins, Army News Service As part of the Army Transformation Initiative, the Army will re-invest up to $48 billion into the modernization of its next generation command and control within the next five to six years at a rate not done since the 1980s, said James Mingus, vice chief of staff of the Army, during a Landpower D  more

NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse
PASADENA, California, July 24 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse Discovery of a close companion to the 10th brightest star in our night sky may explain why similar red supergiant stars see changes in their brightness on the scale of many years. A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very close companion star was proved true by a tea  more

National Gallery of Art's Recent Acquisitions Introduce New Artists and Perspectives to the National Collection
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release on July 23, 2025: * * * National Gallery of Art's Recent Acquisitions Introduce New Artists and Perspectives to the National Collection Notable acquisitions span historical and contemporary art, with outstanding works by artists Jules Breton, Richard Hunt, and Graciela Iturbide, among others * The National Gallery of Art today announced a wide-ranging group of recent acquisitions, adding more than 200 works  more

NCSC Webinar on Integrating Family Caregivers as Care Team Partners
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living issued the following news: * * * NCSC Webinar on Integrating Family Caregivers as Care Team Partners * Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET Register for the webinar (link is external) Join ACL's National Caregiver Support Collaborative (NCSC) for a webinar on integrating family caregivers as essential partners within care teams. The NCSC offers resources and technical ass  more

NRC Event Notification: Search Underway for Missing Radioactive Gauge in Hoopeston, Illinois
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Authorities are investigating the disappearance of a generally licensed gauge containing Americium-241 from Teasdale Foods in Hoopeston, Illinois. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency was notified on July 15, 2025, that the Peco Controls Corp., Modesto, California, Gamma 101P gauge (SN G011619735), with a 100 millicurie source (Serial No. 5445LA), could not be located. The missing gauge is one of eight listed for use at the facility. According to Teasdale Foods manage  more

Parashore
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration issued the following recall notice: * * * Parashore * More Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts * Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts * Recall Resources * Enforcement Reports * Industry Guidance For Recalls * Major Product Recalls Summary Company Announcement Date: July 23, 2025 FDA Publish Date: July 23, 2025 Product Type: Foo  more

The limit does not exist: Superheated gold survives the entropy catastrophe
MENLO PARK, California, July 23 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * The limit does not exist: Superheated gold survives the entropy catastrophe * By Erin Woodward Researchers at SLAC's Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) instrument used a laser to superheat a sample of gold. Then, they sent a pulse of ultrabright X-rays from the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) through the sample to measure the speed, and thus the temperature, of the atoms   more

Transcript: Mayor Adams Hosts Older Adult Town Hall
NEW YORK, July 23 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Transcript: Mayor Adams Hosts Older Adult Town Hall * July 23, 2025 Mayor Eric Adams: Good to see you out here. Many of you may know I went to Bayside High School, you know, Bayside High School. I know this community so well. I grew up in Jamaica, took the Q31 all the way out to Bayside, Q5, Q31, we had to get up bright and early. Coach Nelson was my coach. There you go, there you go, boy, you got a lot of  more

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard, partner agencies medevac missing person near Tracy, Calif.
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard, partner agencies medevac missing person near Tracy, Calif. * ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The Coast Guard and partner agencies completed a medevac of one person from the Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area, near Tracy, California, Saturday evening. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a request for aircraft assistance from the Alam  more