LIVERMORE, California, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * 2025 LLNL summer programs inspire the next generation of innovators This summer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) hosted science education programs that provided students with hands-on experience related to several LLNL research themes. The science education offerings for this summer included three standout programs: the Manufacturing Workshop, S  more

LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 13 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * 8 UC San Diego Breakthroughs Powering a Safer, Stronger Nation By Sara Bock When America invests in research, the results can be life-changing. A patient survives surgery that once carried high risks. A wildfire is stopped before it reaches a neighborhood. A building stands firm when the ground shakes. A fighter pilot safely returns home. These breakthroughs are made possible by   more

BURBANK, California, Aug. 13 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * Are You My First?: The First Time (8/18) * MONDAY, AUG. 18 10:02-11:00 p.m. EDT - Are You My First?: "The First Time" (101) Logline: Colton Underwood and Kaitlyn Bristowe host the virgins in paradise and kick off their first challenge. Crushes and love triangles quickly form, and when a sexy new arrival shows up, some connections may come to a crashing h  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management is preparing to facilitate the return of Native American human remains discovered in Washoe County, Nevada. The remains, representing at least one indigenous individual, were found in a dry creek bed in 2004 by a camper. The person who found the bones reported them to the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, which secured the area and had investigators excavate the site. Initial examinations by a coroner sug  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 14 -- Born Free USA issued the following commentary: * * * More than 1,600 Trafficked Birds Rescued in Nigeria! By Shelley Brend in Blog, West Africa, Wildlife Trade on August 13, 2025 Born Free USA extends congratulations to the Nigerian authorities for their recent seizure of more than 1,600 wild birds. The enforcement operation was carried out by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at Lagos International Airport on July 31, 2025. Among the species of birds seiz  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSFR) -- The California Academy of Sciences (CAS) is preparing to return seven sacred baskets to the Cahuilla Band of Indians. This act follows a provision of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. These baskets have been identified as having continuous cultural importance to the Cahuilla people. The baskets, which have been held in the CAS anthropology collection, are either from Riverside and San Diego Counties or were made in the style of Indigenous  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-CA Opposes SB 771, Warns Bill Could Be Weaponized to Silence Free Speech * The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced its opposition to Senate Bill 771 (Stern), warning that the measure could be weaponized to suppress constitutionally prote  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * California Couple Sentenced for Unlawful Multimillion-Dollar Trafficking Scheme Across U.S.-Mexico Border * Otilio Rodriguez Toledo and Alicia Aispuro Hernandez, husband and wife from Thermal, California, were sentenced today for conspiring to smuggle and distribute Mexican pesticides and veterinary drugs that are not approved for use in the United States. Toledo was sentenced to five months in pri  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * California Couple Sentenced for Unlawful Multimillion-Dollar Trafficking Scheme Across U.S.-Mexico Border Otilio Rodriguez Toledo and Alicia Aispuro Hernandez, husband and wife from Thermal, California, were sentenced today for conspiring to smuggle and distribute Mexican pesticides and veterinary drugs that are not approved for use in the   more

SAN JOSE, California, Aug. 14 -- Cisco Systems issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * Cisco Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings News Summary: * Strong topline performance at the high end of our guidance ranges: - Q4 revenue of $14.7 billion, up 8% year over year - FY 2025 revenue of $56.7 billion, up 5% year over year * Q4 product orders up 7% year over year with growth across all geographies, demonstrating robust demand for Cisco's technologies * AI Infrastructure orders   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 14 -- The California Policy Center, an organization that says it focuses on education reform, workplace freedom, government transparency and governance, issued the following news: * * * CPC releases coalition letter exposing AB 84's fiscal impact On Friday, August 8th, California Policy Center submitted its second Coalition Letter in opposition to Assembly Bill 84. Following last month's letter (https://californiapolicycenter.org/ab84-coalition-letter/) to the Sen  more

SAN BERNARDINO, California, Aug. 14 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * CSUSB receives $85,000 grant from Southern California Edison The grant funds 43 scholarships supporting students in STEM, cybersecurity, math, education, the Office of Black Student Success and Project Impact. * Cal State San Bernardino has received an $85,000 grant from Southern California Edison to support student scholarships and expand academic access across a range  more

SAN JOSE, California, Aug. 13 [Category BizBusiness] -- eBay Inc., a company that says it creates ecommerce experiences for buyers, sellers and developers, issued the following news release: * * * eBay Seller Capital Integrates Open Banking to Make Financing Easier and More Accessible for Sellers * As part of eBay's efforts to help sellers grow their businesses, the company today announced the integration of Open Banking into its Seller Capital program, unlocking a faster, smarter, and more   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSFR) -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the re-licensing of its Helms Pumped Storage Project. The 1,212-megawatt hydroelectric facility is located approximately 50 miles northeast of Fresno, situated on the North Fork Kings River and Helms Creek in Fresno and Madera Counties, California. This step is part of the process to renew the authorization for the long-standing power generation site.   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 14 -- Gap, a retailer of clothing and accessories, issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * Gap Inc. Announces Third Quarter Dividend Gap Inc. (NYSE: GAP) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a third quarter fiscal year 2025 dividend of $0.165 per share, payable on or after October 29, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 8, 2025. About Gap Inc. Gap Inc., a purpose-driven house of iconic br  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, Aug. 14 -- Mattel, a toy manufacturing company, issued the following news: * * * Hot Wheels Let's Race: Ultimate Speed Video Game from Mattel and GameMill Launches October 24 EL SEGUNDO, California and MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - August 12, 2025 - Mattel, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAT), a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world, in partnership with GameMill Entertainment, today announced Hot Wheels Let's Ra  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has granted a series of waivers to its federal housing rules aiming to streamline administrative processes and provide more effective aid. These adjustments respond to specific needs from local agencies and are intended to ensure programs can function efficiently especially in the wake of disasters. In response to challenges in states like California and Alabama, HUD waived a rule to allow local public housing a  more

LOS GATOS, California, Aug. 14 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: * * * It's Almost Time for Life's Sweetest Romance: 'Romantics Anonymous' Debuts October 16 How can a love story blossom between a man afraid of physical contact and a woman who's terrified of eye contact? Premiering on October 16, Romantics Anonymous will witness the blossoming relationship between these two individuals, alongside a unique twist in their respective conditions: they   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission has concluded an investigation by issuing exclusion orders against imported exercise equipment. The action, which terminates a multi-month inquiry, will ban the importation of products found to infringe on several patents held by Balanced Body Inc., of Sacramento, California. The investigation, launched in September 2024, stemmed from a complaint by Balanced Body alleging that certain imported exercise equipment and related parts  more

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: * * * Learning by doing: How Shane Hathaway '24 turned a senior thesis into a career What began as a class assignment turned into a published study, a life-changing summer in California, and an unlikely passion for ants. By Tracy Wamarema In 1998, a graduate student in San Diego carried out a study on the spread of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) across southern California, documenting where the in  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Largest Corporate Landlord Agrees to Stop Using AI Price-Fixing Tool * A Biden administration lawsuit alleged RealPage "enabled landlords to collude to raise rents." WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, Greystar--the nation's largest corporate landlord-- agreed to stop using RealPage, an AI t  more

MENLO PARK, California, Aug. 13 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Laser breakthrough sets the stage for new X-ray science possibilities * By Ali Sundermier A team led by scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have generated a highly exotic type of light beam, called a Poincare beam, using the FERMI free-electron laser (FEL) facility in Italy, marking the first time such a beam has been produced with a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest from Madison Services Inc. of Madison, Mississippi, challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service's award of a contract to Unify Now, Inc., a small business located in Oakland, California. The contract, for preventative maintenance services on Alcatraz Island, was awarded to Unify Now following a best-value trade-off analysis. Madison Services protested the decision, arguing that the agency'  more

REDWOOD CITY, California, Aug. 12 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Dell'Oro Group, a provider of market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, issued the following news release: * * * Merchant GPUs and Custom Accelerators to Reach $446 Billion by 2029, According to Dell'Oro Group * [wp_tech_share] REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - August 12, 2025 - According to a newly published forecast report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the tel  more

REDWOOD SHORES, California, Aug. 13 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, posted the following news release: * * * NEORide Accelerates Transit Efficiency with Oracle NetSuite for Government * Oracle today announced a new agreement with NEORide, a multi-state alliance of urban, suburban, and rural public transit systems, that makes it faster and easier for 40 public transit entities across 11 states to modernize their operations and gain   more

LOS GATOS, California, Aug. 14 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * Netflix Unveils Heartwarming Trailer for 'Ratu Ratu Queens': The Series That Explores Friendship & Hardships Netflix invites audiences on an unforgettable journey of friendship with its latest Indonesian series, Ratu Ratu Queens, set to stream on September 12. Featuring renowned actors Nirina Zubir, Tika Panggabean, Asri Welas and Happy Salma, this drama comedy  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service is inviting public comments on a request for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals during fisheries research. The Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) has submitted an application for regulations that would allow the incidental taking of these animals over a five-year period. The SWFSC plans to conduct research surveys in the Cali  more

REDWOOD SHORES, California, Aug. 13 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, posted the following news release: * * * Oracle Ushers in New Era of AI-Driven Electronic Health Records * Today, Oracle brought Electronic Health Records (EHRs) into the 21st century. Now available for ambulatory providers in the U.S. 1, the all-new, modern Oracle Health EHR helps clinicians enhance care quality with AI-fueled intelligence that is contextual and c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding the proposed designation of the Health Center Program as a "Federal Public Benefit" under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). This interpretation, as outlined in the Federal Register on July 14, 2025, could impact the provision of primary and preventive health care se  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, California, has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consider the unique challenges the region faces in achieving the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. This appeal came in a public comment letter submitted to the agency, highlighting a combination of geographical and atmospheric factors that complicate air quality improvements. In the letter, the Valley's air quality officials outlined persistent difficulties   more

LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 14 (TNSjou) -- Sanford Burnham Prebys issued the following news release: * * * Muscle's master regulator moonlights as gene silencer Study uncovers new repressor role for the transcription factor that triggers muscle stem cells to turn into muscle For more than 30 years, scientists have studied how the myogenic determination gene number 1 (MYOD) protein binds DNA to modify the gene expression of muscle stem cells. Similar to the instant kung fu education Keanu Ree  more

SANTA CLARA, California, Aug. 13 [Category: BizLaboratory Sciences] -- Agilent Technologies, a company that specializes in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, issued the following news release: * * * Shane Snyder to Lead New Agilent Center of Excellence at Georgia Tech Focused on Water and the Environment * Agilent Technologies Inc. and Georgia Tech today announced the establishment of an Agilent Center of Excellence (CoE) for Environmental Health and Engineering to adva  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Southern California Butterfly Declared Endangered Species Candidate * SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously today to declare the Quino checkerspot butterfly a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, granting protections for the small butterfly as the state conducts further review. Today's decision comes afte  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Southern California Restoration: NOAA and Partners Lead Coastal Recovery 10 Years After Refugio Oil Spill A look at the coastal and marine habitat restoration underway along the Southern California coast in the 10 years since the Refugio Beach oil spill. * Ten years after the Refugio Beach oil spill injured a stretch of California's coastline, NOAA commemorates a decade of restoration  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * SSC Demo Exercise Tests Next-Gen GPS Receiver to Gather Feedback from Joint Warfighters and International Partners Summary: Joint and international warfighters participated in a real-world day and night field exercise where they tested SSC's new Joint Modernized Handheld Next-Gen GPS receiver. U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, along with Norwegian and French  more

STANFORD, California, Aug. 14 -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Skin cancer survivor's mission: Warning others about the sun's harmful rays By Katia Savchuk Like many among her generation, Kim Ratcliff grew up largely unaware of the dangers of sunbathing. When she got diagnosed with stage III melanoma, a team of Stanford Medicine doctors stepped in to help. On a Saturday morning last fall, Kim Ratcliff stood on a grassy field outside the Palace of Fi  more

PLEASANTON, California, Aug. 13 -- Rimini Street, a provider of independent enterprise software support services, issued the following news release: [Category: BizComputer Technology] * * * Suntory Expands Partnership with Rimini Street to Build an Innovative Wellness Mobile Application for its Global Consumers * Already benefitting from the expertise and deep value of Rimini Support(tm) for Oracle, Suntory selects Rimini Consult(tm) to speedily launch a new customer engagement platform bui  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf Returns Home from Deployment in Support of Southern Border Operations * ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) crew returned to their home port on Coast Guard Base Alameda, California, Sunday, following a 70-day patrol operating along the Southwest maritime boundary line (MBL) near San Diego. Bertholf deployed in s  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command and United Launch Alliance successfully launch USSF-106 mission aboard Vulcan rocket Summary: Space Systems Command and ULA launch teams successfully completed the inaugural launch of a Vulcan Centaur rocket, carrying the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-106 mission into geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. * T  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * UCLA scientists develop off-the-shelf immunotherapy for ovarian cancer The team will now seek FDA approval to open a clinical trial for the CAR-NKT cell therapy * Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among women with gynecological cancers. The current medical playbook -- surgery followed by chemotherapy -- initially shows promise. Tumors shrink, sometimes disappearing entirely. But   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Nutrition Policy Institute submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service expressing concerns about a proposed "National Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Information Database." The institute has concerns regarding both the proposed database and its accompanying notice. The institute emphasizes that SNAP is an indispensable resource in combating hunge  more

MERCED, California, Aug. 14 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Fellowship Lifts Mission of Farmworkers' Daughter to Improve Immigrant Health By Jody Murray A daughter of San Joaquin Valley immigrant farmworkers has earned the opportunity to study alongside a nationally prominent health researcher and energize her mission to improve the well-being of agricultural laborers. Fabiola Perez-Lua, who in May received a Ph.D. in Public Health at UC Merced, earne  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Researchers are inching closer to stopping parasitic worms from getting under your skin Key takeaways * Threadworms spend up to 10 minutes exploring human skin before finding the best place to burrow in. * When a specific dopamine signal is blocked, the worms almost completely stop trying to penetrate the skin. * A topical application that blocks this dopamine pathway could   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 13 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * 'Like the Piano Tuners of Quantum Computers' A startup co-founded by Daniel Lidar, a pioneer in quantum computing, is producing software to unlock quantum's considerable potential. By Marc Ballon As a physics Ph.D. student at Hebrew University in Israel in the '90s, Daniel Lidar met a fellow graduate student studying quantum computing, then in its infancy.  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Gaming the cancer-immunity cycle by synchronizing treatment schedules What if cancer treatment could be made more effective and less toxic - not by inventing new drugs, but by rethinking the timing strategy of existing therapies? By Matilda Bathurst When it comes to matters of life and death, could human survival depend on our mastery of game stra  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, Aug. 14 -- Mattel, a toy manufacturing company, issued the following news on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * UNO Wonder - New Mobile Game Opens Pre-registration Ahead of Sept. 17 Launch Mattel163, a world-class publishing and development studio through a joint venture with Mattel, Inc. and NetEase, today announced UNO Wonder, the latest mobile game based on Mattel's classic card game. Featuring new rules, offline play, and easy-to-learn gameplay made for the casual gamer, UNO Won  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 13 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Using Sound to Remember Quantum Information * While conventional computers store information in the form of bits, fundamental pieces of logic that take a value of either 0 or 1, quantum computers are based on qubits. These can have a state that is simultaneously both 0 and 1\. This odd property, a quirk of quantum physics known as superposition, lies at the heart of quantum computing's pr  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Could Rice Production Take Root in Tennessee? Farmers Look to Diversify Crops, Improve Profitability DYERSBURG, Tenn. - Rice is the primary staple for more than half the world's population, with the United States alone estimated to plant almost 3 million acres in 2025, according to the USDA. Most is grown in the Rice Belt, which includes Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana   more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 13 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn Receives Spotlight Award From Society of American Archivists * Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn, Pan Am 103 archivist and assistant university archivist in the Libraries' Special Collections Research Center, is the 2025 recipient of the Spotlight Award from the Society of American Archivists (SAA). Established in 2005, the award recognizes contributions from individuals who work for the good of  more

BERKELEY, California, Aug. 14 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * What they're saying: California Jewish Leaders support the University of California system Today, California Jewish leaders expressed support for UCLA and the UC system, following reports that the federal government is seeking a $1.172 billion settlement from UCLA after freezing $584 million in groundbreaking federal research funding on UC campuses. Here is what they are saying: "Addressin  more