Wednesday - September 17, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Saturday September 06, 2025 ( 42 items )  

At electronica India 2025, Bourns to Feature New Component Introductions, GaN-based Power Solutions and Demonstrate Highly-Effective Overtemperature Protection Solution
RIVERSIDE, California, Sept. 5 [Category: BizElectronic Products] -- Bourns, a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, issued the following news release: * * * At electronica India 2025, Bourns to Feature New Component Introductions, GaN-based Power Solutions and Demonstrate Highly-Effective Overtemperature Protection Solution * TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 5, 2025 \- Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection and sensing solutio  more

California American Water Restores Service to Critical Infrastructure Damaged in 2024 Storms
CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 5 [Category: BizWater] -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, posted the following news release: * * * California American Water Restores Service to Critical Infrastructure Damaged in 2024 Storms * PACIFIC GROVE, Ca. (September 5, 2025) - California American Water has returned a key water well back into service while simultaneously completing a major infrastructure repair and upgrade in its Monterey Peninsula water system. During the winter storms of 202  more

California Legislature Passes Common-Sense Surplus Interconnection Bill
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: * * * California Legislature Passes Common-Sense Surplus Interconnection Bill * Surplus Interconnection Bill (AB 1408) passed the California legislature and now awaits the Governor's signature SACRAMENTO, CA --As the California legislative session comes to a close, lawmakers have taken a step to tackle the state's rising energy affordability crisis with the passage of a common-sense energ  more

California Nurse Adds New Claim in Federal Labor Board Case Against United Nurses Association of California
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Sept. 5 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * California Nurse Adds New Claim in Federal Labor Board Case Against United Nurses Association of California * Charge: union officials illegally demanded nurse join union, plus maintain illegal policy that restricts right to cut off funding for political spending Woodland Hills, CA (September 5, 2025) - Sarah Warthemann, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente, has just filed n  more

Caltech: Giving Plants Superpowers - A Conversation with Chemical Engineering Professor Demirer
PASADENA, California, Sept. 5 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following Q&A with Gozde Demirer, Clare Boothe Luce assistant professor of chemical engineering: * * * Giving Plants Superpowers: A Conversation with Gozde Demirer * Gozde Demirer wants to give plants superpowers--the ability to sustainably feed the world, or to handle drought and climate change, for example--and to do it all while improving the health of the environment. A mask and cape won't do. Instead, she  more

Cedars-Sinai Conference: IBD's Impact on Women's Health
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 5 [Category: BizHospital] -- Cedars-Sinai, a nonprofit academic healthcare organization, posted the following news: * * * Cedars-Sinai Conference: IBD's Impact on Women's Health * Cedars-Sinai's upcoming Sept. 13 conference on Women and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) will highlight women's unique experiences with the disorder and provide relevant information and guidance for both patients and providers, says gastroenterologist Puja V. Khanna, MD, the clinical  more

Cisco's Lower Prices Lead to Wi-Fi 7 Surge, According to Dell'Oro Group
REDWOOD CITY, California, Sept. 5 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Dell'Oro Group, a provider of market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, issued the following news release: * * * Cisco's Lower Prices Lead to Wi-Fi 7 Surge, According to Dell'Oro Group * [wp_tech_share] REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - September 5, 2025 - According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security,   more

Consumer Reports: California's Surveillance Pricing Protection Act Fails to Advance California Legislature
YONKERS, New York, Sept. 6 -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release on Sept. 5, 2025: * * * California's Surveillance Pricing Protection Act (AB 446) fails to advance California legislature Sacramento, CA - Assembly Bill 446 (AB 446), also known as the Surveillance Pricing Protection Act, a piece of legislation that would prohibit surveillance pricing in California, failed to advance in the California Legislature this week. Assemblymember Christopher Ward, who introduced the meas  more

Derek Tran Fighting Trump's Tariff Tax, Standing Up for Working Families
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Derek Tran Fighting Trump's Tariff Tax, Standing Up for Working Families * In a recent op-ed, Army Veteran, workers' rights advocate, and Congressman Derek Tran made clear whose side he's on: California families. While Donald Trump and Republicans jack up the cost of everyday essentials and saddle working families with a hidden tax through reckless tariffs, Tran is working to lower  more

FAA Proposes $74,250 Civil Penalty Against Mokwheel Bikes for Alleged HazMat Violations
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision: * * * FAA Proposes $74,250 Civil Penalty Against Mokwheel Bikes for Alleged HazMat Violations * WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $74,250 civil penalty against Mokwheel Bikes, Inc., for allegedly violating the hazardous materials regulations. The FAA alleges on Dec. 26, 2023, the Ontario, California-based company offered an undeclared haz  more

Former CEO Of Tribal Telecom Subsidiary Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Over $500,000 From Yurok Tribe
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California posted the following news release: * * * Former CEO Of Tribal Telecom Subsidiary Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Over $500,000 From Yurok Tribe Jessica Engle pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday afternoon to embezzling more than $500,000 from the Yurok Tribe. Engle, 42, of Gold Hill, Oregon, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 25, 2024, on charges of embezzling approximate  more

Gibson Dunn Pro Bono Team Secures Groundbreaking Anti-SLAPP Wins in New Jersey
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 5 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Gibson Dunn Pro Bono Team Secures Groundbreaking Anti-SLAPP Wins in New Jersey * Gibson Dunn secured two major pro bono victories under New Jersey's anti-SLAPP statute, the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA), winning the first-ever attorneys' fees awards under the statute after closing a loophole that would have denied defendants in anti-SLAPP law  more

Google's Gemini Platforms for Kids and Teens Pose Risks Despite Added Filters, Common Sense Media Reports Find
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 5 [Category: Media] -- Common Sense Media issued the following news release: * * * Google's Gemini Platforms for Kids and Teens Pose Risks Despite Added Filters, Common Sense Media Reports Find * SAN FRANCISCO, September 5, 2025 --Common Sense Media today released a comprehensive risk assessment of Google's Gemini, which has added protections for kids and teens under 18, revealing safety and usability concerns. According to the organization's research, both G  more

HACU holds California Policy Roundtable at UCLA
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 5 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities posted the following news release: * * * HACU holds California Policy Roundtable at UCLA * The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and UCLA's Latino Policy and Politics Institute hosted a California Policy Roundtable, September 5, 2025, at UCLA. The Roundtable brought together leaders and supporters of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to discuss HACU's policy agenda fo  more

Hellman Fellowships Welcome Three Members From UC Merced
MERCED, California, Sept. 5 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Hellman Fellowships Welcome Three New Members from UC Merced By Lorena Anderson, UC Merced As the Hellman Fellowships celebrate their 30th year, three more researchers, one from each of UC Merced's schools, have joined the prestigious ranks of recipients. Electrical engineering Professor Qian Wang, sociology Professor Meredith Van Natta and Earth systems Professor Adeyemi Adebiyi will receive  more

ICYMI: In Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, Sen. Schiff Raises Alarm on Attempts to Restart Pipeline Responsible for 2015 Oil Spill
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: In Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, Sen. Schiff Raises Alarm on Attempts to Restart Pipeline Responsible for 2015 Oil Spill * "...If Donald Trump and his big oil allies get their way, the exact same pipelines that caused that Refugio spill will be reopened - and we will take a major step backward in the fight to keep our coasts clean." Read the full article here. Washington, D.C. - In case you   more

Idemitsu Partners with Rimini Street to Support and Enable its Long-Term IT Roadmap and Strategy Built on Top of its SAP ECC 6.0 System
PLEASANTON, California, Sept. 4 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Rimini Street, a provider of independent enterprise software support services, issued the following news release: * * * Idemitsu Partners with Rimini Street to Support and Enable its Long-Term IT Roadmap and Strategy Built on Top of its SAP ECC 6.0 System Japanese petroleum manufacturer and retailer leverage the expertise of Rimini Support(tm) for SAP to reimagine its ECC 6.0 investment, transforming it into a DX accelerato  more

Leveling Up Neurodiverse Talent: UC San Diego's NDTech Interns Debut Serious Games
LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 6 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Leveling Up Neurodiverse Talent: UC San Diego's NDTech Interns Debut Serious Games By Mika Ono - m1ono@ucsd.edu Young adults on the autism spectrum often possess a wealth of talent but face challenges entering the workforce. One answer? The Neurodiversity in Tech (NDTech) summer internship at the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute (QI), which provides interns from across the country t  more

NEWS: Sens. Schiff, Whitehouse Introduce Resolution to Strike Down Trump's Latest Giveaway to Big Oil
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sens. Schiff, Whitehouse Introduce Resolution to Strike Down Trump's Latest Giveaway to Big Oil * Resolution would allow Congress to reject the extended deadlines given by the Trump administration to oil and gas companies for complying with methane emissions limits Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are joining forces on a resolution to   more

NRDC Supports the Pathways Initiative and Cap & Invest Reauthorization
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * NRDC Supports the Pathways Initiative and Cap & Invest Reauthorization * SACRAMENTO, CA - As the end of California's legislative session looms near, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) supports reauthorization of California's Cap-and-Invest program and passage of a workable Senate Bill 540, by Senators Josh Becker and Henry Stern, which would enable California util  more

Padilla Calls on RFK Jr. to Resign Over Attacks on Vaccines and Science-Based Public Health Recommendations at CDC
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Calls on RFK Jr. to Resign Over Attacks on Vaccines and Science-Based Public Health Recommendations at CDC * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and 21 other Senators in filing a Resolution of Disapproval against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., expressing that the Senate and the American people have zero confidence in his abilit  more

Padilla, Colleagues Investigate Trump Administration's Betrayal of Immigrant Service Members, Veterans, Military Families
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Colleagues Investigate Trump Administration's Betrayal of Immigrant Service Members, Veterans, Military Families * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, joined 60 of his Senate and House colleagues in opening a new investigation into the Trump Administration's arrests, detentions, and deportations of   more

Padilla, Merkley, Cortez Masto, Peters Urge Smithsonian Secretary to Stand Strong Against Trump's Attacks on Museums
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Merkley, Cortez Masto, Peters Urge Smithsonian Secretary to Stand Strong Against Trump's Attacks on Museums * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Catherine Cortez Mast  more

Paul Hastings Hosts Philanthropy Spotlight Series with USTA Foundation and Sloane Stephens
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 5 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Paul Hastings Hosts Philanthropy Spotlight Series with USTA Foundation and Sloane Stephens * The Paul Hastings Philanthropy Spotlight Series recently welcomed the USTA Foundation to our offices during the US Open. This series highlights conversations with leaders from our nonprofit partners. Representatives from the USTA Foundation shared how the organization leverages ten  more

Researchers Map Key Human Proteins That Power Coronavirus Replication, Pointing to New Treatment Strategies
LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 6 (TNSjou) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Researchers map key human proteins that power coronavirus replication, pointing to new treatment strategies Findings from Scripps Research reveal promising drug targets with potential to block coronaviruses at multiple stages of infection--even across different strains. * Despite vaccines and treatments, SARS-CoV-2--the virus that causes COVID-19--continues to pose a global health threa  more

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History to Repatriate Funerary Objects to 5 Native American Tribes
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (TNSFR) -- The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, California, plans to repatriate 1,052 funerary objects to five Native American tribes. The museum determined that the cultural items have a cultural affiliation with the Santa Rosa Indian Community; Table Mountain Rancheria; Tejon Indian Tribe; Tule River Indian Tribe; and the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation. The collection of items includes shell beads, stone beads, historic glass beads, sh  more

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History to Repatriate Funerary Objects to 6 Native American Tribes
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (TNSFR) -- The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, California, is preparing to repatriate 40 funerary objects to six Native American tribes. The collection of items includes olivella shell beads and one bird bone fragment. These cultural items were obtained from a cave southeast of Indian Wells, California, on April 2, 1920. S. Stillman Berry, an invertebrate zoologist, collected them before they were donated to the museum in 1985. Based on available information, the mu  more

Spaceflight Accelerates Human Stem Cell Aging, UC San Diego Researchers Find
LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 5 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Spaceflight Accelerates Human Stem Cell Aging, UC San Diego Researchers Find Findings reveal space-induced genetic, mitochondrial and inflammatory stress in blood-forming stem cells, offering insight into aging and risk of disease during long-duration space travel. By Lizelda Lopez - llopez2@ucsd.edu Researchers from University of California San Diego Sanford Stem Cell In  more

SPINAL TAP, MARTY DIBERGI, NATE BARGATZE, KAITLIN OLSON, SEAN PENN AND MORE GUESTS ON ABC'S 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE,' SEPT. 8-12
BURBANK, California, Sept. 5 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * SPINAL TAP, MARTY DIBERGI, NATE BARGATZE, KAITLIN OLSON, SEAN PENN AND MORE GUESTS ON ABC'S 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE,' SEPT. 8-12 * 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, comedians and human-interest subjec  more

Statement on Proposed Settlement of $1.5 Billion in Bartz v. Anthropic Class Action Suit
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Media] -- The Association of American Publishers issued the following news release: * * * Statement on Proposed Settlement of $1.5 Billion in Bartz v. Anthropic Class Action Suit * The Association of American Publishers today issued a statement on the historic, proposed settlement negotiated by class counsel in Bartz v. Anthropic, a suit that was first filed on August 19, 2024, by three authors. The case as filed included broad class action copyright claims aga  more

Students Who Want to Teach Theatre Can Now Earn a Credential at CSUF
FULLERTON, California, Sept. 6 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: * * * Students Who Want to Teach Theatre Can Now Earn a Credential at CSUF The One-Year Program Will Prepare Students to Teach in K-12 Schools * For undergraduates who love theatre but may not dream of celebrity, a teaching credential program launching this fall offers another avenue to use their degree. The one-year program will prepare students with a Bachelor of Arts to get   more

Synopsys, GlobalFoundries Launch University Program to Bolster Chip Design Skills
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Synopsys Inc., Sunnyvale, California, and GlobalFoundries, Malta, New York, have partnered to launch a new educational initiative aimed at bringing professional-level chip design and manufacturing to universities worldwide. The pilot program is intended to provide students and researchers with hands-on experience, significantly lowering the cost barrier for academic institutions to turn their chip design concepts into working silicon. Forty universities are participatin  more

Teamsters California Endorses Katie Porter for Governor
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Union] -- Peter Finn and Chris Griswold, co-chairs of Teamsters California, announced the endorsement of Katie Porter for governor, stating that she has a strong record of fighting for workers and standing up to corporate interests. They emphasized that Porter would address affordability, protect good jobs, and challenge Big Tech's treatment of workers. The co-chairs said the union is mobilizing its 250,000 members statewide to support her campaign. * * * Here   more

TikTok Reveals the Songs of the Summer 2025
LOS ANGLES, California, Sept. 5 -- TikTok, a destination for a short-form mobile video, issued the following news: * * * TikTok Reveals the Songs of the Summer 2025 Jess Glynne's Hold My Hand is the Global & US Song of the Summer on TikTok * Summer 2025 has once again witnessed global music culture being made by the TikTok community, who have soundtracked their summer TikToks with countless infectious tracks, shared amazing viral moments, and discovered a host of both new and catalog artist  more

Time's Up: Businesses Urge Immediate Extension for Cap and Trade
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and global sustainability challenges, posted the following news release: * * * Time's Up: Businesses Urge Immediate Extension for Cap and Trade * Legislators now face a clear choice: act this year to reauthorize and strengthen Cap-and-Trade -- keeping energy affordable, generating billions for clean inves  more

UC Merced and Campos Foundation Host ENgage Summer Bridge Academy for Students in STEM
MERCED, California, Sept. 6 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * UC Merced and Campos Foundation Host ENgage Summer Bridge Academy for Students in STEM By Francesca Dinglasan, UC Merced UC Merced, in conjunction with longtime campus partner the Campos Foundation, launched the pilot Campos ENgage Summer Bridge Academy, a weeklong summer program aimed at supporting underrepresented minority and female students interested in STEM. Held from Aug. 4-9, the prog  more

UC-San Diego: Cancer Breakthrough Sparks Vaccine
LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 5 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Cancer Breakthrough Sparks New Vaccine Results help solve one of cancer's biggest mysteries By Miles Martin - milesmartin@ucsd.edu Immune-checkpoint therapy (ICT), which attempts to harness a patient's own immune system to fight cancer, has revolutionized cancer care over the past two decades. However, many patients do not respond to this therapy, and drug resistance due   more

UC-San Diego: From Lebanon's Vineyards to Vision Restoration
LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 5 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * From Lebanon's Vineyards to Vision Restoration Growing up in rural Lebanon, tinkering with cars and working the grape harvest gave professor Shadi Dayeh a hands-on foundation that now informs his innovations in brain mapping and potentially vision-restoring whole-eye transplantation. By Phoebe Skok - pskok@ucsd.edu Today, Shadi Dayeh is working at the frontiers of medicine and eng  more

UC-San Diego: Interdisciplinary Teams Win Three Data Storage Awards From Western Digital
LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 6 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Interdisciplinary Teams Win Three Data Storage Awards from Western Digital By Katherine Connor - khconnor@ucsd.edu Researchers from the University of California San Diego received three Western Digital Petabyte Innovation Quest (Peak) awards for pursuing innovative data storage projects. The research teams were each awarded 1.2 petabytes of data storage -- that's more than a millio  more

UCR Researchers Fortify AI Against Rogue Rewiring
RIVERSIDE, California, Sept. 5 (TNSrep) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * UCR researchers fortify AI against rogue rewiring Preventing bots from dispensing dangerous information Author: Jules Bernstein As generative AI models move from massive cloud servers to phones and cars, they're stripped down to save power. But what gets trimmed can include the technology that stops them from spewing hate speech or offering roadmaps for criminal activity  more

University of California: California's K-12 Schools Often Lack Sufficient Shade and Natural Surfaces
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 5 (TNSrpt) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * California's K-12 schools often lack sufficient shade and natural surfaces UCLA Fielding School's Kirsten Schwarz co-leads a study to analyze, redesign and cool school landscapes Key takeaways * Approximately half of all students in California's K-12 public schools attend a school with little to no tree cover on their school campuses. * In the first phase of the California Sch  more

Yale University: Blue Carbon OAE - Wave of Science for a New Climate Solution Initiative
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 5 -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on Sept. 4, 2025, by Jim Shelton with Gabby Kitch, associate research scientist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences: * * * Blue Carbon OAE: Wave of science for a new climate solution initiative In a Q&A, geochemist Gabby Kitch talks about an innovative Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture project that will accelerate the oceans' natural ability to store carbon dioxide. As the daughter of firefighters   more