Saturday - September 13, 2025
State Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Saturday September 13, 2025 ( 15 items )  

CalState-Fullerton: Geology Grad Student Helps Describe Ancient Sea Turtle Fossil
FULLERTON, California, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: * * * Geology Grad Student Helps Describe Ancient Sea Turtle Fossil CSUF and Alabama Paleontologists Collaborate on Discovery of New Leatherback Genus and Species * When Cal State Fullerton geology graduate student Emma Martinez learned about a fossilized shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle discovered along the shoreline of the Alabama River, she jump  more

Costa Caught in Newsom's Corruption Web
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Costa Caught in Newsom's Corruption Web * In California, corruption isn't an accident, it's the business model. Out of touch Democrat Jim Costa is knee-deep in the same crooked swamp as Gavin Newsom, where pay-to-play politics comes before Californians: Now we know that Newsom's top donors got millions in contracts, fat tax credits, plum board seats, and favorable executive actions. It'  more

Gray's Pay-to-Play Politics Exposed
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Gray's Pay-to-Play Politics Exposed * In California, corruption isn't an accident, it's the business model. Out of touch Democrat Adam Gray is knee-deep in the same crooked swamp as Gavin Newsom, where pay-to-play politics comes before Californians: Now we know that Newsom's top donors got millions in contracts, fat tax credits, plum board seats, and favorable executive actions. It's th  more

Harder's Friends Get Rich, Voters Get Screwed
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Harder's Friends Get Rich, Voters Get Screwed * In California, corruption isn't an accident, it's the business model. Out of touch Democrat Josh Harder is knee-deep in the same crooked swamp as Gavin Newsom, where pay-to-play politics comes before Californians: Now we know that Newsom's top donors got millions in contracts, fat tax credits, plum board seats, and favorable executive acti  more

Home equity growth stalls amid modest home price increase
IRVINE, California, Sept. 12 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) issued the following news release: * * * Home equity growth stalls amid modest home price increase * * The average U.S. homeowner lost approximately $9,200 in equity during the past year, but that still leaves the average borrower with about $307,000 in accumulated home equity. * Total homeowner equity for borrowers with a mortgage totaled $17.5 trillion in the second quarter of 2025. * As home pr  more

Intel-Powered Agentic AI Analyzes Chess Players' Every Move
SANTA CLARA, California, Sept. 12 [Category: BizElectronic Products] -- Intel, an industry that says it creates world-changing technology that enables progress and enriches lives, issued the following news: * * * Intel-Powered Agentic AI Analyzes Chess Players' Every Move * The famous quote "When you see a good move, look for a better one," is often attributed to grandmaster Emanuel Lasker, one of greatest chess champions of all time. Well, that is being put to the test Sept. 12-14 at the Al  more

Levin's Loyalty: Donors First, Taxpayers Last
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Levin's Loyalty: Donors First, Taxpayers Last * In California, corruption isn't an accident, it's the business model. Out of touch Democrat Mike Levin is knee-deep in the same crooked swamp as Gavin Newsom, where pay-to-play politics comes before Californians: Now we know that Newsom's top donors got millions in contracts, fat tax credits, plum board seats, and favorable executive actio  more

Ruiz Rides the Sacramento Corruption Gravy Train
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Ruiz Rides the Sacramento Corruption Gravy Train * In California, corruption isn't an accident, it's the business model. Out of touch Democrat Raul Ruiz is knee-deep in the same crooked swamp as Gavin Newsom, where pay-to-play politics comes before Californians: Now we know that Newsom's top donors got millions in contracts, fat tax credits, plum board seats, and favorable executive act  more

Salesforce Expands New York City Footprint to Fuel Agentic AI Innovation and Growth
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 12 [Category: BizHuman Resources/Personnel] -- Salesforce, a customer relationship management company, issued the following news release: * * * Salesforce Expands New York City Footprint to Fuel Agentic AI Innovation and Growth * Salesforce today announced plans for a significant expansion in New York City, a move that will allow the company to fuel the growth of Agentforce, its digital labor platform, and help prepare Salesforce's more than 3,000 local emplo  more

Tran & Min's Ties to Newsom's Crooked Pay-to-Play Machine
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Tran & Min's Ties to Newsom's Crooked Pay-to-Play Machine * In California, corruption isn't an accident, it's the business model. Out of touch Democrats Derek Tran and Dave Min are knee-deep in the same crooked swamp as Gavin Newsom, where pay-to-play politics comes before Californians: Now we know that Newsom's top donors got millions in contracts, fat tax credits, plum board seats, an  more

UC-San Diego: Species Survival Commission Fills Critical Gap in Conservation
LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * New Species Survival Commission Fills Critical Gap in Conservation Group to examine potential extinction of microbes essential to planetary and human health By Lauren Fimbres Wood - lmwood@ucsd.edu A newly-formed group of scientists will be fighting for the survival of species -- the smallest ones on the planet. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)  more

Uniting the Light Spectrum on a Chip
PASADENA, California, Sept. 12 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Uniting the Light Spectrum on a Chip * Focused laser-like light that covers a wide range of frequencies is highly desirable for many scientific studies and for many applications, for instance quality control of manufacturing semiconductor electronic chips. But creating such broadband and coherent light has been difficult to achieve with anything but bulky energy-hungry tabletop devices.   more

University of California: Pregnant Women Living Near the Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout Were More Likely to Have Babies With Low Birth Weight
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Pregnant women living near the Aliso Canyon gas blowout were more likely to have babies with low birth weight UCLA study suggests the increase can be attributed to the disaster * Women in the later stages of pregnancy who lived near the blowout in northwestern L.A. County had a nearly 50% higher-than-expected chance of having a low-birth-weight baby. * Low birth weight has bee  more

University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering: Protecting the Digital World of Golf
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 13 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Protecting the Digital World of Golf Rosalia Hajek, '06, Topgolf Callaway Brands' chief information security officer, named a Top 100 Global Leader. By Ava Izadi Rosalia Hajek, USC Viterbi alumna and chief information security officer (CISO) at Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., was recently honored with the 2025 Cyber Titan Awards Top 100 Global CISO Leaders  more

Whitesides: Bought, Paid For, and Out of Touch
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Whitesides: Bought, Paid For, and Out of Touch * In California, corruption isn't an accident, it's the business model. Out of touch Democrat George Whitesides is knee-deep in the same crooked swamp as Gavin Newsom, where pay-to-play politics comes before Californians: Now we know that Newsom's top donors got millions in contracts, fat tax credits, plum board seats, and favorable executi  more