BURBANK, California, Oct. 3 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * 'Dancing with the Stars' Continues to Shatter Records -- Growing Two Weeks in a Row Since Season Premiere for First Time Since 2005 * Series photos are available here. ABC's formidable Tuesday lineup notched another win this week with both "Dancing with the Stars" and "High Potential" continuing their upward trend. The shows' strong performances in week three  more

OAKLAND, California, Oct. 1 -- Amazon Watch, an organization that says it protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, issued the following statement on Sept. 28, 2025: * * * Stop the Criminalization of Defenders and the Dismantling of Democratic Guarantees in Ecuador Amazon Watch expresses deep concern over the growing criminalization and harassment of the Indigenous movement and social organizations in Ecuador. In recent weeks, authorities have   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 4 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * American Airlines Flights from LA to NYC Soar to New Heights With Vegan Eggs After PETA Appeal Eggsellent news! American Airlines--the world's largest airline by daily flights--is piloting a delicious vegan egg scramble on its brunch menu on select flights from Los Angeles to New York beginning October 5. The animal-friendly menu addition is made with the award-winning, plan  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 3 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Appeal Filed Over Court Decision Allowing Trump EPA To Suppress Information About Animal Factory Air Pollution * Washington, D.C. -- Today, conservation and community groups appealed a federal court decision upholding a Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that exempts factory farms from their duty to make information about dangerous air emissions available to the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-CA Announces Support for Proposition 50 to Protect Community Voice and Near-Term Access to Services * 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 support for Proposition 50 on the Nov. 4 special election ballot. Proposition 50 would imp  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-CA Demands Immediate Release of California Residents Kidnapped by Israeli Forces From Global Sumud Flotilla * (SACRAMENTO, CA - 10/3/2025) - The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today urged state and federal lawmakers, including members of Congress and California's U.S. Senators, to demand the immediate release of thre  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas posted the following news release: * * * California Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Threatening Federal Judge in Northern District of Texas A California woman was sentenced today to the statutory maximum sentence after pleading guilty to transmitting an interstate threat to a United States District Judge based in the Northern District of Texas, announced Acting United States Attorne  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Council for Responsible Nutrition issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2025: * * * CRN Secures Clarification in California Law: Dietary Supplements Excluded from Baby Food Testing and Labeling Requirements The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association representing the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today announced a significant policy win in California with the enactment of S.B. 862. Signed by Governor Gavin News  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 4 -- KFF, an organization that says it focuses on health policy, issued the following news release: * * * Despite Budget Concerns, Three-Quarters of Public Say Congress Should Extend the Enhanced ACA Tax Credits Set to Expire Next Year, Including Most Republicans and MAGA Supporters 7 in 10 Marketplace Enrollees Say They Could Not Afford Coverage if Their Premiums Doubled; 4 in 10 Say They Would Expect to Be Uninsured * More than three-quarters (78%) of the p  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 30 -- Emory University issued the following news release: * * * Emory Nursing $3.9 million grant to study home dialysis patient, caregiver quality of life Mi-Kyung Song, professor at the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, has been awarded a $3.9 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to lead a longitudinal study on home dialysis patients and their family caregivers. The multisit  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 3 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * EPA Reverses Course on Toxic Emissions from Steel Industry Coke Ovens * Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed course on their plans to delay air pollution compliance for coke oven plants, after Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project filed a lawsuit on behalf of a coalition of clean air and community public health advocacy gro  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 4 -- Equality California issued the following news release: * * * Equality California Responds to Trump Demands Regarding University Funding Following a series of actions by the Trump administration threatening the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Southern California (USC) into complying with certain demands in exchange for federal funding -- Equality California Executive Director Tony Hoang offered the following response: "Donal  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 [Category: Media] -- The Association of American Publishers issued the following fact sheet: * * * FAQ for Publishers: Bartz v. Anthropic * On September 25, Judge Alsup, of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, granted preliminary approval of the parties' proposed settlement of certain infringement claims in Bartz v. Anthropic, an agreement that requires Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion dollars to the authors and publishers of nearly half a million b  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Fire Erupts at El Segundo Refinery; Group Responds * Los Angeles - Late last night, a massive fire erupted at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo, with the blaze being visible from about 20 miles away. The Chevron facility is located near Los Angeles International Airport and also less than a mile from the Scattergood generating station. Food & Water Watch Southern California Senior O  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board partially approved a request for production activity by Halo Industries Inc., Santa Clara, California. Halo Industries submitted a notification for work within Subzone 18R to the board on Jan. 28, 2025. The request was submitted on the company's behalf by the San Jose Office of Economic Development, the grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 18. The notification was processed per the board's regulations (15 CFR part  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California posted the following news release: * * * Former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Corrupt Cryptocurrency Figure to Extort and Falsely Arrest Rivals A former deputy and helicopter pilot with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) pleaded guilty today to federal conspiracy charges for helping a now-jailed, self-styled cryptocurrency businessman e  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 4 (TNSrpt) -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Oct. 2, 2025: * * * Funding Education Opportunity: Grading and ranking every state's open enrollment laws Open enrollment policies are a vital part of improving students' options and outcomes. By Jude Schwalbach, Senior Policy Analyst Good morning, I wanted to share Reason Foundation's "Public Schools Without Boundaries 2025" report, which ranks the K-12 open enrollment laws in all 50 states  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Gibson Dunn Secures Second Appellate Win for Victims of Terrorism * Gibson Dunn won a crucial victory for victims of terrorism before the D.C. Circuit in Estate of Jeremy Isadore Levin v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Nos. 23-7080, 23-7082. For the second time, the D.C. Circuit unanimously reversed the district court's dismissal of our clients' order of attachment of   more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 3 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Is Competition Good for Trade? * Although most of their work is driven by numbers and equations, economists are inherently curious about the peculiarities of human behavior--especially when it comes to the forces that affect buying and selling. Caltech economist Marina Agranov shares this fascination. In a new study, Agranov sought to understand how emotions such as guilt and disappointmen  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California posted the following news release: * * * Justice Department's Civil Rights Division Files First Lawsuit in Support of Gun Owners Seeking Concealed Weapons Permits In the first affirmative lawsuit in support of gun owners, the Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) alleging a pattern and practice of infringing the Second Amendment   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The Open Group LLC (TOG), San Francisco, California, has filed an updated written notification with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes to its membership. This filing, submitted on Aug. 22, 2025, follows the requirements of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, which grants a limitation on the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specific circumstances. The  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California posted the following news release: * * * L.A. Fashion District Wholesaler and Executives Sentenced for Money Laundering and Avoiding Customs Duties and Taxes A wholesale clothing importer located in the Fashion District of downtown Los Angeles and two of its executives have been sentenced for avoiding the payment of more than $8 million in customs duties on imported clothing, and for runnin  more

LOS GATOS, California, Oct. 4 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2025: * * * Miguel Herran Will Play Poli Diaz in 'El Porto the Vallecas,' the New Film by Daniel Calparsoro for Netflix MIGUEL HERRAN WILL PLAY POLI DIAZ IN EL POTRO DE VALLECAS, THE NEW FILM BY DANIEL CALPARSORO FOR NETFLIX * Netflix has announced today the start of production on El Potro de Vallecas, its new film directed by Daniel Calparsoro (Hasta el cielo, Asalto al   more

LOS GATOS, California, Oct. 3 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following statement on Oct. 2, 2025, by the Head of Netflix Publishing Krista Smith: * * * 'Queue' Becomes 'Tudum Magazine' Allow us to reintroduce ourselves: Queue, the magazine that's taken you behind the scenes of your favorite films and series, is now Tudum Magazine. When we launched this print edition six years ago, our mission was clear: to tell the story behind the story. Twenty-one issues lat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sens. Schiff and Padilla Slam Unlawful Elimination of Federal Funding for ARCHES Hydrogen Hub as Part of Vindictive $7.5 Billion DOE Funding Cuts * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.) blasted the Department of Energy's (DOE) cancellation of all $1.2 billion Padilla secured in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for California's Alliance for Renewable Cl  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Nicholas Roske Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Attempted Murder of Supreme Court Justice in Maryland * Nicholas John Roske, 29, of Simi Valley, California, was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for attempting to kill a United States Supreme Court Justice. The Department of Justice advocated for a sentence of at least 30 year  more

REDWOOD SHORES, California, Oct. 3 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, posted the following news release: * * * Oracle Achieves Swift Compatible Application for Payments 2025 * Oracle Financial Services today announced that Oracle Banking Payments has been validated as a Swift Compatible Application. With this achievement, financial institutions can feel confident in leveraging Oracle's solutions to help meet Swift standards for paymen  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff Slam Unlawful Elimination of Federal Funding for ARCHES Hydrogen Hub as Part of Vindictive $7.5 Billion DOE Funding Cuts * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) blasted the Department of Energy's (DOE) cancellation of all $1.2 billion Padilla secured in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for California's Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen   more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 3 [Category: BizConstruction]-- Parsons Corp., an engineering, construction, technical and management services firm, posted the following news release: * * * Parsons Honored as One of Glassdoor's Best-Led Companies * CHANTILLY, Va., (October 3, 2025) - Parsons Corporation announced today that it has been recognized by Glassdoor, an online community for workplace conversations, with a mission to build healthier, more transparent work communities for all, as one of t  more

MILPITAS, California, Oct. 3 [Category: Electronic Products] -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, posted the following news release: * * * SEMICON Europa 2025 to Highlight Innovations in Advanced Packaging, Fab Management, and MEMS and Imaging Sensors to Bolster Europe's Semiconductor Resilience * Programs to Focus on Sustainable Solutions to Meet Evolving Industry Requirements MUNICH, Germany -- October 3, 2025 -- Semiconductor indu  more

BURBANK, California, Oct. 3 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * SETH ROGEN, AZIZ ANSARI, JEFF BRIDGES, TIM ALLEN, KAITLIN OLSON AND MORE GUESTS ON ABC'S 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE,' OCT. 6-10 * ABC's Emmy 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 subjects, alon  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California posted the following news release: * * * Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Tens of Thousands of Eaton Fire Disaster Money and COVID Jobless Funds A Texas woman pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining more than $28,000 in federal disaster relief money by falsely claiming that she was a Pasadena resident living in a property damaged by the Eaton Fire and to fraudulent  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Scores Major Supreme Court Legal Victory, Ending de Facto Amnesty Program * WASHINGTON - On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States granted an emergency request by the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 300,000 Venezuelan aliens in the United States. In the 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court blocked a ruling by activist U.S. Distr  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 4 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Two UC Santa Cruz Education Ph.D. candidates receive 2025 National Academy of Education fellowships Micah Card and Emanuel Suarez Jimenez were awarded the 2025 Spencer Dissertation Fellowships to study crucial emerging issues in education. By Laney Mae Velazquez This June, two Ph.D. candidates in the Education Department, Micah Card and Emanuel Suarez Jimenez, were awarded 2025  more

IRVINE, California, Oct. 3 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine launches master's program in applied artificial intelligence for science Timely degree equips scientists with industry-relevant AI skills * Designed for scientists, the Master of Applied Artificial Intelligence for Science program fills critical gap in AI education. * Students will gain hands-on experience with real-world data and industry-relevant AI tools to advance   more

RIVERSIDE, California, Oct. 4 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * California partnership aided COVID-19 response and health equity, report finds STOP COVID-19 CA showed how researchers and communities can work together to tackle health disparities Author: Iqbal Pittalwala The COVID-19 pandemic did not affect everyone equally. Communities of color, especially Latino (including undocumented persons), Black, and Native American groups, as well as p  more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 4 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following Q&A on Oct. 3, 2025, by Sara Bock with Nancy Guy, a professor in the Department of Music, and students Ethan Arnn and Angel Yan: * * * What a Class on Taylor Swift Reveals About Us UC San Diego seminar studies the pop icon in the context of fandom and culture With her latest album drop, Taylor Swift steps into a new era. "The Life of a Showgirl," the 12th studio record from the global pop icon  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 1 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * A Sensor Stir Stick to Keep Your Caffeine Hit in Check By Greta Harrison USC biomedical engineers have created a low-cost stirrer to precisely measure a drink's caffeine concentration, helping coffee-lovers avoid the pitfalls of over-caffeination. Coffee is the world's most popular drink after water. Around 80% of the global population relies on caffeinated  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 4 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * USC at CORL 2025 From language-driven robot learning to advanced manipulation techniques, USC researchers collaborated across labs and showcased diverse breakthroughs at CORL 2025 By Venice Tang USC researchers presented pioneering work at the Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2025, held September 27-30 in Seoul, Korea. The USC-affiliated papers featured   more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 3 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Watson Lecture: Nick Hutzler Discusses How Studying Molecules May Unveil the Mystery of Matter * Where does the matter in our universe come from? In a public talk called "Molecules, Mysteries, and the Matter of Existence" happening on October 22, 2025, at 7:30 p.m., Nick Hutzler (BS '07), assistant professor of physics, will discuss how studying particles within molecules can help us answe  more