WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- Aon, London, England, issued a report summarizing global catastrophe losses and trends for the third quarter of 2025, highlighting key natural disaster events and their impacts on economies and insured losses worldwide. The report notes that despite above-average insured losses, economic losses remained well below the 21st-century average due to relatively benign disaster activity in Q3. Severe convective storms in the United States and wildfires, particularly in  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 22 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2025: * * * Blueberry Trade Group Funds Force-Feeding Mice Human Feces to Boost Sales, PETA Reveals PETA today calls on the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council to stop funding cruel and unscientific experiments on animals--including feeding human waste to animals--and adopt state-of-the-art, human-relevant research methods instead. The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council bank  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The California Privacy Protection Agency, Sacramento, has submitted a public comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) addressing the implications of proposed amendments to rules implementing Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The agency emphasized the importance of strong data privacy protections, especially regarding sensitive consumer financial information in light of the increasing data privacy concern  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, Oct. 22 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: * * * Alumnus establishes endowment to fund student research Dr. Brian Nowlin's gift supports Student Research Scholars program * More California State University, Bakersfield students will be able to obtain scholarships for research projects thanks to the support of a fellow Roadrunner. CSUB alumnus Dr. Brian Nowlin has donated $35,000 to CSUB to establish an endowment that provides an   more

SAN JOSE, California, Oct. 22 -- Calix, a communications service providers, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2025: * * * Calix Will Enable Providers To Serve Small Business and MDU Markets Better and Faster, Driving Rapid Growth and Competitive Advantage Following the launch of its next-generation agentic AI and cloud platform, Calix will expand SmartBiz and SmartMDU with new managed switches, plug-and-play 5G access, and Wi-Fi 7 innovations to help service providers capture new   more

FULLERTON, California, Oct. 22 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: * * * Spider Woman: Untangling the Evolution and Biodiversity of Web Spinners Cal State Fullerton arachnologist Anna Holmquist's fascination with spiders and other arthropods began at a young age. Holmquist became intrigued by the sheer diversity of spiders and weaved her way into the importance of studying the creepy-crawly creatures. "The use of webs for prey capture was a pa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), San Francisco, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Citizenship and Immigration Services to voice opposition against a proposed rule that seeks to alter the selection process for H-1B visa registrations. The organization argues that the new rule undermines Congressional intent and the Immigration and Nationality Act, disproportionately affecting Asian and Asian American students and workers, while negatively impacti  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 22 -- Coinbase, a publicly traded company that says it operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform, issued the following news on Oct. 21, 2025: * * * Coinbase acquires Echo: Unlocking the future of onchain capital formation TL;DR Coinbase has acquired Echo, the leading onchain capital raising platform, for approximately $375M [1]. Echo's platform makes raising and investing more accessible to community members, either through a private Echo sale or a public sal  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 22 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following news on Oct. 21, 2025: * * * Could clearance rates be key to addressing criminal justice failures? Clearance rates are the closest metric we have to evaluating how well the criminal justice system does at catching people who commit crimes. By Hanna Liebman Dershowitz, Senior Fellow Introduction There is a poorly understood criminal justice metric that might just be a key component of fixing a faltering system th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Disability Rights California (DRC), Sacramento, has submitted a public comment letter to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) opposing a petition from the America First Legal Foundation that seeks to amend the federal voter registration form. The petition proposes requiring additional documentation to prove citizenship, a move that DRC argues would create unnecessary barriers for individuals with disabilities in the electoral process. As the protection and advocacy sy  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Berkeley, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) voicing opposition to a petition proposed by the America First Legal Foundation. The petition seeks to amend the federal voter registration form, requiring additional documentation to prove citizenship, which DREDF argues would disproportionately impact qualified voters with disabilities. DREDF, a national nonpro  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-289) on the Pit River Land Transfer Act (H.R. 2400), which aims to take a federal land in California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe. The report was advanced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 15, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 2400 is to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit R  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-286) on the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act (H.R. 2302), which aims to take a federal land in California into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. The report was advanced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, on Sept. 15, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 2302 is to take certain Federal land in the State of   more

SUNNYVALE, California, Oct. 22 (TNSxrep) -- LinkedIn, a professional networking tool, issued the following news: * * * How can businesses close the AI adoption gap? Start with your recruitment teams, new LinkedIn research shows * Only 4 in 10 of business leaders are satisfied with their progress on AI, with talent leaders saying their executives are concerned the workforce doesn't have the skills to execute on business strategy * Business leaders are turning to recruiters to solve the skill  more

SANTA CLARA, California, Oct. 21 [Category: BizElectronic Products] -- Intel, an industry that says it creates world-changing technology that enables progress and enriches lives, issued the following news: * * * Intel and Global Retail Partners Launch New Intel Experience Store for the Holiday Shopping Season * Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - Today, Intel is launching its Intel Experience store for the 2025 winter holiday shopping season - beginning in New York City and expanding to London, Muni  more

SANTA ROSA, California, Oct. 22 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * Keysight Enables SK hynix to Achieve Top-Tier OCP S.A.F.E. Evaluation for Solid-State Drive Solution Keysight's security evaluation expertise helps address growing supply chain risks and evolving hyperscale data center security requirements * Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has enabled SK hynix to earn its first  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 [Category: Political] -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * League of Women Voters Seeks to Protect California Voter Data Against Federal Overreach * SANTA ANA - Yesterday, the League of Women Voters of California (LWVC) filed a motion in federal court to intervene in USA v. Weber, the US Department of Justice's case against the California Secretary of State, to protect the data of all California voters and prevent misuse of that data, whi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Justin Levitt, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, submitted a public comment letter to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) opposing a petition by the America First Legal Foundation that proposes amending the federal voter registration form to require applicants to provide documentary proof of citizenship. The professor argued that action in line with the petition is not legally available to the EAC because Congre  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), Los Angeles, California, has submitted a public comment letter to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) urging the agency to reject a petition for rulemaking submitted by the America First Legal Foundation (AFLF). The petition seeks to amend existing voter registration requirements by mandating documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) on federal voter registration forms. In the letter, MALDEF argues that   more

ENCINO, California, Oct. 22 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: * * * Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale and Financing of 66-Unit Multifamily Portfolio in Platteville, Wisconsin for $5.05M PLATTEVILLE, Wis., October 21, 2025 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced the sale of a 66-unit multifamily portfolio in Platteville, Wisconsin, for $5.05 m  more

ENCINO, California, Oct. 22 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: * * * Marcus & Millichap Brokers Close Highest Price-Per-Square-Foot Sale of Ottawa Shopping Center in Five Years OTTAWA, Ill., Oct. 21, 2025 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of a 10-suite, two-building, ALDI shadow anchored retail property in Ottawa, Illinoi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Court Upholds Question 3 Animal Confinement Law * WASHINGTON (October 21, 2025) - A Massachusetts court recently upheld most of the state's landmark animal welfare law: the 2016 Act to Prevent Cruelty to Farm Animals. The state also struck down a "slaughterhouse exemption" that it found violated the dormant Commerce Clause. The ruling, which mirrors litigation surrounding California's Propos  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 21 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Michigan Tribes to US Supreme Court: Don't Bail Out Enbridge * Washington, D.C. -- Ten Tribal Nations located in Michigan filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Enbridge's "underhanded procedural tactics" in a case pitting the State of Michigan against the Canadian oil pipeline company. The Michigan Attorney General brought this lawsuit in 2019, invoking   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Roberta Carlson, director of state programs for Total Control Training Inc., Victorville, California, submitted a public comment letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requesting consideration for a role on the Motorcycle Advisory Committee (MAC). Carlson requested to be considered as one of the five representatives of units of state and local governments with expertise relating to highway safety issues, including motorcycle and motorcyclist safety.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The National Retail Federation (NRF) and Happy Returns, Los Angeles, California, issued a report on the 2025 retail returns landscape, highlighting the growing economic significance and operational challenges of merchandise returns for the retail industry in the United States. The report projects that retailers will handle returns totaling $849.9 billion in 2025, roughly 15.8% of total annual retail sales, a slight decline from 2024's $890 billion but representin  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 22 -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Arranges $26.5 Million Sale of Carlsbad Pacific Center in North San Diego County to Strauss Investments Newmark announces the Company has arranged the sale of Carlsbad Pacific Center, a three-building Class A office campus located at 701-705 Palomar Airport Road in Carlsbad, California. The 130,019-square-foot property, which was 85.5% leased at the time of sale, sold for $26.5 million. Newmark Executive Mana  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff, 45 Senate Democrats Urge Donald Trump to Reinforce Opposition to West Bank Annexation * Senators press President to reinforce opposition to territorial annexation after Gaza ceasefire plan omits mention of West Bank Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff and 45 other Senate Democrats urged President Donald Trump to reinforce his stated opposition to the State of Is  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 [Category: Union] -- The National Federation of Federal Employees issued the following news release: * * * NFFE Wins Court Order Halting Reductions in Force During Government Shutdown * Washington, D.C. - Last week, Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump Administration from implementing reductions in force (RIFs) or issuing new layoff notices during the ongoing govern  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Oct. 29 seminar to discuss effects of California power shutoffs * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Tiemeng Ma, a doctoral candidate in energy, environmental and food economics at Penn State, will lead a seminar on the impacts of precautionary power shutoffs in California.  Her free talk -- "From Local Shocks to Regional Impacts: Economic Consequences of Public Safety Power Shutoffs in California  more

REDWOOD SHORES, California, Oct. 21 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, posted the following news release: * * * Oracle and Baylor College of Medicine Collaborate to Advance Research into Alcohol-related Liver Disease * Oracle Health and Life Sciences and Baylor College of Medicine today announced they will collaborate to advance research and clinical insights into alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), one of the fastest-growing causes   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 [Category: Political] -- People for the American Way posted the following news release: * * * People For the American Way Supports California Proposition 50 * Washington, DC - People For the American Way President Svante Myrick released the following statement on California Proposition 50: "Texas Republicans are attempting a power grab with their extreme partisan gerrymandering, while Trump's allies are using other extreme measures to subvert the will of voters across t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (TNSLrpt) -- Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, California, issued a report which analyzes the state of K-12 open enrollment policies across the United States. The report highlights the growing support among parents for open enrollment, detailing how this policy allows students to attend public schools other than their residentially assigned ones if space is available. It emphasizes the benefits of open enrollment for about 49.4 million public school students nationwide, noting   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 22 -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: * * * Sac State sees historic enrollment numbers By Cynthia Hubert Despite significant challenges at the state and federal levels, Sacramento State has seen enrollment continue to climb with record numbers. Sacramento State set a record with the largest fall enrollment post-COVID at 31,307 students, according to a just-concluded enrollment census. In March, the University had the highe  more

MILPITAS, California, Oct. 21 [Category: Electronic Products] -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, posted the following news release: * * * SEMI Honors 2025 North America Standards Award Winners at SEMICON West * Leaders Recognized for Significant Contributions to Standards Advancing Semiconductor Manufacturing MILPITAS, Calif. - October 21, 2025 - SEMI, the industry association serving the global semiconductor and electronics design  more

MILPITAS, California, Oct. 21 [Category: Electronic Products] -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, posted the following news release: * * * SEMICON Japan 2025 to Spotlight Sustainability in AI and Semiconductor Innovation * Registration is Open for Exhibition Dec.17-19 in Tokyo TOKYO - October 21, 2025 - SEMICON Japan 2025, the largest gathering of leaders from the microelectronics manufacturing supply chain in Japan, will bring toge  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Advances Fix Our Forests Act, Marking Key Progress to Combat Wildfires * One of the most significant steps forward in federal wildfire policy in recent decades streamlines processes to protect communities while restoring forest health WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), John Curtis (R-Utah), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) applauded the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "The 340B Program: Examining Its Growth and Impact on Patients" at 10 a.m. on Oct. 23, 2025, at 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * Michelle Rosenberg, Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC * Aditi Sen, Ph.D., Chief, Health Policy Studies Unit, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC * William B. Feldm  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Derek Velazquez, the DOT D&A testing program compliance administrator for SoCalGas, Los Angeles, California, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) opposing the timing of its proposed rule to add fentanyl and norfentanyl to the federal drug testing panel. The official, who oversees compliance for approximately 5,000 safety-sensitive personnel, commended the agency's effort to address the fentanyl crisis but asked the agency to cons  more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 22 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * UC San Diego's Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity Protects Patients and Keeps Hospitals Running Hospitals are increasingly reliant on networked technology to access patient records and run lifesaving medical equipment. Safeguarding these systems against cyberattacks requires constant vigilance. By Susanne Clara Bard - scbard@ucsd.edu Cyber resiliency analyst Jonathon Guthrie unsp  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Oct. 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Dusty air is rewriting your lung microbiome Toxic Salton Sea dust triggers changes after just one week Author: Jules Bernstein Dust from California's drying Salton Sea doesn't just smell bad. Scientists from UC Riverside found that breathing the dust can quickly re-shape the microscopic world inside the lungs. Genetic or bacterial diseases have previously been shown to   more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 22 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * AI Models Can Now Be Customized with Far Less Data and Computing Power By Liezel Labios - llabios@ucsd.edu Engineers at the University of California San Diego have created a new method to make large language models (LLMs) -- such as the ones that power chatbots and protein sequencing tools -- learn new tasks using significantly less data and computing power. LLMs are made up of bi  more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 22 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * HDSI Industry-Mentor Capstone Fosters Benefits for Students and Employers By Jack Imel and Kimberly Mann Bruch - kbruch@ucsd.edu Organizations constantly have data-related problems that need to be solved to help with business objectives, as well as solving societal issues involving topics such as energy, data ethics and policies. Since it was founded in 2018, Halicioglu Data Scienc  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 22 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Fewer women receive lung transplants despite policy changes UCLA Health study finds gender disparities persist under new national organ allocation system * New research from UCLA Health reveals that women continue to face barriers in accessing lung transplants compared to men, despite recent national policy changes aimed at making organ distribution more equitable. "Female lung transplant  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * UCLA scientists develop one-product-fits-all immunotherapy for breast cancer Key takeaways * UCLA researchers have developed a CAR-NKT cell therapy that has shown to be more effective than current immunotherapies at fighting cancer in tumor samples from late-stage triple-negative breast cancer patients. * While personalized treatments can cost six figures and require weeks to m  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 22 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * UCLA scientists develop one-product-fits-all immunotherapy for breast cancer Triple-negative breast cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers. The name tells the story: It lacks the three main targets that make other types of breast cancers more treatable with powerful therapies. UCLA researchers have developed a novel therapy that could fundamentally change the treatment plan for this de  more

KEENE, California, Oct. 21 [Category: Union] -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release: * * * UFW Endorses Slate of Candidates in Sunnyside, WA; Committed to Building Farm Worker Power in Washington * Sunnyside, WA -- Ahead of the November 4th Election in Washington State, the United Farm Workers has endorsed a slate of local Latina and Latino leaders who will be powerful advocates for farm workers and their families at both the state and local level of government. Each wi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news: * * * UH Researchers Help Break Thermal Conductivity Barrier with Boron Arsenide Discovery Key Takeaways * In a collaborative study with the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Boston College, University of Houston researchers found the thermal conductivity of boron arsenide can compete with diamond in a landmark discovery. * The work opens possibilities for next-generation heat management mate  more

MERCED, California, Oct. 22 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * United for Education: Merced Institutions Forge a Stronger Future Together at UC Merced Summit By Sam Yniguez, UC Merced In an unprecedented show of unity, leaders from Merced City School District, Merced Union High School District, Merced College and UC Merced came together to discuss how continued collaboration can transform education and opportunities across the region. Hosted at UC Merced  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 21 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * A 15th-century Inca building was built for sound. Researchers are working to understand why Key takeaways * UCLA art history professor Stella Nair is collaborating with an interdisciplinary team analyzing a unique Inca building that dates to the mid-15th century. * The building, in the remote town of Huaytara, Peru, appears to have been constructed specifically for the purpose of amplif  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 22 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * New NIH Project to Model Breast Tumors for Better Immunotherapy Stacey Finley will co-lead the five-year $2.6 million project that will harness computational modeling to find effective immunotherapy approaches against devastating metastatic breast tumors. * USC Viterbi School of Engineering has received a new five-year award from the National Cancer Instit  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 21 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * USC nurses announce 1-day strike * At Keck and Norris, nurses report thousands of missed meals and breaks Nurses at University of Southern California Keck Hospital (USC Keck) and Norris Cancer Center (USC Norris) in Los Angeles, Calif. gave notice to their employers that they will hold a strike for one day on Thursday, Oct. 30, announced California Nurses Association/Natio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Western Governors, Water Managers, More Join to Applaud Hickenlooper's Bipartisan Wildfire Mitigation Bill * Western Governors Association, including governors from Colorado, Utah, California, Montana, endorse legislation Senate Agriculture Committee to hold markup of Fix Our Forests Act tomorrow WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper highlighted growing support from western g  more