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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Wednesday November 26, 2025 ( 42 items )  

A Child's Health Journey with Hyperinsulinism
LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 25 [Category: BizHospital] -- Cedars-Sinai, a nonprofit academic healthcare organization, posted the following news: * * * A Child's Health Journey with Hyperinsulinism * Pediatricians have long relied on simple markers to chart an infant's developmental progress, including a baby's ability to raise their head independently, control their neck, and sit up and roll over unassisted. Back in 2023, then 6-month-old Dylan Sonnenberg was regressing from milestones she  more

Adobe and Real Madrid Extend Partnership to Deliver AI and Agentic-Powered Personalized Experiences to 650M Global Fans
SAN JOSE, California, Nov. 26 -- Adobe Inc., a computer software company, issued the following news: * * * Adobe and Real Madrid Extend Partnership to Deliver AI and Agentic-Powered Personalized Experiences to 650M Global Fans * Real Madrid will use Adobe AI and agentic capabilities in Adobe GenStudio and Adobe Experience Platform to transform its content supply chain and scale personalized experiences for fans around the world. *Adobe, as the Official Fan Experience and Creativity Partner,   more

AECOM to deliver HKIA Dongguan Logistics Park, setting new benchmark in logistics infrastructure and driving economic growth in the Greater Bay Area
LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 25 [Category: BizEngineering] -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release: * * * AECOM to deliver HKIA Dongguan Logistics Park, setting new benchmark in logistics infrastructure and driving economic growth in the Greater Bay Area * HONG KONG ( November 25, 2025) AECOM, the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced its appointment by the Hong Kong-Dongguan Sea-Air Intermodal Transshipment Logistics Park Management (Do  more

AMD Announces Zyphra's ZAYA1 as Breakthrough in AI Model Training
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Santa Clara, California, announced a significant milestone in large-scale AI model training achieved by Zyphra with the development of ZAYA1. This foundation model is noted as the first large-scale Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model to be trained utilizing an AMD GPU and networking platform. The training was powered by AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs and AMD Pensando networking, with enablement provided by the AMD ROCm open software stack. The achieveme  more

APHIS Expands the Citrus Greening (Huanglongbing) Quarantined Area in California
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: * * * APHIS Expands the Citrus Greening (Huanglongbing) Quarantined Area in California * Subject: To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials Effective immediately, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), is expanding the areas q  more

Binghamton University: AeroBing Closer to Goal of Putting a Rocket Into Space
BINGHAMTON, New York, Nov. 26 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * AeroBing closer to goal of putting a rocket into space Latest rocket test is scheduled for December in California By Chris Kocher At 100 kilometers above mean sea level (that's 62 miles for non-metric folks), the Karman line is the unofficial demarcation between Earth's atmosphere and the dark vacuum of space. Since 2019, members of Binghamton University's AeroBing Rocketry Research Group have aimed to   more

Bitwise Asset Management Unleashes the Bitwise Dogecoin ETF
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 26 -- Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto index fund manager in America, issued the following news on Nov. 25, 2025: * * * Bitwise Asset Management Unleashes the Bitwise Dogecoin ETF Bitwise Asset Management, the global crypto asset manager with over $15 billion in client assets, today announced the launch of the Bitwise Dogecoin ETF (NYSE: BWOW). You're surprised. We're surprised. Much wow, you might say. "DOGE began as a joke and became an icon of the crypto  more

CAIR-SFBA Files Public Records Request on UC Berkeley's Release of 160 Names to Federal Antisemitism Probe
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-SFBA Files Public Records Request on UC Berkeley's Release of 160 Names to Federal Antisemitism Probe * The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it has filed a California Public Records Act (CPRA) request seeking transpa  more

Cal. State-San Bernardino: Student-run Journal, History in the Making, Earns National Recognition for Eighth Consecutive Year
SAN BERNARDINO, California, Nov. 26 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * Student-run journal, History in the Making, earns national recognition for eighth consecutive year The journal was awarded second prize in the graduate print category of the 2025 Gerald D. Nash History Journal Competition - Graduate Print Division by the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society, the latest in a run displaying the excellent work of Cal State San Berna  more

Coastal Community Foundation at San Diego Foundation Awards $78,000 to Local Nonprofits Supporting Community Wellbeing, Including Programs for Women and Girls
SAN DIEGO, California, Nov. 25 -- The San Diego Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Coastal Community Foundation at San Diego Foundation Awards $78,000 to Local Nonprofits Supporting Community Wellbeing, Including Programs for Women and Girls * November 24, 2025 - Encinitas, CA - Hand to Hand, a women's collective giving circle affiliated with Coastal Community Foundation at San Diego Foundation (SDF), has awarded $78,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations that provid  more

Coinbase Ventures: Ideas We are Excited for in 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 25 -- Coinbase, a publicly traded company that says it operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform, issued the following news: * * * Coinbase Ventures: Ideas we are excited for in 2026 TL;DR: In the spirit of building in public, we are sharing a list of ideas our team is most excited about across asset tokenization, specialized exchanges and trading terminals, next-gen DeFi, and AI + robotics. We are actively looking for the right teams to invest behind in thes  more

Colorado School of Mines: Emptying Aquifers Creating Sinkholes, Economic Issues Worldwide
GOLDEN, Colorado, Nov. 26 -- Colorado School of Mines issued the following news: * * * Emptying aquifers creating sinkholes, economic issues worldwide Mines researchers study harm posed by empty aquifers, from areas at risk for sinkholes to economic consequences By Jasmine Leonas Depending on where you live, water from underground sources may be crucial for survival. In states with climates like California and Texas, groundwater is important not only for industries like agriculture and oil   more

Connecting hearts, heritage, and higher education
SANTA CRUZ, California, Nov. 25 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Connecting hearts, heritage, and higher education * Since moving to Santa Cruz in 1979, Carolyn and Curt Coleman have been deeply woven into the fabric of the communityraising their family, contributing through work in public schools and nonprofits, and attending community events. Now in retirement, they continue to stay meaningfully engaged with their community, in part through  more

CSUN's 'El Rescate Collection' Offers Look at Nonprofit's 4 Decades of Defending Immigrant and Human Rights
NORTHRIDGE, California, Nov. 26 -- California State University Northridge (CSUN) issued the following news release: * * * CSUN's 'El Rescate Collection' Offers Look at Nonprofit's 4 Decades of Defending Immigrant & Human Rights There are photos of refugee camps, death squad book images and pictures of people displaced by war, as well as administrative records and an "index to accountability." The "El Rescate Collection, 1977-2016" stored in California State University, Northridge's Universi  more

EPA Completes Historic Oil Removal at Dunsmuir Railyard, Restores Sacramento River Shoreline
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Completes Historic Oil Removal at Dunsmuir Railyard, Restores Sacramento River Shoreline * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed oversight of the removal of approximately 75,000 gallons of oil and 100,000 tons of oil-contaminated soil from the Dunsmuir Railroad site in Dunsmuir, California and restored 1,400 feet of impacted shoreline along the Sacramento River. EPA's cl  more

Funding Education Opportunity: Study Examines K-12 Education Spending, Teachers' Salaries & Benefit Costs
LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 20 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following statement by senior policy analyst Jude Schwalbach and Education Reform Director Aaron Garth Smith: * * * Funding Education Opportunity: Study examines K-12 education spending, teachers' salaries and benefit costs All 50 states increased K-12 funding from 2002 to 2023, but inflation-adjusted average teacher salaries fell by 6.1% between 2002 and 2022, * Good morning, Today, Reason Foundation published our 2025 K  more

Gap Inc. Is Using AI to Reimagine Retail, With New Innovations Launching in Time for Cyber Monday
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 25 [Category: BizConsumer Services] -- Gap, a retailer of clothing and accessories, issued the following news release: * * * Gap Inc. Is Using AI to Reimagine Retail, With New Innovations Launching in Time for Cyber Monday * Just in time for Cyber Monday 2025, Gap Inc. customers will see something new when they shop online experiences powered by artificial intelligence that make it easier to discover styles they love, find the right fit, and shop seamlessly ac  more

Gavin Rossdale Snuggles L.A. Shelter Pups, Reveals 'Adopt, Don't Shop' PETA Campaign
LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 26 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on Nov. 24, 2025: * * * Gavin Rossdale Snuggles L.A. Shelter Pups, Reveals 'Adopt, Don't Shop' PETA Campaign Today, Gavin Rossdale returned to the East Valley Animal Shelter in California--where he adopted his beloved dog, Kaya--to play with, snuggle, and read to the shelter's homeless dogs and cats. He also unveiled his new campaign for PETA, which encourages everyone to give oth  more

Genetic Study Links Impulsive Decision Making to a Wide Range of Health and Psychiatric Risks
LA JOLLA, California, Nov. 25 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Genetic Study Links Impulsive Decision Making to a Wide Range of Health and Psychiatric Risks * The researchers also conducted a network analysis to determine which biological mechanisms are shared across traits. "We found clusters of overlapping pathways particularly involving cognition, metabolism and externalizing behaviors that may explain why delay discounting is a common feat  more

Georgia Gkioxari Co-Leads Major 3D Perception Model Built on AI
PASADENA, California, Nov. 25 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Georgia Gkioxari Co-Leads Major 3D Perception Model Built on AI * Snap a picture of a busy or complex sceneperhaps a crosswalk in Manhattan or a cluttered family room. Now imagine being able to click on any object in that scene, no matter how occluded or small it might be, and reconstruct that object in three dimensions. Meta Superintelligence Labs recently released an open-source tool ca  more

LLNL Joins Inaugural California Fusion Energy Convening
LIVERMORE, California, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL joins inaugural California Fusion Energy Convening Leaders from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and its Livermore Institute of Fusion Technology (LIFT) shaped the agenda of the first-ever gathering of California fusion energy leaders from across the public sector, industry and academia. "California is, without question, the center of fusio  more

Making Smarter Decisions, Faster With AI at Coinbase
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 25 -- Coinbase, a publicly traded company that says it operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform, issued the following commentary: * * * Making Smarter Decisions, Faster with AI at Coinbase TL;DR: An inside look at the AI-powered tool built to enhance the RAPID decision-making framework at Coinbase. By Snigdha Khare, Kushagra Pathak, Abhishek Agarwal At Coinbase, our mission to increase economic freedom around the world demands that we operate at the cuttin  more

Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale and Financing of 80-Unit Multifamily Property in Dallas
ENCINO, California, Nov. 26 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: * * * Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale and Financing of 80-Unit Multifamily Property in Dallas DALLAS, Nov. 25, 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 Lakedale, an 80-unit multifamily property in Dallas, Texas. Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation (MMCC),  more

Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of Six-Suite Retail Strip in Georgetown, Texas
ENCINO, California, Nov. 26 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: * * * Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of Six-Suite Retail Strip in Georgetown, Texas GEORGETOWN, Texas, Nov. 25, 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 Shops at Teravista, a six-suite retail strip property in Georgetown, Texas. "This was a newly construc  more

NASA Orbiter Shines New Light on Long-Running Martian Mystery
PASADENA, California, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Orbiter Shines New Light on Long-Running Martian Mystery Results from an enhanced radar technique have demonstrated improvement to subsurface observations of Mars. * NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revisited and raised new questions about a mysterious feature buried beneath thousands of feet of ice at the Red Planet's south pole. In a recent study, researchers conclude  more

Oracle Health Secures TEFCA QHIN Designation, Further Strengthening Interoperability Leadership
REDWOOD SHORES, California, Nov. 25 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, posted the following news release: * * * Oracle Health Secures TEFCA QHIN Designation, Further Strengthening Interoperability Leadership * Oracle Health Information Network Inc., a subsidiary of Oracle, has been designated as a Qualified Health Information Network (r) (QHIN(tm)) as a part of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement(tm) (TEFCA(tm)). Build  more

Orange County Staffing Company Owner Arrested on Federal Indictment Charging Her With Masterminding $90 Million Tax Fraud
LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California posted the following news release on Nov. 25, 2025: * * * Orange County Staffing Company Owner Arrested on Federal Indictment Charging Her with Masterminding $90 Million Tax Fraud SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County staffing company owner and three other defendants were arrested today on an eight-count federal indictment alleging they cheated the IRS out of more than $90 million and def  more

Reclamation to Reduce Releases From Davis Dam
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: * * * Reclamation to reduce releases from Davis Dam Boulder City, Nev. - Recent rainstorms and lower than expected water demand in southern California and Arizona have caused reductions in the amount of water the Bureau of Reclamation will be releasing from Davis Dam on the lower Colorado River. Hourly releases at Davis Dam, north of Laughlin, Nevada, will be reduced to appr  more

Scripps Oceanography Seismologist Awarded for Real-Time Tsunami Forecast Breakthrough
LA JOLLA, California, Nov. 25 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Scripps Oceanography Seismologist Awarded for Real-Time Tsunami Forecast Breakthrough * Often referred to as the Nobel Prize of supercomputing, the Gordon Bell Prize, awarded at the annual Supercomputing Conference ( SC25 ) on Nov. 20, rewards innovation in high performance computing (HPC) applications in science, engineering, and large-scale data analytics. "It's a tremendous ho  more

SLAC researchers wrangle particle beams with digital doppelgangers
MENLO PARK, California, Nov. 25 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * SLAC researchers wrangle particle beams with digital doppelgangers * By Carol Tseng Subscribe to SLAC Breaking News (external link) Key takeaways: * SLAC researchers are developing digital twins for the accelerator's subsystems to improve and speed up the beam tuning process. * Digital twins, powered by AI and physics-based models, offer insights in real or near-real  more

Study finds lower emissions from higher-ethanol gasoline
RIVERSIDE, California, Nov. 25 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Study finds lower emissions from higher-ethanol gasoline * California residents will soon get some price relief at the pump and reductions in harmful vehicle emissions, thanks in part to a landmark UC Riverside vehicle emissions study. Scientists at the university's College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology, or CE-CERT, found that increasing the eth  more

Transparency Update: Coinbase Executes Onchain Fund Migration
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 25 -- Coinbase, a publicly traded company that says it operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform, issued the following news on Nov. 22, 2025: * * * Transparency Update: Coinbase Executes Onchain Fund Migration TL;DR: As part of our efforts to maintain our industry-leading security standards, Coinbase will undergo internal wallet migrations for BTC and ETH. This is a standard practice that reflects our commitment to keeping assets safe. During this time, Coinb  more

Trust for Public Land Announces Sixth Dallas Greening Initiative Location
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Trust for Public Land posted the following news release: * * * Trust for Public Land Announces Sixth Dallas Greening Initiative Location * DALLAS, TX - Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with the City of Dallas and community members, is proud to announce a new greenspace in North Dallas. The site is the sixth confirmed as part of the Dallas Greening Initiative, which aims to build 15 new parks across Dallas over the n  more

U.S. Department of Education Initiates Review of University of California, Berkeley for Potential Clery Act Violations
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Initiates Review of University of California, Berkeley for Potential Clery Act Violations * Today, the U.S. Department of Education's (the Department) office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) initiated a focused review of the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) in response to a violent protest that erupted at a November 10, 2025, Turning Point USA event on its  more

UCLA Health: Why Do Some Lung Transplant Patients Face Higher Rejection Risk?
LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 26 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Why do some lung transplant patients face higher rejection risk? UCLA Health study points to a key genetic variant * About one third of lung transplant recipients have a genetic variant that makes them more likely to develop chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD), the primary cause of mortality after lung transplantation. However, it is unclear why some lung transplant recipients progre  more

University of California Davis: Looking Inside Icy Moons
DAVIS, California, Nov. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: * * * Looking Inside Icy Moons By Andy Fell The outer planets of the Solar System are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are known to have oceans of liquid water between the ice shell and the rocky core and could be the best places in our solar system to look for extraterrestrial life. A new study published Nov. 24 in Nature Astronomy sheds light on   more

University of California-Davis: Field of Ecological Medicine Emphasizes Health Benefits of Connectedness
DAVIS, California, Nov. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: * * * New Field of Ecological Medicine Emphasizes Health Benefits of Connectedness By Andy Fell Ecological medicine is a new approach to health science that draws on a very old idea: connecting with each other, with animals and plants, and with the natural world fosters health and well-being for people and the planet. "Everything you suspected was good for you -- fresh air, trees, animal co  more

University of California-Davis: Parenting Education Program Builds Community and Developmental Awareness Among Families
DAVIS, California, Nov. 26 -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: * * * Parenting Education Program Builds Community and Developmental Awareness Among Families By Anila Lijo A parenting education and support program offered by the Center for Child and Family Studies, is helping families strengthen their understanding of child development while creating a supportive community for both parents and children. Growing Together follows the children's initiatives and int  more

Using speculative fiction to fill the silences of Colonial history
SANTA CRUZ, California, Nov. 25 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Using speculative fiction to fill the silences of Colonial history * In his acclaimed new book, First Contact, Associate Professor of Literature Zac Zimmer draws on the power of speculative fiction to revisit, question and upend stories and tropes about early contact between European explorers and Indigenous populations. November 25, 2025 By Dan White When Associate Profes  more

Veterans With Cardiometabolic Conditions Face Significant Risk of Dying During Extreme Heat Events, UCLA-Led Study Finds
LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 26 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Veterans with cardiometabolic conditions face significant risk of dying during extreme heat events, UCLA-led study finds Veterans represent a particularly vulnerable population during heat waves, with their older age, high rates of heart disease and diabetes, and use of medications that amplify heat's effects combining to create significant mortality risk * Veterans living in California who  more

Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Schiff File FOIA Requests to Break Through Trump Administration Stonewalling
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Whitehouse, Blumenthal, Schiff File FOIA Requests to Break Through Trump Administration Stonewalling * Trump administration has sought to evade accountability by repeatedly thwarting congressional Democrats' constitutional authority to conduct routine oversight Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property,  more

Zoe Saldana, Gillian Anderson, John Cena and More Guests on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' Dec. 1-5
BURBANK, California, Nov. 25 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * Zoe Saldana, Gillian Anderson, John Cena and More Guests on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' Dec. 1-5 * ABC's Emmy(r) Award-winning late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EST and features a diverse lineup of guests that includes celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human-interest subjects, along with comedy bits a  more