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State Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Wednesday December 03, 2025 ( 30 items )  

'DICK CLARK'S NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE WITH RYAN SEACREST 2026' ANNOUNCES EXPLOSIVE PERFORMANCE LINEUP
BURBANK, California, Dec. 2 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * 'DICK CLARK'S NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE WITH RYAN SEACREST 2026' ANNOUNCES EXPLOSIVE PERFORMANCE LINEUP * Includes 50 Cent, Charlie Puth, Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato, Maren Morris, Mariah Carey, OneRepublic, Pitbull, Post Malone and More The Largest Lineup and Longest Telecast in the Show's More Than 50-Year History Airs LIVE Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 8/7c on ABC, N  more

'Super-Jupiter' exoplanet has markedly different atmosphere than our gas giant, new study finds
SANTA CRUZ, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * 'Super-Jupiter' exoplanet has markedly different atmosphere than our gas giant, new study finds * Key takeaways * James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal that the atmosphere of a brown dwarf classified as a "super-Jupiter" is far more chaotic than that of our own gas giantchallenging popular assumptions. * This study focused on the exoplanet VHS 1256b, in the constellati  more

5 Ways UC San Diego Is Transforming Alzheimer's Research and Care
LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * 5 Ways UC San Diego Is Transforming Alzheimer's Research and Care * "Our decades of NIH-funded work, coupled with a world-class multidisciplinary clinic and our leadership in translational science, put us in a unique position not just to study this disease, but to change its trajectory for future generations. While the disease can seem insurmountable, there's also so much opportunit  more

Adobe: Cyber Monday Hits Record $14.25 Billion in Online Spending With Over $1 Billion Driven by Buy Now Pay Later
SAN JOSE, California, Dec. 3 (TNSrpt) -- Adobe Inc., a computer software company, issued the following news on Dec. 2, 2025: * * * Adobe: Cyber Monday Hits Record $14.25 Billion in Online Spending with Over $1 Billion Driven by Buy Now Pay Later Today, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) released online shopping data for the 2025 holiday season covering Cyber Week, the five-day shopping period from Thanksgiving through Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Based on Adobe Analytics data, the report provides the most  more

Ahead of new game release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons book reflects on comfort, community, and capitalism
SANTA CRUZ, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Ahead of new game release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons book reflects on comfort, community, and capitalism * Remember Animal Crossing: New Horizons? During the height of its popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, the game, built for the Nintendo Switch console, was averaging 1 million copies sold per day. Now, almost six years since the start of the pandemic, University of Ca  more

Alphabet Inc.: Stay Organized and Express Yourself With Android 16's New Updates
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Dec. 3 -- Alphabet Inc. a provider of internet services (Google), issued the following news: * * * Stay organized and express yourself with Android 16's new updates The latest Android 16 release brings AI-powered notification tools, more advanced customization and stronger parental controls. * With today's Android 16 release updates, your device is getting smarter, more personal and easier to manage. This release also marks a new chapter for how Android updates w  more

Beyond Traditional Faculty Orientation: UC San Diego's New Faculty Academy
LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Beyond Traditional Faculty Orientation: UC San Diego's New Faculty Academy * Stanley M. Lo, Teaching Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and NFA Facilitator, explains the value of the NFA, "Being a faculty member is quite a different role than a graduate or postdoctoral researcher. It almost requires a brand-new skill set complementary to the research and d  more

Bourns Announces Four Foil Resistor Series in Various Package Options to Match Application-Specific Requirements
RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 2 [Category: BizElectronic Products] -- Bourns, a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, issued the following news release: * * * Bourns Announces Four Foil Resistor Series in Various Package Options to Match Application-Specific Requirements * RIVERSIDE, Calif., December 2, 2025 \- Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced four Riedon(tm) Foil Resistor Seri  more

Bourns Releases Four New Foil Resistor Series Designed for High-Precision, High-Power Applications
RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 2 [Category: BizElectronic Products] -- Bourns, a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, issued the following news release: * * * Bourns Releases Four New Foil Resistor Series Designed for High-Precision, High-Power Applications * RIVERSIDE, Calif., December 2, 2025 \- Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today released four new Riedon(tm) Foil Resistor Series by Bourn  more

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Postdoctoral Scholar Kenny Lau (1989-2025)
PASADENA, California, Dec. 2 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Caltech Mourns the Passing of Postdoctoral Scholar Kenny Lau (1989-2025) * Kenny Lau, a postdoctoral scholar research associate and experimental cosmologist in the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA), passed away on November 22, 2025. He was 36 years old. Lau first joined the Caltech community as a visiting graduate student in 2021. In 2023, he became a postdoctoral scho  more

Cracking the Code of Parkinson's: How Supercomputers Are Pointing to New Treatments
LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Cracking the Code of Parkinson's: How Supercomputers Are Pointing to New Treatments * Using ACCESS allocations on the Expanse system at the San Diego Supercomputer Center part of UC San Diego's new School of Computing, Information, and Data Sciences researchers with the Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network modeled how specific brain cells malfunc  more

CSUN Prof's Work Leads to Discovery of Oldest Shell Ornament Workshop in Western Europe
NORTHRIDGE, California, Dec. 3 -- California State University Northridge (CSUN) issued the following news release: * * * CSUN Prof's Work Leads to Discovery of Oldest Shell Ornament Workshop in Western Europe The small shells found by researchers that include California State University, Northridge anthropologist Helene Rougier at La Roche-a-Pierrot, a prehistoric archaeological site in Saint-Cesaire, France, date back more than 42,000 years, providing evidence of the oldest workshops for the  more

CSUSB Professor Co-authors New Book on Equity and Fiscal Policy
SAN BERNARDINO, California, Dec. 3 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * CSUSB professor co-authors new book on equity and fiscal policy Marc Fudge, professor of public administration, co-authored "Improving Equity through Fiscal Policy: Dashed Dreams" with author Marc Holzer. * Marc K. Fudge, CSUSB professor of public administration, has co-authored a new book, "Improving Equity through Fiscal Policy: Dashed Dreams," offering a timely and unf  more

Dana Murphy's Foremother Love is Published by Duke University Press
PASADENA, California, Dec. 2 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Dana Murphy's Foremother Love is Published by Duke University Press * Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism, published by Duke University Press in July 2025 and authored by Dana Murphy, Assistant Professor of Black Studies and English, honors the writing of Phillis Wheatley (Peters)a Black woman who lived in colonial North America/New England in the latter half of   more

Fixed Wireless CPE Purchases Continue to Hit Record Highs, Driven by 5G Sub-6 GHz Deployments in the US and India, According to Dell'Oro Group
REDWOOD CITY, California, Dec. 2 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Dell'Oro Group, a provider of market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, issued the following news release: * * * Fixed Wireless CPE Purchases Continue to Hit Record Highs, Driven by 5G Sub-6 GHz Deployments in the US and India, According to Dell'Oro Group * [wp_tech_share] REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - December 2, 2025 - According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted s  more

Heat and drought change what forests breathe out
RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Heat and drought change what forests breathe out * Scientists have long warned that rising global temperatures would force forest soils to leak more nitrogen gas into the air, further increasing both pollution and warming while robbing trees of an essential growth factor. But a new study challenges these assumptions. After six years of UC Riverside-led research in a temperate Chi  more

Humanities and Social Sciences Auditorium Named in Honor of Donors
FULLERTON, California, Dec. 2 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news: * * * Humanities and Social Sciences Auditorium Named in Honor of Donors * The auditorium on the north side of the Humanities-Social Sciences Building bears a new name that preserves the family legacy of longtime Cal State Fullerton donors Kirt and Donna Spradlin. In recognition of the couple's planned gift of their home to the university, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences c  more

New UC Merced Professor Delves Deep into Artificial Intelligence in Real Life
MERCED, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * New UC Merced Professor Delves Deep into Artificial Intelligence in Real Life * From smartphones to medical devices, artificial intelligence is a part of much of everyday life. One of UC Merced's newest professors is working to make AI more explainable and more efficient. Electrical engineering Professor Xiaofan Yu started at UC Merced this summer after graduating from UC San Diego with a Ph.  more

Oracle Health Secures TEFCA QHIN Designation, Further Strengthening Interoperability Leadership
REDWOOD SHORES, California, Dec. 2 [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)). Buildi  more

Prop 50 Writing on the Wall: Latino Voters Move Away from California GOP
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Prop 50 Writing on the Wall: Latino Voters Move Away from California GOP * The overwhelming passage of Proposition 50 was more than a win for Californians - it's a flashing warning sign for House Republicans. Political observers say the result "represents a bellwether for President Trump's waning support among California's largest demographic group," with a staggering 71% of Latino   more

Reducing financial barriers to contraception lowers rate of unintended pregnancies and abortions
LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * Reducing financial barriers to contraception lowers rate of unintended pregnancies and abortions * A UCLA clinical trial finds that reducing the costs of contraception results in 16% fewer unintended pregnancies and 12% fewer abortions among low-income women after two years. In a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the study offers rigorous experimental   more

Revealing the secrets of the human brain
SANTA CRUZ, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Revealing the secrets of the human brain * UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health. By Allison Arteaga Soergel There's a lot to love about brains. They are arguably the most complex organ in the entire human body. 86 billion neurons send electrical and chemical signals back and forth within your brain to enable processes like mem  more

Salesforce Introduces Agentforce Nonprofit with New AI Agents to Empower Staff, Drive Fundraising, and Maximize Mission Delivery
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 2 [Category: BizHuman Resources/Personnel] -- Salesforce, a customer relationship management company, issued the following news release: * * * Salesforce Introduces Agentforce Nonprofit with New AI Agents to Empower Staff, Drive Fundraising, and Maximize Mission Delivery * Nonprofits are at a breaking point. Funding is being cut, and nonprofits cite raising sufficient funds as their number one challenge this year. Staff shortages and burnout are rising. Behind  more

Shopping for two is stressful
RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Shopping for two is stressful * For many of us, any kind of shopping is stressful enough. The anxiety, however, really kicks in when you must purchase something you're going to share with another person. Such are the findings of a UC Riverside School of Business study published in the Journal of Marketing Research that compared consumer anxiety levels stemming from different shop  more

TikTok Shop Had Our Biggest BFCM Weekend Ever
LOS ANGLES, California, Dec. 4 -- TikTok, a destination for a short-form mobile video, issued the following news: * * * TikTok Shop had our Biggest BFCM Weekend Ever TikTok is a place for discovery all year long -- and especially during the holiday season, when the app comes alive with engaging Live Shopping events and inspiring content from your favorite creators. TikTok Shop is where people take that inspiration to shop for what's new and trending by discovering an exciting selection of pr  more

UC Davis Conducts Contact Tracing After Case of Active Tuberculosis Identified
DAVIS, California, Dec. 3 -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: * * * UC Davis Conducts Contact Tracing After Case of Active Tuberculosis Identified Quick Summary * UC Davis is working in coordination with Yolo County health officials * Contact tracing has been completed * Out of an abundance of caution and consistent with recommendations from the California Department of Public Health, UC Davis offers the following public health information: An individual wit  more

UC Irvine-led Study Uses Social Media for Real-time Monitoring of Heat Experiences in State
IRVINE, California, Dec. 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine-led study uses social media for real-time monitoring of heat experiences in state Machine learning-based approach can help inform targeted public health interventions * California heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense, and not all residents have access to air conditioning. * Researchers developed a powerful AI-based technique to identify vulnerable  more

University of California-Davis: Extracting Rare Earth Elements From U.S. Wastewaters
DAVIS, California, Dec. 3 -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: * * * Extracting Rare Earth Elements from U.S. Wastewaters $3M Federal Funding Will Strengthen Domestic Supply Chain to Support U.S. Energy, Manufacturing By Neelanjana Gautam A new federally funded research project at the University of California, Davis, endeavors to extract valuable components for magnets, lasers and other modern technologies from an unlikely source: acidic wastewater from mines and  more

University of California-Davis: Rising Heat Leads to Minimal Losses for California Processing Tomatoes
DAVIS, California, Dec. 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Davis issued the following news: * * * Rising Heat Leads to Minimal Losses for California Processing Tomatoes Researchers Analyzed Traffic, Temperatures and 1.4 Million Tomato Truckloads By Emily C. Dooley California's $1 billion processing tomato industry is highly efficient and likely will be able to withstand higher temperatures and traffic congestion with minimal postharvest losses, according to research conducted at the  more

Yardi Launches Yardi MH Manager for Institutional Manufactured Housing Operators
SANTA BARBARA, California, Dec. 2 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Yardi, a provider of property management software and investment management solutions for real estate, issued the following news release: * * * Yardi Launches Yardi MH Manager for Institutional Manufactured Housing Operators * A new all-in-one enterprise solution aims to resolve age-old issues in community management SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 2, 2025 - Yardi (r) is excited to announce the launch of Yardi(r) MH Manager, a pur  more