SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 3 [Category: Environment] -- The Trust for Public Land posted the following news release: * * * 'Ecological gem' in Western Maine's High Peak region protected, boosting local recreation, sustainable forestry, and climate resilience * The South Branch Forest - an ecologically diverse 3,586 acre parcel at the headwaters of the Kennebec River watershed - is now permanently protected through a collaborative effort led by Trust for Public Land in partnership with t  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * A State-of-the-Art New Home for Industrial and Systems Engineering at USC * An example rendering of the exterior of the new home of the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at USC. The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at USC will soon have a dedicated home at USC's University Park Campus. Set   more

RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 3 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * A tale of two campuses and the Big "C" * It's been 70 years since the Big "C" was built, and that's a big deal. In 1955, UC Riverside students constructed a "C" on Box Springs Mountain, sitting approximately 1,500 feet above the campus. At 50 feet wide and 123 feet tall, it's the largest "C" in the UC system. The history of the Big "C" dates to 1905 at UC Berkeley. After the fo  more

MONROVIA, California, Dec. 3 -- AeroVironment issued the following news release: * * * AeroVironment Announces Expansion of AV_Halo(TM) Unified Software Platform with CORTEX and MENTOR AeroVironment, Inc. ("AV") (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global defense technology leader delivering software-enabled disruptive autonomous systems, today announced the next phase of its AV_Halo(TM) unified mission software platform with the release of AV_Halo CORTEX, a next-generation intelligence fusion and analysis envi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Santa Clara, California, announced an expansion of its partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Houston, Texas, to advance the development of the next generation of open and scalable rack-scale artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. HPE will be one of the first system providers to adopt the new AMD "Helios" rack-scale AI architecture, which integrates key compute technologies from AMD. The "Helios" platform combines AMD EPYC ce  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Analysis: Seven Animals Jeopardized by Trump Plan to Ax Endangered Species Act * WASHINGTONA new Center for Biological Diversity analysis identifies seven endangered animal species that would be pushed to the brink of extinction by a Trump administration effort to radically weaken protections for imperiled wildlife. The Trump plan to dismantle the Endangered Species Act wo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: * * * APHIS Expands Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata) Quarantine in California * Subject: To: State, Tribal, and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials On November 13, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) expanded the Santa Clara Mediterranean fruit fly (Cerat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * As Sen. Rick Scott Leads Congressional Investigation into California's Response to Palisades Wildfire and Use of Tax Dollars, Gov. Newsom Visits DC Asking for More * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement on California Governor Gavin Newsom's upcoming visit to Washington, D.C. Newsom is reportedly visiting D.C. to request additional federal tax dollars, while question  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Big Ideas Lab podcast traces the flow of energy in the U.S. Inside a sixth-grade classroom, a teacher dims the lights and directs the student's attention to a projector. On the screen appears a brightly colored chart featuring thick, twisting bars extending from left to right. Some are as wide as rivers; others as narrow as threads. The diagrams look almost l  more

FULLERTON, California, Dec. 3 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news: * * * Biology Grad Student Publishes 4 Research Papers in Scientific Journals * Whether it's sharks, manta rays or armadillos, Cal State Fullerton biology grad student Julia Teeple's omnivorous curiosity drives her to wonder what she could learn about them in the lab. That curiosity has led to research, and research has led to publishing, giving her a track record that's rare for a mast  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 3 -- BlackFog, a company that says it protects data and privacy and strengthens regulatory compliance, issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2025: * * * BlackFog Expands ADX Platform with Launch of ADX Vision to Combat Shadow AI Threats New solution provides enterprises with visibility and control as research reveals 49% of employees use unsanctioned AI tools at work. * San Francisco, California - BlackFog, the leader in AI-based anti data exfiltration (ADX) t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Broadcom Inc., Palo Alto, California, and ING, Amsterdam, Netherlands, have announced an expanded strategic partnership, revealing that the multinational financial institution will adopt VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (VCF 9) as the strategic platform for modernizing its private cloud infrastructure. This initiative supports ING's aim for digital service excellence across its numerous global regions. As a major financial services provider, ING requires a highly secure, compli  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 3 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Building Biomedical Bridges: Summit Gathers Leaders in Research, Industry and Entrepreneurship * The idea for the twice-per-year summit was generated by Jason Spark, a member of the Biological Sciences' Dean's Leadership Council, in coordination with Melissa Hoon, the school's director of corporate relations and professional development. "The goal of the summit is to foster connec  more

POMONA, California, Dec. 3 -- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona issued the following news: * * * Cal Poly Pomona hosts Jumpstart Your College Journey: Your Guide to Financial Aid and Student Success By Christie Counts More than 80 % of students across the California State University system receive some kind of financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or CA Dream Act application to help them earn a college degree. To help prospective college st  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * California Coalition Outlines Plan to Build a Diverse Educator Workforce Building Bridges II Summit: 35-Organization CEDAN Sets Policy Agenda for a Teaching Profession that Reflects California's Students * SACRAMENTO, CA, December 3, 2025--Today at the Tsakopoul  more

RESTON, Virginia, Dec. 3 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The American Society of Civil Engineers issued the following news release: * * * California's Infrastructure Graded a 'C-' | ASCE * SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Region 9 (California) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the 2025 Report Card for California's Infrastructure today, assigning 17 categories of infrastructure a cumulative grade of 'C-', the same grade the state received in its 2019 report and be  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 4 -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * CAFE Rollbacks Will Compound Uncertainty in Vehicle Market Today, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration introduced a proposal to substantially reduce the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, a program established by Congress in 1975 to incentivize more efficient vehi  more

POMONA, California, Dec. 3 -- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona issued the following news: * * * Lecturer Rosanne Welch Publishes New Book Celebrating Women Screenwriters Worldwide By Marcela Moreno Interdisciplinary General Education lecturer Rosanne Welch recently released her latest academic volume, "Shaping Global Cultures through Screenwriting: Women Who Write Our Worlds." The book highlights international women screenwriters, who through their stories educate, inspire an  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 3 -- Coinbase, a publicly traded company that says it operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform, issued the following commentary: * * * Consumer Protection Tuesday: Don't Let Scammers Steal Your Joy - This Season's Top Fraud Trends Tl;dr: Holiday scams are out to steal your cheer, driven by social media ads, gift card fraud, and impulse purchases. This post highlights the latest holiday scam stats and the top red flags to help you avoid fraud this season. *   more

MERCED, California, Dec. 3 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Conference of California Sociologists Engages UC Merced Undergrads * More than a dozen undergraduate students in UC Merced's Sociology Club were immersed in the discipline's breadth of research and professional possibilities during the California Sociological Association's annual conference. The two-day gathering, held in Berkeley in early November, was a meaningful experience for the student  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Library of Congress Copyright Royalty Board has published proposed regulations for public comment regarding royalty rates and terms for noncommercial webcasting by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), Rocklin, California. The proposed rule governs the digital performance of sound recordings by EMF and the making of ephemeral recordings necessary for these transmissions for the period spanning Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2030. The board published the prop  more

NORTHRIDGE, California, Dec. 4 -- California State University Northridge (CSUN) issued the following news release: * * * A CSUN Study is Looking Towards the Future of the Hybrid Workspace Since the COVID-19 pandemic first upended our lives in 2020, the concept of the hybrid workspace has evolved. At California State University, Northridge, a team of students and faculty have begun gathering data and using scientific analysis to show how several factors, such as lighting, furniture layout, an  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Energy-efficient process delivers rare-earth element for magnets Neodymium is a rare-earth element essential for producing the strongest permanent magnets, which are widespread in defense technologies, hard drives, medical imaging devices, electric vehicle motors, wind turbines and more. Despite its designation in the U.S. as a critical material, neodymium is   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Enphase Energy, Inc., Fremont, California, a energy technology company, has begun shipping its advanced IQ EV Charger 2 to customers across the United States. The company reported that the sleek, durable black charger provides a premium aesthetic for residential use and can operate either as a powerful standalone unit or seamlessly integrate with existing Enphase solar and battery systems.  A senior executive at Enphase Energy stated that the new charger makes EV charging  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 3 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * Every Second Counts: Leveraging Data to Streamline Emergency Medical Services * When Audrey Olivier is staying in New York City, she likes to take advantage of the city's parks to go for an early morning run. As an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at USC, Olivier's research combines physics-based modeling, data analytics and uncerta  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California posted the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * Former Physician Who Ran Calabasas Clinic Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Ketamine to Actor Matthew Perry A former physician from Santa Monica was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for repeatedly selling vials of ketamine to actor and author Matthew Perry despite knowing Perry's well-documented h  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 3 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * How Data Science Will Change the World * What's the relationship between SCIDS, data science and AI? SCIDS is designed as an academic home for a new generation of science and engineering and the way that they touch humans and society. Today, it requires advancing and deploying AI. Traditionally, the world of knowledge has been divided between two very distinct universes. One si  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters. * NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges --sparks -- and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars. Long theorized, the phenomen  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Tests Drones in Death Valley, Preps for Martian Sands and Skies Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency funded for development this year. * When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like conditions here on Earth. Then they test, tinker, and repea  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 3 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * New Study Finds Strong Link Between Intimate Partner Violence and Firearm Ownership * "Our findings suggest that both experiencing and perpetrating intimate partner violence are strongly associated with increased rates of firearm ownership and recent firearm purchase," said Jakana Thomas, a professor of political science at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff Joins Sens. Cornyn & Bennet to Introduce Bill to Increase Housing Availability and Affordability * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) today to introduce the More Homes on the Market Act, which would make housing more availabl  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sens. Schiff, Blunt Rochester, & Hirono Introduce Bill to Protect and Prepare Workers as AI's Economic Impacts Grow * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai'i)today introduced the Workforce of the Future Act. As artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly deploying across many industries, this bill requires a detailed study   more

BURBANK, California, Dec. 3 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * Nielsen Multiplatform+35 Day Ratings / Live+35 Day Big Data Plus Panel and Streaming Content Ratings * Over 35 days, ABC's Thursday night drama premieres including the highly anticipated "9-1-1: Nashville" debut, "9-1-1" and "Grey's Anatomy" amassed impressive audiences based on competitive cross-platform broadcast series rankings, with all three dramas landing  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Operation Sweet Silence Defendant Guilty of Drug Trafficking in Columbus, Georgia * A repeat offender who prosecutors say was attempting to take over the illicit drug market in Columbus, Georgia, by obtaining methamphetamine, cocaine, and high grade marijuana from California was found guilty by a jury yesterday of drug trafficking resulting from Operation Sweet Silence, a multi-agency law enforcemen  more

REDWOOD SHORES, California, Dec. 3 [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 (QHIN) as a part of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). Building on a long leg  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 3 [Category: Environment] -- The Trust for Public Land posted the following news release: * * * Over 956 Acres of Kane'ohe Pali Protected in Perpetuity * Trust for Public Land and the Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DLNR-DOFAW), today announced the permanent protection of Kane'ohe Pali, encompassing more than 956 acres of natural and cultural landscape stretching from Nu'uanu Pali Lookout to H-3. The acquisi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Mullin Bill Strengthening Cybersecurity for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Signed Into Law * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), co-founder of the Senate Mental Health Caucus, announced that his bipartisan legislation to strengthen the cybersecurity protocols for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline was signed into law. The 9-8-8 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- Gen-Probe Inc., San Diego, California, the entity owning the patent for the medical device known by trade name Aptima(R) HPV Assay with the Panther(R) System and a method for its use, filed an application with the U.S. Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office for a one-year interim extension of the patent's term. The patent subject to this request is U.S. Patent No. 8,785,125 (the '125 patent). The application was filed under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5), a statut  more

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 3 -- PennWest posted the following news: * * * PennWest Clarion's Dr. Randilyn Lewis honored with Cameos of Caring Award for nurse education excellence * Dr. Randilyn Lewis, assistant professor or nursing at PennWest Clarion and an educator for UPMC Northwest, was honored with the Cameos of Caring Award in the Nurse Educator category during a Nov. 8 gala at David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh. Launched in 1999 as a tribute to outstandi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project, Chicago, Illinois, issued a report detailing 2025 state legislative efforts to curb private equity's influence in healthcare amid hospital closures and financial instability. The analysis categorizes reforms into transparency/reporting, approval authority, targeted prohibitions, and corporate practice of medicine enforcement, highlighting successes in seven states while noting pending and failed bills elsewhere. Massachuset  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 4 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * The ROAD to Housing Act carries promise but risks bureaucratic expansion While this approach may seem like a balanced first step, it raises important questions about how far federal agencies should go in shaping local decisions. By Eliza Terziev, Housing Policy Analyst and Christina Mojica, Senior Policy Analyst Continuing concerns over high home prices have prompted Congress to c  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Dec. 3 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Roads, development disrupt movement of young mountain lions in California * Previous research set off alarm bells by showing that mountain lion populations across California are more different genetically than normal for a wide-roaming predator. New findings published Dec. 3 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment have provided an explanation. A team of researchers has found that young mountain lions  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 3 [Category: BizHuman Resources/Personnel] -- Salesforce, a customer relationship management company, issued the following news release: * * * Salesforce and AWS Deepen Collaboration to Launch Agentforce 360 for AWS, Driving Faster, Safer AI Success for Enterprises * New collaborative solution is designed to run on AWS with access to broad selection of proven models through Amazon Bedrock Exclusively available in AWS Marketplace, Agentforce 360 for AWS will   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 3 [Category: BizHuman Resources/Personnel] -- Salesforce, a customer relationship management company, issued the following news release: * * * Salesforce Delivers Record Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Results Driven by Agentforce & Data 360 * cRPO up 11% Y/Y; RPO climbs 12% to nearly $60B; Agentforce surpasses 3.2 trillion tokens SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - December 3, 2025 - Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the world's #1 AI CRM, today announced results for its third quarter  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 3 [Category: Environment] -- The Scripps Research Institute posted the following news: * * * Scientists find cancer weak spot in backup DNA repair system * New findings from Scripps Research reveal how certain tumors survive DNA damageand point to a strategy for targeting them. December 03, 2025 LA JOLLA, CA The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand breakwhen both sides of the DNA helix are cut  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 3 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Seagrass Study Points to Promising Pathway for Ocean Restoration * Scripps Oceanography researchers discovered the new hybrid seagrass by chance in the waters of San Diego's Mission Bay. The hybrid is a cross between the shallow-water Zostera marina and its deeper-water cousin, Zostera pacifica, whose tolerance for low-light conditions is a favorable trait as coastal waters become i  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 3 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * The Earliest Stage of Embryos Show Specialized Asymmetry * As nearly one in six couples experience fertility issues, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is an increasingly common form of reproductive technology. However, there are still many unanswered scientific questions about the basic biology of embryos, including the factors determining their viability, that, if resolved, could ultimately im  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Turning wastewater into valuable fertilizer Almost half of the planet's population depends on synthetic fertilizers to grow the food they eat. But that fertilizer comes at a cost -- about two percent of the world's energy budget. Improving efficiency and cutting costs of producing fertilizer would have big, global impacts. To that end, researchers at Lawrence  more

BURBANK, California, Dec. 3 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * UPDATE: ZOE SALDANA, GILLIAN ANDERSON, JOHN CENA, MILEY CYRUS 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, alon  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 3 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * When will the U.S. and California economies see stronger growth? Key takeaways * U.S. economy. The slowing but resilient national economy, buffeted by investment in AI, continues to face tariff-related uncertainties. * California economy. While some sectors have been buoyed by significant venture capital investment, others remain under pressure from federal spending reductions, tariffs  more