REDWOOD SHORES, California, Dec. 23 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, posted the following news release: * * * 2025 in Review: Agentic Finance Starts with Oracle * The last 12 months have marked a decisive turning point for finance, a shift into an AI-powered era that is redefining what the finance function can be. This isn't simply an upgrade in technology; it's a fundamental reinvention of how finance teams operate, deliver insight  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 23 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * A DIY, fly-powered fix for food scraps * UC Riverside scientists have created a small-scale system that transforms food waste into high-protein animal feed and fertilizer using black soldier flies, offering a sustainable solution to a major environmental problem. Black soldier flies have long been used by cities and industry to break down food scraps and agricultural waste. Comp  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 23 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * A Year of Resilience, Discovery and Impact * Article Content In the School of Medicine's inaugural year in review, we highlight a sample of meaningful work, discoveries and programs from our community. Building the School of Medicine Team The School of Medicine kicked off the new year welcoming Barbara Jung as the school's new associate vice chancellor and dean. Dean Jung ar  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 22 [Category: BizEconomics] -- Coinbase, a publicly traded company that says it operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform, posted the following news: * * * Building enterprise AI agents at Coinbase: engineering for trust, scale, and repeatability * Over the course of a six-week period, the Enterprise Applications and Architecture team at Coinbase formed an Agentic AI Tiger Team tasked with paving roads for building and hosting AI agents, developing best prac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The California Department of Transportation, Oakland, has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects under its control and determined that the materials are culturally affiliated with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. The determination was made in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act following consultation and review of archaeological documentation related to transportation projects in Marin County. The inv  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The California Department of Transportation, Oakland, has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects under its control and determined that the materials are culturally affiliated with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. The determination was made in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act following consultation and a review of archaeological, geographical, and historical information related to the collections. T  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The California Department of Transportation, Oakland, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and determined that the materials are culturally affiliated with multiple Kumeyaay and Diegueno tribal communities in San Diego County. The determination was made in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act following consultation and a review of archaeological, historical, and geographic information rela  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The California State University Long Beach campus has completed an inventory of human remains and an associated funerary object and determined that the materials are culturally affiliated with the Tejon Indian Tribe. The determination was made in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act following consultation and a review of available geographic and historical information related to the remains. The inventory identified human rema  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The California State University, Los Angeles, has announced its intent to repatriate a large collection of Native American cultural items determined to meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination was published through the National Park Service as part of its administrative responsibilities, while California State University, Los Angeles retains sole responsibility for the f  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The California State University Sacramento campus has announced its intent to repatriate a Native American cultural item determined to meet the definition of an object of cultural patrimony under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination was published through the National Park Service as part of its administrative responsibilities, while California State University, Sacramento retains sole responsibility for the findings reached   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- Claremont Colleges Services, California, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and determined that the remains are culturally affiliated with the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation. The determination was made in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act following consultation and a review of available geographic and historical information. The inventory identified human remains representing at least one Native A  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 22 [Category: BizEconomics] -- Coinbase, a publicly traded company that says it operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform, posted the following news: * * * Coinbase to acquire The Clearing Company: Powering the future of prediction markets * Last week, we began rolling out access to prediction markets on Coinbase. Coinbase users will be able to trade on the outcomes of real-world events directly within the same interface where they trade crypto, derivatives,  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 23 -- Common Sense Media issued the following news release: * * * In Major Win for NY Kids and Families, Governor Hochul Signs Social Media Warning Labels Legislation Senator Gounardes' and Assemblywoman Rozic's legislation was sponsored by Common Sense Media * NEW YORK -- In a victory for New York children and families, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill to require warning labels on addictive social media platforms. Common Sense Media sponsored the  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Accelerates Crackdown on Toxic and Poisonous Imports in Concert with CBP, Keeping Americans Safe * EPA enforcement leadership joined CBP officials in southern California for an imports inspection demonstration and tour of the Port of Los Angeles to reinforce coordination and information-sharing. SAN PEDRO, Calif. - On Friday, December 19, 2025, newly confirmed Assistant Administrator Jef  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 23 [Category: Sociological] -- Equality California posted the following news release: * * * Equality California Statement on Federal Court Ruling Undermining California Laws Protecting Transgender Students * December 23, 2025 CONTACT: Jorge Reyes Salinas, Equality California PHONE: (213) 355-3057 / MOBILE: (213) 355-3057 / EMAIL: press@eqca.org SACRAMENTO, Calif. Equality California, the nation's largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, releas  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 23 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Fathers' microplastic exposure tied to their children's metabolic problems * A study led by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown for the first time that a father's exposure to microplastics (MPs) can trigger metabolic dysfunctions in his offspring. The research, conducted using mouse models, highlights a previously unknown pathway through whi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued the following white paper (No. 2025-30) on December 15, 2025, by Miguel Acosta, Andrea Ajello, Michael Bauer, Francesca Loria, and Silvia Miranda-Agrippino entitled "Financial Market Effects of FOMC Communication: Evidence from a New Event-Study Database." Here are excerpts: * * * This paper introduces the U.S. Monetary Policy Event-Study Database (USMPD), a novel, public, and regularly updated da  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The University of California Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, has announced its intent to repatriate a collection of sacred Native Hawaiian cultural items after completing a review under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination was published through the National Park Service as part of its administrative responsibilities, while responsibility for the findings rests solely with the museum following documentation review and consultatio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE Operation Highway Sentinel arrests over 100 illegal alien truck drivers in Gavin Newsom's California * SAN FRANCISCO On Dec. 23, ICE Homeland Security Investigations San Francisco and HSI Los Angeles, along with federal partners, announced the successful conclusion of Operation Highway Sentinel, which resulted in the arrests of 101 illegal aliens tr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, California, has announced its intent to repatriate an unassociated funerary object following completion of a review conducted in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination was published through the National Park Service as part of its administrative responsibilities, while responsibility for the findings rests solely with the district based on documentation, cons  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- Morrison and Foerster, San Francisco, California, issued a report suggesting that global technology mergers and acquisitions are set to accelerate over the next year as confidence returns, financing costs ease and demand for AI and cybersecurity assets intensifies. The 2025 Tech M&A Survey, produced with Mergermarket and based on responses from 300 dealmakers worldwide, finds that more than half of respondents expect tech deal volumes to increase in the coming 12  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Scripps Research Institute posted the following news: * * * New technique lights up where drugs go in the body, cell by cell * Scripps Research scientists developed a technique that maps drug binding in individual cells throughout the body, potentially explaining side effects and guiding safer drug development. December 22, 2025 LA JOLLA, CA When you take a drug, where in your body does it actually go? For most medications, sci  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff Urges the Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Proposed Patent Tax That Will Diminish U.S. Innovation and Competitive Edge * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, and other U.S. Senators are urging the Trump administration to reserve course on their proposed decision to drastically overhaul t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 [Category: BizMedia] -- NPR [National Public Radio] posted the following news release: * * * NPR broadcasts New Year's Day from Vienna for 2026 * December 23, 2025; Washington, DC The Vienna Philharmonic will perform their famous New Year's Day concert from the renowned Musikverein in Vienna on January 1, 2026. The concert will be conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, in his first Vienna New Year's Day appearance. Since his debut with the Philharmonic in 2010, he has appea  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Colleagues Demand Trump Administration Pause Discriminatory National Park Entry Fees * Senators express concerns over January 1 implementation without proper notice of $250 America the Beautiful non-resident annual passes and $100 non-resident fee for highly visited national parks, including Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Senator Alex Pa  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 23 [Category: BizConstruction]-- Parsons Corp., an engineering, construction, technical and management services firm, posted the following news release: * * * Parsons Selected To Design San Antonio's New VIA Rapid Silver Line * CHANTILLY, Va. (Dec. X, 2025) Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) announced today that it has been selected by VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority (VIA) to complete the final design of the Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) program for the VIA Rapid Si  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 23 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary: * * * Ohio's reckless kratom ban could create new public safety concerns and grow the illegal market By banning nearly every kratom product, save for unprocessed leaf kratom, the state has functionally outlawed the entire consumer market. By Michelle Minton The Ohio Board of Pharmacy issued an emergency ruling Dec. 12 banning most kratom products for 180 days, a misguided public health mistake that su  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 23 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary: * * * U.S. law shouldn't copy Europe's app store regulation The App Store Freedom Act would undermine security features and complicate the user experiences of hundreds of millions of consumers. By Nicole Shekhovtsova Lawmakers in the United States are considering a major intervention in the way big mobile platforms like Apple and Google sell apps to hundreds of millions of smartphone owners. Taking a   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- San Jose State University, California, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and determined that no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation can be clearly or reasonably identified under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination was published through the National Park Service and provides that, upon request, repatriation of the human remains may occur o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, California, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and determined that a cultural affiliation exists under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination was formally published through the National Park Service, which administers the notice process, while responsibility for the findings rests solely with the museum. The notice authorizes  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Scripps Research Institute posted the following news: * * * Scripps Research study links sleep variability with sleep apnea and hypertension * How consumers' digital activity trackers could enable personalized health screening and early intervention for cardiovascular health and beyond. December 23, 2025 LA JOLLA, CA Over 70 million Americans wear digital activity trackers (DATs) to record their sleep, steps and heart rate. A n  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Scripps Research Institute posted the following news: * * * Study uncovers disrupted brain balance in alcohol dependence * Experiments show how dependence on alcohol rewires the brain's "go" and "stop drinking" signaling systems, with implications for preventing relapse. December 22, 2025 LA JOLLA, CA A new study by Scripps Research reveals that alcohol dependence disrupts two signaling pathways in a stress-related part of the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The University of California Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access, Los Angeles, issued a report finding that intensified immigration enforcement under President Trump's second administration has generated widespread fear, absenteeism and bullying affecting students from immigrant families in U.S. public high schools. Based on a nationally representative survey of 606 principals and 49 follow up interviews, the study concludes that these dynamics are und  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 23 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * UCR ARTS presents Transgresoras: Mail Art and Messages, 1960s-2020s * Transgresoras: Mail Art and Messages, 1960s-2020s on exhibition at UCR ARTS' California Museum of Photography (CMP) from Sept. 13, 2025, to Feb. 15, 2026, reveals how Latinx and Latin American women artists subverted the censorship of authoritarian regimes by using the government's postal system against itself t  more

HAILEY, Idaho, Dec. 23 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Trump administration issues sage grouse plan amendments, a holiday gift to private industry WASHINGTON - The Trump administration today released a series of new sage grouse Resource Management Plan Amendments covering Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Utah, California, and Nevada. The new plan amendments follow Environmental Impacts Statements left unfinished by the Biden administration. "Th  more