DUARTE, California, Sept. 4 -- City of Hope issued the following news release: * * * Intimate Dinners to Be Publicly Auctioned in Support of City of Hope's Mission to Conquer Cancer * * * LOS ANGELES -- City of Hope(R), one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, announced today that its Music, Film and Entertainment Industry (MFEI) Spirit of Life(R) honoree Jay Marciano and Chef Evan Funke have partnered with Conan O'Brien, David Bl  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 4 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, issued the following news release: * * * Protesters Disrupt Middle East Symposium in Yorba Linda, Condemn "Normalization of Zionism"; Attacked by Attendee on Scooter * * * Yorba Linda, CA -- CODEPINK, Catholics for Palestine, and Palestinian Christians for Justice disrupted a symposium titled "America and the Middle Ea  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 4 -- The Milken Institute issued the following news release: Beijing, CHINA September 3 2024--Hangzhou, the capital of China's Zhejiang province and an emerging e-commerce hub, is ranked as China's best-performing city in 2023-2024, according to the recently released Milken Institute's Best-Performing Cities China Index. As a key component of the Yangtze River Economic Zone, Hangzhou benefited from its strategic location and demonstrated remarkable economic stren  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: In response to Senator Padilla, Senator Butler, and Representative Schiff calling on President Biden to establish the Sattitla National Monument Establishment Act to protect the Medicine Lake Highlands of Northern California, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and California Environmental Voters (CEV) released the following statements: "LCV commends Senator Padilla, Senator   more

LONG BEACH, California, Sept. 4 -- Port of Long Beach issued the following news on Sept. 3, 2024: * * * Community Grants Program Seeks Concept Papers by Oct. 8 * * * The Port of Long Beach is accepting concept papers to fund projects and services aimed at reducing the risks associated with asthma and other respiratory and cardiopulmonary ailments. A total of $4 million in funding is available through the Community Grants Program. Government agencies, 501(c)(3) nonprofits and licensed healt  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Sept 3, 2024, to Nikkei Asia: * * * The Gulf of Thailand May Be the Next U.S.-China Flashpoint By Derek Grossman While geopolitical tensions between China and the United States have soared in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, raising serious fears of war, another important body of water in the Indo-Pacific--the Gulf of Thailand--has heretofore remained relatively calm. That may be set to   more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following Q&A on Sept. 3, 2024, with Jessica Welburn Paige, a behavioral and social scientist: * * * A growing number of school districts are using artificial intelligence to monitor students for suicide risk. It's a well-meaning attempt to address one of the leading causes of death among young people. But a recent RAND report (https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2910-1.html) warned that the programs could compromise stude  more

SAN JOSE, California, Sept. 4 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: MILPITAS, Calif. - September 3, 2024 - Seeking to bolster global semiconductor value chain efforts to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the industry association SEMI released today an analysis by its Energy Collaborative (EC) of current and forecasted low-carbon energy (LCE) markets for Japan, the second in a series of  more