BURBANK, California, Sept. 24 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: ABC and The Wonderful World of Disney unveil the lineup of beloved hits and fan-favorite films to air Sundays this fall. Highlights include the world television premiere of "The Little Mermaid" (2023), the live-action reimagining of the Oscar(r)-winning animated musical classic, and broadcast television debuts of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," "Haunted Mansion" (2023) and "Hocus Pocus 2  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 24 -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: DALLAS -- AECOM (NYSE: ACM), the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced its selection by the City of Austin as the prime consultant for the expansion of the Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Austin, Texas. The project aims to improve the aging structure's operational and environmental features by increasing the plant's capacity from 75  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Steve Juarez, of Truckee, has been appointed to the California State Teachers' Retirement Board. Juarez served as a Deputy State Treasurer at the California State Treasurer's Office from 2016 to 2018. He was Associate Vice President of State Government Relations for the University of California from 2008 to 2  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill to help fix failing sewer systems in communities like East Orosi, giving the state more authority and ability to step in. The new law empowers the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to intervene in areas where sewer service is inadequate, appointing administrators to provide essential services and promote access to safe and reliab  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Building on California's nation-leading gun laws, Governor Gavin Newsom today signed a number of bills into law to bolster California's nation-leading gun laws, adding stronger protections against gun violence. "California won't wait until the next school shooting or mass shooting to act. In the absence of congressional action, our state is once again leading the way by st  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills that will strengthen protections for consumers, addressing issues that have put financial strain on Californians while setting new standards for transparency and accountability across industries. "Nobody wants to get ripped off, whether it's a small subscription fee that's seemingly impossible to cancel or massive medical debt  more

FRESNO, California, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Governor Newsom expanded California's housing efforts for farmworkers, signing two bills: AB 2240 (Arambula) and AB 3035 (Pellerin). These measures improve access to affordable housing for agricultural workers and make it easier to build farmworker housing. "Farmworkers are the backbone of California's nation-leading agricultural industry and play a critical role in ensuring th  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 25 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order of dismissal (Case No. 24-09-023) on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of Hotwire Network I LLC for Registration as an Interexchange Carrier Telephone Corporation Pursuant to the Provisions of Public Utilities Code Section 1013. ORDER OF DISMISSAL On July 31, 2024, Hotwire Network I LLC filed an application for a regi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 25 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following order of dismissal (Case No. 24-09-024) on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Myles Moran, Complainant, vs. AT&T Corporation (U-5002C), Defendant. ORDER OF DISMISSAL Upon all parties' joint motion requesting the complaint be dismissed with prejudice and indicating the parties reached a resolution of all disputed issues, this complaint i  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 25 -- The California State Auditor issued the following report (No. 2023-123) on Sept. 24, 2024, entitled "California's Systems of Public Higher Education." Here are excerpts: * * * To: The Governor of California, President pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, State Capitol, Sacramento, California 95814 Dear Governor and Legislative Leaders: As directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, my office conducted an audit of the State's three sy  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, Sept. 25 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: * * * GenCyber program teaches the next generation of cybersecurity professionals * * * Local sixth- through eighth-grade students are learning all about cybersecurity as part of the GenCyber program hosted by California State University, Bakersfield. Topics of the program cover everything from password-cracking to pocket-sized computers and social engineering. Though they might be severa  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Sept. 24 -- The Washington State Department of Ecology issued the following joint statement on Sept. 23, 2024: * * * Governments of the three jurisdictions issue joint statement on their path toward linkage * * * The California Air Resources Board on behalf of the state of California, the Ministere de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs on behalf of the Province of Quebec, and the Department of Ecology on behalf of th  more

FULLERTON, California, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: * * * Class of 2025 Grad Estrella Bonilla Receives CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement * * * In Disney's "Big Hero 6," Hiro Hamada designs micro-sized robots to fight villainy alongside the lovable Baymax. In Marvel's "Iron Man," Tony Stark builds his iconic armored suit to protect the world from evil. For Estrella Bonilla, these aren't just fictional char  more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 23 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: On Monday, September 23, Caltech marked the beginning of the academic year with its annual Convocation ceremony held in Beckman Auditorium. The event brought together faculty, staff, and students to welcome the Institute's incoming cohort of 221 undergraduate students, 251 graduate students, and 99 postdoctoral scholars. Several days of welcome activities are also helping new students and postdo  more

PALO ALTO, California, Sept. 25 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: New York - September 24, 2024 - Kristen Mathews joins Cooley's New York office as a partner in the firm's global cyber/data/privacy group and litigation department. A pioneer in the privacy and cybersecurity fields, Mathews is a trusted advocate and adviser across the full spectrum of the most complex privacy and cybersecurity issues - including treatment of personal and experiential information about indi  more

SAN MARCOS, California, Sept. 25 -- California State University's San Marcos campus issued the following news release: Six years ago, Cal State San Marcos received a U.S. Department of Defense grant that provided funding to help student veterans discover careers in sustainable energy. The program has been so successful that two more rounds of funding have been provided, and the latest award is not only one of the largest in university history, but it also broadens the scope of the project. Th  more

BURBANK, California, Sept. 23 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: THURSDAY, OCT. 10 9:00-10:00 p.m. EDT Doctor Odyssey: "Plastic Surgery Week" (103) Logline: Plastic Surgery Week on The Odyssey brings new faces and fresh features to be carefully maintained by the medical team. Meanwhile, when the owner's wife comes on board, Capt. Massey must juggle charm and skillful dodging to sidestep her advances. Watch episodes next day on Hulu *** Original text here:  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Sept. 25 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * $13K in prize money will be awarded to student teams who prepare digital solutions for health care issues * * * By Leslie L.J. Reilly San Diego State University's fifth Big Data Hackathon is calling on student innovators to improve health care access and tackle health disparities. Set for October 12 and 19 at SDSU, the event will challenge participants to create cutting-edge ideas, solutions and a  more

BURBANK, California, Sept. 23 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: THURSDAY, OCT. 10 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT Grey's Anatomy: "I Can See Clearly Now" (2103) Logline: Simone and Lucas work to balance their relationship while competing to assist on an awake kidney transplant. Teddy offers Amelia a new opportunity, and Ben's interview doesn't go as planned. Meredith's secret causes tension with Richard. (TV-14, DL) Watch episodes next day on Hulu. *** Original tex  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- George Washington University issued the following news: Vice President Kamala Harris may visit the US-Mexico border on Friday as her campaign looks to close the gap with former President Donald Trump on immigration. While Trump holds a lead in polling on immigration, Harris campaign officials see an opportunity to address GOP attacks over her border visits and highlight her work as California's attorney general. The visit, coinciding with a period of low border crossing  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, Sept. 25 -- The Los Angeles Times issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * The 90-minute forum, featuring four of the current Democratic candidates for the 2026 gubernatorial election, will be streamed live on latimes.com. * * * The race to succeed Gavin Newsom kicks off this Sunday, Sept. 29 at 10 a.m. at the NUHW Governor Candidate Forum, two years prior to the 2026 gubernatorial election. Sponsored by the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW  more

LONG BEACH, California, Sept. 25 -- California State University issued the following news: By Wendy Thomas Russell, Boundless Opportunity Katrina Watson is what some might call an "old soul." At just 21, the fourth-year Cal State Long Beach student is calm, thoughtful and drawn to the quieter corners of life, where stories tend to linger, and the often-overlooked find a voice. So perhaps it is unsurprising that Watson's path has led her to gerontology and hospice work, allowing her to help   more

ENCINO, California, Sept. 25 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: 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 Bearcat Self Storage, a five-property, 480-unit self-storage portfolio located in Long Beach, Mississippi. "This deal presented several challenges, including navigating interest rate hikes, rising insurance  more

ENCINO, California, Sept. 25 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: INTERLACHEN, Fla., Sept. 24, 2024 - 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 a net-leased Taco Bell location in Interlachen, Florida. The property sold for $2,275,000. "This property is a strong absolute net leased property to complete our client's 1031 exchange an  more

ENCINO, California, Sept. 25 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 24, 2024 - 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 net-leased AutoZone property located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The property sold for $1.3 million with a 4.3% cap rate. "Despite the property still being under construction, we were able to   more

ENCINO, California, Sept. 25 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: GREENWICH, Conn., Sept. 24, 2024 - 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 the Nolan Thomas Portfolio, a four-building, 47,256-square-foot mixed-use portfolio in Greenwich, Connecticut. The properties sold for $19 million. Stephen Westerberg of Marcus & Millichap's  more

ENCINO, California, Sept. 25 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: CHAMBERSBURG, Penn., Sept. 24, 2024 - 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 a new construction, net-leased Wawa located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The property sold for $6,481,481. "The sellers did an exceptional job securing a prime Wawa location in Central  more

SAN JOSE, California, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- FICO, an analytics software company, issued the following news: * * * Most Americans Think Their Current Financial Situation Would Improve If They Had Access to More Personal Finance Resources and Education Highlights: Most Americans (79%) think high schools should offer financial education. More than one in four (28%) members of Gen Z do not consider themselves financially literate; significantly higher than Millennials (20%), Gen X (19%) and Baby  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- Nossaman, a law firm, issued the following news: The rollout of Nossaman Consults was highlighted in various news outlets, including Daily Journal, California's leading legal newspaper. The Daily Journal article, titled "Nossaman Expands Services With Consulting Division Focused On Infrastructure, Pensions, And Government Relations" (subscription required), stated Nossaman Consults allows the firm "to serve clients in a broader way than just legal s  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 25 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Wells Fargo Securities and the other underwriters in connection with Helmerich & Payne's $1.25 billion of senior notes offering. Helmerich & Payne intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with the proceeds of its term loan credit facility and cash on hand, to finance the purchase for its previously announced pending acquisi  more

LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 25 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Amanda Rubalcava For most, spending nine months tracking elephants through Sri Lankan landscapes, monitoring their interactions with humans and documenting their behavior sounds like a wildlife lover's dream come true. For UC San Diego doctoral student Sateesh Venkatesh, this will soon be reality. Venkatesh, who is pursuing his doctorate in the School of Biological Sciences, has been  more

LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Since 2020 when the Halicioglu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at UC San Diego established its Senior Capstone Program, it has become the premier series for all fourth-year undergraduate data science majors at HDSI - a pioneering interdisciplinary institute advancing data science and AI education within the new School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS) at the univer  more

MERCED, California, Sept. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Patty Guerra A new five-year pilot study to place solar panels on the water in the Delta-Mendota Canal is just the beginning of a formal working relationship between UC Merced and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority. The two entities signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday, agreeing to work together using science-based and data-driven decision-making on efforts to mitigat  more

LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 25 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * Partnership will expand critical county-wide mental health services, to be based at East Campus Medical Center * * * By Annie Pierce UC San Diego Health and San Diego County announced they will be finalizing an innovative partnership today during the Board of Supervisors meeting that will expand essential behavioral health care services at East Campus Medical Ce  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * UC Riverside-led team developed the tool through an international virtual research group * * * A research team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has developed a computational workflow for analyzing large data sets in the field of metabolomics, the study of small molecules found within cells, biofluids, tissues, and entire ecosystems. Most rec  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Sept. 25 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Rachel Raiyani Marianas Fernandez (John R. Lewis '25, sociology and legal studies) wakes up at 6 a.m. most mornings. Twenty-four is not enough hours of the day for Fernandez's schedule. As a full-time student, she juggles her academic commitments with her role as a Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) intern for the C9/John R. Lewis College Co-Curriculars Program and  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- Westmont College issued the following news on Sept. 24, 2024: By Scott Craig Nearly 40 students will present their summer research findings at the annual Celebration of Summer Research on Friday, Oct. 4, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Winter Hall Atrium. The Celebration of Summer Research, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, is free and open to the public. Students will present 19 posters representing the natural and behavioral sciences division (b  more