SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Oct. 4 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Attorneys representing 10 scientists ask California court to compel Sage Publications to stick to contractual obligation, pursue arbitration * * * VENTURA, Calif. - On behalf of 10 nationally recognized and credentialed scientists, attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom and Consovoy McCarthy PLLC filed a petition to compel arbitration Thursday with the Superior Court of C  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Oct. 4 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: * * * ADF attorneys defend centers' freedom to provide accurate information about abortion pill reversal * * * LOS ANGELES - On behalf of a nonprofit pro-life pregnancy center and a nonprofit network of affiliated centers, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed suit against the California attorney general for using his power to censor pro-life pregnancy centers because they tell women about t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: The California chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations California (CAIR-CA), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) California, the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), and other members of the California Palestine Solidarity Coalition today expressed deep disappointment with Governor Gavin Newsom's signing of three bills--SB 1287, SB 1277, and AB 2925--that effectively c  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 4 -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release: * * * Transit fleets seeking to convert to zero-emission fleets, and in need of charging/fueling infrastructure, are encouraged to apply. * * * The California Energy Commission's Energy Infrastructure Incentives for Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles (EnergIIZE) Project is excited to announce Year Two of the Transit Set  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 4 -- Equality California issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Equality California released the following statement from Executive Director Tony Hoang following a fourth college's refusal to play a scheduled volleyball match against San Jose State University simply for allowing a transgender athlete to play on the school's Women's Volleyball Team: "School administrators' decision to bow to pressure from extremists instead of allowing their student  more

FOREST KNOLLS, California, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Turtle Island Restoration Network issued the following news release: A new study out of Harvard and the University of Delaware published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405898121) document that industrial fishing supplies 70% of poisonous methylmercury consumed by the public. The highest level of methylmercury is found in tuna and other large fish from tropical and subtropical waters  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Oct. 4 -- The International Medical Corps issued the following news: Los Angeles-based humanitarian organization International Medical Corps will host its 2024 Annual Awards Celebration on Thursday, October 17, at The Beverly Wilshire Hotel. This year will mark 40 years of International Medical Corps' lifesaving work here at home and around the world. Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, will receive the Global Citizen Award for its long-term s  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- The Sikh Coalition issued the following joint statement on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * (Sacramento, CA) -- The Sikh Coalition, the Jakara Movement, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), and the American Sikh Caucus Committee issued the following joint statement in response to the Sacramento Bee's October 2 story, "In the shadow of a freeway shooting lurks the fear of Sikhs threatened in California." "As organizations working for the civil rights of the Sikh   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 4 -- The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund issued the following news release: * * * 84 percent of California Latino registered voters said that they are almost certain they will vote or will probably vote this election * * * The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, in partnership with BSP Research, today unveiled the findings of its California Latino Voter Snapshot   more

SANTA MONICA, California, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * A Concerning Rise in Rough Sleeping Threatens Recent Progress on Unsheltered Homelessness in Los Angeles By Louis Abramson Our new analysis of three Los Angeles neighborhoods--Hollywood, Venice, and Skid Row--shows that rough sleeping has risen to new heights. Rough sleeping refers to unhoused people living without the protection of a vehicle, tent, or makeshift dwelling. If left unaddre  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Oct. 4 -- Rand issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2024, on the death of F. Stephen Larrabee, an agency analyst and a specialist in European affairs and transatlantic security: * * * RAND researcher helped lay the groundwork for NATO expansion and adaptation * * * RAND notes with profound regret the death of F. Stephen Larrabee, a specialist in European affairs and transatlantic security and one of several RAND analysts whose research is credited with laying t  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Oct. 4 -- The Recording Academy issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: One day before first-round voting opens for the 67th GRAMMY Awards(R), the Recording Academy(R) released its 2024 Membership Report, revealing that it has added more than 3,000 women voting members since 2019, exceeding its goal of adding 2,500 women voting members by 2025. This milestone comes less than five years after the Recording Academy set the goal of increasing representation amo  more