LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 17 -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release: * * * The Company has named Suvojoy Sengupta regional chief executive, India, as it accelerates its regional growth plans * * * MUMBAI (October 15, 2024) -- AECOM, the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, announced today that it has appointed Suvojoy Sengupta as regional chief executive for its business in India. Mr. Sengupta joins AECOM's Europe and India Executive Leadership Tea  more

OAKLAND, California, Oct. 16 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general, successfully blocked an attempt by Meta to dismiss the coalition's lawsuit against the company for its part in harming children's mental health and for allowing young children on its platforms in violation of federal law. In October 2023, Attorney General Bonta co-led a biparti  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: California's battery storage capacity has expanded rapidly, increasing by 3,012 megawatts (MW) in just six months to reach a total of 13,391 MW. This growth marks a 30% increase since April 2024, underscoring the state's swift progress in building out clean energy infrastructure, especially during a summer marked by record-breaking heat. Within the past five years, Californi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 17 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that California is expanding access to culturally-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services. After years of working toward this milestone, today marks the first time Medi-Cal will cover traditional health care practices in use since time immemorial. These are deeply rooted in cultural practices and have been shown to improve   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that California's Organized Retail Crime Task Force (ORCTF), led by the California Highway Patrol (CHP), continues its work to tamp down on organized retail theft operations statewide. This year, the task force has conducted 621 investigations statewide leading to 1,123 arrests and recovered 269,992 stolen items valued at $8.1 million. "  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 17 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom celebrated the passage and recent signing of several pieces of legislation to support women, children, and families, just as national Republican leaders continue to block policies to support them. The package of bills the Legislature sent to the Governor includes new laws to support victims of revenge porn, protect  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today highlighted a $3.5 million federal investment to improve access to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and enhance a key Southern California water source that provides Los Angeles County with one-third of its water supply. Federal, state, tribal and local partners celebrated the announcement today, which will support trash removal projects,  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 17 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Six Haynes and Boone, LLP's lawyers are included in the 2024 California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars directories. Published annually by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations of lawyers in more tha  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 16 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Each year the American Physical Society (APS) gives the LeRoy Apker Award to two individuals to provide "encouragement to students who have demonstrated great potential for future scientific accomplishment." This year, Jin Ming Koh (BS '23) has received the Apker Award "for the first experimental realization of a measurement-induced entanglement phase transition on a superconducting quantum proces  more

FRESNO, California, Oct. 17 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Generous support from Chevron -- a gift of $350,000 -- will benefit several Fresno State programs across the university. With this most recent gift, Chevron has given nearly $3 million to Fresno State programs since 2017. Chevron representatives formalized this year's gift with a ceremonial check presentation and celebration on campus on Oct. 16. "We are deeply thankful for the ongoin  more

SAN JOSE, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- Cisco Systems issued the following news release: * * * News Summary: * More than a quarter of partners believe that 76-100% of their revenue will come from AI technologies over the next 4-5 years. * Partners identified infrastructure, cybersecurity, and customer experience as the primary drivers of AI technology demand, presenting the greatest revenue opportunities. * Partners show confidence about their knowledge and understanding in helping custom  more

FULLERTON, California, Oct. 17 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: Cal State Fullerton's Titan Hub office offers students one-stop help with general inquiries on financial aid, admission application statuses, student fees and payments, enrollment, scholarship awards, and more. Located in Langsdorf Hall, Room 114, Titan Hub aims to help students succeed from admission to graduation by centralizing support services. Students can connect with staff   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Today, the DNC announced a six-figure 'I Will Vote' paid media campaign engaging Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Armenian, Black, Latino, and LGBTQ+ communities across the state of California. The campaign will launch in multiple languages in 32 constituency publications in all of the state's major media markets to encourage Democratic turnout, including six critical races to flip the Ho  more

SAN JOSE, California, Oct. 17 -- eBay Inc., a company that says it creates ecommerce experiences for buyers, sellers and developers, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * * New for the 2025 cohort, eBay Ventures, eBay's venture capital arm, will reward one 'Circular Fashion Innovator of the Year' with an extra investment of $300,000 * Since starting in 2022, the CFF is set to deliver a total investment of $1.2 million by the end of 2025 as it expands in the UK, Germany, th  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 16 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Name: Evelyn Lai Class Year: 2025 Major: Linguistics, Minor: Education Hometown: Cupertino, California Internship Organization: Transcendent Endeavors Internship Title: Applied Linguistics Research Intern Location: Remote What's happening at your internship? We would love to hear what kind of work you are doing! My work at Transcendent Endeavors consists of two aspects, the first is working on a dig  more

LOS GATOS, California, Oct. 17 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: * * * Director: Markus Goller Screenplay: Oliver Ziegenbalg (in collaboration with Michele Cinque) Producers: Christopher Zwickler (Flute Film), Oliver Ziegenbalg and Markus Goller (Sunnysideup Filmproduktion) Creative Producer: Michele Cinque (Lazy Film) DOP: Frankie DeMarco Production Designer: Christian Goldbeck Hair & Make-up: Skadi Lesske, Astrid Weber Costume Design: Mika  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 17 -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: Gibson Dunn has advised Helmerich & Payne, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, HP Falcon Investments, LLC, on its accelerated bookbuild offering to institutional investors of 159,652,173 existing ordinary shares in ADNOC Drilling Company P.J.S.C. The sale generated proceeds of approximately $197 million. The Gibson Dunn team was led by partners Marwan Elaraby (Dubai), Ibrahim Soumrany (Duba  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 16 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: A hillside painted by the diversity of native forbs in Walker Canyon, California. This diversity, however, can shift rapidly under climate change, according to new research. credit: Joan Dudney Although all ecosystems are affected by a changing climate, the impacts can take a while to appear. Changes in forest biodiversity, for example, are known to lag behind changes in a habitat's temperature and precipitat  more

SANTA CLARA, California, Oct. 17 -- Intel, an industry that says it creates world-changing technology that enables progress and enriches lives, issued the following news on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Intel engineers join OEMs in the lab to take on unexpected challenges as a new chip architecture comes to life. * * * Launched in September, Intel Core Ultra 200V Series Processors - code-named Lunar Lake - deliver breakthrough performance and efficiency for the AI PC. An important Intel first helps m  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 16 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Hundreds of papers have been written about the first known brown dwarf, Gliese 229 B, since its discovery by Caltech researchers at the Institute's Palomar Observatory in 1995. But a pressing mystery has persisted about this orb: It is too dim for its mass. Brown dwarfs are lighter than stars and heavier than gas giants like Jupiter. And while astronomers had measured the mass of Gliese 229 B to b  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 17 -- Levi Strauss & Co. issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) (NYSE: LEVI) announced today that its board of directors has elected Daniel Geballe to serve as a member of the board, effective April 26, 2025, which is when current member David Friedman is set to retire from the board upon reaching the mandatory retirement age. Geballe currently serves as a managing director at SJF Ventures, where he leads investments in ea  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 17 -- Loyola Marymount University issued the following news release: Loyola Marymount University welcomes 13 new members to its Board of Trustees and Board of Regents, embracing their leadership experience and diverse backgrounds to support LMU's mission and commitment to academic excellence. These new members will guide the university through the boldest comprehensive fundraising campaign to date, and advance strategic plan initiatives to dismantle racism and im  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- Mary Ann Liebert Inc. issued the following news release: The authors of a new article in Journal of Palliative Medicine state that the "growing role of the financial sector in home health and hospice, a reflection of larger trends in U.S. healthcare, is concerning and has major implications for care quality unless reforms are undertaken." Click here to read the article now. Coauthors Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FN, with the University of California, San Fr  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, Oct. 17 -- Mattel, a toy manufacturing company, issued the following news: Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT), a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world, is developing a live-action feature film with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Escape Artists based on the company's timeless 3-D image View-Master toy. View-Master has entertained children and adults since its introduction in 1939. The stereoscopic v  more

PALO ALTO, California, Oct. 17 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Hong Kong - October 15, 2024 - Cooley advised MindWorks Capital, a Hong Kong-headquartered next-generation venture capital manager, on the closing of its fourth Pan-Asia venture capital fund, MindWorks Ventures Fund IV. The fund, alongside parallel funds and committed co-investment vehicles, raised more than $220 million, bringing MindWorks Capital's total assets under management to more than $1.4 billion,  more

LOS GATOS, California, Oct. 17 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: * * * New cast members have been announced for Nagumo, Shishiba and Osaragi of "The Order," along with a brand new special art showcasing the group. * * * Get ready for an action-packed adventure as SAKAMOTO DAYS makes its way to Netflix with a long-awaited anime adaptation, premiering in January 2025. Fans of the manga series, which has built a strong following in Shueisha's Weekly  more

LOS GATOS, California, Oct. 17 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: OBX marked the spot for fans seeking TV treasures this week: Part 1 of Season 4 of Outer Banks, starring Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Rudy Pankow, Carlacia Grant, and Drew Starkey debuted at #1 on the English TV List with 15.5M views. In the lead up to the release, fans descended upon Charleston, where the series is filmed, to celebrate the premiere Pog  more

REDWOOD SHORES, California, Oct. 17 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * New service gives providers transparent, secure payment processing that makes it easy for patients to settle co-pays and account balances with their preferred payment method * * * To ease patient settlement and payment reconciliation, Oracle today announced Oracle Health Payments. With the end-to-end payment solution, including gateway routin  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 17 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings LLP advised Crusoe Energy Systems LLC (Crusoe), a vertically-integrated AI infrastructure company, on its $3.4 billion joint venture with Blue Owl Capital Inc. and Primary Digital Infrastructure to fund purpose-built data center capacity at the Lancium Clean Campus in Abilene, Texas. The 206MW, 998,000 sq. foot data center, designed, built, and managed by Crusoe, is a build-to-suit, two-buil  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 17 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP advised long-standing private equity client Abry Partners in connection with the sale of Options Technology ("Options"), a global leader in capital markets infrastructure, to international investment firm Vitruvian Partners. The firm also advised Options on the acquisition of network analytics provider Packets2Disk, which closed shortly before the sale of Options to Vitruvian.   more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by Jarrett Haley Researchers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), part of the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS) at UC San Diego, have launched a new initiative to advance science and technology that addresses wildland fire challenges in an era of more frequent and devastating megafires. The Wildfire Science & Technology Commons will be a   more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by Stacey Carrillo, s4carrillo@ucsd.edu Across California, many college students are struggling to afford or access food, and recent data shows just how pervasive the issue is. An estimated 33% to 50% of students across University of California (UC), California Community College and California State University (CSU) campuses are experiencing food insecurity. At UC San Diego  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * UC Riverside study also finds that men concerned about masculinity are more likely to seek revenge in the workplace * * * To forgive is to move on and set a foundation for a brighter future. In the workplace, forgiveness makes for healthier and more effective workgroups, especially when co-worker transgressions are minor and the need for effective collaboration is essenti  more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by Joyce Pritchett, jmpritchett@ucsd.edu The first patient that a medical student interacts with leaves an impression. For University of California San Diego School of Medicine students, their first patient is particularly compelling because the students' must listen for the voice of the patient who has no voice. A core experience for all medical students, the year-long ana  more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Story by Inga Kiderra, ikiderra@ucsd.edu In recent U.S. elections, results often took days to finalize, fueling voter distrust in the electoral process and ballot outcomes. Now, research from the Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research at UC San Diego shows that a simple, proactive message from election officials -- ahead of Election Night -- can effectively reduce this dis  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Dan White A $200,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities is funding a new Dickens Project initiative, an in-person institute for 25 high school teachers from across the United States. The institute, "Great Expectations in the Global Imaginary," will help participating teachers consider bold new approaches to teaching Charles Dickens' classic 1861 novel Grea  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * New study led by UC Santa Cruz also advances understanding of tectonic-plate dynamics * * * By Mike Pena Along coastal California, the possibility of earthquakes and landslides are commonly prefaced by the phrase, "not if, but when." This precarious reality is now a bit more predictable thanks to researchers at UC Santa Cruz and The University of Texas at Austin, who f  more

SEBASTOPOL, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- O'Reilly issued the following news release: * * * With 50% of UK employers adopting headcount and salary freezes over the past twelve months, staff are proactively seeking digital reskilling opportunities UK employers consider digital upskilling/reskilling more cost-effective than acquiring new headcount to address AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and software architecture skills * * * London, UK. 16 October 2024 -- New research from O'Reilly, the premie  more

REDWOOD SHORES, California, Oct. 17 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release: * * * Migration of the Army IPPS-A to Oracle U.S. Defense Cloud expected to help reduce costs while enhancing security and information access that will support readiness and auditability * * * The U.S. Army is migrating its IPPS-A to Oracle U.S. Defense Cloud. Serving more than one million users, the project represents Oracle's largest competitively awarded Joint W  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 17 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Hub partners University of California, San Diego and Northrop Grumman work together to find a substitute process material * * * By Jonathan Van Dyke Part of the promise of the California Defense Ready Electronics and Microdevices Superhub (CA DREAMS), led by USC Viterbi's Information Sciences Institute, is to facilitate the acceleration of breakthroughs an  more

PALO ALTO, California, Oct. 17 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: New York - October 15, 2024 - Cooley advised the underwriters of Upstream Bio, a clinical-stage biotech developing a monoclonal antibody to target respiratory disorders, on its upsized $293 million initial public offering (IPO). Upstream Bio offered 17,250,000 shares priced at $17 per share, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase 2,250,000 additional shares. Upstream Bio'  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics issued the following news release: William V. Padula has earned the 2024 ISPOR Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Methodology. The prize recognizes his use of machine learning to develop an algorithm for better predicting the risk of hospital-acquired pressure injuries--otherwise known as bedsores. Nearly 60,000 deaths from bedsores   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: By Landon Hall Yasser Khan has focused his research on wearables, implantables, and ingestibles -- advanced medical devices designed to gather data and ultimately improve human health. His ideas are futuristic and visionary. They're just what the David and Lucile Packard Foundation was looking for. The nonprofit is supporting Khan's work by making him one  more