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State Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Saturday October 26, 2024 ( 32 items )  

9-1-1: Confessions (11/7)
BURBANK, California, Oct. 25 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: THURSDAY, NOV. 7 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT 9-1-1: "Confessions" (806) Logline: When a toddler falls down a pipe and becomes trapped, the 118 must rely on more than their skills to rescue him. Meanwhile, old wounds are opened when members of the 118 race to the aid of a man dealing with a divorce. Watch episodes next day on Hulu. *** Original text here: https://www.dgepress.com/abc/pressrelease/9-1-1  more

ADT Reports 3Q 2024 Financial Results
GLENDALE, California, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- ADT Inc., a provider of security and automation solutions for homes and businesses, issued the following news on Oct. 24, 2024: * * * Continued strong financial results, cash generation and leverage reduction Revenue up 5% versus prior year period GAAP income from continuing operations up 7%; Adjusted EBITDA up 6% Record-high recurring monthly revenue; solid customer retention On track to achieve full-year 2024 guidance metrics * * * ADT, the mos  more

America's Funniest Home Videos: 3417 (11/3) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 4/7/24)
BURBANK, California, Oct. 25 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: SUNDAY, NOV. 3 7:00-8:01 p.m. EDT America's Funniest Home Videos: "3417" (3417) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 4/7/24) Logline: A side-splitting episode filled with wedding antics, including a ring-bearing dog who's not too keen on making the trip down the aisle and a groom who is asked to give up "gaming" during his vows. Watch episodes next day on Hulu. *** Original text here: https://www.dgepress.com/  more

CalState-Fullerton: College of the Arts Completes Construction of Cutting-Edge Visual Arts Complex
FULLERTON, California, Oct. 25 -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: Inspired by the creativity and unlimited potential of its Titan artists, Cal State Fullerton's College of the Arts is looking toward the future with the opening of its renovated visual arts complex. At the Oct. 19 open house event, invited campus and community members engaged with artwork from local artists, current students and visual arts alumni in the new 15,000-square-foot Buil  more

Dolby and Jin From BTS Celebrate His New Single "I'll Be There" in Dolby Atmos
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 26 -- Dolby Laboratories Inc. issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: Following the single "I'll Be There," Jin's highly anticipated first solo album Happy is set to release in Dolby Atmos worldwide on November 15th. "When I first heard my new music in Dolby Atmos, I was truly amazed by the incredibly vivid and immersive experience. It felt like you are right inside the music," said Jin. "The theme of this new single and the new album is 'happiness.'  more

Gap: Old Navy Unveils 'Love is in the House' in Holiday Campaign With Jennifer Hudson
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 25 -- Old Navy, a subsidiary of Gap, a retailer of clothing and accessories, issued the following news release: This holiday season, Old Navy invites everyone to come play with style with the launch of its latest campaign, "Love is in the House," starring Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (EGOT) award winner Jennifer Hudson. As the go-to destination for fashion, fun, and togetherness, Old Navy tapped Jennifer Hudson to help celebrate the holiday spirit with a campaign  more

GlobalFoundries, Witmem, and Microchip Announce Sampling of WTM-8 8K/120 FPS Video Processor for High-Performance, Low-Power AI Applications
SANTA CLARA, California, Oct. 25 -- GlobalFoundries, a manufacturer of semiconductors, issued the following news release: * * * The innovative AI video processing solution, built on GF's 12LP+ and 28ESF3 platforms, features SuperFlash technology to efficiently store and process millions of AI interference parameters * * * MALTA, N.Y. and BEIJING, October, 24, 2024 -- GlobalFoundries (GF), Witmem Technology, and Microchip Technology via its subsidiary Silicon Storage Technology (SST) today a  more

Great Plains Center of Excellence hosts inaugural conference on clean energy and workforce development
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Oct. 24 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The Great Plains Center of Excellence convened its inaugural conference at the Hamm Institute for American Energy in Oklahoma City. Held on Sept. 9-10, this landmark event attracted 100-plus participants from various states, including Texas, New Jersey, Colorado, Missouri, and California. It brought together experts, industry leaders and educators to discuss advancements in the clean energy sector. GPCoE is   more

Grey's Anatomy: Night Moves (11/7)
BURBANK, California, Oct. 25 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: THURSDAY, NOV. 7 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT Grey's Anatomy: "Night Moves" (2106) Logline: Teddy and Owen plan a date night that gets derailed in more ways than one, while Jo struggles to do it all at home. Mika adds more to her plate to make up for taking time off to be with her sister, and Levi is faced with a monumental decision. Watch episodes next day on Hulu. *** Original text here: https://ww  more

New Report Shows Fresno State Contributes Nearly $1 Billion to Valley Economy
FRESNO, California, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Fresno State is a powerful engine of prosperity for the San Joaquin Valley, generating close to $1 billion dollars of annual economic activity, according to a new economic impact report produced by the Craig School of Business. Among the key findings in the report - economic activity by Fresno State and its auxiliaries generates an annual average of $954 million in business sa  more

Pillsbury Adds to Growing Corporate Investigations Roster With Arrival of Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Dylan Aste in San Diego
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 -- Pillsbury, a law firm, issued the following news release: Dylan Aste, who recently completed 10 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, has joined Pillsbury's San Diego office as counsel. "Pillsbury has been aggressively expanding our litigation and investigations team to meet our clients' needs, especially in California," said global head of Litigation Deborah Baum. "Dylan has built a great track record of success at the U.S. Attorney's Office, leading some of the office's m  more

Pomona College: Prof. Yanshuo Zhang Wins National Grant to Promote Ethnic Diversity in China Studies
CLAREMONT, California, Oct. 25 -- Pomona College issued the following news: It may sound cliche, Yanshuo Zhang says, but what she admires about Pomona College--and all liberal arts colleges--is the freedom it gives professors to incorporate their research into their lessons. A course Zhang developed last year, Imagining China from the Borders: Crossing the Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Borderlines in Asia, demonstrates how beneficial such practicality is for students. On top of assigning readin  more

Qualcomm Schedules 4Q and Fiscal 2024 Earnings Release and Conference Call
SAN DIEGO, California, Oct. 26 -- Qualcomm, a developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024: Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that it will publish the Company's financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal 2024 on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, after the close of the market on the Company's Investor Relations website, at https://investor.qualcomm.com/financial-information. The earning  more

Reimagining the Microbiome Landscape
PASADENA, California, Oct. 25 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Smruthi Karthikeyan, the Gordon and Carol Treweek Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering and a William H. Hurt Scholar, describes her research as "harnessing the power of microbes for human and environmental health." Karthikeyan takes an engineering approach to communities of microbes that live inside the human gut, in agricultural soil, and in the ocean, seeking not only to   more

SDSU Athletics Unveils Plans to Build Golf Performance Center
SAN DIEGO, California, Oct. 25 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * Performance center will be housed at The Farms Golf Club and benefit both SDSU men's and women's golf * * * By GoAztecs San Diego State Athletics unveiled plans to build a state-of-the-art performance center at The Farms Golf Club in nearby Rancho Santa Fe thanks to an anonymous $1.5 million pledge. Two golf simulators will also be housed on the SDSU campus, allowing the Aztec men's and women's go  more

Sierra College Foundation Wins $198K Federal Grant to Help Students Enter Growing Cybersecurity Field
ROCKLIN, California, Oct. 25 -- The Sierra College Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Grant Will Fund Expansion of New Placer Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Collaborative * * * The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded the Sierra College Foundation with a new $198,000 grant designed to increase opportunities for local students to break into the high-demand field of cybersecurity and help area employers meet their work  more

Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Hugh Grant, Eddie Redmayne, Anthony Anderson and More Guests on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' Oct. 28-Nov. 1
BURBANK, California, Oct. 25 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: ABC's Emmy(r) Award-winning late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EDT and features a diverse lineup of guests that includes celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human-interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The following episodes are scheduled to air the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 1 (subject to change): Monday, Oct. 28 1. Terry  more

UC Irvine Scientists Uncovering Link Between Gut E. Coli and Parkinson's Disease
IRVINE, California, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * The interdisciplinary team identifies potential gut microbiome origins of disorder * * * A research team led by University of California, Irvine scientists is a step closer to uncovering the mysterious origins of Parkinson's disease, finding that the incurable disorder appears to take root in the human gut. "Parkinson's happens when proteins build up in regions of the  more

UC Irvine to Lead Next Phase of UC's California Alliance for Minority Participation
IRVINE, California, Oct. 26 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * National Science Foundation awards $2.5 million for longtime STEM initiative * * * Since 1991, the California Alliance for Minority Participation has worked across the nine undergraduate campuses of the University of California to boost the number of students from underrepresented groups who earn degrees in science, technology, engineering and math. UC data gathered in the years  more

UC Santa Cruz Receives NSF Grant to Transform Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Graduate Programs
SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Abby Butler The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $1 million to researchers at UC Santa Cruz to advance equity and inclusion by fostering a more inclusive, culturally rich environment in STEM graduate programs. Led by Professor of Psychology Su-hua Wang, with Co-PIs Associate Professor of Psychology Rebecca Covarrubias and Professor of Astronomy and Astr  more

UC-Riverside: Slowing Ocean Current Could Ease Arctic Warming - a Little
RIVERSIDE, California, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Weaker AMOC could transport less heat to higher latitudes * * * The Arctic is warming at three to four times the global average. However, new research suggests the slowing of a key ocean current could reduce projected Arctic warming by up to 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. For years, scientists have warned that unchecked Arctic warming could lead to devasta  more

UC-San Francisco: Poor Sleep in Midlife Is Linked to Faster Brain Atrophy
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * UCSF-led study finds that insomnia, but not lack of sleep, may hasten brain shrinkage. * * * By Suzanne Leigh For adults in midlife, difficulty getting to sleep and waking up too early may accelerate brain atrophy that is associated with dementia. The brain naturally begins to atrophy beginning in one's 30s and 40s. But this can become much more pronoun  more

UC-Santa Cruz: Dolphins Sense Military Sonar at Much Lower Levels Than Regulators Predict
SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * New study including UC Santa Cruz researchers presents first-ever measurements of behavioral responses * * * By Mike Pena For the first time ever, a team including several UC Santa Cruz scientists have directly measured the behavioral responses of some of the most common marine mammals to military sonar. And the finding that surprised them most was that these animals w  more

UC-Santa Cruz: New Mapping Techniques Empower Bird Conservation in Colombia
SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Abby Butler Natalia Ocampo-Penuela, assistant professor of environmental studies, and a team of Colombian researchers have introduced a transformative approach to mapping bird species distribution across Colombia, harnessing community science data and innovative modeling techniques. Their latest study, published with open access in the journal Diversity and Distributions,   more

UC-Santa Cruz: Ultra-Small Spectrometer Yields the Power of a 1,000 Times Bigger Device
SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Emily Cerf Spectrometers are technology for reading light that date back to the era of famed 17th-century physicist Isaac Newton. They work by breaking down light waves into their different colors -- or spectra -- to provide information about the makeup of the objects being measured. UC Santa Cruz researchers are designing new ways to make spectrometers that are ultra-smal  more

UCLA Law School: Documentary Film Legal Clinic Students Celebrate Client's Emmy Award Win
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 26 -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: When the winners of the 45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards were announced on September 26, the filmmakers behind one triumphant production were quick to credit a number of UCLA School of Law students and faculty members who helped make it all happen. Free Chol Soo Lee, which details the experiences and wrongful murder conviction of a Korean immigrant, and which aired in P  more

University of California-Merced: Professor Brings Course-Based Research Experiences to Physics
MERCED, California, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Patty Guerra, UC Merced Conducting research can be daunting. UC Merced, like its sister University of California campuses, prides itself on the opportunities it provides its students to conduct research as part of their educational experiences. But the idea of looking into a concept and producing new results can seem intimidating. Where do you even start? That's where "Course-Based Under  more

University of California-Merced: Public Health Grad Student Selected for Prestigious Award
MERCED, California, Oct. 25 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: Second-year public health Ph.D. student Sarina Rodriguez was named as a Health Policy Research Scholar by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The HPRS program supports doctoral students from underserved and underrepresented demographics and brings together students from various fields to apply their expertise to policies that advance equity and health. According to the foundation's website, the leader  more

University of California: Reality Bites! Teens Want a New Genre on Screen - Nomantasy
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * A Center for Scholars & Storytellers study finds young people prefer fantasy in TV shows and movies -- without the romance Key takeaways * Fantasy content saw a significant boost in popularity, with 36.2% of adolescents preferring this genre -- a 56% increase from last year. * A trend toward "nomance" continued as 63.5% of adolescents said they prefer stories focused on friends  more

University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering: How Can We Prevent the Spread of Contaminants in Our Water Sources?
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 26 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Two professors at USC Viterbi School of Engineering are collaborating on a puzzle with direct consequences for human health: identifying the best model for predicting the flow of contaminants in groundwater sources. * * * Flowing rivers, icy mountain lakes, crystalline reservoirs - we like to think that our water comes straight from these sources. In realit  more

University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering: Undergraduate Microelectronics Commons Scholars Program Brings the Textbook to Life in the Cleanroom
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * California DREAMS provided training and internships to two undergraduate cohorts this summer * * * Like many of her peers, USC sophomore Cecilia Betancourt receives a lot of emails each day, many littered with opportunities on and off campus, but few catch her attention. However, this spring, she noticed something unique that she didn't want to pas  more

USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy: Lessons Learned From a Healthcare Cybersecurity Attack
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 25 -- The University of Southern California's Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics issued the following news release: * * * USC Price School professor - working with two students - identifies ways to improve cybersecurity of the U.S. healthcare system * * * Earlier this year, a little-known but critical component of the U.S. healthcare system ground to a halt after suffering a cyberattack by a shadowy, transnational organized crime organization calle  more