LA JOLLA, California, July 4 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * $5M in State Funding to Support UC San Diego Bachelor of Science Program in South County By Miles Martin Assemblymember David Alvarez (D-San Diego) announced today that he secured $5 million in state funding to the University of California San Diego to provide a collaborative public health degree with Southwestern College. "This is a historic day for making higher education more ac more PR

MILPITAS, California, July 3 [Category: Electronic Products] -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, posted the following news release: * * * Advanced Packaging on the Rise: SEMICON Taiwan 2025 Leads the Way * AI and HPC Fuel Advances in Packaging Technology 3DIC, FOPLP, and Chiplet Forums Gain Global Spotlight As demand for AI and HPC accelerates, the semiconductor industry is embracing a new era. With Moore's Law slowing and scaling cha more PR

TOWSON, Maryland, July 3 -- The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities issued the following news on July 1, 2025: * * * Building a social mobility university and its regional impact A panel moderated by Kristin Sobolik, CUMU outgoing board chair and chancellor, University of Missouri-St. Louis, at the 2025 National Social Mobility Symposium, hosted by Ellen Neufeldt, CUMU incoming board chair and president, California State University San Marcos. At the recent National Social Mobil more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Hawaii -- Third Quarter 2024 * From June 2024 to September 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Hawaii were 29,296, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 25,577, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statist more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Idaho -- Third Quarter 2024 * From June 2024 to September 2024, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Idaho were 55,436, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 52,410, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-CA Condemns UC President's Ban on Student Governments Boycotting Companies Associated With Israel * The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) today condemned a recent statement from the University of California (UC) President Michael Drake banning student governments and all other "university entities" from boycotting compa more PR

TUSTIN, California, July 4 -- The California Policy Center, an organization that says it focuses on education reform, workplace freedom, government transparency and governance, issued the following commentary on July 3, 2025: * * * Illegal Alien Medi-Cal and the Big Beautiful Bill By Marc Joffe, California State Budget Thanks to the Senate Parliamentarian, California will be spared the largest fiscal impact of the Big Beautiful Bill's Medicaid reforms, but the state's ability to shift the co more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, July 4 -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: * * * Summer research program gives Sac State students hands-on experience - and a paycheck By Cynthia Hubert In a Sacramento State laboratory this summer, Biology student Kevin Salimo is sharpening his data skills, earning money conducting research and adding to scientific knowledge about how climate change affects ocean creatures. Salimo is one of 17 students within the College of Natura more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 [Category: Biology] (TNSrep) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * California's Decade of Wolf Recovery Documented in State Report * SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A century after wolves were wiped out in California, the iconic animals have mounted a promising comeback in the state, with a small population that has grown to at least 50 wolves, according to a California Department of Fish and Wildlife report (https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandl more PR

PASADENA, California, July 4 -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release on July 3, 2025: * * * CONGRESS GUTS CLEAN TRANSPORTATION PROGRESS; BREAKS PROMISE OF AMERICAN JOB GROWTH, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, AND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS Today, Congress passed the final version of its tax-and-spending bill (H.R. 1) sending the legislation to the President's desk for signature, and cementing provision more PR

PASADENA, California, July 2 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Novel Approaches for Protecting the Inner Ear from Hearing Loss * In 2015, Andre Hoelz, the Mary and Charles Ferkel Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, learned he had a rare brain tumor that was pressing on his acoustic nerve. The chemist, who normally focuses on solving the structure of protein assemblies in the lab, set out to learn more PR

OAKLAND, California, July 4 -- The California Nurses Association issued the following news release: * * * Chinese Hospital nurses overwhelmingly ratify contract RNs win strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention * Registered nurses at Chinese Hospital in San Francisco, Calif., voted to ratify a three-year contract on June 27, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU). Nurses are celebrating their victory on key demands related to patient saf more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 4 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, posted the following news release: * * * CODEPINK Statement: The Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill is a Big Ugly Disaster for the People and the Planet WASHINGTON - CODEPINK strongly opposes the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill". This dangerous budget is quite literally a textbook example of a nation that puts "guns ov more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 4 -- Dolby Laboratories Inc. issued the following news release: * * * Dolby Cinema makes its debut in India with First Screen Opening at City Pride, Pune Pune becomes the first Indian city to experience Dolby Cinema - where stories come alive like never before * Pune, India - July 3, 2025 - Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB), a global leader in immersive entertainment experiences, today marked a historic milestone with the launch of India's first Dolby Cine more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice Applauds Significant International Human Rights Ruling on Climate Change * Washington, D.C. -- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued its Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights today, a historic milestone in the international response to the climate crisis. The ruling details the obligations governments have under international law to p more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice Statement on House Passage of the Budget Reconciliation Bill * Today the House of Representatives passed the budget reconciliation bill. After the vote, Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen issued the following statement:  "The Republican reconciliation bill is a self-inflicted tragedy for our country. It will do enormous harm to millions of people who will lose  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Files Subpoena Enforcement Action Against Vallarta Food Enterprises * Federal Agency Seeks Court Order Compelling Grocer to Provide Information Relating to Its Employment and Hiring Practices LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today it filed an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena issued during its investigation into claims of more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release on July 2, 2025: * * * California Senate committee advances landmark bill to protect schoolkids from harmful UPF SACRAMENTO - Advancing commonsense policy to protect children's health, the California Senate Education Committee today passed a bipartisan bill that would phase out certain ultra-processed food, or UPF, from meals served in public schools. UPF are industrially manufactured and chemically modi more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 4 -- Equal Rights Advocates issued the following statement on July 3, 2025: * * * Gender Justice Expert Condemns Congress' Seven Trillion-Dollar Budget Betrayal Statement by Noreen Farrell, Executive Director of Equal Rights Advocates (ERA), which fights for gender justice in workplaces and schools across the country. * SAN FRANCISCO - This seven trillion-dollar budget reconciliation bill represents the ugly culmination of an all-out assault on women's econom more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 4 -- Equality California issued the following news release on July 3, 2025: * * * Equality California Responds to Congressional Passage of Extremist Reconciliation Bill that Targets LGBTQ+ People, Cuts Medicaid and SNAP, and Defunds Planned Parenthood WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, after the U.S. House joined the Senate in passing an extremist and deeply harmful reconciliation bill, Equality California--the nation's largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization- more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Gibson Dunn Guides HPE to Favorable DOJ Settlement in Challenge to HPE-Juniper Merger * Gibson Dunn successfully represented Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in securing a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that cleared the way for HPE's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks. HPE announced its agreement to acquire Juniper in January 202 more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 4 -- The South Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gavin Newsom joins South Carolina Democratic Party Connecting with Rural South Carolina COLUMBIA, SC - The South Carolina Democratic Party (SCDP) is hitting the road in rural South Carolina. Next week, the Party kicks off a multi-county On-The-Road series with California Governor Gavin Newsom to connect directly with communities that have too often been overlooked by Repub more PR

EL SEGUNDO, California, July 3 -- The Los Angeles Times issued the following news release: * * * L.A. Times Earns Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Journalism Los Angeles Times staff writers Anita Chabria and Jessica Garrison have received a Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists. The awards, which recognize outstanding work published or broadcast in 2024, were presented in a virtual ceremony on June 30. Chabria and Garrison won  more PR

OAKLAND, California, July 3 -- MediaJustice issued the following statement: * * * Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" Is Big Win for Big Tech STATEMENT from Steven Renderos, Executive Director at MediaJustice, on the passage of Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill": "Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" is now law, officially marking one of the biggest investments for state surveillance in our lifetime. Among cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid resulting in nearly 12-20 million people losing health insura more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 4 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * New study maps four key pathways to Alzheimer's disease UCLA Health researchers identify sequential diagnostic patterns that could improve early detection and prevention strategies * UCLA Health researchers have identified four distinct pathways that lead to Alzheimer's disease by analyzing electronic health records, offering new insights into how the condition develops over time rather than more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Schiff, Colleagues Demand Accountability for President Trump's Discriminatory Travel Ban * Lawmakers: "We write to express our strong opposition to President Trump's recent decision to issue a sweeping travel ban that will deny entry to thousands of individuals from 19 different countries." WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigratio more PR

PASADENA, California, July 3 [Category: BizConstruction]-- Parsons Corp., an engineering, construction, technical and management services firm, posted the following news release: * * * Parsons to Announce Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results on August 6, 2025 * CHANTILLY, Va., July 3, 2025 - Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) will release second quarter 2025 financial results before the markets open on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. The company will host a conference call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Partner Spotlight: NOAA Volunteer Becomes TikTok-Famous Necropsy Biologist * On April 12th, 2025, Cristina and her team responded to a call in Huntington Beach, CA as beachgoers came across a beached gray whale. This gray whale became a sensation in regional news by attracting a crowd to a popular Southern California beach, often frequented by locals and tourists. One TikToker filmed Ro more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 4 -- The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) issued the following news release on July 3, 2025: * * * SAG-AFTRA Applauds Passage of AB 1138 Bill Modernizes and Strengthens California's Film and Television Jobs Program * Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) applauds the passage of California AB 1138. Championed by Assembly member Rick Zbur and state Sen. Ben Allen, the more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 4 -- The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) issued the following news release on July 3, 2025: * * * SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative Agreement on National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting Agreement Will Now Go Before SAG-AFTRA National Board for Consideration. * SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement with major broadcast networks and other producers today on the National Code of Fair Practic more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 3 [Category: BizHospital] -- Cedars-Sinai, a nonprofit academic healthcare organization, posted the following news: * * * Smidt Heart Institute's Cardiac Surgery Earns Three-Star Quality Rating * The Department of Cardiac Surgery in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has earned a prestigious rating achieved by the top heart surgery programs in the U.S. The three-star quality rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons is the organization's highest rati more PR

EL SEGUNDO, California, July 4 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * SSC ACCELERATING PROTECTED TACTICAL SATCOM CAPABILITY Summary: SSC's New Protected Tactical SATCOM Family of Systems increases near-term Protected Tactical Waveform Anti-jam capability enabling greater warfighter lethality. Moves from current Protected Tactical SATCOM - Resilient competition. * U.S. Space Force's (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) has announced a new, innovative acquis more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Teamsters Local 396 Votes Overwhelmingly to Authorize Strike at Republic Services * Press Contact: Adan Alvarez Phone: (323) 404-5939 Email: adanalvarez@local396.net (SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA) - In a decisive move to demand fair treatment and a strong first contract, recently organized workers at EQ Environmental Services/Republic Services have voted overwhelmingly to auth more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * U.S. Supreme Court Grants Gibson Dunn Pro Bono Team's Petition for Certiorari in First Amendment Case * The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a Gibson Dunn pro bono team's petition for certiorari in Olivier v. City of Brandon et al., a civil rights case in which our team was supported by a diverse coalition of 11 amicus briefs. Gabriel Olivier, an evangelical Chr more PR

LA JOLLA, California, July 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Diver-Operated Microscope Brings Hidden Coral Biology into Focus Scripps Oceanography scientists develop cutting-edge microscope to study coral photosynthesis and health By Brittany Hook The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The dive more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * The Most Effective Diabetes Drugs Don't Reach Enough Patients Yet A UC San Francisco analysis has found that the newer generation of much more effective diabetes medications are reaching only a fraction of the patients who are recommended to take them based on new guidelines. Type 2 diabetes (T2D), a condition in which the body can't use insulin to clear su more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Hearing devices significantly improve social lives of those with hearing loss Study shows hearing aids and cochlear implants make people more sociable and confident, improving overall well-being * Hearing loss doesn't just affect how people hear the world -- it can also change how they connect with it. A new study from the USC Caruso Department of Otol more PR

MENLO PARK, California, July 3 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Video | Upgraded X-ray laser science: radiation effects * Hundreds of scientists use the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory each year to catch a glimpse of nature's fundamental processes. Like an enormous microscope, LCLS uses the brightest, ultrashort pulses of X-ray light ever made to reveal the atomic world i more PR

OAKLAND, California, July 3 [Category: Education] -- The Institute for College Access and Success issued the following news release: * * * With Reconciliation Passage, Washington Doubles Down On Restricting Higher Education and Limiting Americans' Potential * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congress passed a reconciliation bill making radical changes to numerous federal safety net programs, taxes, and education. Many changes will negatively impact Americans' economic futures, including significant more PR