WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Last night, Rep. John Duarte (CA-13) lost his re-election bid for Congress. In response, American Bridge spokesperson Matilda Bress released the following statement: "John Duarte tried to trick voters into thinking he was a moderate - and California's Central Valley didn't buy it. F  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Dec. 5 -- The American Public Health Association issued the following news release: Various aspects of nativity, including immigration status, affect noncitizens' health outcomes. However, major health datasets in the United States lack information about immigration status due to three concerns: low response rates, invalid responses and legal challenges for participants. Researchers have now demonstrated that these three claims are unsubstantiated and can be mitigated, hi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 4 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Seattle, WA Washington Gov. Jay Inslee directed Washington state agencies to take all actions necessary, in cooperation with the state of Oregon and four lower Columbia Basin treaty tribes, to fulfill the State of Washington's commitments to the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative (CBRI). Washington's Executive order 24-06, issued yesterday and accompanied by an article by Gov. Inslee  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 4 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: New York, NY A New Zealand environmental group, represented by Earthjustice and Law of the Wild, filed suit today against U.S. fisheries regulators to protect the rarest marine dolphin in the world. The grassroots group, Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders, seeks to enforce the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, which requires the U.S. government to ban seafood imports from any foreign   more

STANFORD, California, Dec. 5 -- The Hoover Institution at Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * The Battalion Artist: A Sailor's Journey Through the South Seas, a new exhibition from the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, details the wartime experiences of US Navy Seabee Natale (Nat) Bellantoni, whose personal papers depict the Pacific theater of World War II through rich paintings, sketches, photographs, and letters. * * * Beginning Fall 2024, a visit to Hoover To  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 5 -- The National Center for Lesbian Rights issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Chase Strangio, co-director of the American Civil Liberties Union's LGBTQ & HIV Project, today presented on behalf of the plaintiffs at oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued on behalf of the Department of Justice. The outcome of the DOJ's challenge to the Sixth Circuit's decision will determine how Kentucky's case, as well as Te  more

COTATI, California, Dec. 5 -- The Animal Legal Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * The National Park Service was sued in 2021 to revise its plan by ALDF and other plaintiffs represented by Harvard Law School's Animal Law & Policy Clinic * * * SAN FRANCISCO -- The Point Reyes National Seashore's final plan for the management of the Tomales Point area in Marin County, California includes the removal of a fence that has restricted the access of a dwindling population of Tule e  more

STANFORD, California, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Hoover Institution at Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * The United States and its like-minded partners must start preparing a global coalition to develop capabilities to respond to the future weaponization of artificial intelligence (AI) by bad actors, argue authors in Defense Against the AI Dark Arts: Threat Assessment and Coalition Defense, a new report from the Hoover Institution. * * * The United States and its like-  more

MONROVIA, California, Dec. 5 -- World Vision International issued the following statement on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * This statement is delivered on behalf of 108 NGOs, including humanitarian organizations with operations in countries covered by the GHO. We are witnessing unspeakable human suffering due to the proliferation of conflicts lacking political solutions and the normalization of IHL violations. Indiscriminate attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers, the bombing of schools and hospi  more

MILPITAS, California, Dec. 5 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, posted the following news release from its member company PDF Solutions on Dec. 4, 2024: PDF Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDFS), a leading provider of comprehensive data solutions for the semiconductor ecosystem, today announces the list of industry leaders speaking at its AI Executive Conference to be held on December 12th, 2024, in San Francisco, CA. This event features keyno  more

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Funding from ARPA-H will be used to develop a vaccine for alphaviruses in preparation of major outbreaks in the U.S. * * * Alphaviruses often cause a range of illnesses that lead to fever, rash and debilitating joint pain. While they're historically prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions of the world where virus-transmitting mosquitos are abundant, these mosquitos are expanding to   more