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Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on Report Showing Continued Success in California Solar Initiative

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday issued the following statement after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a report on the California Solar Initiative showing the program’s continued success: “This ...

Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Governors’ Global Climate Summit 3 To Be Held At UC Davis This Fall

DAVIS, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Building on the accomplishments made at the first two Governors’ Global Climate Summits in 2009 and 2008, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday announced he will host the Governors’ Global Climate ...

L.A. Crime Down 11 Percent at Half Year Mark

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — On July 9th, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined Police Chief Charlie Beck to report an 11 percent drop in violent crime, as well as reductions in property crime and ...

Neotrope Offers Free PR Distribution to Donors of Starlight Children's Foundation

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Neotrope and its Send2Press service recently 'adopted' Starlight Children's Foundation as its premier charity program recipient. Throughout the month of July as part of the adoption program, when a donor gives $50 or more to Starlight they will have the opportunity to issue a free national online press release through Neotrope's Send2Press Newswire service.

Epeius Tumor-targeted Gene Delivery Gains in Medicine and Patent Protection

SAN MARINO, Calif. -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation, an emerging leader in the field of targeted genetic medicine, received a notice of allowance from the USPTO for another crucial patent covering its leading tumor-targeted gene delivery platform. The issuance of this high-value patent protection for targeting metastatic disease follows on the heels of two major patent issuances.

Q2-2010 'Books to Bookmark' List of Interesting New Books announced by Publishers Newswire

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- For the second quarter of 2010, Publishers Newswire (PNW), an online resource established in 2004 for small publishers, as well as lesser known and first-time book authors, has today announced its latest semi-annual 'Books to Bookmark' list. This is a round-up of 9 new and recent books which may have been missed due to not originating from major New York book publishing houses, or big name authors.

Starlight Children's Foundation 'adopted' by Neotrope for pro bono Public Relations Services

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Neotrope and its Send2Press service are honored to make Starlight Children's Foundation its premier 'Adopted' charity program recipient. With this commitment, Neotrope aligns itself with Starlight's mission to help seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities. As part of this adoption program, Neotrope is providing PR solutions, news dissemination, and search marketing for Starlight to help raise awareness to both media and the public.

SecuGen Hamster IV Fingerprint Reader Delivered to Kenya's Largest Retail Bank

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- SecuGen, the world's leading optical fingerprint device vendor, is pleased to announce that CompuLynx, of Nairobi Kenya, has successfully integrated the SecuGen Hamster IV into the Account Holder Biometric Authentication and Identification System for one of the largest retail banks in Kenya.

Lasting happiness will be the focus of a global Gnostic event on July 10 in major cities worldwide

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Want happiness? While studies indicate that lots of friends, a high paying job, or even passing years may create a higher likelihood of feeling 'happy,' a reliable recipe for lasting happiness remains elusive, says The Gnostic Movement. Lasting happiness will be the focus of a global Gnostic event on July 10 in major cities worldwide.

High End and Custom Lighting Offerings Now Available to Public at Light & Concept Website

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- For individuals looking for exciting and unique lighting products, Light and Concept announces the recent opening of its new Web site. Having been for many years the sole province of architects and contract professionals, LC has finally opened itself to the general public as well. The company's new Web site is a veritable font of sage advice for everything having to do with lighting, whether that be at the planning, existing, or improvement stages of design.

DMD Client Conference: 100 Mortgage Bankers View DataTrac 9.3 Product Suite and Loan Process Automation Development

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Del Mar DataTrac, Inc. (DMD), the leading provider of affordable end-to-end mortgage lending automation solutions and an industry pioneer in business intelligence, document imaging and management, and loan process workflow tools unveiled its DataTrac 9.3 Product Suite to more than 100 mortgage bankers and vendor partners at its annual client conference in Las Vegas.

/*CORRECTION*/ A Permanent Green Art Installation by Marta Thoma Hall is in the New Walnut Creek Library Opening July 17th

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- In a press release issued June 22 on behalf of Marta Thoma Hall, there was an inadvertent error in specifying the date of the event, as provided by the news source. As issued, the event date had been noted in the text as July 16, when it should have stated July 17th, 2010, at the new Walnut Creek Library.

Permanent Green Art Installation by California Artist/Sculptor Marta Thoma Hall is in the New Walnut Creek Library

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Green art is only one way to describe the new suspended sculpture by Marta Thoma Hall at the new Walnut Creek Library north entrance. The art spirals overhead in a galaxy of glass bottles floating upward in space like stars and cosmic bodies. The bottles are an assortment of the every day kind, in various shades of blue, green, purple, and rose.

Innovative STEM Program launched by Alameda Community Learning Center

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC) recently announced the addition of a new STEM Through Engineering program as part of its mission to deliver technology-rich, cutting-edge curriculum that offers real world learning applications. STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, is a research-based approach to 21st century education.

Top-Secret Rolex PVD 'Blackening' Process Released in New Video from Time and Gems

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Time and Gems, an independent Rolex retailer offering premium Rolex customizations, releases a video on their website that shows in detail the top-secret PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) process that many fine Swiss watch manufacturers are using to coat stainless steel watches with an all-black highly scratch-resistant coating.

Third Annual Freestyle Employee Exhibition of Fine-Art Photography

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Gallery at the Creative Center for Photography proudly presents Freestyle Exposed III… Unconventionally Traditional! Dedicated to the 150 year old art form using film and traditional products, Freestyle employees ...

Comergence Compliance Monitoring for TPO Due Diligence Solutions Chosen by Numerous Wholesale Lenders in 2010

ORANGE, Calif. -- Comergence Compliance Monitoring, a leading provider of third-party originator (TPO) monitoring and due diligence solutions, added five wholesale mortgage lenders to its client roster in May 2010.

Optical Fingerprint Image Capturing System Patent Awarded to SecuGen Corporation

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- SecuGen, the world's leading optical fingerprint device vendor, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded patents in Canada and Japan. In Canada, SecuGen was awarded patents for the inventions entitled 'Method and Apparatus for Reduction of Trapezoidal Distortion and Improvement of Image Sharpness in an Optical Image Capturing System' and 'Optical Fingerprint Image Capturing System.'

New Partnerships in Licensed, Outsourcing Services for Telecom Expense Management announced by TeleManagement Technologies

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- TTI, the leader in Telecom Expense Management (TEM) software solutions (WinBill), and Enterprise Call Accounting and CDR reporting software solutions (WinCall), is pleased to announce three new client partnerships in the past 60 days. All three companies are leaders in their industry and have chosen to answer their organization's TEM needs with TTI's WinBill Telecom Inventory and Expense Management Software solution.

Starlight 365: Our People. Our Programs. Our Purpose

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Starlight Children's Foundation has just unveiled its blog, 'Starlight 365: Our People. Our Programs. Our Purpose.' The blog will serve as an interactive and engaging online community that connects stakeholders to stories, images and videos that spotlight the programs, campaigns, events, families, and supporters of Starlight Children's Foundation, as it works hard to brighten the lives of seriously ill children and their families.

Working Californians begins independent expenditure campaign for Jerry Brown

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Working Californians, an independent expenditure committee, will begin a radio ad campaign on behalf of Jerry Brown today. The campaign is designed to run four weeks and will take ...

Tech Exec Joe Bowerbank Named to Top 40 Most Influential Mortgage Professionals Under 40 List

IRVINE, Calif. -- Loan Score Decisioning Systems, an enterprise-class pricing automated underwriting solution provider, announced that its SVP of marketing has been named to National Mortgage Professional magazine's Top 40 Most Influential Mortgage Professionals Under 40 list. Loan-Score's Joe Bowerbank is recognized for his industry contributions to evangelize, market and drive the use of leading-edge technology among lending institutions.

Calif. Governor Schwarzenegger Sends Letter Urging Support for Disaster Relief Funding

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday sent the following letter to members of the California Congressional Delegation urging them to fully fund the Disaster Relief Fund, which would provide California vital federal ...

Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Applauds U.S. Senate for Upholding the U.S. EPA’s Authority on Climate Change

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday issued the following statement applauding the U.S. Senate for blocking the Murkowski resolution and upholding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to fight global climate ...

Nava and Evans Slam California Department of Public Health

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — After review of an audit requested by Assemblymembers Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) and Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) of the Every Woman Counts (EWC) breast cancer screening program. Nava and Evans ...