WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: On Monday, April 29, the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) will host its 13th Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol (MDAC) program, where over 450 participants are expected to attend. The daylong MDAC program will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will provide attendees from across California with the opportunity to meet with state legislators and staff to disc  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 27 -- The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: On Thursday refugee and human rights advocates presented testimony before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) in Barbados to inform the Court's upcoming advisory opinion regarding States' human rights obligations in the context of the climate emergency. The historic hearing came on the heels of a first-of-its-kind amicus brief on climate-related di  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 26 (TNSres) -- The Health Access California issued the following news release: * * * In a big win for consumers facing ever-growing health care cost burdens, the Board of the Office of Health Care Affordability voted today to set a 3% health care cost growth spending target over five years, with a phase-in starting at 3.5% in 2025. * * * After a long debate, the board of California's Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) voted on a historic effort to rein   more

BAKERSFIELD, California, April 27 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: Claudia Chavez and Maria Gutierrez, two workers at food and drink company Wonderful Nurseries LLC's Wasco, CA, grapevine nursery, have filed charges against the United Farm Workers (UFW) union. They maintain that UFW agents fraudulently obtained membership cards from employees and later used this as a basis to demand monopoly-bargaining power over Wonderful employees state  more

SANTA MONICA, California, April 26 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Defense News on April 25, 2024: * * * EU Should Buy Ammo Outside of the Bloc to Quickly Resupply Ukraine By James Black, Ondrej Palicka and Zdenek Rod While the world watches Israel and Iran, Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine is at a crossroads. More than two years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the situation on the eastern front now looks dire, with Ukrainian defenders  more

SANTA MONICA, California, April 26 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary to Food Safety Magazine on April 25, 2024: * * * Bringing New Technologies to Bear for Biosurveillance By Robert Norton, Cris A. Young and Daniel M. Gerstein Public health, agriculture, the environment, and the food supply could be severely affected by the presence of infectious agents that occur naturally, are the result of accidents, or are intentionally introduced. Yet today, the capability to detect these  more

SANTA MONICA, California, April 26 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary to Foreign Policy on April 25, 2024: * * * This commentary originally appeared on Foreign Policy on April 23, 2024. * * * New Zealand Becomes the Latest Country to Pivot to the U.S. By Derek Grossman On the same day U.S. President Joe Biden hosted the first-ever United States-Japan-Philippines summit at the White House, a much less conspicuous meeting to strengthen the U.S. alliance network in the Indo-Paci  more

SANTA MONICA, California, April 26 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary to Foreign Policy on April 25, 2024: * * * This commentary originally appeared on Foreign Policy on April 22, 2024. * * * The Iran-Israel War Is Just Getting Started By Raphael S. Cohen In the early hours of April 13, two minor miracles happened. First, in a remarkable display of technical prowess, Israel--with help from Britain, France, Jordan, and the United States--intercepted some 170 drones, 120 ballis  more

SANTA MONICA, California, April 26 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary to Newsweek on April 25, 2024: * * * A Market for Donor Kidneys Is Not the Reform the U.S. Needs By Zachary Predmore In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, freelance journalist Dylan Walsh made the case for a regulated market for kidneys in the United States in which donors would be paid. He isn't the first. Two living kidney donors advocated for this in a Los Angeles Times op-ed last summer. The Wall Stree  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 24 -- Save the Redwoods League issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Save the Redwoods League today announced the hiring of two new staff in key positions: Kirsten Saenz Tobey as chief operations officer and Carrie Speckart as director of people and culture. As chief operations officer, Kirsten Saenz Tobey will oversee and direct the League's operations and human resources functions, including leading strategic planning and advancing the organiza  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 27 -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Trust for Public Land [TPL] is proud to announce the awarding of over $4.5 million to five cities that will advance ambitious urban and community forestry initiatives in their communities. Five awards from the U.S. Forest Service's Urban and Community Forestry Program [USFS] have been granted to Chandler, AZ, Mesa, AZ, Concord, CA, Auburn, NY, and Salem, OR. These funds were pro  more

VALLEY CENTER, California, April 27 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: Following reports that the varsity baseball team and its coaching staff at Valley Center High School are currently under investigation for animal cruelty after allegedly killing a chicken on April 20, apparently on the school's baseball diamond, TeachKind--PETA's humane education division--sent Principal Eric Flaton a letter today (https://www.peta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04  more