ALISO VIEJO, California, Feb. 28 -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses issued the following news release: * * * AACN Recognizes 300-plus Hospital Units With Revamped Beacon Award for Excellence in 2024 Beacon Award for Excellence lauds top hospital units that employ evidence-based practices to improve patient/family outcomes and align those practices with AACN's Healthy Work Environment standards The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recognized 305 units from  more PR

PASADENA, California, Feb. 28 -- The Planetary Society issued the following news release: * * * Bill Nye honored with Live Long and Prosper tribute pendant on the 10th anniversary of Leonard Nimoy's passing The Planetary Society is proud to announce that its CEO, Bill Nye, has been awarded the Live Long and Prosper Tribute pendant by the family of Leonard Nimoy. This honor is given to individuals who embody the values and ideals that Nimoy championed throughout his life, including a commitmen more PR

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, Feb. 28 -- The First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: * * * Community Group and Huntington Beach Residents Sue City Over Library Censorship Restrictive library measures violate CA Freedom to Read Act On Wednesday, three Huntington Beach residents, including two teenagers, along with the non-profit Alianza Translatinx, filed a lawsuit against city leaders. The suit challenges a censorship scheme within the Huntington Beach Library System th more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, Feb. 28 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Finds Firing of Probationary Federal Employees Illegal Judge Alsup calls probationary federal employees "the lifeblood of our government" SAN FRANCISCO - Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, presided over by Judge William H. Alsup, granted a temporary restraining order against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and its Acting Director, Charl more PR

SAN RAFAEL, California, March 1 -- The First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: * * * Following Pressure from FAC, California Judicial Council Releases Records In 2020, California adopted the Racial Justice Act. This groundbreaking law aims to reduce or eliminate convictions and sentences based on implicit as well as explicit racial bias. Because the law is recent, there are few published court decisions about it. Jonathan Abel, a professor at UC Law San Francisco , studi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 [Category: Political] -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Happy Days for Russia's Cyber Warriors Alexander Vinnik, a cybercriminal who was serving jail time in California for money laundering, returned to Russia from custody in California in February as part of the swap that saw Marc Fogel, an American teacher held for possessing medicinal cannabis, warmly greeted in the White House. Vinnik was first arrested in Greece eight years  more PR

OAKLAND, California, March 1 -- Media Justice issued the following news release: * * * And the Oscar Goes To......AI? By Daniela Santiago The Oscar award season is here, but there's something else that should be on movie buffs' minds other than Timothee Chalamet. Artificial Intelligence, specifically generative AI, seems to be everywhere because it is everywhere. In the classroom, students are using Chat GPT as an easy workaround for homework while teachers use the platform for lesson planni more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 28 -- The American Public Health Association issued the following news release: * * * A Public Health Amicus Brief Highlights the Harm if the Supreme Court Invalidates a Key Provision of the Affordable Care Act Millions would lose access to free preventive health care services such as cancer screenings, the public health brief says The American Public Health Association, along with 115 leading public health deans, scholars and organizations including the Robert Wo more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, March 1 -- SANDAG, an association of local San Diego County governments, issued the following news: * * * SANDAG Board Moves Proposed San Diego LOSSAN Rail Realignment Forward to Environmental Review Public Input to be Collected in the Spring On Friday, the SANDAG Board of Directors directed staff to move the proposed project goals, objectives, and alternative alignments, including a no build alternative, forward into the environmental document process for the San Dieg more PR

MILPITAS, California, March 1 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release: * * * SEMI Cybersecurity Consortium's NIST Semiconductor Manufacturing Community Profile Opens for Public Feedback MILPITAS, Calif. - February 28, 2025 - The SEMI Semiconductor Manufacturing Cybersecurity Consortium (SMCC), in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), advanced a semiconductor industry co more PR