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The article reports that the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's (AEJMC) Council of Divisions is inviting submission of original, non-published, English language only research papers to be considered for presentation at the AEJMC Conference from August 6-9, 2015 in San Francisco, California.

California lawmakers have rejected a ban restricting retailers from handing out unusually long paper receipts. Initially, the bill would have required businesses by 2022 to provide customers with electronic receipts unless a paper receipt was requested. Props, costumes and a Jimmy Kimmel joke weren't enough to prevent the California Senate from trashing a bill Friday that would have restricted retailers from routinely handing out unwanted and unusually long receipts. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) issued a white paper on October 6, 2016 stating social stigma as a major issue in accessing mental health treatment. Topics discussed include the potential of marriage and family therapists in rendering mental health services on issues like depression, anxiety and addiction, the approach of CAMFT in promoting access to mental health treatment, and the formation of a public outreach committee.

The article focuses on What Was the First Coin Struck from By Clifford Mishler California Gold. Topics discussed include the April 2022 edition of The Mint Master, the Utah Numismatic Society's monthly newsletter, continues a tradition of insightful features contributed by member Doug Nyholm, the editor and publisher for the past 100-plus issues; and this time it is an exploration of what coin was the first struck of California gold. Was it the U.S. 1848 CAL.

Americans stuck at home during the shutdown are buying more toilet paper, cleaning supplies and alcohol, but their purchases of lettuce and leafy greens haven't offset plunging demand for produce from restaurants and schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the article "How unusual is the 2012-2014 California drought" by D. Griffin and K. J. Anchukaitis is presented.

Businesses in all parts of the country were eligible for these so-called economic injury disaster loans, but the data show most of the money went to just one state: California, which got $239 million. Under the rules for these loans, the SBA began accepting applications only after a state's governor declared a disaster. Even on March 31, the latest day for which data is available, the SBA was still making more loans in Maine than in Texas, Florida and New York combined. [Extracted from the article]

My "California Vibe Watercolor Portraiture" style is all about the natural human face captured with expressive, vivid colors and robust, assertive brush marks. We called our effort from afar the "Ananaba/ Lobenberg International Face-off Here used predominantly bright, saturated warm hues to represent Ibe's fun-loving portraiture and artistic style. As was tracing my master outline drawing onto my quarter-sheet watercolor paper, tilted the paper down to bring the tilt of his head up little. [Extracted from the article]

The Hilbert Museum of California Art in Orange, CA is reopening with nine new exhibitions that celebrate the history and significance of California artists. The museum, which houses one of the world's largest collections of California narrative art, has undergone a three-year expansion project and now features 26 galleries, a café, a research library, and an outdoor courtyard. The opening exhibitions will showcase works by California artists from the 1930s to the present, including pieces by David Hockney, Phil Dike, and Norman Rockwell. The museum aims to provide visitors with a comprehensive exploration of the history and culture of California through its art collection. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses the interior design of a new-build detached house in California. The owners, a young family, wanted to create an elevated, warm, and vibrant aesthetic. They were involved in the design process, and the aim was to reflect their clean, modern, and fresh style. The biggest priorities for the homeowners were to reflect their aesthetic and complete the project before their baby arrived. The designer used bold wallpaper as a starting point and chose a neutral palette to showcase it. The main bedroom was a priority and was designed to be a peaceful oasis. The biggest challenge was working around the family's two Siberian cats. The most satisfying aspect of the project was seeing everything come together in the end. [Extracted from the article]

Highlights from the article: John Baackes, CEO of L.A. Care, echoed Mitchell, telling FierceHealthcare that primary care docs that participate in the public health system's coverage network are crucial to their efforts to manage cost. L.A. Care members are assigned a primary care physician (PCP) when they enroll in the plan, and having that set PCP is key for continuity of care when looking to manage costly chronic conditions. Baackes said that L.A. Care is able to draw providers into programs like this because it has a strong relationship with community clinics that can act as a bridge to other physicians.

The article focuses on the statewide ban on single-use plastic bags in California. It mentions several topics including benefits of the new reusable bag law, several stores in unincorporated areas that are required to comply with the ban, and reasons behind the charge for 10 percent paper bags. It also mentions non-profit organization Zero Waste Humboldt's goals to offer assistance and education regarding the new law.

This paper seeks to update and expand upon a previously published paper on the hydrogeology of the Clayton Valley lithium mining operation in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Water Rights are a critical and necessary component of the mine in order to pump lithium rich brine from the subsurface into solar evaporation ponds. Brine is passed through the pond system as grade increases before processing strong brine into lithium carbonate. The primary ash aquifer (Main Ash Aquifer) of the Clayton Valley has been the principal source for lithium bearing brine since 1966. Its history is now better understood with geochemical correlation performed on a sample taken from a well during construction in order to determine if it is from the same eruptive event as the Long Valley Caldera/Bishop Tuff in Mono County, California. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vintage Wine Estates Inc., one of the largest wine producers in the United States, has filed for bankruptcy due to a decline in demand for wine following the end of pandemic lockdowns. The company listed approximately $475 million in assets and $400 million in debt in its bankruptcy petition. The decrease in demand resulted in a surplus of winegrape production in California vineyards, leading to the company's struggles. Vintage Wine Estates plans to sell its assets during the bankruptcy process. [Extracted from the article]

Earlier this month, the city of Anaheim, Cali. rolled out a new organics recycling program which will attempt to reduce the amount of organic waste making it to landfills. The program considers organics as food scraps, food-soiled paper and paper bags, plus yard waste, grass clippings, leaves, weeds, and small branches. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the Amigo Motor Lodge in Salida, Colorado and the Sonoma County, California's Healdsburg restaurant; and evaluates the Chasing Paper's removable wallpaper.

In this paper, the sensitivity of the neural network (NN) outputs to device parameter uncertainties (non-idealities) in inverter-based memristor (IM) crossbar neuromorphic circuits is mathematically modeled and verified using exhaustive circuit and system-level simulations. The NN sensitivity is obtained by modeling the sensitivity of the IM neuron output to the non-idealities of its circuit elements. The analysis reveals a higher sensitivity of the output voltage of the IM neuron to the non-idealities of the inverters compared to the conductance variation of the memristors. Among the inverter non-idealities, horizontal shift of the inverters voltage transfer characteristic (VTC) shows the highest impact on the output voltage of the neuron. To reduce the accuracy loss due to the variations, a training approach which includes a sensitivity term in the cost function of the training phase, is suggested. The achievable improvements through the said NN training approach are evaluated. In the evaluation, the California Housing, MNIST, and Fashion MNIST datasets are employed. The results show up to 50% reduction in the NN output variations in the presence of circuit elements’ non-idealities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The papers in this special section consists of expanded versions of six papers presented at the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), held in San Jose, CA, USA, in September 2014. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the value of a college education and provides tips on how to finance it, particularly for Latino students. The Public Policy Institute of California's research paper argues that college is worth the cost because graduates have access to higher-quality jobs, fare better during recessions, and earn higher salaries. The article emphasizes the complexity of paying for college and navigating financial forms, but encourages students to pursue their dreams. It also highlights the importance of finishing a degree and the benefits of attending public colleges, which are more affordable than private ones. The article offers advice on reducing housing costs, obtaining grants, and utilizing financial aid resources. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of gathering information about financial aid, considering future income potential, and understanding the labor market in one's chosen field. [Extracted from the article]

But for all of California's progress, some of it is being undercut by a problem with one of the state's key climate policies, according to a research paper published Thursday. (Bloomberg) -- Since the passage of its landmark climate regulations 17 years ago, California has been a leader in the fight against global warming. [Extracted from the article]

Justice Department wins restraining order in Freedom purchase Tribune Publishing Co., owner of the Los Angeles Times, was temporarily blocked by a judge from acquiring newspaper publisher Freedom Communications Inc. after the U.S said the combination would create a monopoly in southern California. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses plans of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to shape how state insurance regulators all over the U.S. will deal with the legal cannabis market. It mentions that Lara has continued an existing practice of encouraging insurers in the admitted market to offer more products and services to what he believes is an underserved cannabis industry.

An important aspect of groundwater management is understanding exactly where the groundwater is under threat of contamination. Using the DRASTIC (Depth to water, net Recharge, Aquifer media, Soil media, Topography, Impact of vadose zone and hydraulic Conductivity) (Babiker, et al., 2005) pesticide model with geographical information system (GIS) software a map can be drawn that shows where an aquifer is most vulnerable to certain chemical contaminants. One of these contaminants modeled well by the DRASTIC pesticide model is nitrate of the form found in common fertilizers. This paper describes an effort to build a DRASTIC model for vulnerability to nitrate, covering a two-county region in southern California. In addition, another DRASTIC model will be examined in order to better understand the methods, weaknesses, and flexibilities of DRASTIC models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ensuring the human right to water requires monitoring at national or subnational levels, but few comprehensive frameworks exist for industrialized contexts. This paper introduces a subnational-level framework - known as the California Human Right to Water Framework and Data Tool (CalHRTW) - developed by the authors at the California EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. This paper has two objectives: (1) to present the theoretical foundations and methodology used to develop the first version of CalHRTW (CalHRTW 1.0) and (2) to showcase how results can be used. CalHRTW 1.0 measures three components of the human right to water: drinking water quality, accessibility and affordability for community water systems in California. Nine individual indicators grouped by component, and three indices that summarize component-level outcomes are used to quantify system-level results. CalHRTW allows users to: (1) summarize system-level conditions statewide and identify challenges, (2) explore social equity implications and (3) centralize information for planning. CalHRTW draws on approaches from existing international monitoring efforts and complements existing California efforts by being the first US effort to comprehensively and explicitly monitor the HRTW under one umbrella. This work offers other US states and countries a model to build monitoring efforts to realize the human right to water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Coyote Warp, or Coyote Flat Landslide, is a physiographic feature located on the east side of the Sierra Nevada, between Bishop and Big Pine, California. Its origin has been described as an artifact of structural warping. An alternative explanation is a mega-landslide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With fentanyl's influence accounting for most of the changes in local and national drug trends, it should come as no surprise that fentanyl appears to be responsible for a major shift in the profile of methamphetamine‐related deaths in Los Angeles County. A significant increase in deaths in which opioids were a contributing factor has been accompanied by a drop in deaths with associated cardiovascular factors, a primary danger of stimulant use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on California's Assembly Bill 3129, which mandates private equity groups and hedge funds to notify the state's attorney general and, in some cases, obtain consent before investing in healthcare facilities, with varying requirements based on the size and nature of the investment.

Tuition drops due to COVID‐19White paper offers COVID‐19 guidance for FERPAUniversity system announces spring classes to continue onlinePoll shows California unlikely to approve admissions ballot issue [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stormwater utility fees provide dedicated revenues for managing stormwater. In setting fees, household-level affordability should be considered. Existing research does not address methods to evaluate the affordability of stormwater utility fees, especially alongside other household water costs. This paper aims to fill that gap. We present a scenario-based approach to evaluate household affordability of stormwater utility fees in a municipality, which considers other essential household water service charges. We estimate the relative contribution of stormwater utility fees to total household water costs and evaluate affordability across income brackets by integrating data for socioeconomic status, land use, water utility charges, and impervious surface cover. Using data for a case study region, results indicate that stormwater utility fees are small contributors to overall household urban water costs and comprise no more than 2% of the median household income across nearly all income quintiles. For low-income households, stormwater charges only exceed 1% of the household income for the lowestincome brackets (,$20,000) and still represent a small portion of household water costs. The analysis demonstrates a generalizable approach that can be applied everywhere when evaluating a stormwater utility fee as a funding strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(Bloomberg) -- The extent of area burned in California's summer wildfires increased about fivefold from 1971 to 2021, and climate change was a major reason why, according to a new analysis. MacDonald in May led a large review of the current state of wildfire and climate science in California. Glen MacDonald, a climate scientist and distinguished professor at the University of California at Los Angeles who was not part of the study, said it is "another excellent paper that shows the relationship between anthropogenic climate change and drying the climate.". [Extracted from the article]

PXG, a golf equipment and apparel retailer, has opened a flagship location in Huntington Beach California. The stores offer customers the ability to try both apparel and equipment, according to a press release, with golf club putting bays, a dedicated... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the IPC APEX Expo 2017 event for the electronic interconnection industry, to be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California on February 12-16, 2017.

Imperalis Holding Corp., which will be renamed TurnOnGreen Inc., has installed four public access EV charging stations in Sonora, California through a site licensing partnership with the Sunrise Hills Commercial Association, according to a press release. TurnOnGreen will install, operate... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(Bloomberg View) -- California's Ban on Plastic Bags Is Bogus: Adam Minter (Correct) Last year, roughly 12 percent of Americans weren't offered an equal choice of paper or plastic at the checkout counter, because of local ordinances that banned or imposed fees on single-use plastic bags. [Extracted from the article]