Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement on the 4th District Court of Appeal decision regarding the City of San Juan Capistrano’s tiered water rates:

Sacramento, California - I’m going to tick off a list of some popular reasons why people from all over the world dream of coming to California (besides the beaches): mild weather, amazing food, a variety of landscapes to adventure, abundant natural resources, and a richly diverse population and mix of cultures.

Los Angeles, California - More than 200 university undergraduate students will compete in UCLA’s 2015 DataFest competition, which takes place April 24-26 and is sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA). Students from UCLA, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Pomona College, UC Riverside, and USC will have 48 hours to interpret and analyze a large, complex data set. The event will be held from 6 p.m. that Friday to 6 p.m. that Sunday, in UCLA’s DeNeve Plaza.

Davis, California - Crickets are not all that they’re cracked up to be as an alternative, global source of protein in the human diet to supplement or replace livestock consumption, according to newly published research at the University of California, Davis.

Los Angeles, California - The rebel has a cause.

Stanford, California - Stanford University has converted to a state-of-the-art energy system that relies on renewable electricity and provides a new transformational energy supply model for large organizations, utilities and governments.