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Bakery ingredients are the building blocks of finished bakery foods such as bread, cookies & biscuits, rolls & pies, cakes & pastries, and others. Increase in trend of healthy eating and rise preference for convenience food are the primary factors boosting the growth of the market. Prominent players and large corporates are developing their products to follow the consumer trends and boost the company growth to occupy major bakery ingredients market share. However, inclination toward healthier...
Plant tissue culture is a technique that involves the propagation and manipulation of plant cells, tissues, and organs under controlled laboratory conditions. It is widely used in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry to produce new plant varieties, to propagate plants that are difficult to grow from seeds or cuttings, and to study various aspects of plant growth and development. In this step, plant tissue samples are collected from a donor plant and sterilized to remove any bacteria or...
Experts predict this year will be another record year for a familiar, dangerous, and costly threat to retailers: cyberattacks. According to a report from Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime could cost its victims more than $8 trillion dollars worldwide and more than 90% of businesses are at risk. A Forbes study shows cybercriminals can hack 93% of company networks. One key reason for this is more businesses and organizations are connected to more devices and exposed to more devices via the...
Increase in the number of organizations around the globe and their efforts to have online presence, proliferation of mobile marketing platforms, availability of web hosting services with excellent server performance, rise in demand for managed web hosting services, and surge in call for best hosting services during COVID-19 pandemic drive the growth of the global web hosting services market. The web hosting services market is segmented on the basis of type, deployment model, application, end...
UCLA has received more than 169,800 applications for fall 2023 admission, with approximately 145,900 coming from freshman applicants and nearly 24,000 from transfer applicants - making UCLA once again the most applied-to four-year university in the nation. Freshman applications dipped 2.6% from last year's record-breaking total but remained at near-historic highs, having surged by a total of 34%, or roughly 37,000, in the last three years. The proportion of freshman applicants from historically...
An object near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy has drawn the interest of scientists because it has evolved dramatically in a relatively short time. A new study by scientists from UCLA and the Keck Observatory suggests that the object, called X7, could be a cloud of dust and gas that was created when two stars collided. The researchers believe it will eventually be drawn toward the black hole and will disintegrate. For two decades, scientists have observed an...
Governor Newsom issued an Executive Order to help accelerate groundwater recharge, stormwater capture, and conservation efforts; California is leveraging a historic $8.6 billion investment and prioritizing groundwater recharge, stormwater capture, reservoir storage, infrastructure improvements, and more; California is continuing to leverage recent actions and a historic $8.6 billion investment to ensure that water from storms is captured and conserved to help preserve supplies for communities,...
Four years after the UAE observed the Year of Tolerance, the designated president of the COP28 climate summit has asked his detractors to come together in collective efforts to make the world more sustainable. Dr Sultan Al Jaber is due to head the 28th Conference of Parties (COP) by the hosts UAE, a decision seen by critics as a conflict of interest. The UAE is one of the largest oil producing countries in the world and a big producer of fossil fuels. Critics only see Dr Al Jaber as the head of...
Digital Calendars, LLC has Created the DigiCalendar Brand. The intent of DigiCalendar is to eliminate the Traditional Paper Box Calendars - many which end up in landfills. DigiCalendar is programmed for the next 50 years so the need to purchase annual calendars is eliminated. The Digital Dog Calendar is our newest version. Thousands of the most popular Dog Breeds change automatically every day. The Digital Calendar eliminates the biggest problem with the traditional paper box calendar -...
Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones (R-San Diego), Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-Jackson), Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City), and Assemblymember Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) have introduced the "Sexually Violent Predator Accountability, Fairness, and Enforcement Act" (SAFE Act), a measure aimed at preventing the state from continuing to try to secretly dump Sexually Violent Predators (SVPs) in unsuspecting communities throughout the state...
The Santa Monica Conservancy seeks nominations for its 2023 Preservation Awards. Each year the Conservancy honors exemplary projects and contributors to the preservation of Santa Monica's architectural and cultural heritage. The Preservation Awards will be announced during a special presentation at the Annual Meeting in early summer. Since 2004, winning projects have included residences as well as commercial and institutional buildings of all sizes. These projects have entailed restoration,...
A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced today to 85 months in federal prison for stalking two sisters in California by sending them text messages that threatened them with rape and murder and for threatening and harassing a teenage girl in Georgia. Alex Scott Roberts, 27, of Chatsworth, was sentenced by United States District Judge André Birotte Jr., who at today's hearing called Roberts' conduct "egregious." Roberts pleaded guilty in August 2022 to two counts of stalking. He has been in...
On February 25 from noon until 2p.m.the Culver City Rotary Club will be offering "Empty Bowls" as a fundraiser for Grace Diner. Empty Bowls events are held around the country to raise funds for local food charities and educate people about issues of poverty and hunger in their community. Culver City Rotary's Empty Bowls Project raises awareness for providing FOOD SECURITY for those in need, which is a significant problem in our local community. Food Banks and Food Programs are taxed each week...
On Wednesday, January 31, at approximately 8:29 pm, Culver City Police Officers, along with personnel from the Culver City Fire Department (CCFD) responded to Jefferson Boulevard west of Hetzler Road regarding a radio call of a solo vehicle traffic collision with occupants entrapped in the vehicle. Upon arrival, they located a Toyota Camry that had collided with a tree. Officers discovered a male adult driver, female adult front passenger, and male adult rear passenger entrapped within the vehic...
The bitterly divided City Council this week voted 3-2 to adopt an anti-camping ordinance, which allows only bedding and pillows for people sleeping on streets. The dissenting votes were cast by Vice Mayor Yasmine Ismani-McMorrin and Councilmember Freddy Puza, who blasted the ordinance as unnecessary and cruel. The new ordinance – very similar to Santa Monica’s antic-camping law – does not take effect until several goals are met by Culver City over the next few months. According to city officials, these goals include the opening of 73 new units...
Lincoln Blvd exit to Santa Monica Freeway has been a homeless encampment for years, with occasional deaths there. Update, 2.14.23: "The male was identified as, 42 year old, Jesse Rankin, of Los Angeles," writes Franco Pepi, Public Information Officer for the CHP. "The cause of death is unknown at this time, the LA County Coroner has custody of the body, although they did indicate, preliminary, there is NO foul play suspected. We also do believe the male was homeless. Nothing further at this time," Pepi wrote. 2.12.23: A deceased person was...
“These attacks against members of our Jewish community in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood are absolutely unacceptable. “It is my understanding that both the Los Angeles Police Department and the FBI are investigating these incidents as hate crimes so I want to be very clear: anti-Semitism and hate crimes have no place in our city or our country. Those who engage in either will be caught and held fully accountable. “At a time of increased anti-Semitism, these acts have understandably set communities on edge. Just last December, I stood blocks aw...
Governor Gavin Newsom’s office confirmed this week that Newsom opposes Assembly Bill 259, wealth tax legislation introduced in January by Assemblyman Alex Lee (D). AB 259, if enacted, would levy an annual 1.0% tax on worldwide assets exceeding $50 million. Net worth above $1.0 billion would be taxed at a 1.5% annual rate. Governor Newsom said a wealth tax was “not part of the conversation” and that such proposals were “going nowhere” in California when a state wealth tax was first floated in Sacramento three years ago, albeit at a much lowe...
State Treasurer Fiona Ma announced the appointment of Joe DeAnda as Director of Communications for the State Treasurer’s Office (STO). As Director of Communications, DeAnda will lead all communications efforts for the State Treasurer, the STO, and its many financing boards, commissions, and authorities. In the role he will develop and execute strategic messaging campaigns, manage the Treasurer’s public engagement efforts across the state, and serve as the office’s main point of contact for the media. DeAnda has nearly two decades of publi...
Twitter announced this week that the platform will now allow licensed cannabis businesses to run purchase advertising campaigns—provided that those businesses are targeting only those users who live within a given state market. The sudden move opens a major marketing opportunity for licensed operators. The social media landscape has thus far been hostile to the cannabis industry, with the prime example being Instagram’s routine shut-down of cannabis-related accounts (including our own, @cannabisbusinesstimes). But the cannabis community, otherw...
Property management powerhouse Optimum announced the hire of Tracie Blankenship, a veteran in the regional Southern California community management world, to join its team under the title of Vice President of Community Management. Her addition marks a commitment to supporting and strengthening the core management of the company from the inside out. Blankenship has been employed in the community management industry since 1999. She considers herself to be "homegrown" in the industry, having begun...
On Thursday, February 16, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) joined Councilmember Curren Price of Los Angeles Council District 9 to receive the All-America City Award. Presented by the National Civic League, the All-America City Award (AAC) is a national prestigious award given to 10 cities annually to recognize communities that have successfully leveraged civic engagement, collaboration, inclusiveness, and innovation to address local challenges. The City of Los Angeles and...
As new efforts are underway to address the homeless crisis in Los Angeles and neighboring Cities, a basic theme must be considered. "Give a man a fish and he will eat today. Teach him to fish and he will eat forever." One organization has established a track record of breaking the cycle. Active Recycling Co Inc has embarked on a "Teaching a Man to Fish" program in addressing homelessness. The majority of homeless in Los Angeles are men and women of color. For whatever reason, this cannot be...
t's been five years since California launched adult-use cannabis sales in 2018, and nearly two-thirds of the state's cities and counties still prohibit dispensaries within their jurisdictions. To encourage more local governments to host cannabis retailers, the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) announced Feb. 14 that it has launched a Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant to provide cities and counties with the resources to develop and implement licensing programs for...
The path for Minnesota to legalize adult-use cannabis in 2023 continued to progress this week as legislation advanced through additional House and Senate committees. Most recently, the Minnesota House Education Committee adopted House File 100 as amended on Feb. 16. That was the ninth committee in the lower chamber to move the legislation forward on its vetting route to the House Floor. The Health Committee is the next stop on Feb. 21. The legalization proposal would allow adults 21 and older...
