Santa Barbara, California - The Music Academy of the West has announced four bold new initiatives to welcome audiences to its annual summer classical music festival. Anchoring the effort are $10 Community Access tickets, which will be available for all Festival events. Additionally, young people ages 7 to 17 will be admitted free to all events, performances and masterclasses will be streamed live on the internet, and the Music Academy will host a free open house, including rehearsals, performances, and masterclasses, on June 24.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.

Sacramento, California - The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is developing Phase II (Research) of its new Dairy Digester Research and Development Program, authorized by the Budget Act of 2014.

Los Angeles, California - Paving the way for lighter and more flexible solar devices, UCLA researchers have identified the key principles for developing high-efficiency polymer solar cells.

Sacramento, California - Saturday, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) along with the U.S. Attorney's Office, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) held a Community Resilience Exercise (CREX) designed to strengthen relationships between the state's Muslim communities and law enforcement.

Los Angeles, California - The James Irvine Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to support the USC Latino Alumni Association Scholarship and Leadership Development Program. The one-year grant will be used to provide scholarships and support to Latino students and others at USC who demonstrate a commitment to the Latino community and participate in leadership-training activities.