Christopher Simmons
Christopher Simmons (aka Christopher Laird Simmons) has been a working journalist since his first magazine sale in 1984. He has since written for wide variety of print and online publications covering lifestyle, tech and entertainment. He is an award-winning author, designer, photographer, and musician. He is a member of ASCAP and PRSA. He is the founder and CEO of Neotrope®, based in Temecula, CA, USA.
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for June 4, 2013 including to Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Judith Frank, 71, of Los Angeles,...
The corporate Harley-Davidson factory demo truck rolls into town to set up shop at Laidlaw's Harley-Davidson June 14-15
BALDWIN PARK, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Laidlaw's Harley Demos are a popular and exciting way for riders to experience first-hand, the power and performance of a Harley-Davidson(R) motorcycle. On June 14 and 15 2013 the Corporate Harley-Davidson factory demo truck rolls into town and sets up shop at Laidlaw's Harley-Davidson allowing riders to experience the exhilaration for themselves by twisting the throttle on one of the new 2013 models.
Continuing to expand in Southern California Edgewood Partners Insurance Center adds Principal Joe Cotugna, AAI in the Inland Empire
ONTARIO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Joe Cotugna as a property and casualty insurance producer in its Inland Empire Division. Cotugna brings 23 years of experience in risk management, with a focus on the food industry and construction to EPIC.
Mike Gatto Leads Fight to Protect California's Children, Calls for Audit of Counties' Child Protective Services
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblymembers Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and Tim Donnelly (R-Twin Peaks) are calling for an investigation of County Child...
VLP Law Group LLP announces Patrick Lawler and Jacob Dy-Johnson have joined the firm's Commercial Lending Practice
PALO ALTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- VLP Law Group LLP today announced that Patrick Lawler and Jacob Dy-Johnson have joined the firm's Commercial Lending Practice. Mr. Lawler joins VLP as a partner from the Corporate Finance group of the Los Angeles office of O'Melveny and Myers. Mr. Dy-Johnson joins VLP as counsel.
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for June 3, 2013 including to the California Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, David Chandler, 50, of Palm Desert, has...
California Assembly Colleagues Fight to Provide Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Open access advocates in California celebrated last week as AB 609 passed the Assembly floor by a vote of...
Cloud-based Device Management for Networked Devices to be shown by TeamF1 Inc at Computex '13
FREMONT, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- TeamF1, Inc., the leader in embedded networking and security software solutions for wired and wireless applications, today announced that it will demonstrate new advances in its SecureF1rst CPE Gateway Solution (CGS) on several system-on-chip (SoC) platforms, and a new, powerful Cloud Device Management Solution (CDMS) from June 3 to June 7 during the Computex Taipei trade-show, the world's second largest international computer and electronics exhibition.
TeamF1 turnkey gateway software solutions with iron-clad security now available on Open-Silicon Voledia 5 Platform
FREMONT, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- TeamF1, Inc., the leader in embedded networking and security software solutions for wired and wireless applications, today announced support for the new state-of-the-art Voledia 5 platform from Open-Silicon, Inc. Open-Silicon is a leading provider of semiconductor platforms that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home.
Remo Repair MOV is a robust tool to repair GoPro videos which have become corrupted or damaged
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Remo Software, a trusted software developer, now adds more punch to its offerings. Its best selling and award-winning software, Remo Repair MOV turns is now a tool to repair corrupt GoPro MP4 videos. Its advanced repair mechanism is well-suited for mending high-definition MP4 videos generated by GoPro cameras.
Edgewood Partners Insurance Center, Dowling Capital Partners and Premier Insurance Team to Change Hispanic Insurance Market
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultancy, announced today a partnership with Dowling Capital Partners (DCP) and Premier Insurance Services, focusing on the personal insurance needs of the Hispanic market in the West and Southwest regions of the United States.
Calif. Anti-Gridlock Bill Avoids Legislative Congestion and Clears Assembly without a Jam
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- California’s legislature took action to ease congestion, and driver frustration, on the Los Angeles freeway system yesterday, by passing...
California Bill to Prevent Child Abuse in Schools Passes Assembly (AB 349)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, the California State Assembly took action to prevent child abuse in our schools and track those accused of...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for May 30, 2013 including the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following government appointments: First, Jacqueline Hostler-Carmesin, 57, of McKinleyville, has...
Bill to Protect California Communities from Contaminated Properties Passes Assembly (AB 440)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- California communities struggling with decaying and contaminated properties will have new tools available to revitalize these sites now that...
Assembly Passes California Legislation to Bring Hit-and-Run Offenders to Justice (AB 184)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s bill to address the epidemic of hit-and-run offenses in Southern California and other parts of...
LendingQB's Instant Support Feature in Loan Origination Software Cited by Clients as Key Driver in Superior Customer Support
COSTA MESA, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- LendingQB, an end-to-end provider of loan origination software (LOS), announced that a recent poll of its client base provided statistics that demonstrate the company's track record of providing "exemplary customer service and technical support." The survey was conducted to better understand what clients like most about LendingQB's support levels.
Stories Behind Andrew Dice Clay Movie 'Ford Fairlane' Now Available in Kindle Edition
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Marking the 23rd anniversary of 'The Adventures of Ford Fairlane,' the controversial 1990 motion picture released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Renny Harlin, and starring Andrew Dice Clay, indie e-Book publisher Cultmachine is offering Ford Fairlane fans for the first time the original stories on which the movie was based.
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for May 29, 2013 including the California Board for Professional Engineers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Laura Alarcon, 57, of Sacramento, has been...
California Bill to Protect Access to Wireless Communication Services Approved by Calif. Senate (SB 380)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The Calif. State Senate today approved SB 380 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) on a bipartisan vote of 35...
Calif. Assembly Passes Bill to Make California Fuel Policies More Sustainable
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) bill to improve California’s fuel standards passed the Assembly by a vote of...
S.F. Mayor Lee Announces Spotify Becomes Eleventh Tech Company to Move to the Central Market Neighborhood
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that four new businesses have signed leases in the Central Market...
S.F. Mayor Lee Announces New QB3 Biotech Incubator in Central San Francisco Waterfront
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- This past week, Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) announced that QB3...
Save the Oranges! California Legislature Takes Step to Save Iconic California Citrus Industry
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ --A tiny bug that causes huge problems is one step closer to being eradicated, says Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto. Huanglongbing...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for May 24, 2013 including California F.A.I.R. Plan Governing Committee
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: First, Stephanie Shimazu, 43, of Sacramento,...
Bill to Modernize California's Election System Approved by State Senate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The California State Senate today approved SB 361 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) on a bipartisan vote of 29...
California Comprehensive Anti-SWATting Legislation Passes Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) legislation to criminalize the dangerous and increasingly prevalent crime known as “swatting”, was...
Local South Bay Schools to Receive $2 million in Calif. School Construction Grants
TORRANCE, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi congratulated schools on successful applications. The State Allocation Board has approved nearly $2 million...
Assemblyman Mike Gatto's Bill to Protect Small Businesses Unanimously Passes California Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) legislation to reform Prop. 65 and protect small businesses from meritless lawsuits passed the...
Calif. Gov. Brown Joins Global Scientists to Call for Action on Climate Change
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Warning that Earth is rapidly approaching a "tipping point" at which human impacts are causing alarming levels of...
Daniel Edwards latest pop culture romp to feature Nude Pregnant Kim Kardashian 'Fertility Statue' to debut at LAB ART Gallery
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- A nude pregnant sculpture of Kim Kardashian with her belly fully accessible for gallery-goers to rub for 'good luck' is set for L.A. exhibit. The statue joins the celebrity baby sculptures created recently by artist Daniel Edwards; celebrating the beauty of celebrity pregnancy. The work, part of the artist's 'Celebrity Baby Boomer' series that began with the 2006 controversial sculpture 'Monument to Pro-Life,' which depicted a nude Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug, will be revealed at LAB ART Gallery in Los Angeles.
Quandis Valuation System uses Bankers Asset Management to Efficiently Complete BPOs and Manage Agents
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Quandis, Inc., a leading provider of default management mortgage technology solutions, today announced that Bankers Asset Management (BAM), an established outsourcer of REO asset management valuation services, is successfully utilizing its valuation system to streamline the company's entire broker price opinion (BPO) process within BAM's valuations division.
SecuGen Corp announces new location in India to serve growing market for biometric technologies
SANTA CLARA, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- SecuGen Corporation is pleased to announce the establishment of SecuGen India. The market for fingerprint biometrics is growing rapidly in India and the surrounding region. The opening of SecuGen India's offices will enable SecuGen to better support the Indian market and its many customers, resellers and partners in that region.
Calif. Gov. Brown announces appointments to California Superior Courts for May 21, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced various court appointments throughout the State of California, including San Diego...
Calif. Gov. Brown Deploys 6 California Urban Search and Rescue Specialists to Oklahoma
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- In the wake of the devastating tornado that hit Oklahoma yesterday, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today directed the...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for May 21, 2013 to 30th District Agricultural Association
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Andrew Alejandre, 25, of Corning, has been...
Husky Haven of LA announces Huskies for Adoption Event in Hermosa Beach
PALMDALE, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Want to know what Snow Dogs do in the summer? They go to Hermosa Beach, of course. Husky Haven of LA today announced that huskies will be coming to the Fiesta Hermosa annual event in Hermosa Beach this Saturday May 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The huskies will be located in front of the Comedy Store. Husky Haven of LA is dedicated to saving the lives of homeless, abandoned Siberian Huskies.
Edgewood Partners Insurance Center launches Healthcare Engagement Video Series and covers the Topic of Benefits Consumerism
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consultancy, announced today their release of the first in a series of Healthcare Engagement Videos. EPIC is providing the videos with production support from GuideSpark, a digital employee communications provider, and health insurance carrier UnitedHealthcare.
Bill to Protect Local Calif. Governments from Dog Park Liability Passes Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) announced that his bill to help local governments create dog parks for their...
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Ten-Year Capital Improvement Plan announced by SF Mayor Lee
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced a $4.1 billion capital improvement plan for San Francisco International Airport...
Edgewood Partners Insurance Center welcomes 'Power Broker' Kathleen Felderman and expands with new Denver Office
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announced today that brokers Kathleen Felderman and Jonathan Griffiths have joined the firm. Felderman, who has received national recognition as a Real Estate industry Power Broker in 2008, 2010, and 2011 joins EPIC as national real estate practice leader and managing principal.
California slated to be first state in the nation to provide voter registration through Health Benefit Exchange similar to 'Motor Voter'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- California Health Benefit exchange is one of hundreds of state offices required to offer voter registration services under Senate...
Los Angeles Leaders and Calif. Gov. Brown Call for Action on Plan to Improve School Funding System and Restore Local Control
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined with education and business leaders and elected officials at...
San Francisco Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.4 Percent in April 2013
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee issued the following statement on San Francisco’s unemployment rate dropping to 5.4...
San Francisco Mayor Lee Announces Plans for New Apple Retail Store in Union Square
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Board of Supervisors President David Chiu announced plans for a new Apple...
Bill to Allow Out-of-State Voting for California's Emergency Workers approved by Calif. Senate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, the Calif. State Senate has approved SB 362 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima). The bill was passed with...
Parking Meter Justice Bill Passes California State Assembly – legislation prohibiting local governments from fleecing motorists who park at broken meters
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) announced that his legislation prohibiting local governments from fleecing motorists who park at...
LendingQB adds new functionality centralizing decisioning for mortgage insurance products and ensures accurate results
COSTA MESA, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- LendingQB, an end-to-end provider of loan origination software, announced that it has implemented the mortgage insurance (MI) companies' full set of underwriting guidelines into its automated underwriting system (AUS). As a result, MI eligibility and pricing is automatically calculated and paired with the investor's underwriting decision for a complete and accurate decision that is rendered instantly at the point-of-sale (POS).
Popular Remo Recover is now a Free Data Recovery Tool for Windows 8 Users
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Remo Software announced today that it has released a free data recovery tool which is available for Windows 8 users. Now, there is no need to spend dollars to recover files, photos and other important data; as users can get back their data without even spending a penny. Remo Recover Windows Free Edition is a powerful recovery utility built on the award-winning Remo Recover Engine.
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for May 15, 2013 including State Council on Developmental Disabilities
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Max Duley, 45, of Fairfield, has been...
