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Globe and Mail
9 hours ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
ScalaHosting To Power California State University, Sacramento With Secure, Scalable, and High-Performance Cloud Infrastructure in New Partnership
ScalaHosting's secure, scalable cloud hosting solutions will be integrated into CSUS's digital services to strengthen campus cybersecurity and infrastructure reliability. This new alliance will accelerate digital transformation in higher education. ScalaHosting, a global leader in managed cloud VPS hosting solutions, is proud to announce a multifaceted strategic partnership with California State University, Sacramento (Sac State), one of the largest public universities in California and a recognized leader in academic excellence and innovation. Through this alliance, ScalaHosting will integrate its scalable, secure cloud hosting solutions across CSUS's digital services ecosystem to strengthen its cybersecurity and enhance the performance and reliability of its infrastructure. With growing demand for educational institutions to provide always-on access to online platforms, CSUS is demonstrating its forward-thinking approach to digital infrastructure through this partnership. As one of the most respected institutions in the California State University system, the university plays a pivotal role in shaping the academic and digital experiences of thousands of learners each year. This decision to move to ScalaHosting marks a significant milestone, reinforcing the institution's dedication to delivering web hosting solutions that meet the high standards and expectations of enterprise-level organizations and public institutions. At the same time, this move underscores the university's commitment to security, performance, and long-term scalability as it supports its thousands of students, faculty, and staff. ScalaHosting brings to this partnership its enterprise-grade reliability, ironclad security, lighting fast servers, 24/7 support, and managed VPS cloud hosting. The cloud solutions provider also offers access to cutting-edge tools like Spanel, a control panel designed to reduce complexity and boost control, enabling institutions to streamline their server management without sacrificing flexibility or compliance. In accordance with the partnership, CSUS has initiated the migration of its key websites, including its Moodle LMS websites, to ScalaHosting's cutting-edge Cloud VPS platform. Chris Rusev, the CEO and co-founder of ScalaHosting and expressed his excitement about this partnership, calling it an opportunity for ScalaHosting to flex its cloud hosting and management capabilities and demonstrate how educational institutions can future-proof their digital transformation with next-generation hosting solutions. 'We are excited and honored to support CSUS in its mission to provide secure, scalable, and high-availability services for its learners, staff and faculty. CSUS's trust in us reaffirms our ability to accelerate digital transformation for higher learning by helping institutions manage their key digital resources that support course delivery and academic operations.' This strategic partnership also highlights ScalaHosting's commitment to delivering high-performance hosting environments tailored to various sectors, including education, government, and enterprise. California State University, Sacramento, joins a growing list of organizations turning to ScalaHosting to upgrade their cybersecurity and digital infrastructure with managed cloud hosting. About ScalaHosting: ScalaHosting is a U.S.-based cloud solutions provider trusted by over 1,000,000 websites worldwide. With a focus on innovation, security, and service, ScalaHosting offers fully managed cloud VPS, dedicated servers, and cutting-edge tools like SPanel, the next-generation web hosting control panel. For more information, please visit Media Contact Company Name: ScalaHosting Contact Person: Chris Rusev Email: Send Email Phone: 214 306 6818 Country: United States Website:
CBS News
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
New Lego-themed store builds buzz in Sacramento's greenhaven neighborhood
Legos remain popular eight decades after they were first made, and now a new store is opening in Sacramento. We got an inside look at the newest place to play. Dylan Anderson is the general manager of a new Lego-themed store called Bricks and Minifigs in Sacramento's Greenhaven neighborhood. The store has shelves full of new products and will buy, sell, and trade used Legos. The variety seems endless, from pirates and Harry Potter to Fortnite and floral arrangements. Some Lego sets actually go up in value and are worth more than a thousand dollars. The grand opening is this weekend, but Lego fans of all ages are already coming in to take a look. "You're putting all these little pieces together, and eventually, it becomes something big and something that you can show off to everybody," one man said. The store has a community room where people can hold Lego parties and classes. They're also hoping to work with local schools to teach science and engineering lessons using Legos. "We can teach tensile strength, we can teach longitudinal rigidity or any other engineering concept," Anderson said. Whether it's picking up a handful of Legos in the bulk bin or starting a new set from scratch, there are countless ways to begin building memories. "You're imagination is the limit," Anderson said. Bricks and Minifigs is located in the Bel Air shopping center on Rush River Drive. The grand opening is this Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m.
CBS News
a day ago
- CBS News
Sacramento youth cheer, football teams frustrated with unsafe public park bathrooms
A mother is speaking out after she said the bathrooms at the park where her youth football and cheer team practices have become unsanitary and unsafe. The Dragon Youth Organization practices at Lawrence Park in South Sacramento off of Fruitridge Road. Sabrina Lovelady, the team mom, said the organization is made up of 100 children between 4 and 14 years old. They pay about $30 a day for a permit to practice at the park. She said the team has only been there for three weeks, but the issues with the bathrooms are becoming more than just gross. She said they're becoming dangerous. "I saw his private parts and I told my girls, 'Please do not come in here, please walk away,' " said Nevaeh Lovelady, the 16-year-old cheer coach who is also the daughter of Sabrina. Nevaeh was traumatized after taking girls on her team to the women's restroom only to find a man with the stall door open, exposing himself. "I can't even let them go wash their hands without looking over my shoulder 50 times because we have people posted up at every corner and I am not sure if they are going to snatch them up," Sabrina said. Sabrina is calling out the city to do more for the children's safety. She has been documenting what has been happening inside the park restrooms: finding stalls trashed, overflown toilets, drug paraphernalia and said suspicious strangers sometimes stop to watch the children. "We are here to keep the kids off the street and the city voices that it wants to do that and partnership, but where are you guys?" Sabrina said. The city recently repainted the restrooms and added two porta potties on Friday, but by the time the team arrived Monday, it was already trashed. "Porta potties are almost overflown," Sabrina said. "There's two homeless people locked in one bathroom lighting things on fire." The city said the problem is that it does not have the staff or funding. It said it is working on a plan to limit restroom access at the park for only permitted events like practices. "They are just mad at society and it's their way to get back at society for whatever reason," said Trevor Seifferc, who is homeless. The city's park maintenance manager sent an email to Sabrina on Wednesday morning that said in part: "Every person on my team, including myself, wishes to desperately to prevent the terrible things that are happening within Lawrence Park, but it is not within our current capabilities. the awful things that are happening at Lawrence Park are just one representation of similar events that occur at many of our parks across the city. Our society has a problem, and it can only be solved at societal level." The city said it maintains hundreds of parks, so staff is stretched thin. It plans to do more patrols in the area when it can. The City of Sacramento gave CBS13 this statement: "We're currently reviewing options to limit restroom access at this location only for permitted park events. Additionally, Park Rangers will look to increase park and restroom checks during the group's permitted events as staffing allows. These efforts are being evaluated alongside ongoing resource considerations. The City maintains over 200 parks, each with different levels of usage and maintenance needs, and our ability to respond quickly is often constrained by available staffing and funding." CBS13 also reached out to the Sacramento Police Department, but it deferred us to the city park rangers.
CBS News
a day ago
- CBS News
Oakland man arrested after $1 million Sacramento County jewelry store smash-and-grab
Authorities announced the arrest of one man in connection with a $1 million smash-and-grab robbery that took place in Sacramento County over the July 4 holiday weekend, as they search for additional suspects. According to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to a jewelry store near Stockton Boulevard and Orange Avenue in South Sacramento around 1:15 p.m. on July 6. Deputies said at least eight suspects arrived at the store in two separate vehicles. One of the suspects pepper-sprayed a security guard as they were entering the store, while a ninth suspect held the door open. Two suspects used blunt objects to smash display cases and ransack the store. Video provided by the sheriff's office showed multiple suspects gathering large amounts of jewelry worth about $1 million. The video then shows the suspects fleeing the scene in the two vehicles, which were parked in front of the store. Multiple customers and employees were in the store at the time the robbery took place, deputies said. Following the incident, deputies were able to identify a primary suspect in the case. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Leo Smith of Oakland, was arrested in Hayward. According to the sheriff's office, Smith had a loaded firearm in his vehicle at the time of his arrest. Jail records show Smith is being held at the Sacramento County Main Jail on charges of robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Smith is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday afternoon. Deputies said they are still working to identify the other suspects in the robbery. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office at 916-874-5115 or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at 916-443-4357.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Jesse Powell cleared by DoJ, slams FBI raid as ‘personally devastating'
Jesse Powell cleared by DoJ, slams FBI raid as 'personally devastating' originally appeared on TheStreet. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has closed its investigation into the co-founder of cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken, and no charges were filed. The probe originated from a September 2022 FBI raid on Powell's Los Angeles residence, conducted by agents who claimed they suspected Powell had committed cyberstalking and tampered with the online accounts of the Verge Center for the Arts, a Sacramento-based nonprofit. In 2022, the Verge leadership removed Powell as a board member of the organization for violating the group's basic 'principles'. Powell went on to sue Verge and its leaders for fraud and defamation.A U.S. attorney stated that a properly authorized investigation into allegations of criminal conduct had been opened, according to The New York Times, and the case was closed in April of this year. But the letter also said that authorities hold the option to reopen the investigation later on. In a statement to the New York Times on Tuesday, Jesse Powell said the FBI's raid on his home had been "personally and professionally devastating". He said he plans to press ahead with his lawsuit against Verge, the nonprofit he founded in 2007. Interestingly, on X, the founder wrote, "very glad to have this behind me. It never made sense, but neither does @rstormsf's trial. How quickly you can have your life upended. I am grateful for those who saw through it, and for my stellar legal team now, turning my attention back to Kraken." FBI crackdowns on crypto firms Powell's statement was also in solidarity with Roman Storm, the developer of Tornado Cash—a crypto mixing service that is supposed to make digital transactions untraceable. In 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department blacklisted another DeFi company, Tornado Cash, stating that it had facilitated the laundering of cybercrime proceeds, including over $455 million stolen by Lazarus, a North Korean hacking group, according to FBI also went after Samourai Wallet, in 2024, a Bitcoin wallet service which bears some resemblance to Tornado Cash, arresting its founders on charges of conspiring to launder money. During the administration of President Joe Biden, the crypto industry came under increased scrutiny, with a number of exchanges and their founders accused of money laundering and other crimes. Now, led by President Donald Trump, many of the cases are being dismissed, and some of the people involved were even granted presidential pardons. Jesse Powell cleared by DoJ, slams FBI raid as 'personally devastating' first appeared on TheStreet on Jul 23, 2025 This story was originally reported by TheStreet on Jul 23, 2025, where it first appeared. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
