Cleaning up my loops

Hey

I’m new to developing wordpress sites. Most of my prior experiences are using html & css.

I’m curious if there is a easier/cleaner way to achieve this. Basically I have two custom post types and I’m querying both of them. Im wondering if there is away to achieve this that might look a little cleaner?

<div class="recent-news-home">
<h3>RECENT NEWS</h3>
<?php $newshomeloop = array('posts_per_page' => 2, 'post_type' => 'press-release'); query_posts($newshomeloop); ?>

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

<ul>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<li>

<h4><?php the_title(); ?><small> <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?> </small></h4>
<p><?php echo excerpt(20); ?></p>
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>">Detail ?</a>

</li>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</ul>

<?php endif; wp_reset_query();?>

</div>
<div class="events">
<?php $events = array('posts_per_page' => 1, 'post_type' => 'events'); query_posts($events); ?>

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<h2>Upcoming Events</h2>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="event-date">
<div class="day">
30
</div>
<span>Sep</span>2013

</div>

<div class="event-info">
<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<p><?php echo excerpt(20); ?></p>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Details ?</a>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif;  wp_reset_query();?>
</div>