Newsom, Local Leaders Scuffle Over Homelessness Solutions

Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, May 29, 2025… California is home to a quarter of the nation’s unhoused population. That’s around 187,000 people. As the state grapples with homelessness, tensions are hitting a high point between Governor Gavin Newsom and local leaders when it comes to funding solutions. A family in Bakersfield…

Learning Professionals Can Help The Future Of Learning

Empower Learning By LMS The future of learning demands adaptability, innovation, and strategic thinking from today’s learning professionals. As organizations face rapid digital transformation and a shift toward a hybrid work culture, the Learning and Development (L&D) function must evolve to empower employees with essential skills and flexible learning opportunities. Through online Learning Management Systems…

San José Could Temporarily Ban Smoke Shops, Citing Health Inequities

Ortiz, who represents a portion of East San José, told KQED he is “pro-business,” and expects any such moratorium wouldn’t need to be in place for more than a year, while the city works to formulate new regulations and programs around how and where tobacco or smoke shops are allowed to open. “There’s not a…

SEO Content Strategy To Promote AI Features In EdTech And HR Software

What Is An SEO Content Strategy Let’s make a crucial distinction. First, you build a strategy and then SEO content. An SEO content strategy is created with one simple goal in mind: to rank higher in traditional search and, therefore, AI engines too. So, successful B2B content marketing strategies are based on various formats and…

What Is the PayPal Mafia?

 Katrina Schwartz: Brotopia details a deep rooted sexism in the tech world and a toxic “work-at-all-costs” culture. It’s also where Anna first came across the term: “PayPal Mafia,” which got her wondering. Anna Mistele: What is the PayPal mafia and what is the extent of their influence in Silicon Valley? THEME MUSIC Katrina Schwartz: PayPal…

Newsom Proposes to Cut Acupuncture From Medi-Cal, Alarming Patients and Providers

At the press conference, retired acupuncturist Han Shulin carried a book of scrolls, bound by leather ties and filled with loose-leaf parchment that frayed at the corners. The book bears ancient Chinese instructions for acupuncture treatment, Shulin said at the event, referring to the book as “a kind of acupuncture bible.” “Our job is to…

California Tweaks Trans Athlete Rules After Trump Threatens to Halt Federal Funding

CIF had adopted its new policy before Trump issued his threat, according to Izzy Gardon, a spokesperson for the governor’s office. It’s unclear how many athletes will be affected by the rule change. Trump appeared to be targeting a transgender high school athlete from Riverside County who recently won regional competitions in long jump and…

How to Preserve Your Family History Like an Archivist

SFPL recently held a workshop on safeguarding your family’s archives to mark Preservation Week: a national initiative from the American Library Association that’s chaired this year by Bay Area librarian Mychal Threets. San Francisco resident Jim Fong attended the SFPL workshop, citing his interests in making documentaries. He made one in honor of his mother,…

SF Police Arrest Man for Arson After String of Playground Fires in Richmond

Firefighters were called to several suspicious fires this month — two at a local elementary school and two at a nearby park. The first fire broke out on May 1, when firefighters responded around 1:30 a.m. to calls of a storage container burning outside Lafayette Elementary School. A shed containing thousands of dollars of school…