Podcasts about milpitas

  • 102PODCASTS
  • 129EPISODES
  • 40mAVG DURATION
  • 1MONTHLY NEW EPISODE
  • Jun 11, 2025LATEST
milpitas

POPULARITY

20172018201920202021202220232024


Best podcasts about milpitas

Latest podcast episodes about milpitas

KQED’s Forum
The ‘Take It Down Act,' Explained

KQED’s Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 57:47


The federal “Take It Down Act,” signed into law last month, has been hailed as a major step in protecting victims of revenge porn and deepfakes. It passed both chambers of Congress nearly unanimously, but First Amendment watchers have concerns. We take a closer look at the new statute, along with new California laws that also criminalize sexually explicit deepfakes. And we'll hear how you can protect yourself if you've been victimized online. Related Links: https://www.wired.com/story/take-it-down-act-law-passes/ https://19thnews.org/2025/05/take-it-down-act-signing-explicit-images/ Guests: Paresh Dave, Senior Writer, Wired Jasmine Mithani, Data and Technology Reporter, the 19th Aisha Wahab, California State Senator, representing the 10th district which includes the cities of Hayward, Union City, Newark, Fremont, Milpitas, Sunnyvale, San Jose and Santa Clara Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The California Report Magazine
How a Ford Plant Changed Milpitas; AstraLogik's Music For Healing

The California Report Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 30:08


A Ford Factory Changed Milpitas, Then It Bacame a Mall  The Great Mall of Milpitas, in Santa Clara County, wasn't always a mall; it used to be a massive Ford auto factory. The San Jose Assembly Plant opened in 1955, after relocating from Ford's outdated Richmond location. The new factory put Milpitas on the map, transforming a sleepy agricultural town into a thriving city. The factory's opening also sparked historic social change: the construction of one of the first planned racially integrated neighborhoods in the U.S.. Gabriela Glueck brings us this story from KQED's Bay Curious podcast.  In Song and Self: How Queer Pinay Duo AstraLogik Finds Belonging Through Music Charito Soriano and Chen Conlu were solo artists before they came together as AstraLogik. The queer Filipina duo creates music about healing and acceptance, something they found  as they created a relationship that went beyond performing together. Reporter I-Yun Chan tells us how they found community and belonging through music, and each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IEN Radio
LISTEN: Medical Execs Plead Guilty to Using Tax Money to Buy Sharks Tickets

IEN Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 2:20


From Q1 2017 through the second quarter of 2021, Valdez and Olson allegedly withheld taxes from employee wages but didn't pay the IRS or report them on quarterly tax forms. During that time, according to LinkedIn, both worked for Stella Technology, which is based in Milpitas, a San Jose suburb. Stella specializes in healthcare technology services, primarily custom software development. According to their LinkedIn profiles, both Valdez and Olsen still work for Stella. 

Bay Curious
A Ford Factory Changed Milpitas, Then it Became a Mall

Bay Curious

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 18:16


The Great Mall of Milpitas wasn't always a mall; it used to be a massive Ford factory. Bay Curious listener Brandon Choy wanted to know more about its history. The San Jose Assembly Plant opened in 1955 after relocating from Ford's outdated Richmond location. The new factory put Milpitas on the map, transforming a sleepy agricultural town into a thriving city. The factory's opening also sparked historic social change: the construction of one of the first planned integrated neighborhoods in America. Additional Resources: How a Ford Factory in Milpitas Changed the Face of a Town Read the transcript for this episode Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Got a question you want answered? Ask! Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Gabriela Glueck. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Gabriela Glueck and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Olivia Allen-Price, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Alana Walker, Holly Kernan and everyone on Team KQED.

america richmond factory mall kqed milpitas sierra nevada brewing company olivia allen price christopher beale katrina schwartz
ASME TechCast
Robot Laborers Ahead

ASME TechCast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 19:25


Although AI and robotics are distinctly different fields, together, the two are unlocking incredible new possibilities. One company that's making waves in this area is Milpitas, California-based RoboForce, an AI robotics startup that has developed an advanced “Robo-Labor” system. The company's robots are capable of 1mm precision in fine motor movements and manipulations. When combined with its internally designed and developed AI expert model, a fleet of these machines are able to install and secure solar modules for large-scale commercial and utility-scale projects.RoboForce will be launching pilot projects throughout 2025, with plans for a commercial launch at the end of this year. The company's founder and CEO Leo Ma is a 15-year veteran in the AI robotics space. He joins ASME TechCast to share insights into his journey, the robotic solutions at RoboForce, and what's next.

Bay Area Real Estate Insights | Tech Realtor Spencer Hsu
Living in Fremont CA (East Industrial Neighborhood)

Bay Area Real Estate Insights | Tech Realtor Spencer Hsu

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 4:37


Looking for a newer home in Fremont, California? Named the best place in the U.S. to raise a family in 2024, Fremont shines in this video spotlight on the East Industrial neighborhood! Join Spencer Hsu, a Bay Area native and real estate team leader, as he explores the housing mix, local highlights, fun things to do, and tours one of his newest listings. With over 300 families helped in the last 6 years, our team is here to guide you to the best Bay Area options.Here's what makes East Industrial special:Prime Location: Close to top employers like Tesla (right in Fremont!), Meta, Google, Apple, and more, with great schools nearby.Why East Industrial?: Home to major industrial and logistics hubs, including Tesla's massive factory.Food & Shopping: Enjoy 99 Ranch Market, Osaka Marketplace, and diverse dining options, plus proximity to large commercial centers and Milpitas.Activities: Relax at Lila Bringhurst Community Park or play badminton at facilities like Bintang.Schools: Northern homes feed into Bringhurst Elementary, Walters Middle, and Kennedy High; southern homes go to Warm Springs Elementary, Horner Middle, and Irvington High.Housing Mix: Southern section (15-20 years old) offers condos to 4-bedroom homes (1,119-2,009 sq ft, with HOA). Northern section (built in the last 5 years) features condos and townhomes with Mello-Roos funding public upgrades.Featured Listing: Tour a modern “stacker” condo with a bedroom and bath downstairs (perfect for guests or renting), a rare side-by-side 2-car garage, and upstairs highlights like abundant natural light, an open-concept layout, a wraparound balcony, a dream kitchen (white cabinets, quartz counters, gas stove), in-unit laundry, large bedrooms with walk-in closets, and a dual-sink bathroom with a grand shower.

John Mark Comer Teachings
Hope (ft. Ken Shigematsu) | Advent E1

John Mark Comer Teachings

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 30:59


How do we remain hopeful in a world that's falling apart? Ken Shigematsu reflects on the paradox of Advent, where light meets darkness and hope confronts despair. He challenges us to look honestly at our realities, confront the brutal facts, and find unshakable hope in Christ's first coming and promised return.Key Scripture Passages: Luke 21v25-28; Isaiah 9v1-2, 6; Mark 13v7-8, 24-26This podcast and its episodes are paid for by The Circle, our community of monthly givers. Special thanks for this episode goes to: Gregg from Monona, Wisconsin; Angie from Pflugerville, Texas, Matthew from Milpitas, California;; Kathleen from Flower Mound, Texas; and Misael from Anniston, Alabama. Thank you all so much!If you'd like to pay it forward and contribute toward future resources, you can learn more at practicingtheway.org/give.

The Podlight
Milpitas election analysis

The Podlight

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 21:21


Guest host Josh Barousse chats with longtime Milpitas leader and former elected official Bob Nunez about the city's election results and how they'll usher in changes at city hall.

The STEM Space
162. EcoInsight: A 10th Grader's Vision for Sustainability ft. Tara Tony

The STEM Space

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 23:00


Show Summary:Natasha chats with Tara Tony, a high school student passionate about environmental advocacy. Tara serves as a student commissioner on the Energy and Environmental Sustainability Commission (EESC) in Milpitas, California. She shares her experiences from the EESC, where she became inspired to launch EcoInsight, an online platform aimed at raising awareness of biodiversity loss.Tara also discusses the EcoInnovate Competition, a nationwide challenge for middle and high school students to submit innovative conservation projects. Learn more about this initiative and how to get involved at EcoInnovate. As of posting, current competition deadline is November 15th, 2024.Links from the Show:Related The STEM Space Podcast Episodes132. The Focus of an Engineering Design Competition108. A STEM Challenge with Earthquakes ft. Kristina Ohl66. Eco-House Sustainable STEM with Kristina OhlVivify STEM Blog PostsTop 10 Ways To Encourage Girls In STEMExploring National Parks with a STEM Challenge!Ocean STEM ActivitiesDesign a Sustainable Eco-House STEM ProjectDesign A School Garden STEM ProjectVivify STEM LessonsDesign a Sustainable Eco-House STEM Project (Environmental Science 5E PBL)Oil Spill STEM ChallengeOcean Debris Engineering Design STEM ChallengeDesign a School Garden: STEM Project GuideOther STEM ResourcesEcoInnovateMilpitas Energy & Environmental Sustainability CommissionEmail us your questions and more!THE STEM SPACE SHOWNOTESTHE STEM SPACE FACEBOOK GROUPVIVIFY INSTAGRAMVIVIFY FACEBOOKVIVIFY XVIVIFY TIKTOK

Bay Area Real Estate Insights | Tech Realtor Spencer Hsu

Looking for a spacious, move-in-ready, three-bedroom condo in the heart of Milpitas? This is it! With high ceilings, an expansive kitchen, private balcony, and the perfect location near the Great Mall and BART, these homes offer a modern lifestyle with unbeatable convenience. As a preferred real estate partner with KB Homes, I'm here to give you an exclusive tour of these stunning properties. But hurry—these are the LAST units available in this sought-after community.

MD PODCAST
(SEASON 11 EPISODE 8)”DJ ASTHMATC INTERVIEW”

MD PODCAST

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 57:11


Milpitas, Ca native DJ ASTHMATC talks about his roots in community organizing, and talks about life as a DJ, event organizer, and being an advocate for Filipino-American hip hop artists , and being part of a DJ crew called “The Uplifters” and more!

Joe Rose Show
The Joe Rose Show HR 2 8-16

Joe Rose Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 42:25


In Hour 2, Joe Rose and Dave Hyde are joined by Dolphins Legend defensive player Kim Bokamper as they talk about what they notice during the joint practice vs Washington. Kim Bokamper is very happy that Hollywood isn't here dropping Milpitas jokes left and right, also talks about what he's changed when calling the games on local tv for the preseason. Kim also says he ain't talking about OBJ during the broadcast since he hasn't practiced yet.

Silicon Valley Living
They bought homes with the intention to refinance. Now they're stuck

Silicon Valley Living

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 9:17


Affordable Housing in Milpitas & Navigating the Housing Market Trends | Real Estate Update In this episode, we discuss the opening of 102 affordable apartments in Milpitas, with half dedicated to transitioning people out of homelessness. We also cover the slight decrease in mortgage rates, challenges faced by homeowners trying to refinance, and the Bay Area's current real estate market conditions. Additionally, we review what $1M and $2M homes look like in Santa Clara County, and key insights into maintaining a balanced housing market amidst fluctuating inventory levels. They bought homes with the intention to refinance. Now they're stuck Home Inspection CHECKLIST HERE What you get for $2MM Santa Clara County Milpitas unveils 102 affordable apartments near Great Mall Mortgage Rates this week AIDA Attract, Interest, Desire, Action FREE HOME BUYER CHECKLIST HERE Inventory And Supply Charts 00:00 Introduction: Home Buying Challenges 00:00 Introduction: Home Buying Challenges 00:28 Affordable Housing in Milpitas 01:39 Current Mortgage Rates and Refinancing Issues 01:39 Mortgage Rates and Refinancing Woes 04:01 Real Estate Tools and Tips 04:42 Bay Area Housing Market Overview 06:36 Bay Area Real Estate Market Overview 06:36 Inventory and Market Balance 08:46 Conclusion and Personal Updates

Believe.Behave.Become - A Pennant Group Podcast
12. The Shugyo of Jordan Baker

Believe.Behave.Become - A Pennant Group Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 68:52


Learn from the path of discipline and willing sacrifice that Jordan Baker traveled as he led the emergence of Sequoia Home Health and Hospice in Milpitas, CA. The history of Sequoia HHH is one that helped transform culture and best practices of Pennant affiliates. From date of acquisition, Sequoia leadership struggled to build a thriving healthcare agency against the competition in the Bay area. After Jordan became the Executive Director of Sequoia, results improved immediately and have continually improved since. Sequoia is now a leading provider of home health and hospice services in the Bay area.   Guest: Jordan Baker, CEO Sequoia Home Health and Hospice Hosts: Rich Lewis, Leadership Development Resource and Brent Guerisoli, Pennant Group CEO 

Morning Breeze On Demand
The Morning Breeze - April 26, 2024

Morning Breeze On Demand

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 18:52 Transcription Available


Good morning!20% of people say they definitely have a favorite pen!Rehanna in Milpitas is our Morning Breeze Person of the Week!Carolyn says her phone finally recognizes Cort's name.A survey found that money is first thing people think about when they wake up.Cort and his wife Randi say they're going to take up skiing. Good idea? Bad idea?

Underground Magnolia Podcast
Meet Spelman Student Nyla Choates - Fearless Youth Leader, Author & Entrepreneur

Underground Magnolia Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 13:38


This episode of Underground Magnolia Podcast features Nyla Choates, youth activist, entrepreneur, and author. The 19-year-old founded the nonprofit My Roots are Rich when she was in high school. The Milpitas, California based organization combats systemic racism by holding a range of self-pride and literacy workshops across the country. In 2021, she organized a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in her hometown. Just a year later, she self-published the children's book also titled “My Roots Are Rich.” Currently, Nyla is a junior at the historically Black women's college, Spelman, where she has garnered numerous leadership awards in business and entrepreneurship.For more on Nyla Choates, go to her Instagram @myrootsarerich.MUSIC:Theme: Jazz Addict's Intro by Cosimo FoggAffection by Sappheiros  The Way by Mike LeiteBreaking Down by Groove BakeryChillin Out by BarradeenCONTACT:Underground Magnolia website: (https://www.undergroundmagnolia.com/)Instagram: @UMPodcastDV (https://www.instagram.com/umpodcastdv/) Send questions/comments and requests to contact@undergroundmagnolia.com. To be featured on the podcast, send an email.Support the show

Educational AD Podcast
Wednesday Wisdom #112 - Joanna Butcher, CAA Milpitas H.S.

Educational AD Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 28:36


Our good friend, Joanna Butcher joins the Wednesday Wisdom Team with some great ideas for your Awards Program! Whether you do it seasonally or wait till the end of the year, Joanna definitely shares some BEST PRACTICES! This is The Educational AD Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/support

That Annuity Show
216 - Learning About Empathy With Ron Gura

That Annuity Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 42:06


Summary   Ron Gura, the co-founder and CEO of Empathy joins us today on our show. Empathy aims to provide support and guidance to individuals who have lost a loved one, helping them navigate the administrative and emotional aspects of the process. He shares his personal journey and the inspiration behind starting Empathy. The conversation delves into the workflow and touchpoints of Empathy's services, the co-branded experience for carriers and producers, and the impact of Empathy's services on claimants. The episode concludes with a discussion on breaking the taboo around death and the value of experience over product in the insurance industry.   Takeaways   Empathy is a company that provides support and guidance to individuals who have lost a loved one, helping them navigate the administrative and emotional aspects of the process. The taboo around death and loss needs to be broken, and conversations about mortality and end-of-life planning should be encouraged. Empathy offers a co-branded experience for carriers and producers, allowing them to provide personalized support and resources to their policyholders and beneficiaries. Having conversations about death and end-of-life planning is essential, and individuals should take the time to discuss their wishes and make necessary arrangements with their loved ones. Experience and support are more important than the product itself in the insurance industry, and companies should focus on delivering a positive customer experience throughout the claims process.   Chapters   00:00 Introduction and Weather Update 01:03 The Importance of Life Insurance Claims 02:07 Introduction of Guest: Ron Gura, Co-founder and CEO at Empathy 03:06 The Taboo Topic of Death and Empathy's Mission 04:12 Ron Gura's Background and Journey to Empathy 06:26 The Impact of Personal Loss on Ron Gura's Mission 08:25 The Need for Conversations About Loss and Death 10:04 The Workflow and Touchpoints of Empathy's Services 11:25 The Co-branded Experience for Carriers and Agents 13:26 The Administrative Support Provided by Empathy 15:44 The Impact of Empathy's Services on Claimants 17:44 The Logistics and Timing of Introducing Further Business Relationships 19:02 The Importance of Breaking the Taboo Around Death 23:20 The Value of Experience Over Product in the Insurance Industry 31:10 The Right Time and Approach to Introduce Further Business Relationships 35:12 Closing Thoughts and Advice on Having Conversations About Death 38:33 Conclusion and Call to Action     Paul Tyler (00:03.303) Hi, this is Paul Tyler and welcome to another episode of That Annuity Show. Bruno, how are you? Good. Coming in clear from Canada. This is great today. Yeah. Tisa, how are you?   Bruno Caron (00:09.152) I'm very good, thank you Paul.   Bruno Caron (00:13.94) Always happy to be here.   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (00:18.474) We've got snow here in the Connecticut area, but snow day, but doing good.   Paul Tyler (00:22.459) Indeed, indeed we do. Ramsey, it's the first time it snowed in forever. You missed it.   Ramsey Smith (00:27.473) Yeah, I think we sent it your way. It was raining like crazy here for a couple days, but now the sun's just coming out, so yeah, you're welcome.   Paul Tyler (00:34.003) All right, well good. Hey listen, we got a really interesting episode with a great guest today, just to sort of connect the dots with some of our previous shows. What's the most important thing about life insurance? It's gotta be claims, right? That's at the end of the day, what we're doing is paying checks or income payments or death claims and there's no more sort of fundamental purpose in our business, yet it's a hard one to, it's hard to do right.   You know, TISA, we've had a couple of conversations, right, with people who've explained how it can be disruptive in terms of cross-generational relationships, right? Yeah, so today we have somebody who's actually trying to fix that. It's Ron Gura. Ron, I hope I pronounced your name correctly, co-founder and CEO at Empathy. Thank you so much for joining us today.   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (01:11.073) Absolutely. Yeah.   Ron Gura (01:26.154) great to be here. I always dreamed about being on a podcast with the word nudity and now I'm... look at my eye. I made it.   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (01:34.967) Hahaha   Ramsey Smith (01:35.961) Oh dude, all right.   Bruno Caron (01:36.) Today's your day.   Paul Tyler (01:37.441) Today it is, you know. SEO is going to go through the rough. SEO will go through the rough here.   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (01:40.098) Dreams come true.   Ron Gura (01:43.682) Absolutely. I'm excited to be here and eventually talk about just that, that big moment of truth. That's what a claim really is, right? It's a premise. It's more than just financial peace of mind. What else happens? So that's where we come in and excited to talk about that and what's happening in life insurance.   Paul Tyler (01:52.697) Yeah.   Paul Tyler (02:07.375) Yeah, well this is great. So, well first off, tell people like, you know, what is empathy and what does your company do?   Ron Gura (02:14.102) Sure thing. So empathy is primarily the friend you wish you had when you lose a loved one. That's how I'd love people to really think about it. It's not just a friend, it's that knowledgeable neighbor that happens to be an ex-state lawyer, but now maybe also a social worker. And it's really, really experienced with...   winding down the affairs of a loved one, but also helping you get back on your feet again. That's really what we're trying to do here, save people, families, time and money and stress when the inevitable happens. As you know, Paul better than most, it happens. It doesn't escape any of us. It's the inescapable truth, but at the same time, it's the single largest consumer sector that is, for some reason, untouched. Untouched by innovation.   untouched by technology, unspoiled by software really. And I think we can all agree the reason it's untouched is not some regulatory barrier or technology barrier. It's just us, us here on the call as humans, trying really hard, so hard, not to think about us, not to contemplate our own self-mortality.   And we believe here at Empathy that like any other taboo topic, this one should be broken down as well. And if we put the right technology in place with the right amount of human touch, we can really change the market and empower people during what we believe is life's most challenging moments.   Ramsey Smith (03:55.041) So tell us a little bit about your journey. You've touched a lot of different areas, the innovation space, various startups. Tell us about how that journey informs your approach to empathy.   Ron Gura (04:12.642) So yeah, I'm a consumer internet person. I'm not a life insurance expert. I play my ignorance for what it's worth and get to be the outsider in a lot of meetings asking funky questions like, hey, didn't that claimant beneficiary who just called you, he's not a good lead. Like, isn't that an adult child, stranger, who's not your customer?   calling you, giving you all of his information, all of his data, chasing you again, giving you more data, telling you he's at need, need money, money you know you have, money you know he's gonna get in a few weeks, big liquidity event, bigger than probably any other big event he's gonna have.   And what are you going to do? Like you're going to do what? You're going to send him the check and do more Superbowl ads? The guy's right here. So a glass of wine as you wait for your table is really how I look at this from an outsider view. Like, what's going on? Isn't this weird that the only industry within insurance   where the beneficiary is not the policyholder, technically, is not, people don't think about it. Of course, if a PNC claim, that's a renewal moment. Like someone's gonna give you really good service. And don't get me wrong, paying effectively and accurately and with sympathies is good service. And a lot of carriers, I think have their...   They wear their heart on their sleeves and they're trying to do good in this neutral negative event. But long story short, it's not enough. From a background standpoint, that's me. I'm a consumer intent person. I've been going in and out from startups that usually I get to start myself as a naive person. I get to wear my pink rose glasses all the time.   Ron Gura (06:26.278) And in and out from bigger companies, I had the chance to have meaningful executive roles at eBay and PayPal and WeWork, and always very much focused on the product and the consumer. In terms of what led me to this, I think, well, nobody starts an end-of-life company without having their fair share of loss. I had my fair share of loss, definitely. I can share with you that...   while probably not the final trigger, definitely the earliest one was losing my brother at an early age, Amir, that completely changed family dynamics. My single mom with three opinionated, well, playful boys, over energetic Israeli boys, who...   Ron Gura (07:28.274) grew up in Haifa, north of Israel. And my brother, Amir, my middle brother, was diagnosed with a very severe and aggressive type of cancer. And after he passed away, I vividly remember one Saturday morning, my mom literally taking a lock, key and locking his door, which remained locked for the next 15 years.   and was a very vivid and clear representation and reminder of what happened. And also how we're shutting it down, not to be talked about in many ways. With no complaints on my mom's side here, but... It's the first time I understood nobody wants to talk about loss. Well, kids usually get up from watching Lion King for the first time.   Bruno Caron (08:25.584) Thanks for watching!   Ramsey Smith (08:26.587) Mm-hmm.   Ron Gura (08:26.947) and kind of losing their faith in humanity, lions and uncles at the same time. But they have a lot of questions. Kids, I got two daughters myself now, Tom and Danny, and nine and six years old. They ask a lot of questions and sometimes after Disney movies, they do ask me questions about mortality and life and death and they kind of move on. But I didn't.   I made my mom's life very difficult. I've been asking questions again and again and again. And then I had more loss, friends, colleagues, natural loss, even friends from the army. But it was actually only after eBay acquired my first startup, the GIFS project, and I was a young product director at eBay, one of my employees lost his wife to cancer.   and I showed up in an apartment in Milpitas, San Jose.   Knowing that I don't know what to expect, knowing that it's going to be very different than my community, my religion, my experience, but didn't know how different. He was by himself with a suit, shaved, doing probate paperwork, asking me about when do I need him back. That was really a big aha moment for me. That was when I took my black notebook and said, oh.   That's weird. Like, why don't we have anything for this? Like we need headspace for grief, but we really need toolable tax for a state settlement. And we kind of need both. And we kind of can't decouple the two. Grief is made hard by logistics. Logistics are made harder by grief. And I don't get the luxury of choosing one of them and say, I'll do a FinTech product that is only pre-filling your probate stuff. That's...   Ron Gura (10:33.142) It's not going to be something people want to talk about or use such an emotional period. So long story short, three and a half years ago, my co-founder and I, Jan, we started Empathy. We're now 80 people between New York headquarters and Tel Aviv R&D Center. We have $48 million in venture capital from 2.1 folks like General Catalyst, Alif, Entree, and others.   We work with MetLife, New York Life, Guardian, many other, dozens of other carriers, dozens of big employers, progressive employers who want to show up for their teams. And what I think we're doing more than anything else is putting a spotlight on this taboo topic and creating hopefully a very empowering workflow of continuity of care.   Paul Tyler (11:25.115) Maybe talk to us a little bit about the workflow. You know, we have people who listen who are, some people on the group side, we've got some people on the individual side, of course, we always look at it from our own lens, right? At the end of the day, it's a person. Stuff for the loss is getting checked. Maybe talk about the customers on either end. Like if I'm a, you know, I've got an employee and I've had a policy, or I guess my loved one was an employee and I've got a policy check or I'm a beneficiary. How does that workflow?   Ron Gura (11:36.75) Mm-hmm.   Paul Tyler (11:54.515) feel to a person who's a beneficiary.   Ron Gura (11:58.478) So the tiny differences. The differences would mostly be on the touch points. We do a no-code, simple implementation. We learned the hard way that the one thing that is more expensive to carriers than money is IT resources. I think that's a big lesson for us. And since we got that, we shifted to a no-code implementation and added more than 14 carriers in 14 months.   And that was a big aha moment for us and what drove a lot of our Forex growth in 2023. We add a few multifaceted simple touch points. For example, the script on that call, sorry for a loss, but we're not going anywhere. That insert on the brochure on the snail mail with the QR code, hey, if you need anything at all, scan this.   Email that says, number one, we got your claim. Number two, you're eligible for 24-7, bereavement care. So these simple touch points didn't require any data transfer. We don't need to know the social security. We don't need to know the face value. We don't want to know if Ms. Jones was rich or poor. We want to democratize access for grief in the state administration. So when you think about group and individual, it's just those touch points that are slightly different.   the bereaved next of kin, who cares? Like they're dealing with so much, who cares if they got the policy from, you know, New York Life GBS or New York Life individual. It's group or individual, you still have probate, funeral, grief, sleep support, mood tracking, social security, IRA, deactivation of social media, deactivation of accounts, banks.   selling the property, fighting with your sister, doing a state tax, thinking about identity theft, and you know, just 50 other topics from veteran administration all the way to IRAs. So when someone passes away, it's overwhelming. We publish every January the cost of dying report to create more awareness.   Ron Gura (14:23.026) on the full implications on us as individuals and as a society for the employer cost, the financial cost, the emotional cost. You can see that on empathy.com. And it's 50 pages of infographics that are basically showing us it's more than a year of work to wind down the affairs of a loved one on average. It's more than 400 hours of direct work. Of course, from a group standpoint.   Of course your employee has a second job, he can't bring his whole self back to work. Of course from an individualized standpoint, that glass of wine as you wait for your table makes a lot of sense when you are thinking about generational loyalty and asset retention and NPS because what other moment of truth do you have that is bigger than someone calling in and saying, I lost a loved one?   Where is my money? Of course, of course you need to have the money ready. That's the 90%. I, life insurance is still about financial protection, but people expect much more and we hope they will. I hope they will continue to expect much more. Right now, one out of seven claimants in the U S is getting more from empathy.   Ramsey Smith (15:44.821) So is it, is the solution, I don't want to call it a product, because that doesn't give it the right name, but the experience, let's call it the experience. Is it branded according to the carriers? Is it branded as empathy? So is it white label or is it, are the carriers able to carry their own brand?   Ron Gura (16:05.462) So it's both. It's a co-branded experience. Just give you a quick example if you're already on video. So I'm going to pop my Empathy app. And one of our carriers is going to pop as a covered by. And then inside the experience, you're going to have both the digital app. You're going to have your care team service element 24-7, especially social workers and more that are available for discussion.   Ramsey Smith (16:21.344) Yep.   Ron Gura (16:35.106) You're going to have other places where you understand this is coming from this carrier specifically. And can even create a lead back to them at the right time in the least intrusive way possible. The exact opposite from an agent calling after the loss and say, hey, what about you? This is actually about first thing and first thing first, cementing.   trust in showing up. First let me save you some time in money and stress.   First, let me offer you a glass of wine. Then let's check what's going on with the table. First, make sure that you got what you need right now. If that's funeral comparison, if that's estate tax, if that's cleaning the property. Whatever advice or support you need, you got it. Then when you're ready to talk about your financial legacy, your family.   Of course, the same carrier that sent you to empathy would love to continue that conversation with you. And why not?   Ramsey Smith (17:44.737) So how much of the logistics? So there's the, obviously there's the, there's a psychological element of it, but of all the long list of logistical hurdles you have to go through that you mentioned before, how many of those are you providing sort of specific intervention on to make those steps easier?   Ron Gura (18:03.638) I'd say it's half of what we do. We do the filing for petition for probate. We do the preparing for the house for vacancy. We close and deactivate accounts and cancel subscription. We give you a dedicated personal care plan that is personalized for you, Arizona or New Jersey, five siblings or none, Jewish or Muslim, executor or not.   We help with the eulogy, with the obituary, the funeral, the debts, the notifications of loss, the social security, the IRAs, the purchasing of a headstone all the way to the bonds, the credit bureaus. So it's a long list of tens of items in the administrative side, probably hundred something items that you need help with. Every one of them could be quickly five other items. So we don't just tell you what to do.   We actually do it for you and with you.   Ramsey Smith (19:01.417) Got it.   Paul Tyler (19:02.131) Tisa, could you have used this?   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (19:05.874) Yes, so I experienced a significant loss in August of 2021. As a middle-aged adult, it was my first major loss, so I'm grateful for that. But because it was my first major loss, it was a long process. So I think it took two and a half years. We just closed probate.   We just did. I don't know, what's this? This is February. Maybe it was right before Christmas. So as I'm listening to you speak, Ron, I'm thinking through all of it feels very real. I guess I have a couple of follow-up questions. One of my questions was, I heard you say bereavement care, I think is what you said. So I wanted to dig into a little bit of the services under that umbrella, but I think you probably just spoke about that a little bit.   I guess I'm curious looking at the mobile app that you showed that is claimant or beneficiary focused. What are the resources or what is the version of that app, if any, look like for the agent? What sort of support or guide or talk track are you giving to the agent so that they can handle that claim experience differently? Say the things differently, do the things differently to still cultivate the lead, but in...   you know, in that way that's not intrusive, to use your word, and in a way that sort of shifts their thinking about the opportunity in that moment of truth. You could talk a little bit.   Ron Gura (20:42.127) First thing, I'm sorry to hear about your loss and the process that you're going through and two and a half years in. It might feel like a lot of time to do the administration, but it's actually very normal on the executor side. Like when we're talking about 18 months average, it's...   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (20:57.687) Get coming.   Ron Gura (21:04.53) including a lot of folks that are not the official executor. Once you are and you're actually going through probate, two years plus is very regular in the US, unfortunately. And well, I do.   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (21:17.95) In particular, when everyone lives in different states where they grew up. Don't cross the state line because that adds, you know, months, years.   Ron Gura (21:26.294) that's also not very rare in the United States. And just even having one piece of property in Arizona and a motorcycle in New Jersey, that's it. You're going through a whole new fun process and we help refill that. So on your questions, first, bereavement care is really the emotional side of everything we do. So there's really just the two halves that I was mentioning before. And on the...   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (21:29.689) Yeah.   Ron Gura (21:55.826) emotional side, I would split it also into the product and the service. The product would be everything you would imagine a wellness app to do in 2024, but tailored for grief. So grief coaching.   grief meditation, grief music, audios, podcasts, videos, thousands of articles about any topic from as small as how do I tell the kids all the way to a specific probate petition in New York City. So that would be mood tracking and sleep support. And of course,   a lot of self-reflections and healing. At the same time, anything the app can do just yet, or if you need anything, 24-7 bereavement care with our care managers. That could be 2 a.m., can't fall asleep, or it could be middle of your workday when you ran out of a conference room to cry in the bathroom because you feel guilty. You call us, we take those calls.   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (22:54.623) Mm-hmm.   Paul Tyler (23:10.535) Wow. Well, you know, maybe...   Ron Gura (23:10.826) You can chat on the app, you can talk on the phone. We're always there. You're never alone when you have empathy.   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (23:11.478) Yeah, it's.   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (23:18.652) That's very comprehensive.   Paul Tyler (23:20.999) Yeah, it is. And, you know, just double clicking on something you said, you know, because we do have a lot of distributors and stuff on the line. You said, Oh, you kind of like insert the opportunity for an agent to actually help somebody through the financial process at the right time. I like to understand that a little more just to give you my backstory. I worked at MetLife when that was, you know, actually had a retail division, you know, it was, and we had a whole program called Delivering the Promise, which was delivering the death claim check.   You know, two observations there. One is any agent who actually gets to deliver a death claim check will be an agent for life. That is a transformative experience. I think a lot of agents are selling the product. You never actually get to see the product getting used. And those who are lucky enough to actually see this, it was a huge, a huge, a huge event in their life to deliver that and see, see the product actually works. Um, now to flip that side, it was also very.   competitive process because as you said, it's a massive event financially for somebody. A lot of big liquidity event, maybe one of the biggest ones they'll have in their lives. How do you do this appropriately? Now, we screened agents. This is not something you just sort of drew a number for. You had to get approved. You had to go through a coaching process. You had to learn how to do this. Talk to us about how and when do you digitally   start that conversation. You know, when, to T's point, is it month, you know, I think this is horrible, month 15 or is it month 16 or is it something that happened along the way that you've, that say, okay, now's the right time to do that.   Ron Gura (24:51.639) Mm-hmm.   Ron Gura (25:05.486) So first thing I can tell you that while Midlife did decouple from the retail business, they still deliver on the promise and they do it on the group side. I got to know the organization very closely and the way they show up for their national accounts and employers and support the next of kin of the employees is very, very unique, very efficient and I think very comprehensive.   And when that happens, it's really no different, like I said, between an individual and a group. You are still going through all of this, even if your loved one was a Nike employee or a Google employee, or never was a freelancer and never had a group life. It's still a loss of a loved one. From the agent perspective...   The shortest explanation I can give in probably a good summary of everything we do here is taking a transaction and shifting into our relationship. That's really what this is about. We have this massive multi-trillion dollar industry that is intermediated, that is lacking engagement. It's kind of, you know, you have such amazing retention.   relatively speaking to SaaS products, but you don't really have any meaningful engagement with the policyholder. And even on the agent side, let's take a classic agents of business, probably 200 years old, some big mutual in the US, and 10,000, 20,000 agents, whatever the number are gonna be, still 70% of the claimants are gonna be unassigned.   or how the industry likes to call them, but I don't, orphans, orphan claims. 70%, that's the number. We have a pretty good umbrella view on the entire industry of seven-digit volume of claims every year. Not even the largest carriers in the United States have seven digits in claim volume. I can tell you, even if you did the absolute best job as an agent...   Ron Gura (27:24.446) The chances of my dad's agent to still be in business practicing when my dad passed away, just not likely. High net worth individuals, of course, different mechanics here, different physics, people make different efforts for obvious reasons. And while we don't differentiate, the market does. And you'll see.   people spend more time about generation loyalty and getting to know the son or the daughter. However, at the end of the day, agents are about top line. Agents are about my next deal. And talking to the Barret family, showing compassion, it's a part of the job, but it's not my training. It's not something...   I'm uniquely positioned to do outside of the fact that I've seen it before. And my admin or myself are going to shift them to the claim center. Maybe have some extra layer of care like, Hey, how's it going? Do you need anything else? But it's there's a claim center. That's what's going to happen. What we do is we, when there's an agent involved on the 30%, we do everything around the agent. Agents are the heroes. So John Smith.   is sending empathy to Mrs. Jones.   and everything is coming from him. If it's automated or not, he decides, he can send something every month. Every time, hey, I see you're making some progress on the will, on the probate, do you need help with this? And provide just a series of emails that are coming branded from the agent. That's a big help for people.   Ron Gura (29:21.234) And I think the industry is aligned. And when there is an agent involved, you want to go for the agent. And we have a back office for them. To your question, Tis, this is what we do. I showed you a little bit of the consumer app, of course. But there is a whole different system for agents. They can add a phone number and one click.   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (29:34.151) Yeah.   Ron Gura (29:41.942) They get the whole experience co-branded agent front and center. There's even a letter from the agent waiting in there. So putting the agent's front and center is, is very important.   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (29:55.222) That's great. It helps them build that relationship you talked about.   Ramsey Smith (29:59.285) I mean, there's so many sort of interesting time-related issues to this sort of customer journey, right? So, Paul, you talked about delivering the promise. So the first time gap is between the point of sale and the claim, which things change, maybe the agent's not in the business anymore. All right, so then you have the claim, very important point of delivering the promise, right? But everything else that you're talking about, Ron,   around bereavement and settling the estate. And then at some point being ready for some further business relationship is essentially undefined, right? Ahead of time, you know, at T zero, it's undefined. And it could take months or weeks or years. And so that's a very interesting sort of part of the experience and how you manage it, how you figure out when it's time and when it's time, to whom do you send that?   Who ultimately gets that lead? Does it go back to the company? Does it go back to the same agent or that agent has gone to somebody else? Like how does, what is the path for the further business relationship down the road?   Ron Gura (31:10.358) So the last part is actually the easiest, right? Like the company defines if they want everyone to go to a central location, a phone, a digital form, easy to enhance and customize. It's within our three weeks implementation period. That's the easy part. But figuring out what and when to say to the beneficiary in order to put this in front of them, but not selling them.   Ramsey Smith (31:13.213) Yeah.   Ramsey Smith (31:18.963) Yeah.   Ramsey Smith (31:22.206) Mm-hmm.   Yeah.   Ron Gura (31:39.382) is really important. So I won't share exactly our unique data around when to surface what, but I will tell you that if someone is a few months in, it's not a secret that they're starting to think about the fact that, well, I'm next. There's a reason why 33% of the wheels that people buy   Ramsey Smith (31:41.249) It's very hard.   Ron Gura (32:08.626) are after the loss of a loved one, usually a parent. It's that clear generational movement that people comprehend. And we wanna surface that at the right time, in the right place. People are understanding the implications of not having those sensible conversations with their loved one just a few weeks and months ago.   They understand even if they had a will, even if they had insurance, they didn't have the iPhone password. They don't know what to do with the dog. They're not sure what's, you know, you prefer cremation or not. They didn't have these conversations. And now they're thinking, you know what? I want to have all this information in place for my kid. They also get big check and they have liquidity and they're well positioned to now.   make a big purchase like life insurance and a big commitment. And they kind of understand like that their best position to understand the value of this industry because they get that check. And just like Paul said, an agent that delivered a check, understand the value, a beneficiary that received the check, understand what life insurance is. Until then it's a financial tool.   Ramsey Smith (33:09.511) Yep.   Ron Gura (33:34.374) And for us, it's really important to surface that at the right time. People are reading. We have far more data points than an agent sitting at their office thinking, should I call me Jones today or tomorrow? It's been two months or three months.   Ron Gura (33:52.794) we see what's going on and what state of mind she is and what can really add value to Ms. Jones. We will never do anything that is not 100% aligned with the beneficiary's best interest. I think if we do that once, we don't have a justification in this end of life category. And every employee that on board here at Empathy, that's the first thing they read on their.   Onboarding, if we lose track of our mission to help families deal with loss, we're just as good as the next predatory funeral home chain. Just another person trying to sell people something. But if we first and foremost say, wait, is this saving time and money and stress? Is this a good offer? Is this a good brand? Is this what the beneficiary wants to hear right now? Is this going to find its empowering?   to get support on probate. They're going to find it empowering to get an agent, call them and say, hey, here are your options in terms of your proceeds. Or maybe it's not the right time for that, and they're right now dealing with something very different. We know that. We're best positioned to know that more than the carrier, the agent, or any advisor.   Paul Tyler (35:10.471) Bruno, what are your thoughts?   Bruno Caron (35:12.349) Well, I was wondering, I mean, do you have any advice or any kind of a low hanging fruits, easy things people can do to save, to save significant amount of time when those things happen?   Ron Gura (35:31.882) Well, estate planning as a whole is something that pretty much 70% of Americans don't do. I can't say that's a low-hanging fruit. The folks that say it is, I would not necessarily trust them.   People that say, oh, five minute and you're gone, easy, fast, affordable. Wills and trusts and guardianship documents should not be fast and affordable. They should be thoughtful. You should be thinking about your hierarchy of values. You should be opening a bottle of wine with your significant other and asking you some really tough questions about who's going to raise the kids. Uh, however, even without proper documentation, having the conversation is a lot, talking with your parents is a lot.   Sometimes they will start talking back if you bring this up, but people don't wanna talk about mortality. So the longing fruit is break the taboo. Nothing to be ashamed of. This is literally like sex education in the 50s. Like just the fact that we are running away from it doesn't mean it's not a thing and people don't wanna, and need the support and advice.   Paul Tyler (36:41.799) Break the taboo. I think we've got a title for our podcast here. Tisa, do you think that works?   Tisa Rabun-Marshall (36:46.134) Absolutely. That's a note to end on, or start to end on. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I couldn't agree with you more. The loss I referenced a few minutes ago is exactly that. Thankfully, I had everything, my father had everything lined up, but it was the aha moment that like, ooh, I'm a parent. I probably need to do something, so if something, you know, so that the same experience could be for my child.   That is absolutely the reaction of getting your own affairs in order when you either probably witness a loved one not having their affairs in order and the impact it has to you or having them in order and the impact that has to you, you know how much harder it could have been without things in place. So I totally agree with you there. And I think it's just the conversation, setting the expectations, making those wishes known. They are hard conversations to have.   having to ask my 14 year old who you want to be with if mommy's not here. Who you know, I mean my heart's like pounding right now even saying that again. But it's necessary. And I think on the fight, it's kind of a similar like topics that are off limits, right? Like politics, religion, money.   Death. So, we shy away from having the conversations. They're uncomfortable sometimes and we have differing values. But I think to your point, like for your question of low hanging fruit and wrong, your answer of one of the easiest things, yet hardest things to do is to have a conversation and start to talk about things. So I appreciate that advice. I hope it resonates with our listeners.   Paul Tyler (38:06.175) Death.   Paul Tyler (38:29.148) Yeah, Ramsey.   Paul Tyler (38:33.482) Oh, sorry.   Ramsey Smith (38:37.717) Sorry, I was on mute. So I've long been of the view that if there were a simple mathematical formula for the opportunity set in the insurance space, it would be experience greater than product, just that. Like that is the direction that I think in all sectors of our industry, whether it's.   Ron Gura (38:50.263) Mm-hmm.   Ron Gura (38:57.526) Beautiful.   Ramsey Smith (38:58.301) with life, whether it's life, PNC, et cetera, that is where the greatest opportunity lies, both in terms of having happy customers for our existing businesses, but also to be able to extend our businesses into other areas. And Ron, you started out talking about just how you have this interesting situation in like in insurtech generally, what ends up being the problem that blows up a lot of new companies is that they...   their customer acquisition is too high, right? Then you have incumbents that have really deep relationships, even if they're not really worked on explicitly, but there's these really deep relationships of trust that exist. There's people that are under the tent and depend on you, and I think there's great opportunity to expand those relationships over time if done properly.   Paul Tyler (39:52.255) Yeah. Hey, Ron, listen, thanks so much for your time. I think what you're building is, it sounds like a wonderful service. I think, you know, I've been through it twice with both parents and I would have loved to have it as well. A little less recent than Tease's experience, but what's the best way for people to learn more about your company and, you know, for your carrier or, you know, distributing, you want to learn more about offering the product? What would they, where should they go?   Ron Gura (40:20.086) We'll keep it very simple. You go to empathy.com, you'll see our testimonials and case studies, our videos, our care team, our app, can reach out to us for a demo. And I think really join the movement of more and more carriers who are embracing a new standard when it comes to beneficiary care. And we're very excited.   about the momentum in the US, expanding beyond the US in 2024, and even beyond the life claims into additional adjacent categories that also include a moment of truth. And you'll be hearing more about that. But for now, empathy.com is really the simplest and easiest way to learn more about us.   Paul Tyler (41:09.119) Excellent. All right. Well, thanks so much. And I want to thank our listeners. Share this show. Recommend us to your friends. Give us feedback. And be sure to join us next week for another great episode of That Annuity Show. Thanks, everybody.

Educational AD Podcast
Ep. #514 - Joanna Butcher, CAA of Milpitas High School

Educational AD Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 66:31


We're heading to California to visit with one of the rising leaders in our profession - Joanna Butcher, CAA - who is the AD at Milpitas HS. Joanna has an extensive background in coaching and sports and today she shares her story plus some BEST PRACTICES on The Educational AD Podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/educational-ad-podcast/support

KQED’s Forum
Unveiling the Corporate Landlords Behind Home Rentals in California

KQED’s Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 55:45


Large corporations have quietly bought large collections of homes in California, mostly for use as rental properties, often hidden behind complex networks of shell companies. A Sacramento appraiser has begun to crack the code, revealing more than ten thousand properties in California owned by one company, Invitation Homes. He joins us, with other experts, to discuss the extent of corporate home ownership across the state and its impact on renters, homebuyers, and the real estate market. Guests: Alex Lee, assemblymember, California State Assembly - he represents California's 24th Assembly District which includes the Alameda County communities of Fremont, Newark, and Sunol, and the Santa Clara County communities of Milpitas and San Jose Ryan Lundquist, residential appraiser and housing analyst, Sacramento area Alana Semuels, economic correspondent, TIME magazine

History of the Bay
History of the Bay: The Architect

History of the Bay

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 38:15


The Architect is a renowned producer from Milpitas who is one half of the group Homeliss Derilex. Coming up in the South Bay around Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, Architect was around for the early days of Stones Throw Records. He also produced for artists like Coolio, Planet Asia and Rasco (Cali Agents), Total Devastation, and many others. After taking a hiatus from music, Architect became inspired by the online underground hip-hop scene and started working with rappers like The God Fahim. Currently he is performing with Souls of Mischief on their 30-year anniversary tour for "93 Til Infinity." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historyofthebay/support

Marketing Solutions for Local Businesses
Meet the Attorney: The Foundations of Special Needs Trusts

Marketing Solutions for Local Businesses

Play Episode Play 46 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 33:53


Elijah Keyes' interest in estate planning and special needs began as a child where he saw the effects of long-term illness in his household. He gained an appreciation of the effects of physical and mental illnesses and how they affect families and communities. Ever since becoming an attorney, Elijah has worked exclusively in the areas of estate planning, special needs, elder law, and tax.Elijah is recognized as a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Elijah is also a member of the J. Rueben Clark Law Society, the Foundation Fighting Blindness, and the Multiple Sclerosis Society.Elijah is a former professor of law at Golden Gate University and frequently speaks to attorneys and community groups on a range of issues related to special needs trusts, estate planning, trust administration, and probate.Elijah lives in Milpitas, California with his wife and two children.Connect with ElijahWebsite: www.keyeslawgroup.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elijahkeyes/General Info:Are you looking for digital marketing help for your law firm? Are you currently running a few campaigns, but are not getting the results you were hoping for?If you are nodding yes to both questions, check out these case studies of some killer results we have gotten for law firms just like yours and ask us how we can help you get those same results.  Click here to review the case studies: https://lbmsllc.com/lp-attorneys/Want a free evaluation of your digital marketing presence? Simply click here: https://www.lbmsllc.com/online-presence-report/and we'll send you a free snapshot report to get started.For a copy of my book, 7 Steps to Recession-Proofing Your Business, click this link: https://www.lbmsllc.com/book General Info: Need help with your law firm's digital marketing? Check out these case studies of some killer results we have gotten for law firms just like yours.Click here to review the case studies: https://lbmsllc.com/lp-attorneys/Click here for a free online presence report and marketing analysis. Connect With Us On Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lbmsllcInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lbmsllc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/lbmsllcLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/local-business-marketing-solutionsAlignable: https://www.alignable.com/fanwood-nj/local-business-marketing-solutionsConnect With Frank Directly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdemming/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lbmsllc

You Didn’t Ask with Frankie & Tish
Marsh Road: Local Legend and True Crime

You Didn’t Ask with Frankie & Tish

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 45:35


If you live in the bay area, you know the local lore surrounding Marsh Rd. in Milpitas.  Many have said to hear screams and see the ghost of a young woman.  Wether or not the ghost stories are true, the fact remains that in 1981 a 14 year old girl named Marcy Conrad, was murdered and her body was left near a ravine on that very road.  This story, caught the attention of the national news, but not so much for the murder, but for what happened in the two days that followed her death.  The ghouls discuss the case, the urban legend, the movie based on the true story and more.  Support the show#paranormal, #ghost, #ghosts #haunted, #supernatural, #spirits, #paranormalinvestigation, #ghosthunting, #hauntedplaces, #paranormalactivity, #psychic, #medium, #poltergeist, #EVP, #paranormalevidence, #paranormalphenomena, #spiritcommunication, #occult, #paranormalstories, #paranormalencounters, #paranormalresearch, #podcast, #listen, #episodes, #dynamicduo, #witchy, #macabre, #spooky, #truecrime, #serialkiller, #mystery, #spirits, #cemetery #ufo #uap #urbanlegends #parapsychology #conspiracies #pagan #esoteric, #astrology, #menegerie, #oddities, #goth, #active, #intention, #witches, #rituals, #demons Support the Podcast! Buy Us a Potion! Follow Us! IG you_didnt_ask_13 TikTok @you_didnt_ask_13 Site youdidntask13.com

The Interface
Episode 191: Keyon Keshtgar

The Interface

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 27:54


A conversation with Keyon Keshtgar, Senior Design and Engineering Manager for Onanon in Milpitas, CA. Keyon has been getting things done with Onanon for seven years. We talk about Onanon's focus on designing and manufacturing connectors and cable assemblies, mainly for the medical industry. We talk about some new products he's most excited about, like MagConnect and SmartConnect, that integrate active and passive components in one solution. We talk about working with the next generation of engineers at the college level and mentoring them that learning from their failures is invaluable to their development. We talk about his early interest in the biomedical field and observing various surgical procedures before focusing more on engineering. We talk about playing basketball in his free time and we discuss his desert island album, book, and movie. This is The Interface. Hosted by Chris Cappello. Music by Square Seed. For The Interface podcast guest inquiries and suggestions, send a LinkedIn message to https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjcappello.

Employees Brawl At Dealership

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 7:37


Footage of an all-out brawl that took place at Envision Toyota of Milpitas, a dealership in California. The exact cause of the fight is unclear, but it involved employees of the dealership. The Milpitas Police Department confirmed that they received a call about a fight between dealership employees on April 8. By the time the police arrived, some individuals had already left, and the investigation is ongoing. No medical aid was required.Link to the featured article:https://www.theautopian.com/this-video-of-a-massive-brawl-at-a-toyota-dealership-leaves-more-questions-than-answers/Grab a copy of my book:https://partsmanagerpro.gumroad.com/l/qtqax"The Parts Manager Guide" - https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Manager-Guide-Strategies-Maximize-ebook/dp/B09S23HQ1P/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3UZYOGZJUNJ9K&keywords=parts+manager+guide&qid=1644443157&sprefix=parts+manager+guid%2Caps%2C244&sr=8-4 Please remember to like, share and leave your comments.Videos are uploaded weekly.Visit my website for more! https://www.partsmanagerprof.com/For audio listeners you can find the full podcast here: Employees Brawl At DealershipIf you want me to continue making videos like these, please donate to our paypal account: paypal.me/partsmanagerproFair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS* This video is for educational and entertainment purposes only.dealership brawl, all-out brawl, dealership fight, California dealership, Milpitas dealershipemployee brawl, workplace conflict, workplace stress, group dynamics, peer pressureaggressive behavior, workplace violence, employee altercation, workplace tensionpsychological factors, emotional triggers, workplace aggression, workplace environmentemployee engagement, workplace communication

ChaiTimeRadio
Chaitime with Mr. Anand Ganu & Dr. Sanjay Bhandari about Garje Marathi Global Excellence Summit 2023

ChaiTimeRadio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 49:42


In today's ChaiTime, we talk to Shri Anand Mahadeo Ganu, Founder-President of Garje Marathi Global, and Dr. Sanjay Bhandari, a leader and key contributor to Garje Marathi Global projects. Mr. Anand Gaju is the Founder-President of Garje Marathi Global (www.garjemarathi.com), a nonprofit registered in California, USA. Garje Marathi Global is a platform for 'Non-Resident Marathi' and 'Back to Motherland Marathi' ( परत मातृभूमीला मराठी) who value knowledge, education, and entrepreneurship. GMG has four main objectives: Networking, Mentoring, Giving back to society and our roots, and celebrating the success of Marathi around the world. Dr. Sanjay Bhandari is the Founder and CEO of a Stealth mode Start-up. Previously, he held positions as President & CTO at MEMSIC Inc., CTO and Sr. VP mCube (now Movella) and has won several awards, including EE Times/EDN Start-up of the Year award in 2012, "MEMS Start-Up of the Year" by MEMS Industry Group in 2014 and "MEMS/Sensor Device of the Year" in 2015. He has 69 filed patents, including 27 granted US patents. Today, we will talk about the organization and GMG's upcoming event - Garje Marathi Global Excellence Summit 2023 ICC, Milpitas on July 29, July 30, 2023. You can register and find all the information at: https://garjemarathi.com/event

Gay Area
The One About Pride Month

Gay Area

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 58:52


In this episode, Allison and Daniel learn about the origins of pride month and why we celebrate it every June. The two also talk about seeing The Little Mermaid for a second time at a 4DX theater. They also both take a gay test to see once and for all if they are gay. They chat about going to the 626 mini-night market at the Great Mall in Milpitas how "mini" it really was. So get ready to feel the gay spirit in this very celebratory episode of Gay Area.

Only in Seattle - Real Estate Unplugged
#1,693 - Saks Off 5th Ave permanently closes its San Fran store near tenderloin

Only in Seattle - Real Estate Unplugged

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2023 19:29


Saks Off 5th at 901 Market St. in downtown San Francisco is slated to permanently close later this fall, a spokesperson for the discount luxury clothing retailer confirmed to SFGATE on Monday afternoon. “Through the regular course of business we continually evaluate store performance and other factors, and, from time to time, may determine it necessary to close a store,” the spokesperson said in an email. “We expect this store to remain open to the public until the fall of 2023 and look forward to continuing to serve the community.”Following the closure, customers can continue to shop at other Saks Off 5th locations in the Bay Area, including stores in Petaluma, Livermore and Milpitas, the spokesperson said. Saks Off 5th has been in operation in San Francisco since March 2015.Support the show

Crosscurrents
Processing The War In Sudan / Racial Trauma In School / Black Mental Health

Crosscurrents

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 26:51


Today, we hear from a school in Milpitas that is talking to kids and parents about violence happening thousands of miles away. How Bay Area families are feeling about the war in Sudan. Then, how a new program in schools is helping students deal with racial trauma. And, the stigma Black people may face when they seek mental health care.

Local Business Hacks
Why Failures Are Stepping Stones To Success with the CEO of Bricks 4 Kidz, Christopher Rego

Local Business Hacks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 21:51


Are you looking for tips from industry leaders on how to succeed in business? Are you a business owner looking for motivational tips that will help you build the business of your dreams? Then this week's podcast episode is for you. Tune in as Christopher Rego, the CEO of Bricks 4 Kidz, shares his inspirational tips and tricks for business success. Christopher Rego became a Director of Bricks 4 Kidz in February 2020, at which time he also became chief executive officer of BFK Franchise Company, LLC (“BFK”), the principal operating subsidiary in Milpitas, California. He has been a Bricks 4 Kidz franchisee since November 2013, and the Master Franchise for United Arab Emirates since May 2015. He became the Chief Executive Officer of Creative Learning Corporation on April 30, 2020. Christopher has been the CEO of Teknowland, Inc. in San Jose, California, since 2013, and the founder and managing partner of Bricknowland, Inc. in UAE, since 2015. He has held various management and architect roles to contribute to the success of rapidly growing technology companies such as Oracle, Yahoo!, Tapjoy, Intuit, and Tibco since the year 2000. Christopher earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Andhra Loyola College in Andhra Pradesh, India, and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India. Be sure to take notes as Christopher shares why you should remember: Without risk, there is no reward The path to success is always a steady uphill journey The journey of becoming a business owner might not be comfortable but if you are open to it, you will learn a lot along the way That if you push through challenges and any odds against you, it will set you up for success Failures are a stepping stone to success Get motivated to take your career or business to the next level with Christopher's wisdom and advice - let's get hacking! Follow the Local Business Hacks podcast for more inspiring interviews, hacks, and insider secrets to help grow your business.

CFO Thought Leader
887: Enjoying Today's Journey | Galit Yaakobovitz, CFO, AmyriAD

CFO Thought Leader

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 55:44


After Galit Yaakobovitz relocated from Israel to the United States back in the mid-2000s, there was little question that the move had given her career a boost. Still, it was the next relocation—the one that would move her and her husband from New Jersey to California—that ultimately allowed her to place both feet on a finance career path. Back in 2006, Yaakobovitz was a technology implementation consultant living in Israel when she was hired by M-Systems to oversee the implementation of an ERP system for its finance function around the world. However, within 12 months, M-Systems was sold to its flash memory rival SanDisk—which left Yaakobovitz to wonder whether she would have a future at the newly merged firm. In short order, the management of SanDisk eased her concerns by offering her a spot on the global implementation team for the company's finance organization, an appointment that required her to relocate to SanDisk's New Jersey offices. “At the time, different geographies had their own requirements, so it was very challenging to design a system that would serve everyone globally,” recalls Yaakobovitz, who within 2 years was recruited by SanDisk's chief accounting officer to spearhead a new revenue recognition systems project at the firm's Milpitas, California, headquarters.  Upon completion of the systems project, Yaakobovitz received an invitation to join the finance team, which meant severing ties with her technology implementation roots. What's more, she was moved to the FP&A team rather than the accounting department, where she had spent most of her systems implementation days. “This was a huge leap for me as far as understanding the business through data analysis and other aspects went,” observes Yaakobovitz, who—after 7 years with SanDisk—next sought to slow things down for a year or two as her young family grew by joining an M&A consultancy promising more manageable hours. Nevertheless, when a recruiter called her roughly a year later and briefed the FP&A executive not about an IT implementation role but about a senior finance position at an early-stage biotech company, Yaakobovitz was all ears. –Jack Sweeney 

The State of California
Where doe California stand on taxing gas companies?

The State of California

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 7:57


The state legislature is giving the green light to Governor Newsom's plan to limit the profits of oil companies in California.  After languishing for months, the governor's compromise plan has zipped through the State Senate, and today, the State Assembly took it up for a vote. After lengthy debate today on the Assembly floor, the legislature gave its final approval in rather speedy fashion, to the Governor's proposal.Originally Governor Newsom wanted to limit the profits of oil companies, whom he's accused repeatedly of gouging consumers, blaming them for California's record high gasoline prices last fall. He called for a windfall profits tax, then adjusted that to a cap on profits with a penalty that would be refunded to taxpayers, and now in its final version, the California Energy Commission, not the state legislature, will have the authority to investigate the oil market, gather information, set a cap on profits if it deems that necessary, and then perhaps levy penalties. That's a far cry from his original bill, but it's still been fought tooth and nail by the oil industry.  For more, Doug Sovern, Brett Burkhart, and Pattie Reising spoke with State Assemblymember Alex Lee of Milpitas, who represents the 24th Assembly District.

Lead Time
LCMS Pacific Southwest District President - Mike Gibson

Lead Time

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 56:57


Learn more about Mike Gibson - Prior to his election as President of the Pacific Southwest District - LCMS in June 2018, Mike served as pastor of Christ Lutheran Church and School from August 2006 to August 2018, leading the congregation's vision of supporting, equipping, and launching people into mission locally and globally.  Mike completed his undergraduate studies in Humanities at California State University, Sacramento in 1980, he is a 1984 Master of Divinity graduate from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO and was awarded a Doctor of Ministry degree in 1996 from Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA, with an emphasis on organizational pathology and leadership.  His pastoral ministry includes service at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Huntington Beach, CA (1984-1987) and Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Milpitas, CA (1987-2006).Pastor Mike has been engaged globally in China, Southeast Asia, and India for almost 20 years. His missional passion includes helping the Body of Christ understand the growth of Christianity in the Global South and the beneficial influence that the Global South can bring to the church in the post-Christian Global North.  His Personal Purpose Statement reflects this focus: “My purpose is to awaken within the Body of Christ a local and global perspective on the Mission of God and to influence organizational systems in order to free and empower them for mission fulfillment.”He is the author of Out of the Bleachers and Onto the Field – How to Witness Without Hang-ups (CPH, 1992) and a contributor to numerous periodicals. His new book, “Mountains and Valleys – Living the Christian Life” will be released by Concordia Publishing House in the second half of 2023.Mike was born and raised in Sacramento, CA.  He and Kathy were married in 1979.  Kathy works at Concordia University Irvine as Assistant Director of Advancement Services.  The Gibsons have two adult sons, Andrew and Tim. Visit uniteleadership.org

Small Town Murder
#352 - The Body On The Hill - Milpitas, California

Small Town Murder

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 69:26


This week, in Milpitas, California, a local group of teenagers known as "The Stoners" get together, and do exactly what you think they'd do. Until one day, when one of the group brutalizes another, and dumps the body into a ravine. Afterwards, the murderer starts taking other people out to see the body, while bragging about how the murder occurred. Over a dozen kids come out to look, poke the body with a stick, and even steal a radio station's patch off her discarded jeans. It's cold blooded & mind boggling, but finally someone tells the police!Along the way, we find out that this area has a very crispy smell, that you shouldn't bring your 8 year old brother to see a corpse, and that somehow, some people can be even more cold blooded after they commit the actual murder!Hosted by James Pietragallo and Jimmie WhismanNew episodes every Thursday!Donate at: patreon.com/crimeinsports or go to paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.comGo to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder & Crime In Sports!Follow us on...twitter.com/@murdersmallfacebook.com/smalltownpodinstagram.com/smalltownmurderAlso, check out James & Jimmie's other show, Crime In Sports! On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Wondery, Wondery+, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hypothetical Comedy
HC24: Jorge M Sanchez

Hypothetical Comedy

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 71:35


This week on Hypothetical Comedy Podcast we talk to comedian Jorge M Sanchez.Jorge talks about growing up in Milpitas, starting comedy in college, running caffe frascati open mic, his background in film, his podcast, and more.Follow us on IG@JorgeMSanchez@SheShinesForYou@FunkySamMedina@HypotheticalComedy

Unprofessional AF
Cha Cha!

Unprofessional AF

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2022 135:45


On this episode we react to new details revolving the murder of Takeoff. More eye-witness accounts, the identity of one of the other two wounded has been released, and almost everyone has shared their opinions. We breakdown the new information and ask questions surrounding the future of our cultures artists. Then an unidentified man we labeled as City Claus is driving around the Tenderloin District of San Francisco throwing thousands of dollars from his vehicle to those on the street. We put ourselves in the shoes of those recipients of the cash and ask hypothetical questions revolving around the topic. Plus a millionaire was made over night in the South Bay when a Milpitas 7-11 sells a Powerball ticket with 5 of 6 winning numbers. Although that prize is yet to be claimed a man in China recently shared the blueprint on how to properly collect. We'll tell you why he said he picked up his winnings in a full blown costume as well as how he spent his first days as a millionaire. New music dropped, I'll tell you what what album I have on repeat. It's not the new collab album with Drake & 21 either. Although that album is making headlines for the shots Drake took at damn near everyone. From Ice Spice, to Meg, Serena Williams husband, to Dram of all people? And you know we made our picks for week 9 of NFL Action, breakdown this week in fantasy in the pod's league, and forecast this weeks Raiders game! Tap in to see who we picked and how we do! All that and more on episode 133 of Unprofessional AF! (Intro) Boldy James- Smacked (Shit We On) Joe: Drake & 21 Savage- On BS Rich: Migos- Dab Daddy Ruk: Migos- Copy Me --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unprofessionalafpodcast/message

Love Never Fails Radio
Raising Human Trafficking Awareness with Milpitas Mayor, Rich Tran

Love Never Fails Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2022 53:50


Support the show: https://www.loveneverfailsus.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MD PODCAST
(SEASON 6 EPISODE 18) “DJ ASTHMATIC INTERVIEW”

MD PODCAST

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 54:02


Milpitas, Ca based DJ and event organizer DJ Asthmatic talks about the importance of his Filipino roots and being an organizer for the community, and the importance of supporting independent artists, his goals as a DJ in 2022 and more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

KQED’s Forum
State Assembymembers Launch Renters' Caucus to Advocate for Tenant Rights

KQED’s Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 55:33


Nearly 44% of Californians rent their homes, but the vast majority of state legislators don't. In the state assembly, only three out of 80 members are solely renters: Matt Haney, D-San Francisco; Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles; and Alex Lee, D-San Jose. The lawmakers say the imbalance between assembly members who are renters and those who are homeowners leads to fewer laws that address tenant needs. We'll talk to Haney, Lee and Bryan about a caucus they are launching in the state assembly to advocate for tenants' rights amid California's ongoing housing crisis. Guests: Matt Haney, member, California State Assembly - represents the eastern portion of San Francisco. Isaac Bryan, member, California State Assembly - he represents much of South Central Los Angeles. Alex Lee, member, California State Assembly - he represents Santa Clara, Milpitas, Fremont, Newark and a small portion of western San Jose. He is the youngest state Asian American, first openly bisexual, and first Gen Z legislator state legislator in California history.

ChaiTimeRadio
Rungmunch.org - Interview with the Founders Smita Ji & Madhav Ji

ChaiTimeRadio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 45:28


Rungmunch is a nonprofit organization founded by Smita Karhade and Madhaw Karhade in 2016 with a passion for theater with the desire to give back to the community. Within 5 years of its inception, Rungmunch has donated over $250k for various causes and helped raise $500k. GITPro awarded Rungmunch "Charity Organization of Year - 2016". It's a platform where driven actors, directors, dancers, musicians, singers, and playwrights of Indian origin come together to produce great theater to raise funds for a worthy cause. Rungmunch operates with a philosophy that. "as an attendee or performer in any play, movie, or musical show, we enjoy every moment of it, and while doing so, if we could be the reason to put a smile on someone's face, then it will be more satisfying." #For CommunitiesByCommunities #EmpoweringArtistsForBettermentOfCommunities #MakeADifference You can find all the information about the cause, its events, and opportunities to volunteer at: https://www.rungmunch.org Please join them in their upcoming event, "Azadi ka Mahotsav" (Saturday, Sep 24, 2022 10:00 A.M to 7:00 P.M. University of Silicon Andhra 1521 California Cir, Milpitas, CA 95035)

KGO 810 Podcast
Nikki Medoro - Biden to Speak About the Soul of the Nation Tonight, and Alleviating the Teacher Shortage

KGO 810 Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 32:20


The Morning Show with Nikki Medoro welcomes ABC News Washington Correspondent Jay O'Brien to preview tonight's "Soul of the Nation" speech by President Biden. And, Dr. Jill Biden wants to help fix the nation's teacher shortage. The school district in Milpitas suggests families opening up their extra rooms to new teachers...is this a good idea? Would teachers be comfortable with this setup?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sana G Morning Show On Demand
Heading Off For Halloween Fun

Sana G Morning Show On Demand

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 26:23


It's never too early to celebrate Sana's favorite holiday! Plus, Milpitas doing some innovate things for teachers, and Stacey Dash continues to be a gigantic clown.

Ray Appleton
Hour 3 -New John Hughes Movie Soundtracks Box Set. Alex Jones Ordered To Pay. Milpitas Councilmember Hired 14 Year Old Treasurer. Texas Gov. Sending Migrant Buses To DC. Pentagon Denies Bowser.

Ray Appleton

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 32:39


For years and years — basically ever since 1980s nostalgia has factored into modern music, and especially since M83 made their pop pivot in the late 2000s — the soundtracks from director John Hughes' movies have been an oft-cited reference point. Now the source material is being packaged into a massive box set. Jones was ordered Thursday to pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages to the couple, who said they received death threats and were harassed due to Jones's false claims that the federal government orchestrated the shooting to crack down on guns. Heslin and Lewis are seeking $150 million in damages in their lawsuit. A Milpitas councilmember is being fined $15,000 by the state's political watchdog group after making three campaign violations related to his successful 2016 bid for a council seat.The ruling also states that Anthony Phan hired his 14-year-old cousin as his campaign treasurer and gave him $43,000 in a Nike shoebox, money that was later misreported to campaign authorities. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office vowed Friday to send even more busloads of border-crossers to the Big Apple — as the Lone Star State continues to grapple with the ongoing migrant crisis. The Department of Defense on Friday denied Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser's request for 150 National Guard troops amid what she called a "humanitarian crisis" as an influx of migrants arrived in the nation's capital.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Code 3 - The Firefighters' Podcast
Firefighting in the Wildland-Urban Interface with Clare Frank

Code 3 - The Firefighters' Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 22:43


Now that the wildland fire season lasts pretty much all year long—and homes continue to be built further from city centers--the focus is turning to homes in the wildland-urban interface. Fires that threaten homes along the edge of cities and towns have turned some metro departments into wildland companies as well. It's not always a comfortable fit for crews that usually wear turnouts and expect a charged hoseline. Now, they don the yellow shirts and work without water, digging fire breaks. My guest today has been watching the situation and has some observations about how the transition is going. Clare Frank retired after 30 years in the fire service. She was the State of California's first and only female Chief of Fire Protection. And she served as fire chief at the Milpitas, California Fire Department. She's also found time to earn a law degree and her bar card.

AUHSD Future Talks
AUHSD Future Talks: Episode 66 (Dr. Byron D. Clift Breland)

AUHSD Future Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 26:40


Byron D. Clift Breland, chancellor of North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD).  Dr. Breland has more than 25 years of administrative and teaching experience in higher education and served as chancellor of the San Jose – Evergreen Community College District (SJECCD) located in Silicon Valley. During the interview, Dr. Breland discusses his journey, the importance of dual credit opportunities for students, and the advantages of community college.Dr. Breland has worked to develop innovative partnerships that provide meaningful educational and job training experiences for the diverse student populations of San Jose City College, Evergreen Valley College, the Community College Extension Center in Milpitas, and the Center for Economic Mobility. Prior to being promoted to the SJECCD chancellor position, Dr. Breland served as the president of San Jose City College (SJCC), where under his leadership, SJCC became positioned among the top institutions in the nation in career education and workforce preparation. In addition, Dr. Breland has overseen the opening of a college extension center in the city of Milpitas with a focus on dual enrollment for high school students. He was also instrumental in assisting with launching the San Jose Promise, which provides up to two years of cost-free education and breaks down financial barriers for students in the city of San Jose. Previously, Dr. Clift Breland served as associate vice president/provost at Long Beach City College's Pacific Coast Campus; associate dean of student development at Santa Ana College; and assistant dean, director of judicial affairs at the University of California, Irvine, serving both the undergraduate and medical school campuses. In addition, he has held administrative positions at University of Southern California and University of Maryland at College Park.  

The WTF California Podcast
Self-Defense Shootings, Contra Costa DA Race Heating Up and Businesses Fed Up

The WTF California Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 55:05


On this episode of WTF California Podcast, we highlight how we are seeing more self-defense shooting of criminals including tow locally over the past week. We touch on the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Race and how something doesn't smell right with the charges on Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe and the timeline of pending charges and filing after Mary Knox campaign releases public records request letter. Campaign launched by businesses against retail theft and property crimes. We touch on bill that would open up police radio traffic to the public. Plus more. Articles From the Show: Update: Oakley Police Say Woman Shot and Killed Man in Self-Defense Update: Attempted Robbery in Antioch Leads to One Dead, Another Wounded Resident fatally shoots suspected burglar in Walnut; 2nd suspect sought Contra Costa County DA Charges Antioch Mayor for DUI Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe faces trial on 2 counts of DUI Contra Costa DA race fought against backdrop of stark policy contrasts, lawsuit, office drama Ongoing criminal investigation into East Contra Costa cops is affecting criminal justice system; felony charges dropped, DA review underway ‘She was so beleaguered': Oakland mayor says police chief was fired because community lost faith in her MAP: Here are the shootings in Sacramento and Stockton so far in 2022 Senate bill to limit police encryption scores another victory California Businesses Launch Campaign Against Retail Theft and Property Crimes San Jose teen's death hours after scam is part of troubling increase in 'sextortion' cases, FBI says Woman kidnapped by 3 men, pistol-whipped, robbed near El Cerrito BART, police say Modesto Police: Arrests made in Sunglass Hut thefts Fresno police catch suspect after he falls out of Save Mart ceiling Bay Area Homelessness Worsens, But It Could Have Been Worse Runaway bull injures 6 people at popular NorCal rodeo Two Bills Aimed at Stricter Movie Set Firearms Regulations Fail to Pass Senate Committee Sacramento police offer gas money for gun buyback, overwhelmed by interest More Than 400 Unwanted Guns Returned During Buyback Event in Milpitas

Booklovers
Devil House

Booklovers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 84:59


Gage Chandler is a true crime writer working on his next project, that of an unsolved double homicide in the suburban city of Milpitas, California that took place in 1986. Gage is best known for his book about the so-called White Witch, a woman who slaughtered two of her high school students in her apartment during an attempted robbery. Although Gage's intention is to tell these stories the “right” way, he's forced to grapple with the negative impact of the lives of those left behind, especially the mother of one of the White Witch's victims, who demands he listen to her story. Devil House brings to light the difficult question of who has the authority to tell someone else's story, and whether one can ever truly be capable of doing so, no matter the lengths we go to in order to put ourselves in the shoes of others. Sounds serious, right? It is, but we're discussing it in typical Booklovers fashion, wandering in and out of additional topics like The Mountain Goats (naturally) and what would have happened if Remus had lived instead of Romulus (less naturally).

The Cybertraps Podcast
Will Your Costume Cost You Your Career? Cybertraps 88 Halloween Edition

The Cybertraps Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 45:31


Show Notes Two articles on Cybertraps.com Halloween Costumes Result in the Suspension of 14 Idaho Educators https://www.cybertraps.com/2018/11/04/halloween-costumes-result-in-the-suspension-of–14-idaho-educators/ What Do Pokémon Balls, Pumpkins, and Death Stars Have in Common? Just Google “Baby Bump Costumes”! https://www.cybertraps.com/2016/10/18/what-do-pokemon-balls-pumpkins-and-death-stars-have-in-common-just-google-baby-bump-costumes/ When did Halloween become such a big deal? Blame the 1980s First Amendment – Is dressing up a form of speech? Yes, but same analysis as other types of speech Educators Are Role Models The Role of Social Media All it takes is one photo How well do you know your friends Potentially Problematic Costumes Political commentary Overly sexualized Cultural appropriation Mocking specific groups or an individual Making fun of a tragedy Considerations for Administrators Halloween celebrations and costume parades can put pressure on disadvantaged families Costumes can create division in the school community Impact on the repu Students may feel marginalized or attacked Resources - #2021–10–19 Native American Chief, Anne Frank, And 15 Other Costumes You Should Absolutely Steer Clear Of On Halloween https://www.buzzfeed.com/simrinsingh/problematic-halloween-costumes - #2021–05–29 London principal removed from position after backlash over wearing student's dreadlocks https://globalnews.ca/news/7905066/london-ont-principal-removed-wearing-dreadlocks/ - #2020–10–31 Two Syracuse school employees put on leave for racist Halloween costumes https://cnycentral.com/news/local/two-syracuse-school-employees-put-on-leave-for-racist-halloween-costumes - #2020–10–30 Political costume nixed at Okay Elementary https://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/schools/political-costume-nixed-at-okay-elementary/article_f55fe23e–8e76–5822-a2db-d79d49825e0c.html - #2019–11–07 Milpitas blackface teacher admits he made ‘horrible mistake' https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/07/milpitas-blackface-teacher-admits-he-made-horrible-mistake/ - #2019–11–05 A teacher wore blackface to school while dressing up as Common. He's been suspended. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/11/05/teacher-wore-blackface-school-while-dressing-up-common-hes-been-suspended/ - #2019–11–02 Halloween Costumes and a Facebook Post Upset NHUHSD Community https://kymkemp.com/2019/11/02/halloween-costumes-and-a-facebook-post-upset-nhuhsd-community/ - #2019–05–24 Southern California teachers under fire for dressing up in sombreros and mustaches for yearbook photos https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/05/24/southern-california-teachers-under-fire-dressing-up-sombreros-mustaches-yearbook-photos/ - #2019–03–19 Lingering anger over teacher's Trump-hat Halloween costume fuels racial tensions at top Newark high school https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2019/3/19/21107175/lingering-anger-over-teacher-s-trump-hat-halloween-costume-fuels-racial-tensions-at-top-newark-high - #2019–02–01 Teacher who wore blackface for Bob Marley Halloween costume may get fired https://www.yahoo.com/now/teacher-wore-blackface-bob-marley-halloween-costume-may-get-fired–191526845.html - #2018–10–26 Why has Halloween become so popular among adults? https://theconversation.com/why-has-halloween-become-so-popular-among-adults–104896 - #2018–10–25 Iowa teacher under investigation after wearing blackface to Halloween party https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/413188-iowa-teacher-under-investigation-after-wearing-blackface-to - #2016–11–04 Seattle high school teacher suspended for controversial Halloween costume https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-high-school-teacher-suspended-for-controversial-halloween-costume/463887455/ - #2014–10–29 In Classrooms, Halloween Costumes Can Raise Sensitive Issues https://www.edweek.org/leadership/in-classrooms-halloween-costumes-can-raise-sensitive-issues/2014/10 - #2014–10–21 10 Days until Halloween: Step Away from the “Indian” Costume https://nativeappropriations.com/2014/10/10-days-until-halloween-step-away-from-the-indian-costume.html