Community, Connection, and Courage: Reflections on the 2nd Annual Bay Area Giving Summit Last week, we welcomed over 100 donors and friends to Gallery 308 in Fort Mason for our 2nd Annual Bay Area Giving Summit. The energy was palpable as donors from across the region gathered to share ideas, build connections, and find inspiration during challenging times. “Moving forward with love and resolve is more powerful than […]
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Newsom Calls on California Cities to Flat-Out Ban Homeless Encampments Governor Gavin Newsom is once again ramping up the rhetoric to try to get California cities to be more aggressive around clearing street encampments, but this time says he’ll be handing cities money for more shelter and services.
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Bizarrely, Elizabeth Holmes's Baby Daddy Is Launching a Blood-Testing Startup A new startup called Haemanthus, which may have been in the works for several years now, has reportedly raised millions of dollars already, and the general outlines of it are strikingly similar to the disgraced Theranos, which Elizabeth Holmes co-founded with Sunny Balwani over two decades ago.
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Christina Aguilera, LCD Soundsystem, Dom Dolla to Headline Portola Fest 2025 This year's Portola Festival lineup is filled with major names in the contemporary EDM scene, but also a couple big names older Millennials will know too, like Christina Aguilera and LCD Soundsystem.
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