The San Francisco Experience

Alison recounts the story of Del Seymour who recovered after a life of 18 years of homelessness and incarceration to go on to found Code Tenderloin which has reclaimed thousands of former drug addicts and homeless people from the streets of San Francisco. She also gives us a master class in journalistic interview technique drawing out her subject Del to discuss painful truths from his past life.

For an unrelated project, she is looking to interview current and former ICE agents.

Tom's memoir of a life of accomplishment culminating with a business milestone of being employee number 57 at Facebook is inspirational and full of reflection and introspection. Today as a Coach to CEOs, Philanthropist and a podcaster, he continues to write more inspirational chapters in his personal Book of Life.

Dickie Arbiter served as the Queen's Press Secretary from 1988 to 2000, with a special remit for then Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Since then he has become a noted royal commentator and international lecturer. He brings a unique behind the scenes Palace perspective, and worked with the Queen during the 1992 Annus Horibilis and Diana crises. He discusses the current Andrew crisis and King Charles' decisive action to strip his brother of all royal titles in the wake of the ongoing Epstein scandal.

A High School senior has set up his own company to teach after school coding classes to middle schoolers in the Bay Area, overseas and online. Learning to balance life and work as a teenager.

With Nancy Pelosi's announcement that she is not seeking re-election next year, the starting gun to replace her has been fired. The coveted Pelosi endorsement is being discussed: nothing official but Connie Chan appears to be the likely recipient. While not a declared candidate, Supervisor Connie Chan is expected to run.

Two other candidates State Senator Scott Weiner and Democratic Socialist and former Chief of Staff to AOC, Saikat Chakrabarti have are officially running.

Election night November 4th saw the Proposition that would re-draw California's congressional districts to favor the Democrats with five seats passed easily. Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat Socialist was elected Mayor of New York, and two moderate women were elected Governor in Virginia and New Jersey. An eventful evening for the Democrats.

The global fashion industry is $1.8 Trillion and represents 1.6% of global GDP. WearIt.AI enables individual users to embed their images wearing selected fashions on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and earn commissions. Drawing on WearIt's team of stylists with access to leading fashion brands, users can build their personal brands

Retail is a challenging business sector due to on line retailers like Amazon for instance. But in San Francisco a unique retail chain located in two iconic and globally famous neighborhoods - the Castro and Haight Ashbury - is successfully showcasing local artists and artisans. It's a business strategy that is paying dividends to its owner and founder Robert Emmons.

The UK turned on its' fastest supercomputer several months ago called Isambard AI. Powered by more than 5000 Nvidia GPUs it is located on the campus of Bristol University. The Center for Supercomputing is headed up by Professor Simon McIntosh-Smith.

There are almost 35 million small businesses in the US and collectively they generated $40 trillion in revenues in 2024. So many people who enjoy corporate careers dream about running their own business. That's what Lloyd and Keith were able to achieve with their picture framing business in San Francisco.