Karl Mondon

6 days ago | miamiherald.com | Karl Mondon

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. - Two days after his 104th birthday, retired Oakland police Officer Toft Jessen was celebrated Thursday by dozens of Oakland police officers past and present, along with many others who lauded him as "an impressive individual" whose achievements are inspirational.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Karl Mondon

Thousands of Cambodian and ethnic Khmer people from the Bay Area and beyond made their way to Stockton's Wat Dhammararam Buddhist Temple, the largest in the state, for a three-day New Year celebration over the weekend. This year, a certain gravity accompanied the joy in one of the state's biggest Cambodian communities.

1 week ago | sanluisobispo.com | Karl Mondon

Antioch residents rally at the Pittsburg/Antioch Amtrak Station, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, demanding that the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority reconsider their plan to eliminate the stop. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Karl Mondon TNS ANTIOCH — Antioch will invest $375,000 to upgrade its Amtrak station, even as the stop faces a possible closure.

1 week ago | sanluisobispo.com | Karl Mondon

Michael Yan, co-founder and CEO of Simplify, is on a mission to transform the job search process using artificial intelligence. After experiencing firsthand the frustrations of job hunting — applying to over 100 positions per cycle, manually entering repetitive information, and struggling to stay organized — Yan and his team set out to create a better solution. The result was Simplify, a platform designed to streamline recruiting and make job searching more efficient, transparent and fair.

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Karl Mondon

Alef Aeronautics cofounder Constantine Kisly shows off a prototype of the company’s flying car under development in San Mateo, Calif., Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Karl Mondon Karl Mondon If any place in the U.S. embodies the convergence of science fiction and reality, it's Silicon Valley. Alef Aeronautics is one of several Bay Area companies competing to combine the two in the automotive market with flying vehicles.