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TALKING ABOUT GOOGLE AND SAN JOSE: A community town hall — organized by the South Bay Labor Council, Working Partnerships USA, Somos Mayfair, Silicon Valley De-Bug and others — to discuss the possible impacts of Google’s potential San Jose development is taking place Thursday at the Mexican Heritage Plaza. The town hall, said to be the first in a series, will consist of a “learn-in” — with the updates on plans to develop the Diridon Station area — along with breakout sessions and a larger discussion on a vision to address issues like affordable housing and access to jobs and education. it begins at 6 p.m. at 1700 Alum Rock Ave.

San Francisco Symphony: Film star Patrick Stewart, baritone Nathan Gunn and soprano Alexandra Silber help Michael Tilson Thomas and the orchestra kick off the fall season with a gala night of Broadway songs and orchestral favorites, 8 p.m, Sept, 24; $170-$300; Pianist Daniil Trifonov plays the ballerina painting, 11 x 14, oil painting, original art, dance painting, ballet painting, ballet shoes painting, children's Chopin Concerto No, 2 to open the subscription concert series, 8 p.m, Sept, 25 and 26; $15-$158; Davies Hall, San Francisco; 415-864-6000, www.sfsymphony.org, San Jose Chamber Music Society: Dali Quartet with clarinetist Ricardo Morales, 7 p.m, Oct, 25; Imani Winds with pianist Jon Nakamatsu, 7 p.m, Nov, 15; Trianon Theatre, San Jose; single tickets go on sale Sept, 1; 408-286-5111, www.sjchambermusic.org..

Funding for the awards came from Rotary Club members, friends of Leigh Weimers and the Knight Foundation Endowment of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Weimers was a columnist for the Mercury News for four decades and a member of the Rotary for three decades. Rotary plans additional fundraising to make the awards an annual event. Geri Weimers attended the presentation along with their daughter Kristin and grandson Kellen. “I had not seen the artists until the day of the presentation, and I was absolutely blown away. All three are fantastic,” she says.

“The beauty of it is she didn’t let go when she didn’t get in (to Scholastic) the first two years,” Sonu said, “It was great to see she came back and said, ‘You know what? I’ll give it another chance.’ … Right from the first day, you could see she had passion for this.”, The way Manat tells it, she just wasn’t a good enough writer until this year, saying she finds things she wrote at age 12 “disgusting” now, She attributes some of her growth to a family ballerina painting, 11 x 14, oil painting, original art, dance painting, ballet painting, ballet shoes painting, children's friend who was also a Scholastic kid reporter and has mentored her..

Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of the blaze, the deadliest building fire in Oakland’s history. But, for Lori Ford, this year’s anniversary was even more devastating than the first. Not a day has gone by that Ford hasn’t thought of her sister, Michele Sylvan, 37, and Sylvan’s creative spirit, her ecstatic dance moves, her silkscreen paintings or her DIY dressmaking. “Now that more time has gone by, it’s sinking in that her life is gone,” Ford said. “And, I haven’t seen in her in a while.”.