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Free Class: Healthy Sweets
Date: 2025-12-09T17:00-8:00
Description: The holidays are approaching, making it a perfect time to learn how to make sweets that are both yummy and healthy! 🍓🍰 Dr. Shelley Lane will share nutritional guidance and tips on healthy sweets during her upcoming class! There are two dates to choose from! Date: Tuesday, December 9th at 5:00 PM OR Saturday, December 13th at 10:30 AM Location: 1301 Palmetto Avenue, Ste B Pacifica Recipes and samples will be provided! Please register at oceansidehealingcal.com under “make an appointment and “nutrition class” #nutrition #nutritionclass #healthy #healthyeating #wellness #health #healthandwellness
Location: Free Class: Healthy Sweets
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationPescadero Municipal Advisory Council | Meeting
Date: 2025-12-09T18:00-7:00
Description: Established in 1992, the Pescadero Municipal Advisory Council (PMAC) advises the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on issues affecting residents of Pescadero, Loma Mar, and all South Coast communities. PMAC meetings are held in person at the Board room of the La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District offices at Pescadero High School, 360 Butano Cutoff, Pescadero CA 94060. Members of the public may also attend virtually. To submit topics for future meetings, to inquire about making a presentation, or to get a copy of each month’s agenda once it’s set, please write to Agenda@PescaderoCouncil.org PMAC holds one meeting a month, on the second Tuesday of each month. Council business begins at 6pm, and presentations from first responders, state, county, and local officials, and others, begin by 7pm. All meetings are open to the public, and held at the Community Church, 363 Stage Road, Pescadero CA 94060.
Location: Pescadero Municipal Advisory Council | Meeting
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationSea Glass: A Local History
Date: 2025-12-09T18:00-8:00
Description: The Half Moon Bay History Association will feature Jo Fry at the Half Moon Bay Library presenting a discussion on two topics that she is passionate about: history and sea glass. She’ll discuss the why behind the what that washes up on our shores. Hear the stories that sea glass tells about our community’s history, and learn where our sea glass came from, and how old it may be. Jo also will share pieces of sea glass from her own collection. The doors open at 5:30 PM. Admission is free. An avid beachcomber and self-proclaimed history geek, Jo is an artist who incorporates local beach-found treasures into her work. She has authored several articles for the Half Moon Bay History Association and Beachcombing Magazine, and she has lectured on sea glass at the Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz Sea Glass festivals. Jo’s art can be found online at Ocean Blue Vault.
Location: Sea Glass: A Local History
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationAn Evening with #1 Bestselling Author, Mitch Albom
Date: 2025-12-10T03:30:00Z
Description: #1 internationally renowned and bestselling author Mitch Albom returns to nonfiction with “Finding Chika: A Little Girl, An Earthquake, And The Making Of A Family.” With this book, the author of “Tuesdays With Morrie” celebrates Chika, a young Haitian orphan whose short life forever changed his heart. Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died, Chika was brought to the Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince. With no children of their own, the children at the orphanage became family to Mitch and his wife, Janine. Chika's arrival makes a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, even as a three-year-old, she delights the other kids and teachers. But at age five, Chika is diagnosed with something a doctor there says, 'No one in Haiti can help you with.' Mitch and Janine bring Chika to Detroit, hopeful that they can get the medical help needed to return her to a healthy life in Haiti. Instead, Chika becomes a permanent part of their household and their lives as they embark on a two-year, around-the-world journey to find a cure for an inoperable brain tumor. As Chika's boundless optimism and humor teach Mitch the joys a child brings to their lives, he learns that a relationship built on love, no matter what blows it takes, can never be lost. Told in hindsight, and through illuminating conversations with Chika herself, this is Albom at his most poignant and vulnerable. “Finding Chika” is a celebration of a girl, her guardians and the incredible bond they formed—a devastatingly beautiful portrait of what it means to be a family, regardless of how it is made.
Location: Oshman Family JCC Schultz Cultural Arts Hall
Source: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
More informationAtherton Planning Commission Meeting
Date: 2025-12-10T18:00:00
Description: This is the regular Planning Commission meeting.
Location: Meeting being held virtually and in-person at Town Hall in Council Chambers
Source: City of Atherton
More informationLearn@Lunch | Canva 201 Tools Training
Date: 2025-12-10T11:00-7:00
Description: This Canva class aims to help users achieve eye-catching designs that are more than just a template. We will cover some basic graphic design philosophies and dive into some more advanced Canva tools. In this class, you will learn... The positioning tool and how to more easily manage your objects Text effects and how to make text add flare without being overwhelming Adding intractable and updatable charts The powerful photo editing tools Adding transitions and animations Creating a video or reel Posting to social media
Location: Learn@Lunch | Canva 201 Tools Training
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationChair Yoga in El Granada
Date: 2025-12-10T11:00-8:00
Description: Take a pause and stretch your body and mind! Join us for Chair Yoga every Wednesday starting in October, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM at GCSD’s meeting room. This class is perfect for all levels and can help improve flexibility, balance, and relaxation. Details: $10 per class, paid directly to the instructor Comfortable clothing recommended No prior experience necessary See the flyer for more information.
Location: Chair Yoga in El Granada
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationMidcoast Community Council | Meeting
Date: 2025-12-10T19:00-8:00
Description: An elected Municipal Advisory Council to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, representing unincorporated Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton, and Miramar. MCC meets 2nd & 4th Wed, 7PM. Hybrid meeting.
Location: Midcoast Community Council | Meeting
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationBoard of Directors Meeting
Date: 2025-12-11T16:00
Description: Monthly Board of Directors Meeting
Location: Online Meeting
Source: Saratoga Chamber of Commerce
More informationAtherton Holiday Event
Date: 2025-12-11T17:00:00
Description: Happy Holidays, Atherton! Join us at Town Center on the deck of the Atherton Library for some holiday cheer. Snacks and refreshments will be available, and Santa will be visiting from the North Pole in the Library from 4pm to 6pm! At the end of the night Mayor Lewis will be lighting up our tree to ring in the holiday season, we hope to see you there!
Location: Event Location
Source: City of Atherton
More informationMagical Memories -Trolley Rides
Date: 2025-12-12
Description: No description
Location: Downtown Los Gatos
Source: City of Los Gatos
More informationPalo Alto Chamber of Commerce HOLIDAY PARTY and Annual Meeting
Date: 2025-12-12T01:00:00Z
Description: 'Tis the Season to Celebrate! Hitch up your reindeer and join us for the annual Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Member Holiday Party and Annual Meeting. * Raise a glass of cheer with friends old and new * Celebrate a successful year * Learn about Chamber priorities and projects for 2020 * R-E-L-A-X and enjoy a good time! Share the Holiday spirit with a deserving child! Bring an unwrapped toy or gift for a boy or girl (any age, from babies through 17) for the Chamber's Annual Holiday Toy Drive. Gifts will be distributed by Ecumenical Hunger Program and Ronald McDonald House at Stanford.
Location: Homewood Suites by Hilton
Source: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
More informationTelevision Station Tour
Date: 2025-12-12T02:00:00Z
Description: Ever been interested in being on TV, making your own TV, or filmmaking? Come check out your local public access station! Our studio is full-HD and ready to create community programming. Content that we film ends up on cable television and streamed online. We have youth programs. Come and tour our studio!
Location: Midpen Media Center
Source: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
More informationHelp Out at a Horse Ranch – Fun Friday Volunteering for Kids
Date: 2025-12-12T16:00-7:00
Description: The Good Alibi Club gives kids a fun reason to get a little dusty and make a difference. Fridays at Double J Ranch, they’ll feed and brush horses, help around the ranch, and build confidence through service.
Location: Help Out at a Horse Ranch – Fun Friday Volunteering for Kids
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationNights of Lights | Ugly Sweater Party
Date: 2025-12-12T18:00-8:00
Description: Bring out your best (or worst?) ugly holiday sweater and join us downtown for the Ugly Sweater Party! There will be dancing, food, and refreshments. Kid friendly! Our panel of sweater experts will award prizes for the most atrocious attire! Ugly Sweater Party sponsored by the Cantina @ San Benito! Ugly Costume Contest! 6:45 PM Prizes for dressing up and showing your ugly side! – Ugliest Family of Sweaters – Ugliest of the Ugly Sweaters – Ugliest (but really the cutest) Kiddo Sweater – Ugliest (but really the cutest) Dog Sweater, Sponsored by Hometown Mercantile + Cornershop! Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!!
Location: Nights of Lights | Ugly Sweater Party
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationAgenda for December 13, 2025
Date: 2025-12-13
Description: Trails Committee Regular Meeting Agenda (PDF)
Location: California, USA
Source: City of Woodside
More informationLGS Recreation Breakfast with Santa December 13 & 14, 2025
Date: 2025-12-13T08:00:00
Description: No description
Location: Youth Recreation Center
Source: City of Los Gatos
More informationCoastside Farmers’ Markets in Half Moon Bay
Date: 2025-12-13T09:00-8:00
Description: We are a farmer-directed Certifed Market designed to link Coastside residents with their neighbors — the Coastside farmers, ranchers, fishermen and culinary artisans that produce some of the most beautiful, nutritious and creative food in the world. Twice a week we showcase these outstanding producers, as well as providing an incubator for emerging local businesses and a forum for our many community-serving nonprofits. We serve the Coastside community from Pacifica to Pescadero, and the many visitors to the area, and offer a resilient forum for direct relationships to develop and endure between the people of our community and those who produce our food. Visit Us Every Week!
Location: Coastside Farmers’ Markets in Half Moon Bay
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationHarley Farms Christmas Faire
Date: 2025-12-13T11:00-8:00
Description: Come out to the farm for a festive day of carolers, artisan vendors, Sante Arcangeli wine and activities for the kids! DEC, 13th-14th | 11-4PM | 205 North St, Pescadero, CA 94060 Caroler’s Hot Apple Cider Face Painting Santa Claus Artisan Vendors Tamales Sante Arcangeli Wine
Location: Harley Farms Christmas Faire
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationLighted Boat Festival
Date: 2025-12-13T16:00-8:00
Description: If you have a boat at Pillar Point Harbor please go to our website to sign-up at www.smharbor.com Great Prizes this Year! Free Family Friendly Event. Kids Craft Area Photo Area Music Food Drone Show for the Finale 4:00 - 8:00 PM
Location: Lighted Boat Festival
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationLGBTQ White Elephant Dinner Party
Date: 2025-12-14T00:00:00Z
Description: You don't have to be alone for the holidays--Join Avenidas' LGBTQ+ Community Cafe for a free holiday dinner and a white elephant gift exchange. Food will be provided but please bring a gift valued at $25 or less to participate in a gift exchange.
Location: Avenidas@450 Bryant Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Source: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
More informationGeminid Meteor Shower at Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park
Date: 2025-12-13T17:00-8:00
Description: Join us to view the Geminid meteor show. Justin Stevick, Professor at Astronomy at College of San Mateo will give a presentation at 5:00pm (right after sunset) and again at 7:30pm. Stay after with the Santa Cruz Astronomy Club, who will help visitors view the Geminids through their telescopes. (weather permitting) Expect chilly weather and dress in layers. Feel free to bring warm drinks, blankets, or chairs to sit in while we watch the sky. Please leave flashlights at home. We will have red lights that do not interfere with our night vision. This will make it easier to see the stars! Come enjoy the dark skies! Contact pigeonpoint@ports-ca.us with any questions.   Geminid Meteor Shower at Pigeon Point
Location: Geminid Meteor Shower at Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationSomeone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
Date: 2025-12-15T01:30:00Z
Description: Join us as Raphael Bob-Waksberg returns to his hometown of Palo Alto for a memorable night of laughter and stories to which we can all relate. Bob-Waksberg is the creator and executive producer of the Netflix series “BoJack Horseman.” He is also the executive producer of Lisa Hanawalt's “Tuca & Bertie”, also on Netflix, and the co-creator of the Amazon series “Undone” with Kate Purdy. “Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory” is his first book. The evening includes Q&A and book signing. Books will be provided by Books Inc. Palo Alto.
Location: Oshman Family JCC Freidenrich Conference Center (Bldg F) 4th Floor
Source: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
More informationMayor Lewis's Office Hours 2025
Date: 2025-12-15T12:00:00
Description: Mayor Lewis will host office hours on Mondays 12pm - 1pm. Appointments are not required. If you would like to make an appointment you can email Mayor Lewis directly at elewis@ci.atherton.ca.us.
Location: Atherton Town Hall - 1st Floor Administrative Conference Room
Source: City of Atherton
More informationYoga for Inner Peace
Date: 2025-12-15T11:00-8:00
Description: Discover the path to inner calm through yoga’s philosophy and gentle movement. Join us for Yoga every Monday, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM at GCSD’s meeting room. No Class on 10/27/25
Location: Yoga for Inner Peace
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationCouncil Member Widmer's Office Hours 2025
Date: 2025-12-16T12:30:00
Description: Council Member Widmer will host office hours on Tuesdays 12:30pm - 1:30pm. Appointments are not required. If you would like to make an appointment you can email Council Member Widmer directly at bwidmer@ci.atherton.ca.us.
Location: Town Hall Administrative (1st Floor) Conference Room
Source: City of Atherton
More informationHalf Moon Bay City Council | Meeting
Date: 2025-12-16T19:00-7:00
Description: Regular meetings of the Half Moon Bay City Council are on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7 PM. The agenda contains a brief description of each item to be considered. Those wishing to address the City Council on any matter not listed on the Agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the City Council to resolve, may raise their hand during the Public Forum portion of the Agenda and will have a maximum of three minutes to discuss their item. Those wishing to speak on a Public Hearing matter will be called forward at the appropriate time during the Public Hearing consideration. As of March 2023... Meetings will be hybrid, in-person at the Ted Adcock Center and conducted via Zoom Webinar and live Spanish interpretation will be available within the Zoom platform. The Zoom link may be found on the agenda. The meeting will also be streamed on Channel 27, on www.pacificcoast.tv, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cityofhalfmoonbay.
Location: Half Moon Bay City Council | Meeting
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationNonprofit Roundtable Group | Meeting
Date: 2025-12-17T08:30-8:00
Description: The Coastside Chamber has a monthly meeting where local nonprofit leaders can get together and support one another. It's a great place to get help with advice, resources, and overall camaraderie with others in similar positions. *This meeting is for nonprofits only. MEETINGS 3rd Wednesday of the month at 8:30 AM Cafe Society, 522 Main St., HMB
Location: Nonprofit Roundtable Group | Meeting
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationAtherton City Council Regular Meeting
Date: 2025-12-17T18:00:00
Description: This is a notification for a City Council Regularly Scheduled Meeting
Location: Event Location
Source: City of Atherton
More informationA Yiddishe Khanike: Music at Noon Lunch and Concert
Date: 2025-12-17T12:00:00-08:00
Description: Enjoy Yiddish songs and Klezmer dance music ranging from Bessarabia to Brooklyn. We will bring back Yiddish singer Jeanette Lewicki with her eclectic repertoire of rarely-heard songs and stories, joined by virtuoso clarinetist Sheldon Brown and rock-solid bassist Richard Saunders. They have been playing together for over twenty years and still have fun! Lewicki has pursued Yiddish song and klezmer music around the world. She has produced numerous CDs and took part in the YIVO NY project to digitize the complete Ruth Rubin collection, which involved listening to more than 900 unaccompanied Yiddish songs sung by native speakers. Composer and woodwind multi-instrumentalist Sheldon Brown has been involved in the San Francisco Bay Area creative music scene for over 20 years. Since 1994, he has led the Sheldon Brown Group, which performs his own compositions. Richard Saunders has played and recorded with Country Joe and the Fish and others, as well as for various TV shows and ads and movie scores. He is on the faculty of the San Francisco Community Music Center. Monthly Music at Noon concerts include a delicious hot buffet lunch before the concert. Need a ride? The OFJCC provides door-to-door rides for mobility-impaired seniors to all Community Tuesday lectures and concerts. The price is $10 for a round trip with the Community Tuesdays punch card. Make a reservation by the Thursday morning the week before the event by contacting Betty Saad at bsaad@paloaltojcc.org or (650) 223-8741.
Location: Oshman Family JCC Schultz Cultural Arts Hall
Source: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
More informationAdvocacy & Legislation Development | Meeting
Date: 2025-12-18T16:00-8:00
Description: The Coastside Chamber has a monthly meeting with our local government offices to discuss current and upcoming legislation. To study and analyze issues of interest to the Coastside business community, recommend to the Board of Directors advocacy positions on those issues that the committee deems appropriate, which are then communicated to the Chamber’s membership, elected officials, and the community at large. MEETINGS Chamber Office, on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 4:00 PM.
Location: Advocacy & Legislation Development | Meeting
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationNights of Lights | ELF Movie Night & Spaghetti Dinner
Date: 2025-12-19T18:00-8:00
Description: “There’s room for everyone on the Nice List!” - Buddy Bring the whole family and join us at Jupiter & Main, in the Cunha’s Country Store parking lot for an outdoor screening of Elf, the holiday favorite starring Will Ferrell. The movie is playing outdoors, so bundle up and bring your blankets! ELF Movie Night sponsored by Jupiter & Main! Spaghetti Dinner! Join in the fun and eat along with Buddy! There will be a prize for eating a small plate of Buddy's Breakfast Spaghetti! Spaghetti brought to us by Moonside Bakery & Cafe Catering!  Spaghetti Sign Up Coming Soon! Elf Costume Contest! Prizes for dressing up and showing your elf'ness! - Prize for Best Pet Costume - Prize for Best Kiddo Costume - Prize for Best Costume Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!!
Location: Nights of Lights | ELF Movie Night & Spaghetti Dinner
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationMayor Lewis's Office Hours 2025
Date: 2025-12-22T12:00:00
Description: Mayor Lewis will host office hours on Mondays 12pm - 1pm. Appointments are not required. If you would like to make an appointment you can email Mayor Lewis directly at elewis@ci.atherton.ca.us.
Location: Atherton Town Hall - 1st Floor Administrative Conference Room
Source: City of Atherton
More informationChamber Office Closed for Holiday
Date: 2025-12-23T08:00:00Z
Description: No description
Location: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
Source: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
More informationCouncil Member Widmer's Office Hours 2025
Date: 2025-12-23T12:30:00
Description: Council Member Widmer will host office hours on Tuesdays 12:30pm - 1:30pm. Appointments are not required. If you would like to make an appointment you can email Council Member Widmer directly at bwidmer@ci.atherton.ca.us
Location: Town Hall Administrative (1st Floor) Conference Room
Source: City of Atherton
More informationLearn@Lunch | Marketing through the Chamber's Channels
Date: 2025-12-23T11:00-8:00
Description: Ever wonder what channels the Coastside Chamber has...and how you can utilize them for your business?! This is the class to come to! The Chamber has multiple online channels and feeds that could add a boost to your marketing with minimal effort! Every 4th Tuesday at 11 AM.
Location: Learn@Lunch | Marketing through the Chamber's Channels
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationBRN: Palo Alto Chamber Business Connections Group
Date: 2025-12-24T12:00:00-08:00
Description: Palo Alto Chamber Business Connections Group believes in helping business professionals and entrepreneurs grow their referral network through our networking community that provides excellence in shared business resources, marketing insights and inspiring leadership opportunities.
Location: Alain Pinel Realtors
Source: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
More informationDestination Coastside Roundtable Group | Meeting
Date: 2025-12-24T15:00-8:00
Description: The Coastside Chamber has a monthly meeting where local visitor serving businesses can get together and learn about what is new with Visit Half Moon Bay as well as find opportunities to partner or support each other for larger reach. It’s a great place to get help with advice, resources, and overall camaraderie with others in similar positions. To provide support and a safe space for businesses on the Coastside who rely on tourism to work together on common goals and marketing campaigns. MEETINGS Chamber Office, on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 3:00 PM.
Location: Destination Coastside Roundtable Group | Meeting
Source: Coastside Chamber
More informationBelwood FOURTH Fridays (BFF)
Date: 2025-12-26T19:00:00
Description: Join us @7PM in the cabana sharing laughs with your friends and neighbors. Belwood FOURTH Friday (BFF) activities will include trivia, open mic, or just hanging around with your neighbors enjoying a great time. So grab your neighbors and get ready for a night you won't forget.
Location: Belwood Cabana
Source: Belwood Homeowners Association
More informationPrenatal Yoga
Date: 2025-12-30T02:00:00Z
Description: Labor and delivery may seem like a scary undertaking for many expectant moms. In her Monday evening class, Joyce prepares women for being uncomfortable in labor, and helps them to know that they can handle it. The practice starts off slowly with a warm up, moving into a relatively vigorous strength-building vinyasa practice, and finishing with a relaxing restorative pose. In the process, moms learn how to relax on command, let go of tension and fear, to become more aware of their bodies and to feel comfortable with the changes that pregnancy brings. This is a mixed levels class, with variations to accommodate all expectant mothers.
Location: Blossom Birth Services
Source: Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
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