Breast Cancer: Latest Research & OptionsIN RECOGNITION OF OCTOBER AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, Congresswoman Jackie Speier will host a panel discussion about BREAST CANCER :: Latest Research & OptionsMonday, October 19th :: 12PM-1:30PMUCSF – Mission Bay600 16th Street, San FranciscoGenentech Hall – Byers AuditoriumRSVP by October 18th at www.RepSpeier.eventbrite.comFeatured topics will include:SCREENING: The Wisdom ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Distilling PhysicsDr. Michael Griffo is the distiller and Co-founder of Griffo Distillery of Petaluma. He applies his skills honed as a physicist to distill whiskey through formal analysis and fabrication of his own innovative process controls.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Kapalakiko: Hawaiian Migrant Workers in 19th-Century San FranciscoAt least one thousand Hawaiians lived and worked in California in the mid-nineteenth century. As itinerant seamen and fur hunters they touched Alta and Baja California shores; as cowhide skinners, sea otter scalpers, agriculturalists and Catholic converts, they lived and worked in the Channel Islands and in Mexican ranching towns; ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Nerd Nite East Bay #35: Dams, Tiki, and Weed BotanyDam-nation: The fascinating end life of dams by Ann-Marie BenzWe have all seen pictures of mighty dams, the symbols of America's (and its engineers') great prowess and progress. The photos show big walls holding back huge amounts of water, supplying the arid West, generating power, and providing irrigation for farmers. ...
