Week Ahead: Vets' Day; 'Catching Fire' Party; Porky's Turns 50 with $1 Pizza

Monday, Nov. 11

• San Leandro’s 62nd Annual Veterans Day Observance. 11 a.m. Military flags, service banners, a Color Guard presentation, flag raising for deceased veterans. Honoree is Margaret Edmund, who passed away in April at 100 years of age, and was long-time San Leandro resident and WWII nurse. Event is free,open to public. Light refreshments.

• Piedmont Youth Skills Clinic - Held by PHS Women's Basketball. Annual event on Veterans Day. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for kids 5 to 18.

• Ribbon Cutting -Porky's Pizza Palace 50th Anniversary Celebration for San Leandro Chamber of Commerce. 5:30 p.m. 

• Story Time with Muriel Johnson. BayFair Center. 11 a.m. 

• Pacific Boychoir Academy Open House. For prospective families 6:30 p.m. Oakland.

• Senior Moments. San Leandro Chamber of Commerce. If your business is interested in doing business within senior community or providing senior services, consider attending this monthly meeting. 

• Porky's Pizza Palace 50th Anniversary Customer Appreciation Event Porky’s family will be showing their appreciation to the community by selling large cheese pizzas for $1 from 5 pm. until supplies last, just like Porky’s did back in the good old days.

• CPR classes. QUEST 3740 Castro Valley Blvd. Suite A5, Castro Valley.

• Ribbon Cutting - Select Dental. Grand opening, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., 145 East 14th St., Ste 100.

• The Affordable Care Act Business Forum. San Leandro Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting.

• Meet the Author Katrina Alcorn. Books Inc., Alameda 7 p.m.

• Catching Fire Movie Release Party. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. for teens grades 6 to 12. San Leandro Library. Fan of The Hunger Games? Join Catching Fire games, and test your Catching Fire trivia to win prizes! 
  

• 70th Anniversary Gala and Fundraiser to Celebrate USS Hornet. 6 p.m.

• Learn How to Make Extra Money for the Holidays Selling on eBay. Alameda.

• Ashland Little League Player Registration. Ashland Fields (right behind skate park) 16301 E 14th St. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

• Shoreline Trash Takers. Grab your work gloves and your goodwill; salt marsh needs your help with trash has accumulated since last clean-up. We'll provide the trash bags and some gloves to loan. Ages 5 and up. Free! Hayward Shoreline.

• Community Meeting with Alameda County Supervisors Nate Miley and Wilma Chan. Hayward.  Opportunity to help shape the Eden Area for next five years. Those attending will have the opportunity to vote on Public Safety & Realignment, Education, Agriculture and the Environment, Governance, and Economic Development.

• Arab American Month Celebrated at the San Leandro Library. ASWAT Women’s Choir performs 2 p.m. Free.

• Chanukah Faire & Boutique. Congregation Shir Ami, 4529 Malabar Ave., Castro Valley. Craft Items & Holiday Gifts by Local Artists.

• Ashland Little League Player Registration 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 16301 East 14th St., behind Ashland Fields.