The Weekender: Coffee Connection, SLHS Cheer Clinic, Sausage & Suds Music Festival

Friday, Oct. 4

•  ARE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS READY FOR NEW COMMON CORE STANDARDS? 377 Paseo Grande, San Leandro. unch forum 11:30 a.m.

•  Fear Overload Haunted House at Bayfair Center. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission at door $20 for general tickets, $27 for VIP tickets and $35 for unlimited VIP tickets. Advance discounted E-tickets can be purchased fromwww.fearoverload.com.

•  Coffee Connection. San Leandro Chamber's Free Premier Morning Networking Event. Chabot College. 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Advance registration required.

•  Constellation Craziness. Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, 4901 Breakwater Ave., Hayward. 7 p.m. 

•  Pirates of Emerson Haunted Theme Park. Alameda County Fairgrounds. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

•  Gypsy Soul Independent Music Award Winners. Firehouse Arts Center. 8 p.m.

•  Alameda County Home & Garden Show 27th Annual "Fall Show" at Fairgrounds. Noon to 6 p.m.

•  October Toddler Ramble: Colors of the Saltmarsh. 10:30 a.m.  Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, 4901 Breakwater Ave., Hayward.

•   Drake’s First Friday. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Benefits charitable cause. 

Saturday, Oct. 5

•  SLHS Cheer Clinic. Pre-K to grade 8. Pre-register.

•  Friends of the San Leandro Library Fall 2013 Book Sale! 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. for members; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to public.

•  Assumption Annual Golf Outing.  Monarch Bay Golf Club, 13800 Monarch Bay Drive, San Leandro. 

•  Teen Gaming - Manor Branch Library. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

•  Free English Classes.  Saint Leander Catholic Church · 550 West Estudillo Avenue, San Leandro. 10 a.m.

•  Fear Overload Haunted House at Bayfair Center. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission at door $20 for general tickets, $27 for VIP tickets and $35 for unlimited VIP tickets. Advance discounted E-tickets can be purchased fromwww.fearoverload.com.

•  Alameda County Home & Garden Show 27th Annual "Fall Show" at Fairgrounds. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

•  Nature Detectives: Let's Go Fishing!  Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, 4901 Breakwater Ave., Hayward. 10 a.m. 

•  Pace for Peace 5K Walk/Run. Livermore.

•  Women's Conference: Living Beyond Your Walls.CrossWinds Church, 6444 Sierra Court, Dublin. 9 a.m.

•  Fall Apple Festival. Bayfair Center, East 14th Street & Fairmont. 9:30 am. To 12:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 6

•  Sausage & Suds Music Festival. Downtown San Leandro.

•  Fear Overload Haunted House at Bayfair Center. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission at door $20 for general tickets, $27 for VIP tickets and $35 for unlimited VIP tickets. Advance discounted E-tickets can be purchased fromwww.fearoverload.com.

•  Alameda County Home & Garden Show 27th Annual "Fall Show" at Fairgrounds. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

•  2013 Step Up For Down Syndrome Walk. San Ramon.

A Day On The Water free music festival.  Cesar Chavez Park,Berkeley Marina,Berkeley. 11 a.m.