The following week, on October 7, 9 and 10 at 8 p.m., Schiff conducts the San Francisco Symphony, the Symphony Chorus and soloists in Haydn’s “Lord Nelson” Mass and is the soloist as well as conductor for Mozart’s last piano concerto, the No. 27 in B-flat major. On the same program, soprano Anna Lucia Richter, also a soloist for the Mass, performs selected Schubert lieder. All four of Schiff’s appearances are at Davies Symphony Hall, in San Francisco. Ticket prices for Oct. 4 are $35-$99; for the Oct. 7-10 programs, $38-$165. Call 415-864-6000 or go to www.sfsymphony.org.

A radiation oncologist with the Dorothy E, Schneider Cancer Center at Mills-Peninsula Hospital, and clinical associate professor at Stanford University Medical Center, Weller will be presented the Lotus Award 2012, Another longtime supporter, Mission Hospice Auxiliary, will also receive special recognition at the hospice’s celebration of 33 years of compassionate care, A hosted bar and a variety ballet shoes with heels of hors d’oeuvres will be featured, Cost: $50 per person, For reservations by Dec, 30, call 650-554-1000..

But since last week, talk has swirled in Golden State political circles about a bump in her popularity. Katie Merrill, a California democratic strategist, said Schaaf’s political options have expanded. “It’s fantastic for her,” said Merrill, who hasn’t worked with Schaaf. “She got a boost to run pretty much for any office she wants to.”. Merrill said that Trump’s broadside introduced Schaaf to Democratic leaders in D.C. who probably hadn’t been paying attention to her career in the past. “Now they know her name in a way they didn’t know her name last week,” she said.

The next day, Sunday, a list was put up on a far wall of the Family Center with the names of people who had been found safe overnight, I crossed the ballet shoes with heels room, and saw Chelsea’s name … crossed out, and then re-entered, My blood started pumping again, She was alive! Then some woman came over and crossed out her name a second time, saying the phone-caller had secondhand information, Families, friends and spouses of the dead waited together in stunned silence, Soon, the disjointed bureaucracy of the various city and county government agencies became obvious, Over and over, we were asked to print out the same painful information on an endless series of forms..

Linus would surely approve of this coastal town’s doings. This year marks the 46th annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival, which showcases great pumpkins (and smaller but equally great squashes), a haunted barn populated by undead pirates, live music, crafts, games, bungee jump and zip line attractions and, of course, pumpkin-spiked sips and bites. Among the latter: pumpkin pies, pumpkin pie soda, pumpkin chili, chicken-pumpkin sausages, pumpkin smoothies and Half Moon Bay Brewing’s Pumpkin Harvest Ale. Plus a pancake — pumpkin, of course — breakfast that starts at 7 a.m. at Mac Dutra Park.