Exhibit: coffee, art and chocolate
Attendees can drink coffee and taste chocolates while viewing the print show "Pressing Matters," a national print competition and exhibition. The event is today, Nov. 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto. Go to pacificartleague.org.

Author talk: 'Love and Death in Silicon Valley'
Former police chief of San Jose Joseph D. McNamara started his career as a beat cop in Harlem. A vocal national spokesperson for Hand Gun Control, Inc. and critic of America's War on Drugs, he is currently at the Hoover Institute, Stanford, and lives in Menlo Park. He will speak today, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. at Kepler's, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Go to keplers.com.

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