• Teens: Ransom Riggs
Tonight (Nov. 15) at 7 p.m., Ransom Riggs gives an author talk on his new book, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.” The event is at Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Audience members must buy a $10 gift card or the event book, which is about a 16-year-old boy finding a mysterious abandoned orphanage. Bookstore members get in free. Call 650-324-4321 or go to keplers.com.
• Forum: High-speed rail
California’s controversial and increasingly expensive high-speed-rail system will be the subject of a public hearing hosted by Assemblyman Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. today (Nov. 15) at Palo Alto City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). The California High Speed Rail Authority recently released a business plan estimating the project’s price tag at $98.5 billion. Call 650-691-2121 or go to the assemblyman’s website.
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