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CERT training
The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District has announced its next Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, with registration now open for next month’s 27-hour course on emergency preparedness and community support.
“CERT is designed and intended for participants to learn basic disaster response skills and how to use these skills to help themselves, their neighbors, and their broader community in a time of need when first responders may be overwhelmed,” San Ramon officials said in an announcement from the city Thursday.
Topics covered include disaster preparedness, fire safety, search and rescue, team organization, and insight into the San Ramon Valley’s Terrorism & the Incident Command System, culminating in a live drill in which attendees can put their new skills to the test.
The course is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 18, April 19, and April 26. More information and registration is available here.
“Stitched in Sorrow” book talk
San Ramon’s Dougherty Station Community Arts Center is set to host CSU East Bay professor emeritus and author Gerald Henig for a discussion this month on his new book “Stitched in Sorrow: Labor, Gender and the Triangle Fire of 1911.”
Henig’s book, centered on the early 20th century factory disaster that killed a total of 146 workers, “examines the circumstances of the disaster and its relevance to modern issues of immigration, labor, and safety regulation,” according to the event description from the city.
The event is set for March 28 from 3 p.m to 4 p.m. at 17017 Bollinger Canyon Road in San Ramon. More information is available here.
Dog Friendly Danville campaign
The town of Danville is expanding its efforts to draw new and returning visitors from a range of backgrounds to its downtown neighborhood, with the latest move seeking to attract canine visitors in particular.
“Danville is rolling out the welcome mat for four-legged friends with the launch of the new Dog Friendly Danville campaign that spotlights dining and shops that welcome well-behaved pups,” town officials said in a March 12 announcement.
Dog Friendly Danville stickers are now displayed at participating businesses to help visitors better identify the best spots to stop at with their four-legged companions, with businesses also identified on the Discover Danville app.
More information and a full list of participating businesses is available here.
San Ramon pianist at Diablo Symphony
The Diablo Symphony Orchestra is set to feature 12-year-old Gale Ranch student, and winner of the group’s 2026 Yen Liang Young Artist competition, Ellie Xuan performing a selection from Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor as part of its “Joy of the Century” family concert.
The upcoming public performance comes following two private performances for an estimated 700 students at schools throughout the county, as well as homeschool groups, on Tuesday (March 24).
“We want them to experience the magic of live music,” the symphony orchestra’s president Janet Grizzell said in a press release Wednesday. “Students learn how to behave and react in a concert setting, but they also see the musicians up close and feel the energy of a full orchestra in a wonderful concert hall.”
While providing young people with the opportunity to see live orchestral music is the main focus, the experience will be open to the public for the upcoming family concert on March 29 at 2 p.m. at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.
Although the show is open to all ages, Grizzell called Xuan’s upcoming performance a “new dimension” in the group’s youth outreach efforts.
“When students see someone their own age performing with a full orchestra, it’s incredibly inspiring,” Grizzell said. “It reminds them that if they practice and stay curious, there are amazing opportunities waiting for them in music.”
Tickets and more information are available at diablosymphony.org.
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