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On Thursday, December 5, Matthew Shilvock, the company’s General Director, announced from the stage of San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House that 39 year-old Eun Sun Kim, who conducted the highly regarded Rusalka here in June, was named the new Music Director of San Francisco Opera. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Eun Sun Kim becomes the first woman to hold the lead post at an American opera company of major size and stature. -more-

Worth Noting and Showing Up:

The City Council winter recess is December 11, 2019 – January 21, 2020. This is the last full week of City meetings in 2019.

• The Council meeting on Tuesday items 16. Purchase of trucks, the ACTION items and Information Report 38. Audit F/U need your attention. (More comments follow the list of meetings)
• Tuesday, Dec 10 the Tool Library is closed all day and Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch Library is closed from 10 am – 6 pm, reopens 6 – 8 pm. (Planned PG&E Power outage)
• CA Dept of Housing and Community Development workshops, webinars, Community Needs Survey on Fair Housing http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1120322818772&ca=85bf47bc-da07-4971-9168-eb0199ccefb6
• Tuesday, Dec 10, Michael Mann the scientist who published the “Hockey Stick Climate Chart” https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/the-hockey-stick-the-most-controversial-chart-in-science-explained/275753/ is speaking in San Francisco 5pm – 7:30 pm, the event is free, but seating is limited - link to RSVP included in event info https://350bayarea.org/event/beyond-climate-denial
• Sunflower Alliance lists area meetings and Dec 9 comment deadlines to CARB (California Air Resources Board) on air pollution from Diesel Trucks and Shipping http://www.sunflower-alliance.org

• Change to Shattuck Ave Vehicle Traffic between Allston and University begins Dec 16 https://www.cityofberkeley.info/City_Manager/Press_Releases/2019/2019-12-05_Shattuck_Avenue_becomes_a_two-way_street_across_University.aspx