What's Up in Piedmont This Week: City Council, National Night Out, Weather, Movies

Commuters are relieved this morning after Gov. Jerry Brown ordered a hearing into labor negotiations between BART and union representatives, delaying a threatened BART strike for a week. Read details of the last-minute BART strike postponement here.

HAPPENING THIS WEEK, IN AND AROUND PIEDMONT

Government meetings: Piedmont City Council, Monday, Aug. 5, 7:30 p.m. Piedmont Public Safety Committee, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, Piedmont Park Commission, 5:30 p.m. All in the City Hall Council Chambers, 120 Vista Ave.

Enrollment for new K-5 students in Piedmont schools, Tuesday, Aug. 6.

National Night Out, Tuesday, Aug. 6. Ice Cream Social at the Piedmont Avenue Library.

Did we miss a local event coming up Monday through Friday? If so, please add it in the comments section below this article.

This week's weather (from the National Weather Service):

Cloudy mornings followed by afternoon sunshine predicted through Saturday, warming a bit Thursday through Saturday. Possible drizzle after midnight tonight (Monday).

This week at the movies:

Piedmont Theatre, Blue Jasmine, the Way Way Back, The Room.

Grand Lake Theater, Fruitvale Station, The Wolverine, Red 2, The Conjuring, We're the Millers.

Today in history (from Wikipedia):

1100 - Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. 

1735 - Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.

1861 - The United States Army abolishes flogging.

1957 - American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.

Notable Aug. 5 birthdays: Astronaut Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012.

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