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Briefs: Signup time for fall classes at new Portola Valley Town Center

It's not a school, but it can be educational in the fall at Portola Valley Town Center. A new catalog of children and adult classes held there includes the martial arts, physical fitness, science and nature, and creative and language arts.

The catalog is located on the town's Web site at portolavalley.net. From the menu at the top of the page, choose For Residents, then Community Classes, then Current Class Catalog.

Residents and non-residents can participate, with registration for residents having begun Monday, Aug. 17, and beginning for non-residents on Monday, Aug. 31. Whether registering online or in person at Town Hall, the process is not complete until the town receives payment.

Fees for these town-sponsored classes run from $45 for seven weeks of aerobic dancing on one day per week, to $540 for a 12-week course in writing in French for middle-school students.

For more information, click on the catalog's Class FAQs link or call Cindy Rojas at 851-1700, ext. 200.

Breakfast benefit for Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood Golden Gate will hold a benefit breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the Menlo Circus Club, 190 Park Lane in Atherton.

Guest speaker will be David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and professor of pediatrics, medicine and philosophy at Stanford University. His topic will be "Who Owns Life?"

Individual tickets are $175. Responses must be made by Sept. 9. For more information, visit www.ppgg.org.