Our September Brunch/Meeting will meet at Nick's Restuarant, 100 Rockaway Beach in Pacifica.  We will meet up in the banquet room behind the bar at 10:30am. Cost of the brunch is $25 per person.  RSVP: ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com

Our August Brunch/Meeting will be held at Otaez Mexican Restaurant in Alameda:  1619 Webster Street.  Cost of the brunch is $25.  We will meet upstairs in the 2nd floor banquet room.  RSVP: ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com

Our June Brunch/Meeting will meet at Nick's Restuarant, 100 Rockaway Beach in Pacifica.  We will meet up in the banquet room behind the bar at 10:30  The cost of the brunch is $25 per person.  RSVP:  ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com

Our April brunch/meeting will be held at San Rafael Joe's 931-4th Street, San Rafael. We will meet at 11:00am.  There is a parking lot at the rear of the restaurant, enter from 3rd Street mid block.  Parking meters do not operate on Sundays.  

Our guest speaker is Karen Lynch, retired San Francisco Police homicide detective.  She recently wrote a best selling autobiography book titled:  "Good Cop Bad Daughter".  

The cost of the brunch is $25 per person.  RSVP: ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com

Otaez Mexican Restaurant  

Our January Brunch/Meeting will be held on January 3rd at 10:30am at Otaez Mexican Restaurant 1619 Webster Street, Alameda.

OUR GUEST SPEAKER:  TBD

COST IS $25 PER PERSON

RSVP:  IPA.USA.R9@GMAIL.COM

We will be having our December brunch/meeting at San Rafael Joe's Restuarant (931-4th Street) in downtown San Rafael.  There's a parking lot behind the restuarant but you must enter the parking lot from Third Street (mid block). The parking meters do not operate on Sundays so you can park for free.

Our guest speaker will be Randy Lantz of Cool Safety LLC.  Cool Safety offers specialized training in personal safety in critical situations. Randy is retired from UCPD and currently teaches gun safety courses.  Cost of the brunch is $25 per person.  

RSVP:  ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com

San Rafael Joe's Restuarant (931-4th Street)

meeting/brunch will be held at Nick's Restuarant in Pacifica.

Our November brunch/meeting will be on Sunday November 1st 10:30 am at Nicks Restuarant 100 Rockaway Beach Ave., Pacifica 94044

Our guest speaker will be Sgt Mark Hernandez SFPD Auxiliary Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT).  He will be making a presentation about ALERT along with members of ALERT.   

The cost of the brunch per person is $25.  

RSVP:  ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com

Restuarant parking is available at the parking lot in front of the restuarant.

Our October meeting/brunch will be held at Otaez Mexican Restaurant in Alameda.  

Our guest speaker will be Richard Schumert who is a member of IPA Region 9 and is a retired Immigration Agent who lived in Italy extensively for 4 years.  He will be talking about his work with the Italian State Police during his time with US INS.

The cost of the brunch per person is $25.  

RSVP:  ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com

Otaez Mexican Restaurant

1619 Webster Street

Alameda, CA  

Our September 6th meeting/brunch will be held at Nick's Restuarant in Pacifica.  

Our guest speaker will be Diana Tyler who is the president of IPA Region 37 (Central Coast - CA & HI) and is a member of the Moffett Field (US NAVY) Historical Society.  The cost of the brunch per person is $25.  

RSVP:  ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com

Nick's Restuarant: 100 Rockaway Beach Ave, Pacifica, CA 94044

Region 9 will be having a supper club event at the Villa d'Este Italian Restaurant on Monday August 10th.  Jazz music with be provided by Mako on piano and Jonni on vocals.  Come and meet IPA members in San Francisco for a fun evening of good food, music and camaraderie.  The cost of this event is $40 per person

RSVP by sending payment by August 1st to:

IPA Region 9

P.O. Box 31761

San Francisco,  CA  94131

please include your email so we can email you back a receipt.

Villa d'Este Italian Restuarant is at:  

2623 Ocean Avenue, SF, CA between 19th Avenue and Junipero Serra Blvd near SF State University and Stonestown Shopping Mall.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Our August 2nd meeting has been CANCELLED our next meeting will be on September 6th 

July 12th is the REGION 9 Annual Backyard BBQ which will be held at 721 Weymouth Street in Petaluma, CA.  Food will be catered by Big Pig BBQ.  The cost of $20 per person.  Send payment in by July 7th.  Bring your own adult beverage or drink.  Only water will be provided.  Send payment to:

Tom Sharp

1710 Fernwood Drive

Oakley,  CA  94561-1607

Tom is a region 9 member and owner of Big Pig BBQ.  He is a renowned BBQ pit master and has won many awards for his BBQ.  He will be cooking up for our annual BBQ:

St Louis Ribs

Chicken Quarters

Hot & Mild Sausages

Camp Beans

Cole Slaw 

Mac & Cheese

Bread

Our next R9 brunch/meeting will be on Sunday June 7th at 11:00 am at San Rafael Joe's 931-4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94901

Our guest speaker is retired Army Lt. Col. Steve Countouriotis who will be speaking about the current situation from an American military perspective on the situation in the Middle East. The cost is $25 per person. RSVP via email: ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com See you there!

http://www.sanrafaeljoes.com/directions.html

Are you ready for Super Bowl XLIX??  Well, so are we!  And for this reason we will  move the our February brunch date from this sunday to next Sunday, February 8th at Otaez Mexican Restaurant in Alameda - 1619 Webster Street.  Our guest speaker will be Ken Bates, who is a Region 9 member, a police officer with Stanford University Dept of Public Safety and a collector of police challenge coins.  We will meet up at 10:00 and begin at 10:30.  We look forward to seeing you there!  

Otaez Restuarant's info:  http://www.otaezrestaurant.com/locations.html

Next month's Region 9 brunch/meeting will be held at Nick's Restaurant 100 Rockaway Beach Ave, Pacifica on Sunday, Jan 4th at 10:30am

The cost for the brunch is $20.  Please RSVP: ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com

Our guest speaker is Mr. Go Funai.Mr. Funai is a Disaster Program Specialist for the American Red Cross, where he supports disaster relief programs in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. He previously worked for the United Nations in Ukraine, advising that government about disaster-related policies and procedures.  He will be talking about his experiences in Ukraine. 

We will have our next brunch is on November 2nd, 11:00 am at the Englander Sports Pub at 101 Parrot Street in San Leandro 94577. The pub has ample parking and is a couple of blocks from the San Leandro BART station.  Our guest speaker will be retired FBI supervisor (SF Office) John Mindermann who recently wrote a book about his involvement in the investigation of the Watergate scandal in 1974.  He will have books available for sale and a book signing at the end of the brunch.  RSVP for the November brunch by Oct 28th: ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com See you there!

Our Sept brunch/meeting will be on Sunday September 7th at San Rafael Joe's 931-4th Street, SR, CA  94901.  The restaurant doesn't open until 11:00am so that will be the time we will gather to meet. 

Brent Sverdloff who was our guest speaker in June will have a book signing on his newly released book called, "How could I forget you!" on Tuesday, August 12th at 7:30pm at "Booksmith" in the Haight located at 1644 Haight Street.  It will be an engaging evening with Brent and people interested in learning techniques on how to remember peoples faces and names.  Brent is the Director of SAFE SF.  A crime prevention group who partners with the San Francisco Police Department in educating neighborhood groups, busiesses how to protect themselves from crime and promote crime prevention schemes for the City and County of San Francisco.

Join Region 9 in supporting Alameda and San Leandro Police K9 unit by attending and donating to this event:  THE 2014 ANNUAL POLICE CANINE COMPETITION

San Leandro Police Department Canine Unit and Alameda Police Department Canine Unit are proudly hosting this event. This a fundraiser for the police K9 units of Alameda and San Leandro PDs. Here's information received by Region 9 from San Leandro PD K9 Sgt Nguyen-Delgado:

We are once again preparing to host the 2014 Annual Police Canine Competition. This year, the event will be held on Saturday, August 9th, at the San Leandro Ball Park, from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm. The public and local media groups are welcome. Food vendors will be available on the premises. Participating businesses are invited to set up booths to exhibit their products and services.

We Rely On Your Generous Donations And Sincerely Appreciate Your Support. For More Information on How You Can Help, Please Visit
www.gofundme.com/2014k9trial

If You Have Any Questions About the Event, Please Contact
Sergeant Joey Nguyen-Delgado
San Leandro Police Department
jnguyen-delgado@sanleandro.org

Sergeant Darin Tsujimoto
Alameda Police Department
dtsujimo@alamedaca.gov

Our next Region 9 meeting brunch will be held at Nick's Restaurant in Pacifica.  The cost will be $20 per person.  We meet in the back room on Sunday August 3rd at 10:30 am.  Please RSVP: ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com

Nick's Restaurant

100 Rockaway Beach

Pacifica, CA  

From I-280 S take CA-1 S toward Pacifica
turn right on Rockaway Beach Ave

From I-280 N Merge onto Skyline Blvs / CA-35 toward Pacifica
Turn Left onto Sharp Park Rd
Turn right onto Francisco Blvd
Merge onto Cabrillo Hwy / CA-1 S toward Half Moon Bay / Santa Cruz
turn right on Rockaway Beach Ave

Please let others know.

On JUNE 8th at 11:00 am, La Revolucion Mexican Restaurant 3190 Klose Way, Richmond, CA  94806  (by the Hilltop Theater)

Our June guest speaker is Brent Sverdloff, Executive Director of San Francisco Safe.  Brent works with the community to create safer, more vibrant neighborhoods.  SF Safe offer a range of free safety services to residents of San Francisco. They assist residents with setting up neighborhood watch programs, and cover a range of programs, presentations as varied as Older Adult Safety, Pedestrian Safety, Personal Safety, Child Safety for Adults, Business Security, etc.  SF Safe manages the Neighborhood Watch Program for the City & County of San Francisco. SF SAFE works in partnership with SFPD and DPW.  

Please note that we are meeting on June 8th not the 1st.  The restaurant could not accomodate us on the 1st.  Please RSVP via email: ipa.usa.r9@gmail.com or call 415-952-3236 and leave a message.  See you on the 8th.