Monte Sereno Mayor Erin Garner will host his first Coffee with the Mayor on Jan. 9 at 9:30 a.m. at Monte Sereno City Hall, 18041 Saratoga­Los Gatos Road. This is a time for Garner to listen to comments and concerns from local residents over beverages and muffins. For more information, call 408.354.7635.

Down2Biz seminar at Toll House

The Town of Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce presents Down2Biz, a series of business forums, Jan. 14 at the Toll House Hotel, 140 S. Santa Cruz Ave. Speaker Kathleen Ronald will host a seminar on how to develop and maintain top customer-service relationships. Ronald is president and founder of SPEAKtacular, a company providing motivational speakers and workshops. For more information, call 408.354.9300. Registration is $49 for Chamber members, $59 for non-Chamber members and $65 at the door.

Authors' benefit at the Toll House Hotel

The Los Gatos­Saratoga branch of the American Association of University Women will present its annual authors' benefit luncheon Jan. 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held at the Toll House Hotel, 140 S. Santa Cruz Ave.

Three authors will review their latest books: Bo Caldwell, The Distant Land of My Father; Dr. Diane Dreher, Inner Gardening; and Firoozeh Dumas, Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America.

For more information, call Jean Wenberg at 408.257.9969.