Teamsters' Gala for Autism Tickets Available

1. Gala for Autism: The Teamsters Local 25 will hold the sixth annual “Light Up the Night” Gala for Autism on Saturday, March 30. The event will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight at the InterContinental Hotel, at 510 Atlantic Ave., and will benefit Autism Speaks and local autism charities. Tickets cost $60 each and can be purchased online at http://teamsterslocal25autism.com.

2. Fisher College head of safety: Fisher College this week announced the recent hire of William G. Chase, former chief of the Westwood Police Department, as the Director of Public Safety. The college will hold an open house for the Back Bay neighborhood to meet Chief Chase on March 27 from 5 - 6 p.m. in the Trustees Reading Room at 118 Beacon St. To RSVP for this event, email Jennifer Courtney at jcourtney@fisher.edu.

3. Job search help: Neighbors helping Neighbors USA meets every Wednesday from 7-8:30 p.m. at Boston Public Library’s Central Branch (700 Boylston St.). The free, peer-led group helps individuals in their job search. Membership is open to anyone in career transition including unemployed or underemployed individuals and recent college graduates in the fields of business, nonprofit, and education, as well as individuals re-entering the job market, struggling small business owners and anyone looking for part-time or volunteer work.

4. "Rockefeller" trial: The California murder trial of Christian Gerhartsreiter – a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller – who was convicted of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Back Bay in 2009, is under way and the first witness took the stand this week. See what she had to say.  

5. Mostly sunny: The first day of spring will be mostly sunny with a chance of flurries before 8 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. It will also be windy with gusts as high as 34 miles per hour. High: 42, Low: 25.

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