• Downtown Larkspur’s Hanukkah celebration includes live music, Hanukkah treats, a grand pinball menorah — which you can help fill up — and more from 3 to 5 this afternoon at the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Cane Street in Larkspur. Admission is free. For more information and to RSVP, visit jewishcm.org/chanukah.

• San Anselmo’s Hanukkah celebration features crafts, games, freshly fried donuts, a 9-foot menorah and more today at the Town Hall at 525 San Anselmo Ave. in San Anselmo. Festivities are from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.; the menorah lighting is at 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information and to RSVP, visit jewishwestmarin.org/sa.

• Celebrate “Noon Year’s Eve” with a “ball drop” and dance party with a live DJ at the Bay Area Discovery Museum at 557 McReynolds Road in Sausalito. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday; the ball drop is at noon. Admission is $15 to $20 for the general public and free for members. For more information and to buy tickets, visit bayareadiscoverymuseum.org.

• Find out what happens when 25,000 bouncing balls are dropped from a ladder truck 40 feet in the air at Novato’s New Year’s “ball drop” party for families with kids at noon Tuesday at the corner of Machin and Sweetser avenues in Novato. Admission is free; get there early to reserve a spot. Go to downtownnovato.com.