Akiva Aron Pelta A son born Nov. 29 in to Sarah Beth and Mordechai David Pelta of San Francisco. Brother of Michaela Lauren and Alegra Pelta. Grandparents are Eva Farkas Sarkany of San Francisco and Marilyn Mayo of Sunnyvale. Great-grandparents are Helen Farkas of Flushing, N.Y.; Gertrude Kaplan Rifkin of Bronx, N.Y.; and Sabina “Shefka” Pelta.

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