City of Palo Alto’s Post

Summer is in full swing in Palo Alto! Join us for exciting events throughout the whole month of July. Enjoy family movie nights, explore the Palo Alto Clay & Glass Festival, unleash your creativity at craft workshops and gain a behind-the-scenes look at City services. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4cSUKHd

The National Weather Service updated its excessive heat warning and heat advisory through Friday, July 12. While cooler temperatures are forecasted today (July 9), warmer weather will persist through the rest of the week, with temperatures ranging from low to upper 90s. Find important updates, hot weather resources, wildfire safety information, and cooling centers here: https://bit.ly/45Ry73B

July is National Parks and Recreation Month! This #ParkandRecMonth, follow along as we feature our City@Work sharing the Community Services Department’s impact. Thanks to our City staff for your work every day advancing this year’s theme “Where You Belong” by supporting and maintaining our beautiful places, creating space to enhance health and wellness, and fostering a thriving community for all. This week is all about bringing health and wellness into focus. Fun Fact: Palo Alto has 162 acres of urban parklands to participate in fun physical activities such as athletic fields for baseball and soccer, dog runs for the pups to get out, a pool to cool off in this heat, and more! Learn about our neighborhood parks and ways to get physical at https://lnkd.in/gS3Sp4Tr. 🏀🎾🏞️ Kristen O'Kane Sarah Robustelli

Play a part in shaping the future of 21st-century libraries! 📚 Palo Alto City Library is hiring a Library Program Coordinator to collaborate with our award-winning Digital Services team. This role will help bring cutting-edge technology programs to life. If you are an experienced library technologist with a track record of delivering advanced technology programs, administering websites and coordinating complex projects, apply now! Your work could be part of what makes Palo Alto a leader in innovations like robotics, coding, web3, and AI. Apply at https://lnkd.in/gkgP3gWx

All types of fireworks, even those labeled "safe and sane," are illegal in Palo Alto, and most of Santa Clara County, including large bottle rockets, Roman candles, firecrackers, and even sparklers. Wildfire season is in effect and with excessive heat and dry conditions, it is important to be safe. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gtAYmtY3.

STAY COOL, BE SAFE & TASTE CHILI: Excessive heat continues into next week, stay safe and be cool with health safety tips and reminders, fire works are illegal in Palo Alto; a Red Flag Warning is in effect through Friday, Fire Weather Watch until Sunday evening. Make connections at tomorrow’s 4th of July Chili Cook-Off and Summer Festival. Engage through a new online survey about Cal Ave. Car Free Street Design, apply for the Downtown Housing Plan Community Advisory Group, and public comment period open on the revised 2023-31 Housing Element. Expanded hours at Children’s Library starts Sunday and Downtown Library What’s Up Wednesday features magic, puppetry, juggling, and comedy. King Artist in Residence Workshop to celebrate the LGBTQIA Palo Alto community. And, tips to reduce anxiety and stress around fireworks, skin and hair health using coconut oil, and beat the heat with a new frozen watermelon sorbet recipe of the week. All this and more in this week’s Uplift Local. https://conta.cc/3LfHZdW

The National Weather Service updated its excessive heat warning and heat advisory through Tuesday, July 9. A red flag warning is also in effect for the Santa Cruz Mountains, including Palo Alto Foothills area west of 280, through Friday, July 5. Find important updates, hot weather resources, wildfire safety information, and cooling centers here: https://bit.ly/45Ry73B Stay safe and stay hydrated, Palo Alto.

Ready to turn a new page in your Library career? 📚 Palo Alto City Library is hiring an experienced and passionate Library Programs Coordinator for Staff Training & Customer Experience. This position will play a key role in overseeing staff training and professional development initiatives to maximize the quality of customer experience and use of our libraries. Salary range is $100,297.60 - $123,136.00 per year with excellent benefits. Apply by Sunday, July 7 at https://lnkd.in/g4Xsr4fS

Ready to make an impact in the "Birthplace of Silicon Valley"? The City of Palo Alto is hiring! Choose a career in public service with openings in our Library, Public Works, Utilities, and Police Departments. Apply today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g4Xsr4fS Some of our current job openings include: Building Inspector (Inspector, Specialist and Senior) Training & Customer Experience Library Program Coordinator Library Program Coordinator for Digital Services Senior Librarian Senior Buyer for Utilities Projects Police Officer (Lateral, Graduate and Trainee) Laboratory Tech, Water Quality Control Electrical Line Inspector