SD Libraries Will Lose Funding in 2026
Negotiations are still underway before the City of San Diego's final 2025-26 fiscal year budget is voted on June 10. As a result of previous City Council budget meetings, the San Diego Public Library system is scheduled to lose $8million in funding. As of July 1, 2025, this loss of funding may result in the closing of all 37 Branch Libraries on Sunday and Monday, but will allow programs and services to remain the same Tuesday-Saturday. Homework Help at...
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A quick reference for youth special events and recurring activities through the end of the year:
The library book club meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. The current Book Club Flyer Summer titles are on reserve at the front desk. Just ask the librarian for a copy and check it out. For more information, please call the library at 619-527-3430.
We wish to THANK everyone who has ever become a Member of the San Carlos Friends of the Library. We also express our appreciation and gratitude for those who have sent us donations in honor or memory of others. SCFOL funds are used to purchase new materials, programs, and equipment that enhance the patron experience at the current San Carlos Branch Library and that of the new proposed Branch.
All membership levels of the Friends of the San Diego Public Library,...
Additionally, we had a surprise speaker: David Pfeifer, architect from DomusStudio presented the preliminary plans for our new 25,000 sq.ft. branch library. The SCFOL Board approved the plans, and recommended them for approval by the Navajo Planning Commission.
November 16, from 4:00-6:00, in the Winer family Community Room & Art Gallery, all Members of the San Carlos Friends of the Library are invited to attend the SCFOL Annual General Membership Meeting. The agenda will include a talk by local author, Toni... 
Active San Carlos Friends of the Library Volunteers have been invited to enjoy a pizza party get-together starting at 6:00 p.m., in the Winer Family Community Room and Art Gallery. This year’s Active Volunteers are being recognized for their 5756 hours of service during the 2015-16 fiscal year. This is equivalent to almost 3 full-time-equivalent employees; their volunteer hours have an estimated value of $154.664. The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), an independent federal agency, estimated the value... 
Congratulations to the nearly 500 patrons who signed up for the 2016, Read for the Win, Summer Reading Program at the San Carlos Branch Library. Special kudos go to the over 300 readers who met their reading goals and won books and prizes. Keep on reading!
A special thanks go to all of our Wednesday entertainers, and to all of the youth and their parents who joined in the fun. See you next year. 
And the Winner is: Chickens to the Rescue by John Hummelman. The runner up funny book was The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywait. Thanks to all who voted this summer and helped to whittle down the original 16 books to choose San Carlos' picks of the two Funniest Books. 
San Carlos resident, Becky Green, has decided to undertake a momentous task, and is asking for your help. Becky, who is a longtime resident, had an elderly neighbor who often asked if she would like to see his pictures of San Carlos in its early days. As a person who loves local stories and old photos, she always said, "yes," but the visit never came to fruition; her neighbor passed; the pictures are gone; her memory of a lost opportunity... 