SD Libraries Will Lose Funding in 2026
Negotiations are still underway before the City of San Diego final 2025-26 fiscal year budget is voted on in May. As a result of the April City Council meetings, the San Diego Public Library system is scheduled to lose $8million in funding. As of July 1, 2025, this loss of funding will result in the closing of all 37 Branch Libraries on Sunday and Monday, which will allow programs and services to remain the same Tuesday-Saturday.
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Saturday, MAY 17, 10 am – 1 pm, the robots are returning to the San Carlos Branch Library. In the library’s lower parking lot, at the corner of Jackson & Golfcrest, 18 Robotic Clubs from local schools and San Diego neighborhoods will display, explain and demonstrate their robot creations. Guests will get to work some robots too. Aguirre Tech will also be there demonstrating the action of their drones. Interactive STEM activities and a robot craft will also be available...
Saturday May 6, is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY ! Visit any City of San Diego Public Library and receive a FREE comic book. At the San Carlos Branch, come in any time from 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. to pick up your free comic book while the supply lasts. A Kids comic craft will be available too. You can read Comic books for FREE anytime by clicking on COMICS PLUS! Have your SDPL card # and password handy. Click on FCBD... 
Saturday, April 15, 10 am - 1 pm, the robots are retuning to the San Carlos Branch Library. Teams from local schools and the San Carlos neighborhood will display and explain their robotic creations in the library's lower parking lot at the corner of Jackson & Golfcrest. From 11 am - 1 pm, there will be an interactive youth robot craft available in the Library' Community Room.
Congratulations to the PATRIBOTS, the PHHS Robotics Team! They scored well at the San... 
Saturday, in person at the San Carlos Branch, join in the discussion about your future SCBL. This is your chance to share your ideas with Library Director Misty Jones, the Library Foundation SD, and Branch Manager David Ege. 2022 Library Master Plan Forum Why now? Together with the Library Foundation SD, the San Diego Public Library is developing a new master plan to provide a long-range vision for library facilities, technology and program investments. We need your input and... 
The SCFOL Board would like to thank our San Carlos Branch Library's outstanding staff, led by Managing Librarian David Ege, for keeping the Community engaged in all that our libraries have to offer during the last 3 years of COVID. Although life may never return to pre-COVID ways, we have all learned how to move forward invoking new and better methods.
David Ege's report describes the reopening, reinstated, and new programs which became available in 2022.
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Albert Elguira, another favorite librarian, is retiring October 4, 2022. Albert, an expert chess player, has been encouraging San Carlos youngsters to learn and improve their chess skills at our Chess Club which meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays from 5-7 pm. He oversaw the Club's championship competition in Summer of 2022.
We wish him fun travels and fun times in his retirement, but hope he will be able to continue to play lots of chess at the San Carlos Branch.... 