Things to Know: The Best Way to Enjoy This Year's Posy Parade

Here are some important things happening around town that everyone should know about this upcoming week.

Sunday, June 3. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The San Bruno Chamber of Commerce will hold its farmers' market at its new location in the parking lot of The Shops at Tanforan, just north of the El Camino Real entrance. The market will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sundays.

Sunday, June 3. Pick your favorite viewing spot along San Mateo Avenue from Kains to El Camino Real or along Crystal Springs Road from El Camino Real to City Park to watch the 72nd annual Posy Parade. Children 14 and under are invited. No registration and no cost. Just show up at Kains and San Mateo Avenue by 12:30 p.m. in a costume or with your float.

Tuesday, June 5. Join and attend the S.O.S. (Save Our Schools) committee meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. every Tuesday night during the summer at the Veteran's Memorial Building in the community room. For more information, contact Suzanne Correia, president of the San Bruno PTA Council, at 650-219-9665 or smscorrea@yahoo.com.

Wednesday, June 6. The California Highway Patrol will be holding an "Older Driver Traffic Safety" seminar in South San Francisco. The flier with more information is attached.

Upcoming Events So You Can Plan Accordingly

Saturday, June 9-July 31.  Registration for the library's summer reading club begins on June 9. This year's theme is "Dream Big." The kick-off event will be on Wednesday, June 20. For more information, visit the city's website.

Monday, June 11. The San Bruno Park Pool opens. Swim lessons, water aerobics, lap swimming, recreation swimming and private pool rentals are all offered. There is something for everyone.

Thursday, June 14. The California Highway Patrol will hold another "Older Driver Traffic Safety" seminar in Belmont. 

Monday, June 18-July 20.  Summer at Serra, which offers co-ed academics for the summer, will take place. A flier with more information is attached.

Who's Who and What's What

1. The San Mateo County Mosquito & Vector Control District reminds readers to continue to dump standing water all summerlong to reduce the possibility of breeding mosquitoes. 

2. The city's Citizens Crime Prevention Committee reminds readers that there are a couple of steps students can take to improve their safety now that the school year is coming to a close. A safety tip with more information is attached.

3. You can blog for the San Bruno Patch. You don’t have to be a great writer or a journalist to blog and there are no rules about how often you blog or what you write about. There are more than 18,000 Local Voices blogging on Patches across the country. This is a great opportunity for us to get the word out about what we are doing and what you are doing in and around our community. If you know others who might be interested, please share with them this link: http://sanbruno.patch.com/blog/apply. Or you can contact San Bruno Patch Editor Martin Ricard at martin@patch.com.

In Case You Missed This

The city's Community Preparedness Committee recently gave its yearly committee report to the City Council (attached) that included information on the committee's ongoing CERT classes. Another class is being scheduled. Also attached is the SMC Alert flier. For more information, email prepnow@sbcglobal.net. The committee meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. in the downstairs EOC room in City Hall between Room 113 and Room 115.

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