🌱Bus Operator Pay Rising! + 4 City Pools Close + 🎶Music By The Bay⛵

Hello, friends! It's Monday in San Diego, and I'm back in your inbox📥with everything that's fit to print about what's happening in town. Let's do this...

• Calling all High School grads! With higher pay💲and better benefits, the North County Transit District🚍may have the perfect job for you.
• Everybody out of the pools! Closures come at a time when heat☀️and humidity💦would normally drive families to use the municipal pools.
• It's back! The Encinitas🎶‘Music by the Sea’⛵series starts again next month.

First, today's weather:

Areas of low clouds,🌤️then sun. High: 80, Low: 68.

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Here are three of the top stories🗞️in San Diego today:

1. Not planning to go to college? Want a career with decent pay and benefits? You might want to consider joining the North County Transit District.🚍Bus operator pay and benefits✨ are rising! “NCTD’s pay and benefits package for bus operators is now one of the most competitive for new commercial drivers in the region, which will help attract new bus operators to fill current vacancies and retain existing employees,” said NCTD Executive Director, Matthew O. Tucker. “In addition to more💲pay, we are greatly enhancing the overall benefits package and continuing to offer sign-on✍️bonuses for new drivers.” To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Times of San Diego)
2. International supply chain⛓️issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic🦠have popped up everywhere. Now, supply chain issues have resulted in a nationwide shortage of carbon dioxide. That lack of carbon dioxide, which is used to purify water, has resulted in the closure of four municipal pools🏊in the city of San Diego. “As a CO2 replacement during the shortage, maintenance crews will be continually applying muriatic acid, a common chemical used in backyard pools, as a safe alternative and will regularly monitor each pool to ensure pH levels are safe for the public," San Diego County spokesman Jose Ysea said.Unfortunately, the closures come at a time when the heat☀️and humidity💦would normally drive families to use the pools. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Times of San Diego)
3. It’s back! The Encinitas🎼‘Music by the Sea’⛵ series will begin again in September. Scheduled musicians include ‘a rising star 🌟 of international acclaim,’ among other noteworthy performers. 🎶Concerts will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays at the Encinitas Library. So, you can listen to the music, while enjoying an expansive view of the Pacific Ocean.🌊Concerts will continue through June 16. To learn more: Click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Patch)

Today in San Diego:

• Digital Navigator on-site📲— Malcolm X Library and Performing Arts Center. (11:30 a.m.)
• Signs at Play!🤟— San Diego Public Library/Central Library. (11:45 a.m.)
• Genealogy Research: Beyond the Basics👪— San Diego Oasis. (1 p.m.)
• Computer Class: Email📧— San Ysidro Branch Library. (2 p.m.)
• Video Coding Camp w/RoboThinkCV💻— San Ysidro Branch Library. (3:30 p.m.)
• Pajama Storytime with Ms. Carrie🧚— Serra Mesa/Kearny Mesa Branch Library. (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• City of San Diego: "Vision Zero is a top priority for the City of San Diego. 🚴 Over the past few months, we have completed several new bike lane projects to improve safety for cyclists and drivers.️ This vital infrastructure is a crucial step toward a safer, more sustainable City!" (City of San Diego via Facebook)
• San Diego Humane Society: "Having fun with our dogs 🐶 is an important part of the bonding and training process, so we wanted to ask: How does your dog like to have fun? Explore a variety of ways to add fun to your daily routine with The Engaged Canine class!" (San Diego Humane Society via Facebook)
• San Diego Central Library: "Congratulations to the #OneBookOneSanDiego 2022 selections! 🎉" (San Diego Central Library via Facebook)
• San Diego Botanic Garden: "Don't miss out! Spend the end of the warm summer nights strolling🚶the Garden and watching the sun set over the ocean. This coming Thursday marks one of our last Summer nights and we are open until 8 pm." (San Diego Botanic Garden via Facebook)
• San Diego County Library: 📚 "On January 27, 2021, the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors approved the development of a Framework for a regional zero-carbon sustainability plan in partnership with the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and the University of San Diego (USD) Energy Policy Initiatives Center. The Framework will provide science-based pathways to achieve zero carbon in the region." (San Diego County Library via Facebook)
• Downtown San Diego Partnership: "One of the ways our team assists our unhoused population is connecting them to the essential resources they need. When possible, that also includes providing hygiene kits with everyday items like toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, Clorox wipes, hand sanitizer, and more." 🛀 (Downtown San Diego Partnership via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Monday off right! I'll see you soon.

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