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Sit back, relax, and enjoy KTVU's 48-minute segment highlighting locations and businesses to visit on the Peninsula including IT'S-IT Ice Cream on 865 Burlway Road and A Runner's Mind at 1111 Howard Avenue.

Don't have time to watch the full 48-minute video? Jump ahead 10 minutes to view the feature on IT'S-IT Ice Cream and/or jump ahead 33 minutes to watch the interview with A Runner's Mind's Todd Keleher.

The City of Burlingame has created a program for short-term rentals that balances allowing residents to host guests in their homes for short-term stays, with the desire to preserve the residential character of the city’s neighborhoods.

The term "short term rentals" (STRs) refers to the rental of existing residential units to occupants on a short-term basis, generally less than 30 days. Common examples

include renting a room, house, or an apartment for a week or weekend for a short stay, or for several weeks. Short-term rentals are most commonly offered and rented through online hosting platforms such as Airbnb, Vrbo, Hostmaker, Sonder, Vacasa, and HomeAway, though they can also be offered offline.

The City’s short-term rental program allows residents to rent out their entire home or apartment “unhosted” (without the host present) for up to 120 days per year. There is no limit on "hosted" rentals where the host is onsite.

The City is putting together an online registration platform that will make it easy for hosts to register their short-term rentals. Starting later this month, short-term rental operators will be contacted and provided with instructions on how to register. Meanwhile, for information about the short-term rental program and the regulatory ordinance, please visit https://www.burlingame.org/str.

The Burlingame Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) is seeking motivated and responsible 7th -12th graders to help coordinate activities for teens, assist with community events, take action on community issues, and help with fundraising. Applicants must live or go to school in Burlingame. YAC provides youth with a great opportunity to gain valuable leadership skills, make new friends, and have a lot of fun! This is a great opportunity to apply your creativity, experience, initiative, and community spirit to make a difference in Burlingame.

Members are required to attend official business meetings once a month from approximately 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. YAC hours count towards school community service requirements. All applicants will be interviewed in early September. Please note that the Committee is limited to 13 committee members and is a two-year term. Those who are not selected for YAC can still be added to the Youth Advisory Board mailing list to be kept in the loop on upcoming events and programs.

Click here to access the form and apply! The deadline to apply is Friday, August 27.

For more information, contact Claudia Vega at cvega@burlingame.org, or call 650-558-7315.

Pictured above: Members of Burlingame Police Department's Community Response Team (CRT) giving safety presentations to children and teens attending the North Peninsula Chabad Summer Program at Washington School on July 29.

At this time, the City is seeking to fill three seats on both the Beautification Commission and Parks & Recreation Commission. All applicants are welcome. The new application deadline is Friday, September 17, 2021. Applications and supplemental questionnaires are available on the City's website at www.burlingame.org (under the Government/Commissions page).

If you have any questions, please contact Ana Silva in the City Manager’s Office at 

650-558-7204.

Interested in getting free water conservation devices? Stop by Burlingame’s Craft Market in Washington Park on August 14 and 15 and look for the Public Works booth (while supplies last). For information on water conservation tips, visit our website here.

HIP Housing is looking to fill its 2022 calendar with artwork from children who live in San Mateo County and are in Kindergarten through 5th grade.

Click here to print out an entry form. The deadline for entries is Monday, September 20.

As a friendly reminder, the City of Burlingame would like to remind all dog owners to pick up after your dogs. It's the responsible, respectful, and sanitary thing to do!

Here is the full text of Burlingame Municipal Code 9.04.080 regarding the removal of canine excrement: "No person owning or having custody or control of any dog shall knowingly or through failure to exercise due care or control, permit such dog to defecate and allow such excrement to thereafter remain on any public property, including parks, parking lots, sidewalks, planting strips and parkways, or upon any private property without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof." (Ord. 1106 § 1, (1977); Ord. 1137 § 1, (1978)).

Please continue to follow these important tips for shopping the Fresh Market:

For more information, visit burlingamechamber.org.

Featuring Natalie Delahunt, School Culture Coordinator at D. Tech. Sign up on the Library's Events page to receive the Zoom link.

Did you know that the City of Burlingame offers free gardening workshops in the spring and fall?

These workshops are part of a regional landscape education program sponsored by the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA). Since March 2020, dozens of workshops have been held virtually and the recordings are available on BAWSCA’s YouTube page. Learn how to propagate succulents, build a rain garden, convert your landscape, and much more! If there is a gardening workshop topic you’d like to see in the future, email your suggestions to waterconservation@burlingame.org.

This past week's Pledge to Choose Burlingame highlighted local tech supply and service businesses! Conny Wu won $50 in gifts from her favorite store, Apple, on Burlingame Avenue. Runners up Angeline DeLaurentis and Juniper Scribner also listed the Apple store. They will receive promotional tote bags and water bottles. See the list of other businesses supported by our community below.

Are you ready to take the Week Nine pledge? Help us by sharing your favorite dry cleaning, tailoring, and/or shoe repair business!

You are encouraged to take the challenge every week. Prize winners will be announced onWednesdays at 1:00 p.m., via Facebook Live at @BurlingameCityHall.

View Local Business Videos on the City's YouTube Page

For the past several weeks, the City has been highlighting Burlingame business. Visit our YouTube page to watch brief videos of highlighted businesses including: Terra Outdoor Living, Sutterfield Consignment, A-1 Cleaners, Istanbul Market, The Cobbler, Kerwin Galleries, Summit Bicycles, Lefty's Full Service Hobby Shop, MODA Eco Spa & Wellness, The Studio Shop, Access Uniforms, Que SeRaw SeRaw, and La Vian!

Would you like to highlight your Burlingame business? Email nblackburn@burlingame.org.

Small business sellers are encouraged to apply for grant packages through the "eBay Up & Running" grant program.

Fifty recipients will each receive a grant package of $10,000, including cash and coaching.

Apply today by sharing how you would invest the grant to grow your business online. The application closes on Friday, September 3, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. EST.

To learn more about eBay's grant program, please click here. 

Attend this workship hosted by Acterra to learn how your PG&E energy bill is changing with the new time-of-use rates plans.