{"id":16211,"date":"2026-07-21T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=16211"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:35:09","slug":"franklin-pool-to-be-open-first-four-saturdays-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/franklin-pool-to-be-open-first-four-saturdays-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Pool to Be Open First Four Saturdays in August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franklin Pool will be open the first four Saturdays in August, offering swimmers more opportunities to enjoy the pool.&nbsp; Franklin Pool will be open from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm on August 1<sup>st<\/sup>, August 8<sup>th<\/sup>, August 15<sup>th<\/sup>, and August 22<sup>nd<\/sup>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since opening for the 2026 season in mid-June after repairs were made to fix leaks in the pool, Franklin has been open Monday through Friday from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm but not on weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franklin Pool\u2019s 2026 season will end on August 23<sup>rd<\/sup> after its annual Paws in the Pool event, which will take place that day from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cost for entry to Franklin Pool is $4.00 for kids aged 4 to 17, $5.00 for adults, $23.00 for a family of six (two adults and two of their own children), $30.00 for a family of eight (two adults and six of their own children), and $4.00 for honored citizens (check City website for honored citizen definition).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City of Yakima\u2019s two other public pools, Lions Pool and the Aquatic Center and MLK, Jr. Park, are also open and operating normal hours.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Frankllin-Pool-to-be-Open-Saturdays-in-August-News-Release.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Frankllin Pool to be Open Saturdays in August - News Release.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-cc9accbd-98cc-4063-9dc4-6973ffbc45c9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Frankllin-Pool-to-be-Open-Saturdays-in-August-News-Release.pdf\">Frankllin Pool to be Open Saturdays in August &#8211; News Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Frankllin-Pool-to-be-Open-Saturdays-in-August-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-cc9accbd-98cc-4063-9dc4-6973ffbc45c9\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franklin Pool will be open the first four Saturdays in August, offering swimmers more opportunities to enjoy the pool.&nbsp; Franklin Pool will be open from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm on August 1st, August 8th, August 15th, and August 22nd.&nbsp; Since opening for the 2026 season in mid-June after repairs were made to fix leaks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16213,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16211\/revisions\/16213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}