Our photo of the week features the City of Yakima at a glance for the year 2025.

Yakima Parks & Recreation staff will host the 6th annual drive-thru Letters to Santa event on Dec. 13th at the Public Works facility. Like last year, Mrs. Claus will be on hand to greet families as they drop off their letters for Saint Nick. Visit www.yakimawa.gov for more about this and other events in Yakima

This week’s photo shows a bee attracted to sunflowers near downtown Yakima.

This aerial photo courtesy of Yakima Police Department looks west on Yakima Avenue, showing traffic during a Cruisin’ the Ave event on July 19th.

Fall colors are in abundance at the Yakima Area Arboretum!

A photo of hops adorns a utility box along 40th Avenue. It’s one in a series of utility boxes that have been wrapped in artwork throughout the City of Yakima. Visit Yakima Arts Commission | City Council (yakimawa.gov) for more about this and other community art projects within the city.

Mayor Patricia Byers distributes City of Yakima pins to students from Itayanagi, Japan. Itayanagi has been Yakima’s sister city since 1972. On July 31st, the City received a delegation from Itayanagi that included about 20 people, including Mayor Taketo Kasai, other city officials, teachers and students.

This photo of the week shows work underway on Phase 3 of N. 1st Street revitalization, covering an area that stretches from Marting Luther King Jr. Blvd to I Street.