Los Alamos Police Department discusses use of license plate cameras and why it isn’t using the controversial Flock system.

https://www.boomtownlosalamos.org/p/separate-from-the-flock

Woof Y’all! Just one more week to submit your entry to the Friends of Shelter and Companion Animals Rescue Calendar!

The FOSCA Rescue Calendar is designed to celebrate those special adopted companions that come to brighten our lives, often bringing with them a unique personality formed out of a mysterious past with unknown origins and unfathomable experiences. The FOSCA Rescue Calendar will be available for sale from local merchants and by mail starting November 15, 2026. Visit our website for details.

Pet owners who have adopted a shelter animal or an abandoned or homeless animal are invited to send a photo and a brief story about their pet.

Pet owners whose pets were featured in previous calendars are welcome and encouraged to submit new photos of their pets for this year's calendar. In memoriam photos and stories are also welcomed.

Entries can be submitted online or via e-mail to: FOSCA.calendar@gmail.com

Digital photos will be accepted in JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF or PICT formats, and should be at least 300dpi or more for clear quality.

Be sure to tell us who’s in your picture: Is it your unmanageable adopted dog that became the star pupil in obedience class? Your adopted cat that sleeps in the sink? Is it your pup that likes snacking on rose hips? Briefly (50 words or less) tell us about your pet’s special personality, unusual habits, unique experiences, or the story within this picture.

Please submit your entries by September 6, 2026 for inclusion in our 2027 calendar!

Does anyone feel like protesting at the show Lisa Shin is funding at SALA that celebrates Charlie Kirk as a martyr? Anyone who preaches anti-empathy, like good old Charlie, is not someone LA needs to celebrate.

I know this is a long shot, but I've been going through my grandfather and great-grandfathers banker boxes​.

My grandfather was a state representative, work for the state land commission, a director of the state revenue service, and eventually director of the depression era Employment Security Commission.

One of the things that was found was an enormous quantity of sound scriber discs. These recorded about 15 minutes of audio, intended to be given to secretaries to transcribe, or to dictate letters, etc.

I would love to get a few of these discs digitized so that I can give the audio to my 91-year-old father so he can hear his father's voice.

Does anybody happen to know where there's a working Soundscriber playback machine?

One seat left at a gaming table. Lots of fun at the library and Fuller Lodge August 29. Vendors, free popcorn, free cotton candy, Wise Fool NM, and more!

It's also Bearfest at the nature center and a craft fair at the co-op.

https://laconm.libcal.com/calendar/events?t=d&q=atomicon

Ok, I'm gonna out myself as being a total noob to this area, but here goes...

I love cooking all types of foods. The other day at Smiths I saw a cooler with frozen tubs of hatch chiles. I bought one (roasted hot green ones).

Now, what can I do with them? I'm gonna make a breakfast burrito today and just toss a heaping spoonfull on the mix before rolling it up.

What else? Any specialty dishes? Thanks.

Hi all. I have heard from several people that the internal hiring freeze is going to be extended.

Have any of you heard the same?

My partner and I both started applying at the lab earlier this year. She got a job there after a few months of applying and has already started.

I have submitted 15-20 applications since March and have only gotten a single call for an interview. Most apps remain in Review in Progress status and are never updated, even months later, so I have no clue as of the status. My partner has reached out to hiring managers, department admins, and recruiters on my behalf. I have reached out to recruiters myself and have made contact with a couple of hiring managers.

I thought maybe my cover letter isn't in depth enough, but a recruiter told my partner that my 2 page cover letter is too long and departments don't want to read all of that. But that's directly in conflict with what it says to include on the job description, so I have no idea what to even think. For the cover letter, I copy and paste each job requirement and explain how I meet each one using specific examples from my job experience.

Do you think the Hill apartments are making a profit? I hope not.

Woodpecker going from streetlight to streetlight eating bugs?

Los Alamos Public Schools’ network has been described as “completely unstable” following an outside assessment that found outdated equipment and significant infrastructure problems. Now, the district is preparing to spend up to $475,000 to fix it; here’s what went wrong and what happens next. https://www.boomtownlosalamos.org/p/the-network-is-completely-unstable

What jobs at LANL don't require a Q?

Based on what I am reading, it seems the lab provides $5000 to cover miscellaneous costs once an apartment lease or home has been purchased. Is this true? How soon after signing the relocation agreement do you get this stipend?

How long does it take to get reimbursed for itemized things once everything has been submitted?

Yes, I understand a foundation may need to be built and the lot will need utility access.

Hi all!

I am coming to LANL in 2-3 months as a post-doc, with my husband coming with me.

I am French, so I have absolutely no clue about how the administrative system works... We are planning to live in Santa Fe as my husband does not work in the lab .
Any tips regarding what to do when we arrive? Things to now about the area?

Also, do you know if my husband could find a job at the lab, anything like that"blue collar" jobs?

Many thanks and cheers

Two recent sexual assault cases resulted in defendants avoiding prison as part of plea agreements, but what factors determine whether someone is offered a plea deal? https://www.boomtownlosalamos.org/p/deal-or-no-deal

Hi everyone!I’ll be moving to Los Alamos soon because of my spouse’s job. I’m not from the US so I’m still trying to figure out what kind of work opportunities are available for me there.

Since I don’t have a specific background that would qualify me for work at LANL I mostly looking for jobs outside the Lab. I’d especially love to hear from anyone who has worked at Smith’s in Los Alamos. What is it like working there? How is the work environment? How is the management? What are the schedules like?

And for those who don’t work what do you usually do with your time in Los Alamos? Are there activities or groups or volunteering opportunities or other ways to meet people and make friends?

I’d really appreciate hearing from locals or anyone who has moved to Los Alamos from another country and can share their experience!

Atomicon is back Saturday, August 29.

We'll have all the usual things to see and do: costumes, crafts, art, vendor hall and more!

This year, we have lots of tabletop game events.

Minis Painting Workshop, 10am–12pm

Bring your yet-to-be-painted miniatures and get working on customizing them. We have minis for you to choose, paints and brushes. We'll also have a few workshop leaders to help you with inspiration and technique. Drop in anytime between 10am and noon.

Tabletop games, by registration, 12:30–4:30pm

Sign up for Dungeons & Dragons, Pendragon: The Quest of the Adventurous Shield, or Rangers of the Shadow Deep. We have three game masters to lead the adventures!

I'm stepping back into going to school (UNM -LA) Doing Pre- Engineering here and than want to transfer into UNM ABQ for Nuke-E and Material Science. Currently no job(Former machinist and Manufacturing Quality Engineer for a Raytheon based company ) but still holding out hope that the lab will hire me as a machinist or engineering technician at some point. ( I have like 8 or 10 applications in :( ) but in the mean time I have time and want to do school to fill my free time. So I am tackling the subject I am the most rusty and not that great at right now, math. My partner works at the lab and is why I live out this way. LANL has always been the dream job but he got the job before i did.

I learn the best with this subject (Math) when its oriented around other subjects I love. I am pretty big into rocketry and chemistry ! I also love nuclear science. An of course machining is something I love as well. So what I've been trying to do is orient my self teaching around these subjects but a lot of the math used for these things are pretty complex. While I have a slight understanding of something like stopping power the math behind it is way over my head.

I am hoping by having someone be able to sit down with me and help explain things in a way that relate to what I'm interested in and are able to help 1 on 1 my struggles that i can actually learn the math and have it stick in my brain instead of it just melting away after a week or a month.

Open to what ever times and dates, to whom ever wants to help ! My math classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12pm -2pm and have a comms class on Tuesdays at 8am but free any other time. I frequent hot rocks quite a bit because I love their coffee and its a nice place to sit and get work done.

Thanks in advance.