The LAPL has become one of the city’s best resources in the last 150 years. Here's why you should visit. Why now: For a recent How to LA episode, producer Megan Botel learned about its history through ...

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If anyone doubted the love La Grange Park residents have for their Public Library, those doubts were dispelled by the hundreds of people that turned out for the Library’s grand reopening on Aug. 3.

Starting Sept. 15, more than half of San Diego’s 37 library branches will lose their Monday hours. But thanks to local donors, the La Jolla/Riford Library won’t be one of them. As 20 libraries prepare ...

A library houses books, sure, but can a library actually create them too? That’s just what the Los Angeles Public Library, a storied institution in Southern California for more than 150 years, has ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- To be a successful street vendor, you have to have the right permits, health certificates and a good sense of how to manage your money. If you're just starting out, you may not ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The La Crosse Library is welcoming its newest Director at an upcoming open house. On Tuesday, June 24th, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the La Crosse Main Library's first floor fireplace ...

Among the bookshelves at the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles, Ramón Hernández sits in a cubicle a few days a week, holding hour after hour of consultations with immigrants who have questions ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) — Thursday, the La Crosse Public Library announced the death of Medora Nelson-Ferris, a children's librarian who became a beloved figure to families throughout the community.

Curiosity is what drives Susan Orlean, author of books on the trade in orchids (“The Orchid Thief”), the first canine movie star (“Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend”) and the nocturnal portion of ...

The Los Angeles County Library is encouraging Angelenos to explore public art through the Art Passport program in celebration of ‘Art Month’. For the next month, 22 public LA County libraries ...