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L.A. High School Teacher and Author Rebuilds Classroom Libraries After Fires
Thousands of new and gently used books have poured in from across the world to replenish classroom and family libraries lost ...
Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel
The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.
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U.S. Justice Department files statement supporting Jewish students suing UCLA
The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed a statement in U.S. District Court in support of Jewish students and one professor who are suing UCLA, alleging campus leaders allowed pro-Palestinian ...
LAist on MSN9d
How the Los Angeles Public Library helped readers pick fiction before the internet
The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A ...
Daily Bruin12d
In Plain Sight: From Dolly Parton to Kendrick Lamar, UCLA librarians make knowledge accessible
The head of digital initiatives and information technology operations and services at UCLA Library said the library has experienced significant changes and updates in her 25 years working at UCLA.
Social workers are assigned to Los Angeles County libraries to help the homeless
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, March 4, voted 4-0 (Supervisor Kathryn Barger was absent) to approve ...
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A New Edition of ‘Los Angeles Before the Freeways’ Comes at a Time When L.A. Again Finds Itself at the Crossroads
Read an excerpt from Arnold Hylen’s seminal visual tour of a bygone L.A., first published in 1981 and reissued by Angel City ...
MyNewsLA on MSN17h
Federal prosecutors support UCLA students and professor in antisemitism lawsuit
In its filing, the Department of Justice condemned UCLA for allegedly “enabling” antisemitism on campus and then seeking to ...
Los Angeles Times20d
Where can L.A. immigrants go for help under Trump? Try the public library
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
Armed With Just a Badge, Los Angeles’ First Policewoman Protected the City’s Most Vulnerable in the Early 20th Century
Alice Stebbins Wells patrolled dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades and movie theaters, keeping these public spaces free ...