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Marcia Melkonian, December 21, 2021
During the stay-at-home pandemic order, it became evident that mental health was an increasingly problematic issue. Being sequestered in their homes, teens would also be impacted by events in their domestic sphere. During this time, a worldwide trend became prominent: an upward spike in domestic violence.
Jacob Lackner, May 14, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Public Library has to adapt to a different world.
Central Docents, September 30, 2019
I have always loved books. When I was five, I pleaded with my mother for books...Little Golden Books, about lambs and engines and whatever...and she helped me learn to read them. In junior high and high school, I was a library helper.


![Volunteers clean and check the books against the card catalog to note “survivors” of the fire. Throughout the recovery process, the media showed constant interest in the progress. [Los Angeles Public Library Institutional Collection] Boxing of damaged books](https://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_latest_list_120x90/public/blogs/2025-10/docentheader.jpg?itok=vOoLb8FA)