In late November 1970, Abigail Lois Cleaves, a Los Angeles resident of more than fifty years, passed away. Gail (as she was more commonly known) had been a Civil Engineer with the Los Angeles County Highway Department until her retirement in 1960. Her final years were spent in an assisted living facility in Newhall, where she was forced to relocate after the 210 Freeway took out her San...
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Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen.
Interview With an Author: Justinian Huang
Born to immigrants in Monterey Park, California, Justinian Huang studied English at Pomona College and screenwriting at the University of Oxford.
Lo nuevo en español para adultos y jóvenes: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes
Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!
Lo nuevo en español para niños: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes
La Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles ofrece los libros más leídos y más esperados para niños. Haz clic en cada título para verlo en nuestro catálogo. ¡No esperes y reserva tu copia hoy mismo!
The Library in America
Guest Blogger, Friday, March 29, 2024
Sometimes it feels as though public libraries—free, government-supported, circulating libraries—have always been part of American life, but public libraries were rare before the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
Interview With an Author: Sophie Wan
Sophie Wan is a Bay Area native who is now battling the winters in Philadelphia. She graduated from UC Berkeley and spends far too much time drafting emails and drinking tea.
Loose Cannon: Reassessing Los Angeles Municipal Judge Noel Cannon, Part II
The Derringer Press Conference
The Derringer press conference is what Judge Cannon became infamous for, and the blowback would be mighty.
Interview With an Author: Shubnum Khan
Shubnum Khan is a South African author and artist.
Leontyne Butler King - A Commissioner for the Community
At the Vernon - Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library, there is a wall in the meeting room adorned with four framed portraits. Two are paintings: one depicts writer Langston Hughes and is a gift from Miriam Matthews, the Los Angeles Public Library’s first Black librarian. The other is Leon H.
Jonathan Lethem on "The Collapsing Frontier"
Jonathan Lethem is a writer of short stories, novels, essays, and the occasional song.