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Cindy Holsey, October 13, 2018
It was a typical day in my 11th grade English class, except my teacher offered a rare extra credit opportunity—to write a 100-word essay on the topic, "What a Library Means to Me." She explained that our essays would be submitted to the "Save the Books" essay contest, part of an effort to raise funds for t
Neale Stokes, October 13, 2018
October 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the LA Central Library reopening seven years after a catastrophic fire in 1986. In this short film, three people who were at the fire share their memories of the fire and the effort to recover and rebuild.
Glen Creason, September 25, 2018
The day my own dear Central Library reopened I got my name in the L.A. Times which elicited ragging from pals around the city.