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Authors Nathan Marsak and Arnold Hylen and book, Los Angeles Before the Freeways
Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, April 3, 2025

Arnold Hylen (1908–1987) trained at the Chouinard Art Institute, and found work as a photographer for the Fluor Corporation, where he worked from the early 1940s into the 1970s. During that period, he spent his free time photographing vanishing old Los Angeles....

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Collage of films and their adapted books

Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Friday, March 7, 2025

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.


Author Chris Nichols and his latest book, Bowlarama!: The Architecture of Mid-Century Bowling

Interview With an Author: Chris Nichols

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, March 6, 2025

Chris Nichols is a longtime preservationist and senior editor at Los Angeles mag


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español para adultos y jóvenes: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

Multilingual Collections, Librarian, Monday, March 3, 2025

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!


Los libros en español más esperados están disponibles en tu biblioteca

Lo nuevo en español para niños: libros interesantes que llegan a la biblioteca este mes

Patricia Valdovinos, Librarian, Multilingual Collections, Monday, March 3, 2025

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!


Author Rebecca Serle and her latest novel, Good Dirt

Interview With an Author: Charmaine Wilkerson

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, February 27, 2025

Charmaine Wilkerson is the New York Times bestselling author of


Collage of ALA awarded books behind YMA logo

The American Library Association's Youth Media Awards 2025

Shanna Kim, Children's Librarian, Children's Literature Department, Monday, February 24, 2025

The very best in literature, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults was announced at the American Library Association’s 2025 Youth Media Awards on January 27, 2025.


Tom Bradley (left) shakes hands with William Byron Rumford

The Long Battle for Fair Housing in California: Part Two

Kimberly Creighton, Librarian, Social Science, Philosophy & Religion Department, Friday, February 21, 2025

As soon as the Rumford Fair Housing Act went into effect on September 20, 1963, both the law and the State Fair Employment Practices Commission, SFEPC, the agency tasked with enforcing it, came under scrutiny from the California Real Estate Association (CREA) and its local member boards.


Author Mallory O’Meara and her latest book, Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman

Interview With an Author: Mallory O’Meara

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, February 20, 2025

Wright travels on a bicycle to take part in march

The Long Battle for Fair Housing in California: Part One

Bob Timmermann, Senior Librarian, History & Genealogy Department, Wednesday, February 19, 2025

The fight for racial equality has been fought on many fronts: education, public transportation, and accommodations. But one of the most contentious and, in many ways, still unresolved is the fight to end racial discrimination in housing.


Collage of films nominated for an Academy Award

Read it First Oscar Edition: The 97th Academy Awards

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Tuesday, February 18, 2025

The Academy Awards are right around the corner, and, once again, films adapted from books have snagged multiple nominations! From a larger than life musical to a thrilling tale of papal election, these adaptations caught the eye and the hearts of the critics this year.


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