Travel & Experiences
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Aug. 29, 2024
The game-like endeavors are designed to get guests to view their local libraries — and the world outside of them — a little more imaginatively.
Aug. 7, 2024
Climate & Environment
The state library parks pass program was cut until advocates pushed to bring it back. Now library cardholders in the state can visit a state park for free.
June 25, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Viewership for the film ’Hillbilly Elegy’ and readership for the memoir have skyrocketed after J.D. Vance was announced as Trump’s VP pick.
July 17, 2024
Politics
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the United States faces an existential threat because of its insistence on behaving like an imperial power.
June 13, 2024
Movies
The streaming service Kanopy, available free to library card holders, let The Times in on the films and TV shows Angelenos have been watching most in 2024.
June 12, 2024
California
The City Council has approved policies to restrict minors’ access to books and is considering options to privatize the public library. “The library is under attack,” one former librarian said.
May 10, 2024
May 16, 2024
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator and L.A.’s Department of Transportation, aided by nearly $3 million in funding from the California Air Resources Board, debuted their 250-unit e-bike “lending library” Tuesday at Leimert Park’s Ride On! Bike Co-Op.
April 17, 2024
Diana Goetsch spent months visiting red-state libraries to do presentations on the freedom to read. Would she be recognized, or clocked as transgender?