Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, and Senate Leader Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento talk about Gov.
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Belle Cooledge Library will shut during remodeling
Belle Cooledge Library, an institution in the South Land Park neighborhood since the early 1990s, will shut down for three months starting Saturday. A much needed interior renovation is scheduled
Belle Cooledge Library to close for three months
Belle Cooledge Library, an institution in the South Land Park neighborhood since the early ’90s, will shut down for three months starting Saturday. On the books is a much needed interior renovation. Areas for children and teen-agers will be expanded, Internet access will be improved, and the whole branch library will get a modern, inviting look.
Library highlights online services, programs
The Sacramento Public Library will host a “Digital Library Festival” on March 24, with booths providing information on online library programs and services, including job searches and small-business assistance. The festival will be held from 10 a.m
Bias incidents roil University of California
Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers. An ugly spate of bias incidents has crossed several University of California campuses over the past month, causing consternation, outcry and fear that bigotry is alive among the young and educated. Students have protested and administrators have condemned, but the question remains of what lies behind the sudden parade of prejudice – a growing climate of insensitivity on campuses or a bunch of immature kids yearning for peer acceptance and attention
LA budget mess means cutbacks, layoffs
For two decades, Los Angeles built libraries with a vigor rarely seen in the nation, spending $335 million to get books and computers within the reach of those who might not otherwise have them.
Governor troubled by racism on UC campuses
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Saturday he is deeply troubled by recent acts of racism at three University of California campuses. Schwarzenegger’s statement comes after a string of incidents this month on the campuses in Davis, Irvine and San Diego.
Library hosts program on preventing ID theft
The next in a series of monthly consumer-help programs hosted by the Sacramento Public Library and the California Department of Consumer Affairs will be Wednesday in Sacramento. The program, “Be Safe: Protect Your Private Information,” will feature experts on preventing identity theft. All sessions in the 2010 “Take Charge California! @ Your Library” series are at noon on the first Wednesday of each month in the west meeting room of the Central Library, 828 I St.
Court papers describe Garrido ‘family’s’ life as idyllic – on surface
Phillip Garrido, with his attorney Susan Gellman, and his wife, Nancy, have pleaded not guilty to kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 when she was 11 years old. It sounds like a typical American family.
She leaves library rich in history
Clare Ellis and the Sacramento Room, both treasures. Clare Ellis loved to share the “cow-tooth book” with kids.
