Long Beach bookstore Casita, struggling with debt, will move to a new space – Orange County Register
During a phone conversation this week, Antonette Franceschi-Chavez, owner of the Long Beach bookstore, Casita, handles a child’s…
Bestselling Books in California
With reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles…
San Diego’s newest library official is a comic-books veteran, TV producer and library superfan – San Diego Union-Tribune
It would be hard to argue that Chris Ryall, San Diego’s newest library commissioner, doesn’t live on the…
On the Frantic Front Lines of the Los Angeles Fires With Governor Gavin Newsom
At the intersection of Midwick Drive and Sinaloa Avenue in Altadena, neighbors had mobilized to stop a situation…
Oakland Post: Week of December 31, 2025 – January 6, 2026
Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers Can Now Opt Into $4,000 Grants to Help Bolster Economic Stability and Strengthen…
Senior calendar of trips, activities and events – The Oakland Press
To have an event included in the Vitality calendar, email the name of the event, the time, date,…
Take the San Diego Library’s Winter Reading Challenge and win prizes in January – San Diego Union-Tribune
Readers in the city of San Diego will have a chance once again to join the San Diego…
San Diego Public Library to hold Winter Reading Challenge through January
One of the new self-check machines installed at a City of San Diego library branch. (File photo: City…
Page-turners you might have missed as the year winds down
Overview: La Mesa Library If you’re looking to close out the year or enter the new one with…
Big book events headed to San Diego in the coming year – San Diego Union-Tribune
With inflation on the rise, many San Diegans are choosing to curl up with a good book at…
Oakland Post: Week of December 24 – 30, 2025
Special to the Post For more than 25 years, Desmond Gumbs has been a cornerstone of Bay Area…
What Berkeley library patrons asked for most in 2024
We work for you — and we’re matching your donation 1:1! Our journalists attend city council and school…