{"id":167131,"date":"2026-02-06T19:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167131\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:49:12","slug":"downtown-fresno-library-to-close-for-months-for-renovations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167131\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Fresno library to close for months for renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After more than 60 years of service, Fresno County&#8217;s Central Library in Downtown Fresno is moving forward with the next phase of a major improvement project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In order to complete the work, the library will be closed to the public starting Sunday, February 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2024, crews replaced the roof of the building off Mariposa between N and O streets downtown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This next phase will include upgrades to the electrical system, lighting and ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The basement level will also undergo renovations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It&#8217;s expected to remain closed for up to 24 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The county of Fresno says it&#8217;s working to identify temporary service locations in the downtown area to continue providing access to services during this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Patrons can also visit other nearby library locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than 60 years of service, Fresno County&#8217;s Central Library in Downtown Fresno is moving forward with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[75153,17774,112,622,114,113],"class_list":["post-167131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-central-library","tag-downtown-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-county","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}