\u201c\u200aI’m so happy to have this open, and a place for our community to gather, to connect,\u201d said Lynwood Mayor Gabriela Camacho, who also brought her twins to the library.<\/p>\n
Gabrielle Fata and her 3-year-old son Zennett can walk to the library from their home.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u200aI just try to get him interested in loving books at a young age, so I just like him being around all the books and all the letters and everything,\u201d Fata said.<\/p>\n
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Local leaders, including Lynwood Mayor Gabriela Camacho, Assemblymember Jos\u00e9 Luis Solache, Supervisor Janice Hahn and LA County Library Director Skye Patrick cut the ribbon to celebrate the completion of the Lynwood Library renovation. <\/p>\n
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Supervisor Janice Hahn said she advocated for part of L.A. County\u2019s federal COVID-19 pandemic relief dollars to fund five library renovations in District 4<\/a>, including the Lynwood Library. The southeast L.A. County city is home to about 64,000 people.<\/p>\n \u200a\u201cI still believe that libraries are a real treasure for communities and schools,\u201d Hahn said. \u201cI know a lot of young people get their information online and are on the internet, but I really believe libraries are still an important part of the fabric of a community.\u201d<\/p>\n The 12,000-square-foot Lynwood Library renovation includes a new area for teens.\n<\/p>\n The renovations were originally planned to be completed by November 2025. Hahn said she wasn\u2019t sure what caused the delay.<\/p>\n \u201cWish it could’ve been open earlier, but [there] are always construction issues and problems that I think we face with almost everything we try to do in the county of Los Angeles,\u201d Hahn said.<\/p>\n \u2018A library for the people\u2019<\/p>\n LA County Library Director Skye Patrick said when the Lynwood Library was first built in 1977, the idea was to keep the space dark to preserve the books inside.<\/p>\n \u201cThe library is \u2026 no longer just about the books. \u200aIt’s about the people.\u201d Patrick said. \u201cWe want the space to be welcoming, we want it to be open, we want it to have a lot of airflow through it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u200a”I like how there’s separate sections for different people to do things,” said Jennifer Estrada, an eighth grader at a nearby middle school. “There’s the study rooms, you could go with your friends or if you just wanna be alone.” <\/p>\n Jennifer Estrada is an eighth grader at Hosler Middle School, less than a mile away from the library, and has started visiting twice a week to study and hang out with friends since it reopened.<\/p>\n \u201c\u200aI feel like it’s very open. You could be you in here,\u201d Estrada said.<\/p>\n Trujillo, who is now the adult teen librarian here, said she\u2019s excited to see the next generation embrace the library.<\/p>\n \u201c\u200aI try not to show it as much ’cause I don’t wanna scare them away,\u201d Trujillo said. \u201cBut I’m really excited that the teens are coming into the space and that they’re happy with it.\u201d<\/p>\n “Libraries have transformed from just checking out books,” said librarian Danielle Trujillo. “People come in and they hang out with their friends, or they’re studying for school.”<\/p>\n Trujillo said in addition to the teen space, the Spanish language and manga collections are also popular.<\/p>\n She said the library also welcomes feedback.<\/p>\n \u200a\u201cIf anyone ever wants to come talk to us and share some ideas that they have for the library, we’re completely open to that,\u201d Trujillo said.<\/p>\n Fata said her son Zennett\u2019s favorite books skew spooky, including Aaron Reynolds’ \u201cCreepy\u201d series and Rhode Montijo\u2019s Skeletown series.<\/p>\n Visit the Lynwood Library<\/p>\n![\"People](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788538810_792_.jpeg\")
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