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On Wednesday, April 2, a California State Library spokesman said the institution had not been informed of any changes to its budget, but that changes in federal funding might be coming, perhaps in the ...

Among the bookshelves at the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles, Ramón Hernández sits in a cubicle a few days a week, holding hour after hour of consultations with immigrants who have questions ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Governor Newsom recently signed Assembly Bill 1825, the California Freedom to Read Act, into law prohibiting the arbitrary banning of library materials and requiring libraries ...

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San José, California, is partnering with OpenAI, Google and Anthropic to make AI tools and education available to residents ...