Shelley Kim, left, visiting from Washington D.C., daughter Blythe Kim, 4, and husband Dasol Kim in the Children's Literature reading room at the Richard J. Riordan Central Library. (Gary Coronado/Los ...

LA County Library has been recognized as a recipient of the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The Institute of Museum and Library Services made the announcement that LA County ...

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- To be a successful street vendor, you have to have the right permits, health certificates and a good sense of how to manage your money. If you're just starting out, you may not ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles County Library will be honored this summer with the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Services. The library system will join the Riverside Art Museum as ...

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A library houses books, sure, but can a library actually create them too? That’s just what the Los Angeles Public Library, a storied institution in Southern California for more than 150 years, has ...

There’s a room in a South Bay library where stars sparkle on the ceiling, fish and bubbles float in a glowing tube and a giant beanbag chair beckons from the floor. You can step on tiles and watch ...

Mabel Hong (second from right, standing) at Chinese American Citizens Alliance picnic (1950s) (the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens) LOS ANGELES — The story of Chinatown is a ...

Starting Sept. 15, more than half of San Diego’s 37 library branches will lose their Monday hours. But thanks to local donors, the La Jolla/Riford Library won’t be one of them. As 20 libraries prepare ...