Local News Featured How will cuts affect Bay Area libraries? By Tony Hicks Bay City News Updated May 2, 2025 Bay Area librarians say they aren’t sure exactly how President Donald Trump’s executive order effectively gutting the Institute of Museum and …
Local News Featured Pub crawl raises awareness of book bans By Ana Mata, Daily Journal staff Updated Oct 7, 2025 In honor of Banned Books Week, which was the last week of September and recognizes the effort to fight censorship in schools and libraries, th…
National Book ban efforts surging in 2022, library association says By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Sep 16, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — The wave of attempted book banning and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported Friday. …
Other Voices Banning books about Black and LGBTQ people is un-American The Washington Post Apr 26, 2022 As if there were not enough challenges facing the United States right now, Americans have to be on alert for a resurgence of book banning camp…
Local News Stone campaigning for San Mateo County supervisor seat Sierra Lopez Daily Journal staff Apr 20, 2022 Belmont Councilmember Charles Stone has staked his claim to the District 2 seat on the Board of Supervisors, arguing his experience steering t…
Local News James Moore appointed as new San Mateo librarian Daily Journal staff report Jun 5, 2019 James Moore, San Mateo’s acting city librarian, was named to the position permanently to oversee the department’s broad range of literary prog…
Local News Featured Longtime Redwood City librarian retires By Zachary Clark Daily Journal staff Updated Feb 1, 2019 A “Redwood City icon,” librarian Molly Spore-Alhadef has retired after more than 40 years of connecting patrons with books, videos, historic d…
National Washington snipped here? College says it found prez’s hair The Associated Press Feb 20, 2018
