Local News Belmont names new poet laureate Daily Journal staff report Jan 29, 2026 Greg McCulloh was named Belmont’s poet laureate for a three-year term beginning in 2026.
+2 Columnists The hypocrisy of BookTok By Becca Koenig Updated Jan 28, 2026 In 2021, U.S. print sales reached 843 million books — the highest they’ve been since 2004. While this was partly due to the pandemic, there wa…
+2 Columnists High schools don’t make literature a priority By Josie WettanUpdated Sep 8, 2025 A few months ago, at the dinner table, my dad asked my sister and me what books we had read that year for school. My sister, who was in her fr…
+2 Local News Featured Bringing comics to life By Chris Ceguerra Daily Journal correspondent May 2, 2025 The 2025 Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest commemorated its ninth year Saturday and brought together students, families and independent arti…
Local News Antonio López named San Mateo County poet laureate Daily Journal staff report Apr 9, 2025 The Board of Supervisors named Antonio De Jesús López San Mateo County’s fifth poet laureate.
Local News Deadline extended to apply for San Mateo County’s poet laureate role Bay City NewsUpdated Jan 13, 2025 A self-described “recovering engineer,” a teacher and others have served as San Mateo County’s poet laureate — and now, the city is looking fo…
Community Featured Genny Lim named San Francisco’s ninth Poet Laureate Bay City News Sep 9, 2024 Genny Lim, the seventh child of Chinese immigrants who were once detained at the Angel Island Immigration Detention Center, known for both her…
Lifestyle This Day in History Updated Apr 14, 2025 Today is Sunday, May 19, the 140th day of 2024. There are 226 days left in the year.