LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A sculpture that sat outside the Los Angeles Central Library from 1926 to 1969 made a mysterious disappearance. Fifty years later, its been found The Well of the Scribes went ...

John Szabo, city librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, has engineered a deal for the nation's fifth largest library system to take on a side project as a publisher, acquiring Angel City Press. ...

followed shortly after by the Crocker Citizens Bank in 1969, seen in the photo below. Around the same time, the Los Angeles Central Library was falling into disrepair. Built in 1926 by Bertram Goodhue ...

The Library Foundation of Los Angeles and the American Civil Liberties Union are partnering for a slate of civil rights-focused programs for the ALOUD series. [Get DTLA stories in our daily email ...

If you have yet to venture into Downtown Los Angeles, you're missing out — it's one of the best things to do in all of Southern California. Teeming with museums and opulent architecture, this ...

Three L.A. public libraries have closed and the National Guard has been deployed following days of escalating, violent protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Three branches of ...

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