This library in a disadvantaged Bay Area neighborhood has been closed for 45 years. Now there’s a chance it may be revived.

Residents in Oakland’s Hoover-Foster neighborhood, which saw years of redlining in the 20th century, have long pushed for the ...
Hoodline

West Oakland Library Desert May End as Hoover Branch Makes a Comeback

West Oakland is inching closer to getting something it has not seen since 1981, a neighborhood public library. City staff are pushing a plan to buy a vacant storefront on San Pablo Avenue, the former ...
CBS News

Oakland's Cesar Chavez Library faces potential eviction due to unpaid rent

A beloved community resource in Oakland's Fruitvale District, the Cesar Chavez Library, may soon face eviction over a dispute regarding unpaid rent. Veronica Bravo-Sanchez, a long-time patron of the ...
KRON4 News

OAK Airport joins forces with Oakland Public Library for free digital content

(KRON) — Starting Monday, travelers bustling through Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) can enjoy thousands of free eBooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines before take-off — all thanks to a new ...
Mercury News

Oakland bookstore is selling off 5,000 cookbooks, including rare and historic titles

Are you a home cook who’s been searching for a copy of “Pigtails and Frog Legs: A Family Cookbook from Neiman Marcus”? Or what about “Harley and Davidson Family Recipes” or “101 Secrets of California ...