A conservative majority of the City Council approved policies to restrict minors' access to books and is considering options to privatize the public library. Community members are pushing back.
Good morning. It’s Friday, May 10. Here's what you need to know to start your day. The book war is intensifying in Huntington Beach.Regulators unanimously approved a big change to how you're billed for electric. Hiking alone in L.A.? Here’s what to know and where to go.And here's today's e-newspaper. A passionate crowd spoke in support of the Huntington Beach Public Library at a five-hour City Council meeting this week.
Worse still, she said: “Nobody came to protect us. … Nobody in our city management spoke out and said that these comments do not reflect what our librarians do and who they are. It made us feel very much alone.” When rumors spread earlier this year that the city would explore privatizing the library, that was “the nail in the coffin” for her.
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