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Read All About It: It’s Thanksgiving!

As the holidays progress, Alive! continues publishing recommendations from our favorite Library – Los Angeles Public Library – for your seasonal reading pleasure and to remember the point of the holiday, gratitude...

Librarians are ready to help you enjoy the holidays with book, movie recommendations

Enjoy this selection of books and movies reflecting some of the Library’s suggestions for the winter holidays...

Library Cards Featuring Mountain Lion P-22 Are Proving Popular.

Starting Feb. 23, the Los Angeles Public Library began offering a limited-edition library card to honor P-22 and feature the importance of natural spaces and biodiversity of wildlife in our shared habitat...

Central Library’s Octavia Lab makerspace expands the limits of learning.

The Octavia Lab, named after the award-winning science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, is a do-it-yourself makerspace located inside the Los Angeles Public Library’s historic Central Library.

Alive! Papers delivered to the Octavia Lab Makerspace

Alive! editor John Burnes (right) stopped by the Central Library’s Octavia Lab makerspace to say hello and thanks for a great August cover...

Read All About It: It’s Halloween!

Alive! reached out to Librarians at our favorite library, Los Angeles Public Library, for their recommendations for awesomely scare Halloween reads and watches. We decided to ask again, and here are fresh...

Library presents end-of-year reading challenge.

The LA Public Library is hosting an end-of-year Reading Challenge for readers of all ages. Track your accomplishments, and you could win a prize from the Library Store!..

Chief Charlie Beck retires after 43 years of City service.

In a ceremony June 27 at Los Angeles Police Headquarters across the street from the Club Store, longtime LAPD Officer, leader and Chief Charlie Beck retired from the department on his 65th birthday.

9-1-1 Operator rides between two centers for funds for dept. picnic.

On July 19, PSR Gabby Cruz hopped on her bike and rode between the two LAPD emergency communications centers … for a good cause.

Cruzing for Good

9-1-1 Operator rides between two centers for funds for dept. picnic. Gabby makes her way to the Valley, monitored by Valley Traffic and Air Support. On July 19, PSR Gabby Cruz hopped on her bike and...