Libraries and Collections

Long Beach's defective Main Library on the block for closing in mayor's budget proposal (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

26 Jul 2008

Mayor Bob Foster's proposed budget recommends closing the Main Library and - to offset the loss - expanding hours at the 11 branch locations to their highest levels in years, city officials said Thursday.

Gas prices fall 10 cents this week (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

26 Jul 2008

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline tumbled 9.8 cents in Los Angeles County this week, the largest weekly drop in five consecutive weeks of declining prices, the Automobile Club of Southern California reported today. » Find cheapest gas prices in Long Beach

DRM-Free ITunes for BlackBerry Users (PC World)

26 Jul 2008

BlackBerry users can now easily sync music from iTunes libraries with their smartphones' media players thanks to a new, free piece of software from Research In Motion (RIM), aptly named BlackBerry Media Sync.