The Public Library" looks at the history and contemporary fuctions of the public library system in American society.

San Francisco was spared during the first wave of influenza in the spring of 1918. As the second wave took its toll on eastern cities in September, San Franciscans theoretically had plenty of time ...

San Francisco - Earthquake & fire, 1906 "Ruins on Kearney St. near Post Office". Library of Congress. At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, San Francisco residents were awakened by a 40-second tremor that ...

Libraries are under assault. Those who would censor what children or even adults read demand book banning. Reactionaries have stormed drag queen storytelling events, trying to stop them, including an ...

The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired on the local PBS channel just six hours ...

President Trump may have gotten his half-brained idea to reopen and expand the infamous Alcatraz prison from a PBS documentary that aired on WLRN this past weekend. “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ! For ...