Public Library to Help SF Adults Earn Online HS Diplomas

Public Library to Help SF Adults Earn Online HS Diplomas

The San Francisco Public Library announced Thursday plans to launch an online high school diploma program beginning in August that aims to help some of…

Deaf Services Centers’ Hours of Operation Expanded at Main SF Library Branch

Deaf Services Centers’ Hours of Operation Expanded at Main SF Library Branch

Library officials have expanded the operating hours starting this weekend at a center in the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library that serves…

Public Library to Unveil New Name of Bayview Branch

Public Library to Unveil New Name of Bayview Branch

San Francisco Public Library officials and residents of San Francisco will celebrate the renaming of the Bayview Branch of the city’s library system today, library…

Youth Produce Rap Video to Share Importance of SF’s Sewer System

Youth Produce Rap Video to Share Importance of SF’s Sewer System

Youth interns with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission helped produce a rap video highlighting the importance of the city’s sewer system and the ongoing…

SFPL Doubles Amount Of Time Allowed For Computer Reservations

SFPL Doubles Amount Of Time Allowed For Computer Reservations

The San Francisco Public Library system announced Friday an increase in the amount of time users can reserve for Internet-enabled computers. As of September 5,…

Plumbing Issue Closes Main Library Early Wednesday Night

Plumbing Issue Closes Main Library Early Wednesday Night

A major plumbing problem that closed the San Francisco Public Library’s main branch early today has been resolved and the library will reopen as scheduled…

As New North Beach Library Opens, Lawsuit Challenging Its Construction Is Rejected

As New North Beach Library Opens, Lawsuit Challenging Its Construction Is Rejected

Three days after a gala ribbon-cutting ceremony at the $14.5 million new North Beach Branch Library in San Francisco, a state appeals court rejected a…

Conflicting Suspect Descriptions Lead To Not Guilty Verdict In Library Attack

Conflicting Suspect Descriptions Lead To Not Guilty Verdict In Library Attack

A man accused of hitting a library patron with a chair in San Francisco’s main library last year was found not guilty of the crime,…

Rejoice! The San Francisco Public Library Is Offering Some New Library Card Designs (And They’re Pretty Adorable)

Rejoice! The San Francisco Public Library Is Offering Some New Library Card Designs (And They’re Pretty Adorable)

Remember back in 2008 when SFPL tried to make it cool to carry a library card? Well, those book lovers are at it again, with…

Removal Of Main Library Periodicals Draws Fire From SFPL Gadfly

Removal Of Main Library Periodicals Draws Fire From SFPL Gadfly

A San Francisco Public Library effort to chip away at The City’s English literacy rate—as 47 percent of adult residents, or 296,000 people, read at…

SF Public Library’s Alleged Peeing Vandal Is On The Run (And Carries More Cash Than You)

SF Public Library’s Alleged Peeing Vandal Is On The Run (And Carries More Cash Than You)

Don’t tinkle on his parade. An alleged repeeing-offender accused of causing $3030.79 in damage to San Francisco Public Library books is now a wanted fugitive,…

SF Library User And Alleged Drug Website Magnate Reportedly Talked “Integrity” While Ordering Hit

SF Library User And Alleged Drug Website Magnate Reportedly Talked “Integrity” While Ordering Hit

A man who was arrested at the Glen Park library in San Francisco on Tuesday on charges of running a billion-dollar online drug market is…

Glen Park Librarians Stunned As FBI Swarms Sci-Fi Section To Nab Alleged Head Of Billion Dollar Drug Website

Glen Park Librarians Stunned As FBI Swarms Sci-Fi Section To Nab Alleged Head Of Billion Dollar Drug Website

A man accused of running a billion-dollar illegal drug sales website was brought before a federal magistrate in San Francisco today following his arrest in…

Man Bashed In Head During Unprovoked Main Library Attack

Man Bashed In Head During Unprovoked Main Library Attack

A man was arrested after allegedly hitting another man with a chair as he sat at a computer terminal at the San Francisco Main Library…

Commission Approves Plan To Change Hours Across SF Library System

Commission Approves Plan To Change Hours Across SF Library System

The San Francisco Public Library Commission voted unanimously on Thursday evening to change library hours at 18 branches and at the main library. Five of…

Handwritten Letter Details Child's Experiences Of 1906 Earthquake

Handwritten Letter Details Child's Experiences Of 1906 Earthquake

The San Francisco Public Library’s San Francisco History Center got a really remarkable donation this week — a handwritten letter from a San Francisco child…