For Right to Read Day 2026, the Magazines & Newspapers Department is taking a look back at the United States’ long history of stifling free speech and the right to read through the banning and censoring of, you guessed it, magazines and newspapers. While it’s important to document this history, it is also important to…
R.I.P. Coach Beam
The greater Oakland community is mourning the loss of John Beam (1959-2025), longtime football coach at Laney College and Skyline High School, who was murdered last week. There's an incredible tribute up at Oaklandside, written by the great Ray Ratto, and a growing memorial at Laney College. At the Main Library we have put up…
R.I.P. Rickey Henderson 1958-2024
The Oakland community lost a hometown hero when baseball legend Rickey Henderson passed away on December 20, 2024. He was 65 years old.
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