IN THE PRESS

30 July 2011 The Bay Citizen
Oakland Library Stays Open Late to Fight Weekend Homicides

8 July 2011 The Mercury News
Palo Alto Downtown Library opens a new chapter

July 2011 Scotts Valley Times
Success! Scotts Valley Opens a Splendid New Library

21 June 2011 Press Banner
A library for the ages

19 June 2011 Santa Cruz Sentinel
Library opening attracts big crowd

18 June 2011 Santa Cruz Sentinel
SV library to open today: Community to dedicate branch 21 years in the making

9 March 2011 The Architect's Newspaper
Big Facebook Charrette

8 March 2011 The Almanac
Design teams imagine a different Menlo Park

8 March 2011 Fast Company
Hoping to win over a town, Facebook holds urban planning "hack-a-thon"

6 March 2011 Mercury News
Volunteers dream up ways to change Menlo Park neighborhood as Facebook prepares to move in

31 January 2011 Oakland Living
81st Avenue Library - a municipal success worth celebrating

30 January 2011 Oakland Tribune
East Oakland library debuts

27 January 2011 Oakland North
The new 81st Avenue Library opens its doors Saturday

26 January 2011 Inside Bay Area
East Oakland home to first new library branch since 2004

16 December 2010 KQED Radio
New Branch Library Opening in East Oakland (skip to 0:40)

15 December 2010 The Oakland Tribune
Students get first look at new East Oakland Library

29 October 2010 The Sacramento Bee

17 July 2010 The Mercury News
Hundreds show up for the opening of the Walnut Creek Library

17 July 2010 SFGate.com
Shhh! New library opening in Walnut Creek

16 June 2010 The Contra Costa Times
Walnut Creek Library comes in under budget

09 June 2010 The Contra Costa Times
Walnut Creek Library is a green achievement

07 June 2010 The Walnut Creek Patch
Inside Look at the New Walnut Creek Library

01 June 2010 The Walnut Creek Patch
Patch Primer: The New Downtown Library is Coming Soon, and It's Been A Long, Interesting Journey

28 October 2009 The Record
A new chapter for SJ County libraries

06 August 2009 Santa Cruz Sentinel
Scotts Valley names first choice for library architect

13 March 2009 Palo Alto Online
The 'library of the future' begins to emerge

14 January 2009 Milpitas Post
Milpitas Library Grand Opening Draws 8,000

06 December 2008 Sacramento Bee
New Elk Grove Library opens today

30 May 2008 Inside Bay Area
Officials break ground on new East Oakland library

17 April 2008 Western City Magazine
San Rafael's Pickleweed Park Community Center and Library Offer Diverse Services

Mar/Apr 2008 In a Nutshell
City set to break ground on new downtown library this spring

22 February 2008 Contra Costa Times
Walnut Creek Library demolition set for Tuesday
See video of the demolition at the Contra Costa Times website and at the Walnut Creek Library Foundation website

Jan/Feb 2008 In a Nutshell
Venerable library turns its final page

16 February 2008 San Francisco Chronicle
Ingleside is getting a library building

03 December 2007 East Bay Business Times
Walnut Creek soon to begin next chapter in library development

26 November 2007 San Jose Mercury News
The valley's top modern architecture

25 October 2007 Contra Costa Times
Old library makes way for a new one

01 October 2007 Palo Alto Daily News
Council eyeing new library design

06 September 2006 Marin Independent Journal
League of California Cities Fetes San Rafael

28 August 2007 Palo Alto Daily News
City boards back library proposals; Designs of new buildings praised

17 July 2007 Contra Costa Times
Artwork for new Walnut Creek Library OK'd

06 June 2007 Contra Costa Times
Lesher Foundation gives $1 million for new Walnut Creek Library

15 December 2006 The Reporter (Vacaville)
New library stacks up as Cordelia bonanza

04 December 2006 Oakland Tribune
Library, pools get fun flowing in the Manor

03 December 2006 Oakland Tribune
New Washington Manor facilities open

02 July 2006 Marin Independent Journal
Pickleweed enjoys new relevance