The Huntington Beach Central Library turns 50 this year, and it’s clear it will continue to be a topic of discussion among Surf City residents as they settle into 2025. Two library petitions — one ...

Huntington Beach residents across political lines united to defeat city council efforts to restrict library books and ...

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Huntington Beach is exploring the possibility of outsourcing the management of its public library system. Results of a survey of 400 residents found that 67% of them oppose the move. Survey results: ...

The Huntington Beach Library System’s policy of making certain library materials, including sexual content, inaccessible to underaged patrons without parental consent is unlawful, an Orange County ...

Volunteers have been gathering petition signatures of Huntington Beach residents for months on two issues related to the public library. Now, the matter is quite literally out of their hands. Boxes of ...

A group of Huntington Beach residents known as "Protect HB" said they've gathered enough valid signatures to try repealing a new ordinance that could impact which books are put on public library ...

Last year, the virtual book club at the Huntington Beach Public Library voted to read and discuss the humorous novel The Guncle during its May 2025 meeting. The book, published in 2021, is about a gay ...