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January 03, 2021

FLOREY'S FLOURISHES: PACIFICA BOOKSTORE ALIVE & WELL DESPITE PANDEMIC

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July 18, 2020

TRUMP'S NIECE SAYS HER UNCLE LIES, CHEATS, AND STEALS

In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric.

Wikipedia

WashPost

Amazon

Guardian

Vanity Fair

McCarthyism

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July 01, 2020

BULWER-LYTTON FICTION CONTEST: REALLY WRETCHED WRITING

winners & losers

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CURBSIDE PICKUP: LIBRARIES & FLOREY'S BOOKS

Florey's Books

Public library

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October 10, 2019

MINDF*CK: Cambridge Analytica & The Plot to Break America

book review

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September 03, 2019

Animal library cards: free zoo passes

press release

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January 06, 2019

No more library fines

press release

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December 23, 2018

STEPHEN JOHNSON: PACIFICA PHOTO BOOK

PRESS RELEASE

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December 03, 2018

PENINSULA LIBRARIES: AUTOMATIC RENEWALS

PRESS RELEASE

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September 15, 2018

HALF MOON BAY: THE NOVEL

NEWS STORY

Kyle Ludowitz, Half Moon Bay Review

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September 05, 2018

BAY AREA TEEN WINS BULWER-LYTTON PRIZE FOR BAD WRITING

NEWS STORY

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August 07, 2018

PACIFICA AUTHOR: THE MARINE AND THE FLOWER CHILD

PRESS RELEASE

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December 23, 2017

STEPHEN JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK: BEAUTIFUL PACIFICA

ORDER ONLINE

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November 07, 2017

FOOD FOR FINES: LIBRARY COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE

Press Release

Donate canned food at the library to cancel your overdue fines.

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October 02, 2017

NEW LIBRARY PROGRAMS

Press Release

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January 25, 2017

"1984" All Over Again: Dystopian Classic Reprint Surges

News Story

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December 08, 2016

Sharp Park Internment Camp: World War II History

Jim Wagner: Local History

(originally posted September 3, 2008)

Photo courtesy of Jim Wagner

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December 07, 2016

The Lookmobile Is Coming

Press Release

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September 13, 2016

Sign Up for Free Library Card

Press Release

NO fines for kids and teens.

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August 30, 2016

Pacifica Prognosis 1969: "Rugged, Rocky Vistas" and 90,000 People

William Chapin's Suburbs of San Francisco, a book published in 1969, predicted that Pacifica would have a population of 90,000 by 1990. Chapin wrote about Pacifica:

•"It has no industry and its local sales are among the lowest in the state."
•"To remedy this, the city manager has stressed efforts to 'provide a little better balance by attracting recreation-oriented businesses to exploit our beautiful beaches and rugged, rocky vistas.'"
•"Citizens' participation in civic affairs and community events is unusually high...Hardly any Council meetings have fewer than 50 to 100 citizens in attendance..."

(Thanks to Bill Collins for sharing this.)

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