Mission residents ready to hit the books gained a few more options last week as another handful of public library branches reopened to full service. But, for now, all the options involve a bit of a ...

Few places in the Mission are so quiet that you can hear a page turn, the gentle thump of a book set on the table or the clink of plastic CD cases as somebody sorts through the collection. It’s so ...

Sometimes a library is more than a library. The recent opening of the Mission Branch Library marks what many hope is a new chapter for a prominent 26-acre parcel on the city's South Side. “We're ...

Plans to temporarily close and renovate the Mission District’s Public Library Branch for up to two years have left some patrons in an increasingly gentrifying neighborhood worried that they will lose ...