May 11, 2024 - Vol. 2 Issue 22
Video remix of Libraries, Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver | Length: 1 min 37 seconds
As I was finalizing the video I heard very sad news. Sam Rubin, KTLA Morning News legend and their Entertainment reporter, had passed away. He was 64 years old. He started his KTLA career in 1991. I am feeling pretty desolate. We began watching KTLA in 1995. We’ve been watching him for over 30 years. He was such a lovely person. He leaves behind a wife and four kids. Rest in peace, Sam Rubin. We will never forget you.
Credits
Public Domain Music: Battle of the Dragons
Fair Use Video: Libraries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO). May 9, 2024.
Notes
Noah Biesiada. May 9, 2024. Huntington Beach leaders shoot down putting down library outsourcing to ballot. Voice of OC. https://voiceofoc.org/2024/05/huntington-beach-leaders-shoot-down-putting-library-outsourcing-on-the-ballot/
Noah Biesiada. May 7, 2024. Are public librarians gearing up to leave Huntington Beach? Voice of OC. https://voiceofoc.org/2024/05/are-public-librarians-gearing-up-to-leave-huntington-beach/ - this is truly sad - the public resignation of a librarian when no one on City would defend their expertise and the name calling of librarians!
Huntington Beach Ordinance No. 4318. https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12751705&GUID=DD0DD98F-6879-407D-972D-ADCBECAD215A
May 10, 2024. How Huntington Beach’s library became a culture war battleground. LA Times (may be paywalled) https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2024-05-10/huntington-beach-library-book-restrictions-essential-california
March 29, 2024. Nathalie op de Beeck. Proposed Changes to Huntington Beach Public Library Draw Opposition. Publishers Weekly. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/94699-proposed-changes-to-huntington-beach-public-library-draw-opposition.html
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2024-03-28/group-seeks-to-fight-book-censorship-as-huntington-beach-parent-advisory-board-returns-for-final-vote
https://laist.com/brief/news/politics/huntington-beach-restrict-books-sexual-content
https://laist.com/news/politics/huntington-beach-library-sexual-content-review
October 2023. https://www.ocregister.com/2023/10/18/huntington-beach-to-use-community-review-board-to-vet-childrens-books-for-sexual-content/ and
October 2023. Huntington Beach council approves ordinance restricting minors' access to books with sexual content. https://abc7.com/huntington-beach-books-libraries-city-council/13935280/
https://www.reddit.com/r/orangecounty/comments/1aljcek/huntington_beach_moves_books_about_puberty_and/
https://www.reddit.com/r/orangecounty/comments/1co4vf6/huntington_beach_featured_in_the_new_john_oliver/
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/25/california-bans-book-bans-and-textbook-censorship-in-schools/
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-06-14/the-fine-print-of-illinois-ban-on-book-bans
https://www.ocvote.gov/datacentral/dl/current_ror.pdf
Unite Against Book Bans. https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/
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