LAKE PARK — Have you noticed red birdhouse-like boxes of books sitting outside schools? They are there because of Emily Schachtel, a life coach from Palm Beach Gardens who envisions a world where all ...

Huntington Beach leaders on Tuesday went on the attack against a recent lawsuit that calls for eliminating some of the City Council’s most controversial library policies to restrict access to children ...

VERO BEACH — In August 2024, Alayna Nguyen, a 13-year-old girl faced the sudden and bewildering onset of severe tics, marking the beginning of a challenging odyssey through various medical ...

There were 10,000 instances of book bans at public schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to PEN America. In 2024, 5,813 titles were challenged in public libraries and schools nationwide, says ...

Concerned Huntington Beach residents delivered more than 19,300 signatures against a controversial parent/guardian children’s book review board to City Hall on Monday. The volunteers gathered at a ...

Huntington Beach can’t restrict minors from accessing books with sexual content in the city’s libraries, an Orange County judge said in a tentative ruling Friday, Sept. 5. The decision stemmed from a ...

Beach balls, inflatable palm trees and Millie the Dolphin — the mascot for Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital in Long Beach — were ready to welcome dozens of children for the hospital’s annual ...