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What We're Reading: Fine-Free Libraries, a New California Park and More
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. Read on In the fall of 2021, all three of New York City’s library systems abolished late fees. Two and a half years later, according to a story that
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First new California state park in a decade gets opening date
California's newest state park, located 80 miles east of San Francisco, has an opening date. After a decade of planning and $40 million in funding, Dos Rios State Park in the San Joaquin Valley will open to the public on June 12, Gov. Gavin Newsom and California State Parks announced Monday. The 1,600-acre property, nestled between the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers, around eight miles from Modesto, is the largest public-private floodplain restoration project in the state. It's also the first...
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What to know about California's new state park, a scenic green space where two rivers meet
On June 12, California will open its first new state park in nearly a decade, setting aside 1,600 acres near the confluence of the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers in the San Joaquin Valley. The park will give visitors a glimpse of what the valley's waterways were like before the arrival of agriculture, but it will be a while before the site offers many activities. Or has a name. The site is known as Dos Rios, but state officials have yet to officially name it. It sits eight miles west of...