From the Oakland Tribune:
When Emanuel Robinson, a sixth-grader at West Oakland Community School, needed to write a report on Tefnut, the Egyptian goddess of dew, rains and mist, he headed to his local library on Adeline Street.
But under one controversial plan to trim at least $17 million from this year\’s city budget, Robinson\’s West Oakland library branch and six others throughout the city, including Temescal, Brookfield, Melrose, Elmhurst, Martin Luther King and Lakeview, would be closed. The savings reach $2.1 million when combined with other cuts in service, materials and staff.
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