Libraries open on Mondays

Patrons of Los Angeles libraries rejoiced as Monday service was restored - a down payment on plans to open the facilities seven days a week - while a dispute simmered over rehiring laid-off librarians. Daily News.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, several City Council members and other library supporters held a news conference at the Central Library to hail the return of Monday service - a move enabled by overwhelming voter approval of Measure L in March.

"None of us wanted to cut library hours," Villaraigosa said. "This economic tsunami has eviscerated local government, cutting library hours, public safety, the core of public service."