FILE - Local artist Dell Linney's tribute to how books inspire the imagination mural at the entrance of the Ukiah Branch Library in Ukiah, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. The Ukiah Branch Library is part of the Mendocino County library system. (Megan Wolf via Bay City News)

SACRAMENTO, CA., 4/4/25 – The California State Library said its federal funding has been terminated. 

State library officials said they were notified by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services that effective Tuesday, 2024-25 federal grant money from the Library Services and Technology Act approved by Congress has been shut down. 

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Tony Hicks covers Contra Costa County news and leads our Library Hub team. He previously worked for Bay Area News Group for 22 years as an award-winning news and feature writer, columnist, and music and...