Elmita Brown
Community Library Manager
550 Pier Ave.
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254-3892
Phone: (310) 379-8475

History
The Ocean View School on Monterey Blvd., where the St. Cross Church now stands, housed the first library. In 1907 it became a part of the Los Angeles County Public Library system, occupying a room in the Walker Building on the northwest Corner of Pier and Hermosa Avenues. On August 10, 1962, after forty-five years of growing with the community, the doors of a handsome building at 550 Pier Avenue opened to the public for library service. In March 2000, the library was refurbished with the support of Supervisor Don Knabe, Supervisor Fourth District,Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

Click here to read the full history of Hermosa Beach Library

Collection
The collection contains 58,332 books; 90 magazine and newspaper subscriptions; 5,399 audiocassettes and 6,153 videocassettes. Special collections available are the Leonard Wibberly Collection, a collection of the author's books donated by the Wibberly family; the California Collection, funded by the Hermosa Beach Friends of the Library; the Caldecott and Newbery Award books, funded by the Hermosa Beach Friends of the Library; the Academy Awards Video Collection, films of the major annual awards and the American Film Institute's Top 100 Films.

Services
Services available are basic reference services; reader's advisory service; public access Internet computers, online library catalogs that provide access to both the entire County Library collection and to online reference databases; a microform reader/printer; adult and children's programs and a coin-operated photocopier. The Friends of the Library support many of the children's programs including the Summer Reading Program.

Facilities
Building - 6,400 sq. ft. Single story
Parking - Parking in the Civic Center lot, rear of the library building.

Political Representatives

• U.S. Congressional District: 36th
  Jane Harman
  URL: http://www.house.gov/harman/

• State Senate District: 28th
  Jenny Oropeza
  URL: http://dist28.casen.govoffice.com/

• State Assembly District: 53rd
  Ted Lieu
  URL: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a53/

• Supervisorial District: 4th
  Don Knabe
  URL: http://knabe.com/

Local Links

	Beach Cities Health District URL: http://www.bchd.org/ A public agency dedicated to promoting the health and wellness of all Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach California residents.
	California State University Dominguez Hills URL: http://www.csudh.edu/ This site offers class schedules, admission information, distance learning and other useful information about the California University System.
	City of Hermosa Beach URL: http://www.hermosabch.org/ Information about the City of Hermosa Beach.
	Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce URL: http://www.hbchamber.net/ Information on the local Chamber of Commerce.
	Hermosa Beach Historical Society URL: http://www.hermosabeachhistoricalsociety.org/ Historical Information.