ALT Graphic with image of a long, dark haired woman looking at a wall of paper notes and grasping one in her right hand. In green font in the top left corner text reads "National Arts & Humanities Month" with the "o" in "month" replaced with a gold flower burst. In the lower middle in green and pea green spray paint like font the text reads "Common Ground" and a larger gold flower burst to the right. Under the words is a purple line flourish and then a blue font sentence "Arts, Humanities & the stories we share October 2026" Logos of CA for the Arts, The CA State Library, California Humanities and the CA Arts Council are in the bottom right corner. A two tone background of dark teal with purple edging starts in the bottom left corner and finishes in the middle where the image of the woman starts.

ALT One corner of the Gillis Hall reading room at the state library, with 4 leather reading chairs around a round table, bookshelves against the walls and murals above the bookshelves. Below the picture on a crinkled paper background are the words "Join our Team! The California State Library is hiring and we would love to meet you! check the caption for details" and ends with the CSL logo.

ALT Three vibrantly-colored posters on foamcore standing on a table. The posters depict outer space scenes. Their titles are Gamma Ray Ghouls, Galactic Graveyard, and Devoured by Gravity. A sign in front of them reads, “Enter to win this NASA Galaxy of Horrors print set!”

ALT A curled hand has a small ceramic worm balanced on their middle finger and held by their pointer finger. the worm has a face painted on with wide eyes and a smile, with 2 pink dots for cheeks. It's in front of the 914 Capitol Mall library building, with Beaux Arts columns and statues, in gray.

ALT Marketing with a medium beige background with brown font. Top in brown word box reads: Free public event" followed by font with no word box reading: Sacramento Archives Crawl Saturday October 17, 2026 10 AM to 4 PM. underneath the center images the text continues: "tour among four host archives, gather stamps in your passport, view treasures from dozens of archives and special collection libraries, visit with archivists, win prizes and go on special behind-the-scenes tours!" in a word box at center bottom "www.sacramentoarchivescrawl.Com" with a QR code to the right and crawl logo to the left. images are cut out of people in old photographs, a band, a mother and child, a woman, a boy holding a trophy, a group of 5 adults, two children, 3 three children in costume and one man.

ALT graphic with one side gold and the other an image of someone's legs in white pants with silver and red cane in the foreground, going over the bumpy part of the sidewalk at a crossing. the gold portion has blue and black text reading "October 15th White Cane Day celebrates the independence and freedom this tool represents for those who are blind or visually impaired." BTBL's blue and white braille logo is in the top left.

ALT Page 1 of 2 of Press release, with CA State Library logo and HomeworkCA logo in the header. title: Free Online Tutoring for California Students Through Their Public Libraries Byline: Easy access, anywhere to live, 24/7 online tutoring (external link) and homework help in over 250 K-12 subjects. For Immediate Release October 15, 2026 Contact Jeff Barbosa [email protected]

ALT Page 2 of 2 of HomeworkCA press release, with end release text about the State Library and about Tutor.com

ALT Front page of the January 1968 issue of The Folsom Observer, featuring the headline “Johnny Cash Show Smash Hit!” and photographs of community events.

ALT Front cover of a 1915 issue of The Bulletin Monthly Journal, a San Quentin publication, featuring a black and white photo of Governor Hiram W. Johnson on the front, featuring the tagline “A Journal With A Mission”.

ALT Front page of the 1927 issue of The Wall City News, a San Quentin prison newspaper, featuring the headline “Ready to Go” and an illustration of a prison wall.

ALT Page 1 of 2 of press release with State logo in header and title "Fifteen Sustainable California Libraries to Host Climate-focused Projects in 2026-2027 Cohort" with info: For Immediate Release Oct. 14, 2026 Contact Jeff Barbosa [email protected]

ALT Page 2 of 2 of press release listing cohort libraries and end of release text.

ALT Butterflies and California Monarch & Pollinator Collaborative Logo with program description: Western monarch butterflies have declined precipitously over the past thirty years, with numbers reaching all-time lows in the past five years. To help conserve this iconic species, partners from thirteen state and federal agencies came together to form the California Multi-Agency Monarch and Pollinator Collaborative, a working group dedicated to catalyzing on-the-ground monarch conservation and research. In this presentation, representatives from the partner agencies discuss their new report “Conservation Priorities for Western Monarchs in California,” highlighting actions they are taking as well as those the public can engage in.

ALT Screenshot of the "California Legislative Results by Member Interactive" displaying a bar chart of members with the highest percentage of vetoed bills, a list of vetoed bills and breakdowns by party.

ALT first slide of a three part slide: beige background with four emojis in a column: happy face with buck teeth and glasses, bear face, dog face and a red heart. Text in black to the left reads "pick an emoji and follow the line to find out what part of the CA State Library you are!" and the library's starburst logo is in the bottom left. the start of the lines behind each emoji are green from the happy face, gold from the bear, blue from the dog and white from the heart.

ALT third of three slides with round images in a column. green line ending in an image of the Gillis Hall reading room with leather chairs, a rug and bookshelves. gold line ending in the gold toned painted version of the CA state seal with the bear eating grapes. white line ending in the outside facade of the 914 Capitol Mall beaux arts library building. and blue line ending with browser the silver and gold robot dog sitting in a hallway.