Breaking new ground, Capitola embarks on library project
(WorldNews Politics)

CAPITOLA — Were history any indication, Friday’s groundbreaking for a new permanent Capitola library branch would be interrupted by the economy, political infighting, disagreements about size and location or some new hurdle. Instead, this week’s ceremony marks what is the first step toward the putting the city library in a brick-and-mortar space of its own. Not since 1981 has the city library been hosted in a permanent space as it was, across from Capitola City Hall since 1953. That early 80s marked the city’s last-gasp effort to self-fund its own library branch after the library system withdrew...