Warren St. John - Author Talk: Outcasts United (54:11)

Author of the One Book, One San Diego 2010 selection, Outcasts United. Warren speaks about his award winning book concerning the resilience in the face of extraordinary hardship, the power of one person to make a difference, and the daunting challenge of creating community in a place where people seem to have so little in common.

San Diego's Public Library - The First Carnegie Library in California (04:41)

Between 1883 and 1929, the industrialist-turned-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie funded the construction of 1,689 libraries in the United States. San Diego was the first Carnegie library in California. Since its founding in 1882, the San Diego Public Library had struggled to find adequate funding and a permanent home. Library supporters, however, were not discouraged.

New Central Library (04:56)

Architect Rob Quigley discusses the new downtown library project.