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Air quality concerns prompt closure of Tri-Counties library

Air quality concerns due to construction work have temporarily closed Santa Barbara's main library.
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Air quality concerns due to construction work have temporarily closed Santa Barbara's main library.

Santa Barbara's Central Library could be closed until Tuesday.

A construction project has impacted the air quality at a South Coast library, prompting a precautionary total shutdown.

The closure involves Santa Barbara’s Central Library.

Air quality tests are being done to ensure the safety of staff members and the public, but the results won’t be available until next week. The goal is to reopen the library Tuesday.

The library’s Faulkner Gallery is on a separate heater and air conditioning system, so it will remain open. Events scheduled for the popular public space will be able to take place as scheduled.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.