Down and out, but online at the library

George Bocanegra came to the library to read “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Library patron Jeri Emmett Laird holds a poster showing her that was shot in 1964 on the Universal back lot. She also wrote episodes of “The Fugitive.”   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)