NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach library enters the...

NEWPORT BEACH

Newport Beach library enters the iPod world

The city’s library is going high-tech: It will begin offering

audio books on iPods, making it one of a very few in the country to

do so.

“I just thought it was really intriguing,” said Genesis Hansen, a

reference librarian for the Newport Beach Public Library.

A Long Island library’s “program has been really, really

successful, so we’re really excited about this.”

The 15 iPods will be available for check out beginning July 6.

* Mayor Steve Bromberg took to the dais a final time Tuesday and

ended up having to adjourn his last City Council meeting early

because of a short-lived tsunami warning. A longtime attorney,

Bromberg officially stepped down from his city role Friday to take a

judgeship in the Orange County Superior Court. He’ll be sworn in as a

judge this Friday.