Bookstore changes hands, voter poll favors billionaire tax

KAZU | By Erin Malsbury

Published March 23, 2026 at 2:00 AM PDT

A bookstore in the Capitola mall has displays of books in its window. — The Friends of the Capitola Branch Library ran the bookstore for eight years to fund projects like installing solar panels on the Capitola library.

In today's newscast, the Friends of the Capitola Branch Library bookstore will close its doors on March 31, but the space will remain a bookstore under local the nonprofit Grey Bears.

Plus, California voters polled slightly in favor of a proposed billionaires' net worth tax and more evenly split on a proposed voter ID requirement.

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Erin Malsbury

Erin is an award-winning journalist and photographer. She's written for local and national outlets, including the Smithsonian and Science Magazine. She has a master's degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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