Sacramento, California – New signs are beginning to appear at 1124 Del Paso Blvd., offering a visible reminder of what is slowly taking shape inside one of North Sacramento’s better-known buildings.
The future North Sacramento-Hagginwood Library is still under construction, and officials have made clear there is more work ahead before the former Sacramento News & Review building is ready to welcome readers, families and neighborhood groups. But the project is moving forward, turning a once-familiar newsroom site into a much larger public space for the community.
The City of Sacramento purchased the building in 2021 with the goal of making it the new home of the North Sacramento-Hagginwood Library. Construction crews broke ground in November 2025, beginning the process of retrofitting the 19,000-square-foot property into a modern library branch.
When complete, the new location will replace the current 4,000-square-foot branch at 2109 Del Paso Blvd. The move will give the library more than four times its current space, allowing it to expand from a small neighborhood branch into a broader community hub.
That added room matters. Plans for the new library include a larger reading area, a dedicated children’s space, a separate area for teens, a large community meeting room, two study rooms, a makerspace and a Library of Things collection. The expanded building is also expected to allow the branch to provide fuller library services than the current site can support.
For residents, the project represents more than a change of address. It brings new life to a building that once housed the Sacramento News & Review and places a larger civic resource along Del Paso Boulevard, where libraries, schools, families and local groups often serve as anchors for neighborhood life.
The project is supported by a $7.2 million Building Forward Infrastructure grant from the California State Library, funding aimed at helping communities improve and modernize library facilities.
While the new signs mark progress, officials say the transformation is far from finished. The work ahead will continue inside and around the building as the former office space is reshaped into a library designed for children, teens, readers, makers, students and neighbors looking for a place to gather.
For now, the signs at 1124 Del Paso Blvd. offer a promise: the North Sacramento-Hagginwood Library is getting a new home, and it will be much bigger than the one it leaves behind.