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Mission
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100 Civic Center
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
(949) 830-7100 X4008
Orange
County Public Library
1501 E. St. Andrew Place
Santa Ana, CA. 92705
Phone: (714) 566-3000
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Anaheim California
440 North Loara
Anaheim, CA 92801-5525
Phone: 714-533-2772
Cypress California
4000 Orange Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92804
Phone: 714-821-5382
Garden Grove California
10332 Bolsa Avenue
Westminster, CA 92683
Phone: 714-554-0592
Huntington Beach CA North
5402 Heil Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Phone: 714-846-6628
Huntington Beach California
8702 Atlanta Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92646
Phone: 714-536-4736
Laguna Niguel California
22851 Aliso Creek
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Phone: 949-580-1908
Long Beach California East
4142 Cerritos Avenue
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
Phone: 714-821-6914
Mission Viejo California
27976 Marguerite Parkway
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Phone: 949-364-2742
Orange California
674 S Yorba Street
Orange, CA 92869
Phone: 714-997-7710
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Garden Grove, CA. 92840
Phone: (714) 530-8871
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Garden Grove, CA. 92842
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P.O. Box 1587
Orange, Ca. 92856-1587
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Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: (916) 445-1719
Fax: (800) 858-5553
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