These novels, short story collections, essay books and cultural histories span California’s past and present.
“The book unfolds in a tightknit community in Northern California over the course of four seasons, in the late 1970s.
As I read it, I grew colder and colder, until I found myself curled up under a blanket on a sunny day, icy and anxious.
“These are not new stories, of course — the brief window of early-1970s creative filmmaking, the Laurel Canyon music scene, the golden era of television.
“As always, quiet and civility must be observed when driving or walking through a residential enclave, and a good GPS will help to navigate the ins and outs and the switchbacks in between.
Comet Leonard, which was first discovered in January, has quite likely spent the past 35,000 years traveling toward the sun, CNN reports.
Between now and Christmastime, peer at the sky just after the sun sets and look for an object resembling a fuzzy star.