Southern California romance bookstores do not want AI for Valentine’s Day – Orange County Register
This essay and interview appear in this week’s The Book Pages newsletter. For more information and book coverage,…
As ‘Dark Winds’ returns, Zahn McClarnon talks new season’s LA storyline – Press Telegram
When the fourth season of the AMC series “Dark Winds” begins, Lt. Joe Leaphorn is weary and getting…
Bestselling Books in California
With reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles…
Personifying 5 UC Berkeley libraries | How To
UC Berkeley’s libraries are the centerpieces of academic life — the spots where generational lock-ins, endless doomscrolls and…
Bestselling Books in California
With reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles…
World premiere at Berkeley Rep confronts race and the Bard
Improbably, by rejecting the poetic ambitions of a young boy and subjecting him as a Black man in…
World premiere at Berkeley Rep confronts race and the Bard
Improbably, by rejecting the poetic ambitions of a young boy and subjecting him as a Black man in…
Oakland Post: Week of January 21 – 27, 2026
By Charlene Muhammad, California Black Media Gnae Dismuke experienced a miscarriage at 11 weeks in 2017 and later…
Jim Butcher says grief and fatherhood impact Dresden Files ‘Twelve Months’ – Orange County Register
Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, an urban fantasy series that has sold more than…
Bestselling Books in California
With reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles…
Remembering Debbie Berne, Oakland book designer and laugher
Deborah (Debbie) Berne died Dec. 24, loved by family and friends, at her Oakland home after a two-year…
Cityside, a ‘champion of local journalism,’ honored with 2026 Cody Award
The founders of Cityside, left to right: Lance Knobel, Tasneem Raja, Frances Dinkelspiel and Tracey Taylor. Credit: Celeste…