This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores – Daily News
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended May 10 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers…
Highland Park’s North Figueroa Bookshop teams up with Homeboy Art Academy – San Gabriel Valley Tribune
At the North Figueroa Bookshop in Highland Park, some of the most interesting stories aren’t on the shelves.…
Bay Area novelist explores new threats to America’s suburban bliss
Ever since the mid-20th century, novels, movies and TV series have explored our fascination with the secretly troubled…
Highland Park’s North Figueroa Bookshop teams up with Homeboy Art Institute – Daily News
At the North Figueroa Bookshop in Highland Park, some of the most interesting stories aren’t on the shelves.…
Berkeley-born Gyo Fujikawa was among first picture book authors to draw kids of multiple races
Gyo Fujikawa, age 3, rides a tricycle in October 1912. The artist and author was born in Berkeley…
Oakland Post: Week of May 6 – 12, 2026
By Joe Kocurek, California Black Media Seville Christian arrived in San Francisco in the 1990s from Kansas City,…
Comic Con Oakland returns to East Bay with lineup of comic book talent
Get ready to party, East Bay comic book fans, because Oakland is set to welcome its first comic…
‘Horny on main’: Peep inside San Francisco’s first romance-novel bookstore
Veena Patel, owner of San Francisco’s first and only romance bookstore, The Love Potion Library, in the Castro.…
Smog, Lies and Pineapples: How LA Cleaned up Its Air and What’s Left to Do
As a child growing up in Southern California, Ann Carlson remembers mountains obscured by haze and yellowish brown…
Lena Dunham takes the stage from a bed in San Francisco. Here’s why
Lena Dunham’s details could fill whole novels. When the filmmaker, showrunner and author trains her eye on something,…
S.F. to kick off nationwide Allen Ginsberg centennial celebration
American poet Allen Ginsberg poses in a bookstore on June 2, 1959. Joe Rosenthal/S.F. Chronicle Since the moment…
Comic Con Oakland returns to East Bay with lineup of comic book talent
Get ready to party, East Bay comic book fans, because Oakland is set to welcome its first comic…