25 BOOKS THAT DEFINE CALIFORNIA

The Golden State’s most influential novels—from East of Eden to The Joy Luck Club to Devil in a Blue Dress.

'THINGS THAT COULD NOT BE AVOIDED'

A crusading detective’s encounter with a charismatic cult figure and his followers in the Oregon forest had a deadly consequence.

THE BATTLE OVER BLACK BEARS

Almost everyone in Lake Tahoe agrees that allowing large predators to eat human food is a bad idea. But there’s little consensus on what to do when these scimitar-clawed creatures start insisting on it. A fatality and an increased number of home invasions and attacks have raised the stakes—just in time for spring, when hibernation ends.

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