Category Non-fiction
We often walk forest trails in the Truckee area, but this last spring, we decided to try something different, ambling about Lake Tahoe, a place we haven’t visited in a long while. Accordingly, we set out for the Stateline Fire… Continue Reading →
Driving Interstate 5 through the Central Valley can be a bleak experience, especially during late summer. When I took the trip one day last August, the eastern slope of the Diablo Range hills wore the depressing brown of worn out… Continue Reading →
In late July 2021, the fast-moving Dixie fire scorched the California Gold Rush settlement of Rich Bar, approximately 120 miles northeast of Sacramento. The fire ultimately consumed almost one million acres, mostly in Plumas National Forest, earning the rather shameful… Continue Reading →
It’s a story that’s vaguely familiar to many San Joseans: on November 9, 1933, the young heir to Hart’s Department Store, Brooke Hart, was kidnapped by local oil company salesman Jack Holmes and his unemployed accomplice Harold Thurmond. Hart, a… Continue Reading →
If you ever travel Highway 395 beneath the rugged eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada, sooner or later you’ll likely drive through the little town of Independence, California. The town doesn’t seem like much, but the surrounding view is stunning,… Continue Reading →
