At the ball of Les Masques, Queen Lily LeBlanc waves her glittering scepter just before her white gown is splashed with a ...

Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire.

As President Trump expands presidential power at an extraordinary pace, we discuss how he pulled that off, where Democrats go from here, and how it all impacts California's wildfire recovery.

The Chateau Marmont Hollywood Handbook —tales of almost a century’s worth of guests are interwoven with reflections on life ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

The Longview Public Library on Cotton Street is forgiving up to $100 fines for anyone who turns in overdue books this week.

The start of the year offers ample chance to dive into a good book. From lighthearted reads ... career in boxing to be a bouncer in the LA bar; and Avery, the eldest, is having an affair with ...

Tribecan Brooke Travis volunteers at the PS 234 library, and she sees how much kids love their books. So when the fires broke out in LA, and homes were reduced to ashes, that image came to mind. So ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County on Thursday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books ... miles that make up all of LA County. LA fires nearly twice ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A thriller, a dystopia, a Gothic novel about a family curse: Genre lovers have options in this week’s recommended books ...