Elizabeth Casillas

1 week ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas

AltaWith reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles at independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending May 4, 2025. We would be remiss not to highlight this week’s standout: James by Percival Everett, the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction. This bold novel reimagines Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through the eyes of Jim.

2 weeks ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas

AltaWith reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles at independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending April 27, 2025. Check out two standout nonfiction titles this week. First is Notes To John by Joan Didion, a posthumous release of Joan Didion's therapy notes to her husband.

2 weeks ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas |Maisie Hurwitz

BooksNew Releases for MayNew Releases for MayHere are 14 books by authors on and of the West, including So Many Stars, The Words of Dr. L, and The Last Great Dream. 1AMERICAN GIRL, AMERICAN DREAMS: MY LIFE WITH TOM PETTY, BY JANE PETTY WITH PAMELA DES BARRESDey Street BooksIn the 1960s, two teenagers from tragic, broken homes met in Gainesville, Florida, and fell in love, inspiring some of America’s most iconic songs about young romance and perseverance.

3 weeks ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas

What do Mecca, Golden Days, and The Sellout have in common, aside from being essential California reads? (Spoiler: It’s the Chavez Ravine.) Thanks to Bibliotrek, an interactive database that uses artificial intelligence, we can now see how they intersect on a map—including selections from Alta Journal’s Issue 31 cover package, 25 Books That Define California. Steve Coast has brought that list to life with his work on Bibliotrek.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Elizabeth Casillas

3 hours agoUS, Bakersfield: Bakersfield Crash Involving Pickup And SUV Leaves 2 InjuredBakersfield, United States - April 24, 2025 04/24/2025 10:24 pm (GMT-0700) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Emergency responders from the Kern County Fire Department, Kern County Sheriff's Department, Hall Ambulance and California Highway Patrol were dispatched to the scene of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Rosedale Highway and Enger Street.