• @sbsun

    This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

    See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade paperbacks for the sales week that ended April 21.

  • This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

    See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade paperbacks for the sales week that ended April 21.

  • This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

    See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade paperbacks for the sales week that ended April 21.

    • WRIC

    How to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day in Richmond

    Independent Bookstore Day is nearly here! On Saturday, April 27, book lovers will celebrate their local independently owned bookstores with an exciting scavenger hunt.

  • Celebrate independent bookstore day April 27

    Three Charleston bookstores will participate in this year’s Independent Bookstore Day, which takes place at indie bookstores across the nation on the last Saturday in April, an effort to bring together readers and authors to celebrate and uplift independent bookstores. At Itinerant Literate Books in North Charleston, this day boasts its biggest event of the […]

  • The week’s bestselling books, April 28

    1. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 2. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press: $30) An intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided. 3. Table for Two by Amor Towles (Viking: $32) A collection of stories from the author of "The Lincoln Highway." 4. The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron Books: $30) A magic-infused novel set in the Spanish Golden Age. 5. The...

  • The week’s bestselling books, April 21

    1. Table for Two by Amor Towles (Viking: $32) A collection of stories from the author of "The Lincoln Highway." 2. The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron Books: $30) A magic-infused novel set in the Spanish Golden Age. 3. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press: $30) An intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided. 4. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 5. North...

  • Steelhead trout, once thriving in Southern California, are declared endangered

    Southern California’s rivers and creeks once teemed with large, silvery fish that arrived from the ocean and swam upstream to spawn. But today, these fish are seldom seen. Southern California steelhead trout have been pushed to the brink of extinction as their river habitats have been altered by development and fragmented by barriers and dams. Their numbers have been declining for decades, and last week California’s Fish and Game Commission voted to list Southern California steelhead trout as...

    • KTLA

    Authorities searching for survivors after plane crash in Southern California

    Authorities are searching for survivors after a plane crash in San Bernardino County Saturday night. Preliminary information from the FAA indicates the aircraft, a twin-engine Gulfstream AC95

  • Small earthquake shakes Southern California desert during Coachella

    A small earthquake has shaken the Southern California desert near where the Coachella music festival is being held this weekend

  • April showers continue across Southern California this weekend

    A chilly spring storm system moving into Southern California on Saturday was expected to bring drizzles by 3 p.m. followed by a quarter to half an inch of rain through Sunday. "The latest storm total is looking to be around one quarter inch up to 1 1/2 [inches] for mountain areas," said meteorologist Rose Schoenfeld, of the National Weather Service Oxnard station. Snow was forecast for the mountains above 6,000 feet, with up to 10 inches falling on the highest peaks and a dusting of up to an...

  • WATCH: Massive fire breaks out on historic Southern California pier

    A massive fire broke out at a vacant restaurant at the end of the Oceanside Pier in North County San Diego on Thursday afternoon, the Oceanside Fire Department confirmed.  The nearly 2,000-foot-long wooden pier was built in 1888, and is a focal point of the beachside Southern California city not far from Camp Pendleton.  "The Oceanside Fire Department is currently engaged in fighting a fire on the Oceanside Pier," the department wrote on social media Thursday. "We are asking all citizens to...