| BOOKS By Larry Parsons Deep into three of the best books I've read, I came across a tight description of how someone like me fits into the vast story told by celebrated California historian Kevin Starr. I'm what Starr terms a "native-born boomer," one who was born in the state’s post-World War II surge of population to parents who, too, were native [.]
Around the country, cities and states that have struggled to tame rising housing costs are now trying to wrest control from "not in my backyard" activists.
Suburban homeowners like Susan Kirsch are often blamed for worsening the nation’s housing crisis. That doesn’t mean she’s giving up her two-decade fight against 20 condos.
Gratitude has never been a virtue among those who occasionally descend on California, squeeze it for all it is worth and leave with nary a backward glance