MAMMOTH LAKES
Since the early 1920s, the Long Valley plains east of Yosemite have inspired comparison to a rustic Western paradise an idyllic frontier where sparkling creeks meander through lush pastures, waters teem with feisty trout and sage grouse make ostentatious displays of romance.
Much of this great, green expansiveness, however, owes to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which aggressively purchased land and water rights here more than a century ago. The department’s routine annual deliveries of free surplus water to its tenants have helped sustain ranching operations and habitat for many decades.
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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Photographer Dennis Ariza has put together a photo book on Bodie, the California Ghost Town. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
Bodie focus of exhibit at Solano Town Center
FAIRFIELD When Dennis Ariza visited Bodie Historic State Park for the first time about a decade ago, what he saw was surreal.
“It’s an amazing place,” he said. “The first time I went through, I thought the people had been abducted by aliens.”
There were plates of unfinished food, a general store with items in stock, even unfinished homework – and no human inhabitants.
Ariza, president of the Fairfield-Suisun Visual Arts Association, is the featured artist at the Solano Town Center Gallery. The topic: “The Abandoned Gold Rush Town that is Frozen in Time.”
Biography/Memoir
The biography lover on your list will be very happy to unwrap
âFamily in Six Tonesâ by Lan Cao and Harlan Margeret Van Cao. Itâs a book about a woman who came to the U.S. from Vietnam as a young girl, settled in and became an American success but then struggled to raise an American daughter. Itâs a book about family, legacy, love, and your giftee will adore it. Wrap it up with another story of time and place:
âMiracle Country: A Memoirâ by Kendra Atleework, set in Eastern Sierra Nevada, Minnesota and back.
Is there a giftee on your list whoâs obsessed with celebrity? Then why not wrap up
Looking for some last minute Christmas stocking stuffers? Check out these books
Books make great last-minute stocking-stuffers. Here are a few suggestions for every type of reader, young, old and everything in between. Hint: You can also use this column for some ideas on how to spend those book store gift certificates that you find in your own stocking this year.
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Some family members won t be there. Others are coming, regardless of whatever s going on in the country. Still others are sending their regards and a box of presents, which is something you might do, too. And here s the good news: books are easy to wrap, easy to box, and easy to ship. Why not try one of these great books for that person who can t make it to your table this holiday season?