Two mothers, their teenagers and the sperm donor who turns up for dinner.
Keanu Reeves undercover with surfing bank robbers in president masks; Bigelow's action classic.
Two friends on a wine tour of Santa Barbara; the film that hurt Merlot sales.
Birds attack Bodega Bay for no reason; the school playground scene.
Benjamin, Mrs Robinson and the bus at the end, to Simon and Garfunkel.
Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes and the blood test that never worked; Carreyrou's reporting.
Isaacson's authorised biography from forty interviews; the reality distortion field.
Cheryl Strayed walks 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail after her mother's death.
George and Lennie and the farm they will never have; a hundred pages every school reads.
Cain and Abel in the Salinas Valley across two generations; Steinbeck's own favourite.
Oedipa Maas and a secret postal system; Pynchon in 150 pages.
The Joads drive from the Dust Bowl to California; Steinbeck's angriest and best.
A salesman-detective in a 1979 motel, the DS held like a book; Cing's noir.
Balboa Park, the zoo, La Jolla sea lions and the best year-round weather in the country.
The heart of America's wine country: 400 wineries, the Wine Train and hot-air balloons at dawn.
Explore hydrothermal vents, lava domes, lakes, and volcanic peaks in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Hike volcanic spires, talus caves, and condor habitat in Pinnacles National Park.
Explore Joshua tree forests, desert boulders, rugged mountains, and stargazing in Joshua Tree National Park.
Experience salt flats, dunes, canyons, mountains, and extreme desert landscapes in Death Valley National Park.
Visit remote California islands with sea caves, kelp forests, wildlife, and rugged coastlines.
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