San Francisco author Carol Edgarian's new novel charts the struggles of a doubt-ridden but defiantly plucky 15-year-old in a quake- and fire-ravaged city.
Virtual events featuring Black History Month kick off this week with readings and conversations at the Oakland Library and elsewhere around the Bay Area.
Little Free Libraries -- birdhouse-style homes for books that passersby can take from and refill -- have sprouted across the Bay Area in the past year.