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Ryan doesn’t like wolves. Or that’s what I’d assumed, since he’s a hunter. Hunters love their prey. They can watch it, still as a tree — no, more still — without a tremble in the wind. Silently observing. Naturally, they bristle at their prey's other predators. So I was surprised he wanted to read “Once There Were Wolves.” “Are you sure?” This was a book we were to read together en route to LaMar Valley in Yellowstone. “It’s about wolves.” “Yep.” “Reintroducing wolves.” “I kn

I grew up between the San Gabriel Mountains, the Mojave Desert, and the ocean — where every horizon feels like a story. California’s history is as layered as its landscape. These seven books offer different ways to see this place: its land, its people, and the lives shaped by both. We Are the Land — Damon B. Akins & William J. Bauer Jr. The story of California began before statehood. This book reframes the land through Indigenous eyes — a living history told by Native scholar