Contributor: From the Palisades to Palos Verdes, L.A.’s altered landscapes challenge memory itself

New imaging from NASA provides a better understanding of the slow, mysterious Palos Verdes landslide. It shows the direction of the earthy movement — west, toward the coast — as well as the velocity, as much as 4 inches per week. The analysis confirms what those of us who grew up on the superficially quiet … Read more

Joan Didion was famously reserved. But she openly adored John Wayne and Old Hollywood

On the Shelf We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine By Alissa WilkinsonLiveright: 272 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. If Joan Didion had an overarching preoccupation as a journalist and novelist, it was to find … Read more