Noted science fiction author Ray Bradbury plans to visit Acres of Books tomorrow at 1 p.m., his health permitting.
It’s not for sure, cautions publisher Craig Graham,

It’s on: this morning at 10, Second District Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal and a cast of city folks will ceremonially begin the demolition of four vacant businesses near Acres of Books in the so-called Broadway Block, bounded by Third Street, Broadway, Long Beach Boulevard and Elm Avenue.

Do voters love landlords?
Coming this spring to a voting booth near you: a ballot initiative that would kill rent control in California. It’s basically a retread of the anti-eminent domain initiative that voters rejected last year, but this time it would also nullify rent-control ordinances.
Apparently backers of the initiative feel last year’s effort failed because [...]