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• L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood with Anne Soon Choi

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    Saturday, November 21, 2026
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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  Please join us on Saturday, November 21st from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. PT as Anne Soon Choi discusses her newest book, L.A. Coroner; Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood with our own, Jennifer K. Morita.

  Anne Soon Choi is a historian and professor of Asian American Studies and university administrator at California State University, Northridge. Choi has previously served on the faculty of Swarthmore College and the University of Kansas. She is an Andrew Mellon Fellow and an American Council of Learned Societies Digital Ethnic Studies Fellow. Choi lives and writes in Los Angeles, California. 

  L.A. Coroner won the Rollins Book Award which recognizes significant contributions to the study of American culture from the Southwest Popular Culture Association in 2026. Also, L.A. Coroner was nominated for the 2026 Anthony Award for Best Critical Nonfiction.

  

  L.A. Coroner is a gripping, first-ever, true crime biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the controversial "Coroner to the Stars" who performed the autopsies of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, Natalie Wood, and hundreds of other notable personalities. Dr. Noguchi, the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles County from 1967 to 1982, was the inspiration for the popular 1970-80s television drama Quincy, M.E. starring Jack Klugman.

  You can purchase Anne's book here.

  You can contact Anne here: annesoonchoi.com

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• Meet The Author with Jessica Beebe and Matt Barrows

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    Tuesday, December 08, 2026
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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  Please join us on Tuesday, December 8th from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. PT as Jessica Beebe and Matt Barrows discuss their newest novel, Muddy The Water, with our own, Myra Jolivet.

  Jessica is an award-winning mother of three demi-adults and a puppy. She has one fantastic husband and they live in Burlingame, CA. In a former life, Jessica worked as a national TV news producer, an editor and a documentarian. She hates germs, loves snorkeling and her happy place is Midcoast Maine in summer. Her brother thinks he’s the funny one, but clearly he’s wrong. 

  Matt has covered the San Francisco 49ers for 23 seasons for both The Athletic and The Sacramento Bee. Before that he spent two years in South Carolina with The Hilton Head Island Packet where he won an award for environmental reporting. Matt is an avid birder, amazing uncle and thinks his older sister is bossy and sends too many early-morning texts.

  

  A popular fishing captain is murdered aboard his own trawler and everyone in Haversport, Massachusetts knows who did it: a young deckhand named Ben Broome. Detective Lillian Grimes knows it, too. But Ben has found the perfect place to hide—in plain sight, as a reporter for the Coastal Packet, a small newspaper on the South Carolina coast.

  You can reach Jessica and Matt at:

  https://www.barrowsbeebebooks.org/.
  

  Instagram @barrowsbeebebooks

  You can purchase Muddy The Water at:

  Amazon.com

  Barns&Noble.com

  Bookshop.org

  You can purchase Muddy The Water audiobook at:

  Audible

  Spotify

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• Fa La La Holiday Party 2026

  • When
    Saturday, December 19, 2026
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Old Spaghetti Factory, 1625 Watt Ave., Sacramento, CA 95864

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  Capitol Crimes Face-to-Face Fa La La Holiday Party 2026

  Lunch, Book Donation, and Merrymaking!

  
  

  Bring your whole self to our in-person holiday celebration!
  

  Show up with your best Festive Apparel: holiday sweater, t-shirt, head adornment or all of the aforementioned.

  Instead of a book exchange this year, we are asking you to bring a new Children's or YA book to be donated to a worthy organization (to be determined soon!). 

  There are three options for lunch. Cost is $35. Registration closes on Monday, December 8th and tickets are non-refundable.

  When you register, you'll choose from three pasta entree items (Sicilian meatball, mushroom, or chicken marsala). The meal will include a salad (balsamic dressing), spumoni, and choice of soft drink or iced tea.

  Saturday, Dec. 19, 2026 • 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

  Old Spaghetti Factory

  1625 Watt Ave.

  Sacramento, CA 95864

  *Please note this is the Watt Ave. location (not the Hazel location).

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