By Donald H. Harrison CARMEL, California – In some parts of the world, particularly Europe, the saint for whom Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo is named is better known than the man nominated for sainthood whose body is buried under the floor next to the altar. But here in California, the reverse

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN LUIS OBISPO, California – In the heart of downtown is an alley that runs between two high brick walls – or, at least, brick are what they once appeared to be.  For generations, students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, abetted by tourists, have been covering the walls each

  By Donald H. Harrison SOLVANG, California  –This famed Danish village in central California made bookseller Kathy Mullins and her late husband, Gary, an aerospace engineer,  feel welcome after a life in which they crisscrossed the country on assignment for Boeing Aircraft. Their business selling books to tourists and to locals grew, and the Mullins, of

  By Donald H. Harrison HOLLYWOOD — We went to Hollywood Boulevard on Saturday, July 23, and had the uncanny feeling that we had never left San Diego– at least not the Convention Center area where Comic-Con is currently holding forth. Similiar to the mega event in San Diego, Hollywood Boulevard offers views of people