San Francisco s internationally recognized cable cars are the symbol of the individual character of a great city. The California Street cable car line is one of only three remaining lines in the city. The California Street Railway, or Cal Cable, was developed and opened by Leland Stanford, one of the builders of the transcontinental railroad and later founder of Stanford University. Indeed, the iconic line, intimately connected with some of the West s pioneer businessmen, was sold, expanded, and reached its peak mileage just after 1890, only to be destroyed in the great earthquake and fire of...

A man can't stop digging holes in the ground and doesn't know why-until at last he comes face to face with deadly secrets. Jim Lassiter is an intelligent guy who makes his living writing software, but he becomes obsessed with digging, and he just keeps on digging It's insane. Or maybe not. Something traumatic happened to him nine years earlier. He can't remember what. So he keeps digging until he finds the truth. Then he's in real trouble. He could use some help. Grab a shovel

Mitch Souder is a black science teacher serving a 25-year term for the murder of a white high school girl. He maintains his innocence and refuses to show remorse for a crime he insists he didn't commit. Ten years into his sentence at the age of thirty-eight, Souder learns that his prison has to close because it's a health hazard. Over several months, inmates are moved to other facilities, but Souder remains. When almost all the cells are empty, the warden tells Souder his fate is different. He becomes the last prisoner. After thinking his appeals and protests have gone nowhere, Souder gets a...