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‘Different Than What You Expect From a Los Angeles Golf Course’

Collin Morikawa, the winner of two major titles and one of the few pros with much experience at Los Angeles Country Club, guides The Times through the host of this year’s U.S. Open.

By Alan Blinder and Meg Oliphant

Books and Literature Brownsville (Tex) Calexico (Music Group) California Casares, Oscar Castillo, Ana Chavez, Denise (1948- ) Degollado, Ruben Deserts Diaz, Natalie Good Night, Irene (Book) Herrera, Juan Felipe Language and Languages Los Lobos (Music Group) Mexico New Mexico Poetry and Poets Pop and Rock Music Postcolonial Love Poem: Poems (Book) Puro Border: Dispatches, Snapshots and Graffiti From La Frontera (Book) Rios, Alberto (1952- ) Saenz, Benjamin Alire Texas Tijuana (Mexico) Troncoso, Sergio United States Writing and Writers

Read Your Way Through the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

The poet and novelist Luis Alberto Urrea thinks the borderlands are the most interesting book in the world, being rewritten every day. These are his recommendations.

By Luis Alberto Urrea

California Homeowners Insurance Personal Finances Wildfires

How to Get More Affordable Home Insurance

Weather-driven disasters are causing rates to skyrocket in high-risk regions. But there are things owners can do to save on costs.

By Tara Siegel Bernard

California Content Type: Personal Profile Golf Homa, Max (1990- ) Los Angeles Country Club Morikawa, Collin (1997- ) Pebble Beach Golf Links Torrey Pines Golf Course United States Open (Golf)

Tiger Woods, Forced to Miss the U.S. Open, Is Everywhere

Who can forget Woods’s U.S. Open win by 15 strokes at Pebble Beach in 2000, or his 19-hole playoff in 2008 at Torrey Pines? “It does feel wrong that he’s not here,” his fellow Californian Max Homa says.

By Bill Pennington