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One unsold lot consisted of a collection of stories, poems, limericks and even a newspaper — titled the Carmichael, after the family’s cat — he put together for his stepchildren, many of them detailing the activity of Carmichael and his sibling, the dog Grunion.

Now that many of you have spoken, it seems clear that my recently published list of 101 best California experiences is unacceptably short of castles, train rides, ghost towns, underground gardens, pixie margaritas and grunion runs.

Grunion, a submarine that was lost at sea.

One recent study found that even quite dim light alters where plovers roost and grunion spawn.

Yet another 2021 study, led by Longcore, showed similarly low thresholds of light on stretches of California beach can prevent plovers from roosting and fish called grunion from throwing themselves ashore to spawn.