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Crowds pack USC campus on opening day of L.A. Times Festival of Books

LA Times 1 min read 13 hours ago

<p>Readers line up for authors and celebrity guests as the annual USC event gets underway, with organizers expecting up to 155,000 attendees over the weekend.</p>
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