Renowned Musician Finds Purpose on Skid Row; Silicon Valley's Forgotten Flower Farms

This week on The California Report Magazine:

What Skid Row Taught Acclaimed Violinist Vijay Gupta About Music

When violinist Vijay Gupta joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at just 19 years old, he was the youngest to ever take a chair in a major orchestra in the U.S. But despite that shining achievement, he was desperately unhappy. Now in his late 30s, Gupta has a new memoir out called Restrung. It explores how, after years of struggling to live up to other people’s expectations, he found his true voice working with homeless people on the st...