Book Event: ‘Vasquez’  

A book event is scheduled to be held for local author Rick Avery’s new book, “Vasquez,” a fictional novel inspired by famed bandit Tiburcio Vasquez. “Vasquez” is Avery’s sixth book. His first was an autobiography co-authored with Tom Bleecker, “A Life at Risk,” followed by a photography book about the homeless in Los Angeles, “Sidewalks.” His career as a Hollywood stuntman was published as “Too Old to Tell Lies.”