Jake Lorenzo was never a hippie, long hair notwithstanding. Active against the war, working to register minority voters and experimenting with alternative lifestyles all occupied my life, but “peace and love” was never my driving factor. Successful detectives require a more pugnacious nature. So, I considered myself a bohemian, living an unconventional lifestyle with an artistic sensibility. Even before Jake Lorenzo moved his family to Sonoma, we would travel the Bohemian Highway to visit Occidental. A tiny town with a two-block main street anchored by the Union Hotel (est.1879) and Negri’s Original Italian Restaurant (est. 1943). On weekends Occidental crawled with day trippers from San Francisco and bikers from all over...