Any list of California's most notorious criminals would surely include Charles Manson. He and his cult of followers were convicted of orchestrating the Tate-LaBianca murders, which took place in Los Angeles on two consecutive summer nights in 1969. In his new book titled "Manson:The Life and Times of Charles Manson," writer Jeff Guinn follows his tracks through Berkeley and San Francisco, describing how Manson's obsession with the Beatles and landing his own recording contract led to the notorious murders that shook Hollywood more than 40 years ago.
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