I Zebra

Yes, yes, yes there are feral zebras in California. Yes, they really are a vestige of the bestiary William Randolph Hearst kept at San Simeon. Introduced non-natives, definitely not "authentic" they seemed the perfect enemy of the non-native grapes Elliot was cultivating. And there was the Orson Welles connection, Citizen Kane, the Paul Masson ads, Mike Vargas, yes, all connected, yes. black and white in motion, yes. Whether one of the critters has ever made the short passage over the Santa Lucias to munch on grapes I cannot say.