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Diane R. Paylor

Diane R Paylor is Alta Journal’s Los Angeles–based editorial operations director. Bay Street Beach is her favorite L.A. beach.

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Issue 30 Quiz: A Wonder-ful Pop Quiz

Pop quiz! Test your Wonders of California knowledge (and check your Alta Journal article information retention.)

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Poetic Injustice

This Los Angeles reparations activist is leading the movement to reclaim stolen Black-owned land in the Golden State and beyond.