Stacey Grenrock Woods

Our Golden State experts tackle your questions about the best locales in which to snuggle up with a book, the must-discussed return of the grizzly, and which other state most closely resembles the Golden one.

Our Golden State experts tackle your questions about “California Girls,” questionable fashion, and why we’re obsessed with the Big Apple.

Golden State experts Stacey Grenrock Woods and Gustavo Arellano on nature enthusiasts, vaccines, and one very specific first name.

Our advice columnists dish on envious outsiders, romantic couples, and go bags.

Golden State experts Stacey Grenrock Woods and Gustavo Arellano on commutes, killers, and California cuisine.

Spring has sprung for Golden State experts Gustavo Arellano and Stacey Grenrock Woods—or has it?

Golden State experts Gustavo Arellano and Stacey Grenrock Woods navigate reader questions about lingo, looks, and license plates.

Golden State experts Gustavo Arellano and Stacey Grenrock Woods tackle all things romantic in California.

Golden State experts Gustavo Arellano and Stacey Grenrock Woods tackle Californians’ skills behind the wheel, apparent moves to Texas, and the best year we ever had.

Compiling a list of the Seven Wonders of California was no easy task. Alta Journal’s editors knew there’d be some hard feelings about what didn’t make the cut, so we asked two undisputed experts to review our work. Here, our Ask a Californian columnists weigh in on everything from Robert Redford to In-N-Out.

When conditions are just right, the state is carpeted in colorful flowers.

Stacey Grenrock Woods on the great Californian childhood tradition of meeting at the mini-mall.

Our columnists on nature, Disneyland, and the Big One.

Our columnists on beef, turkey, and other forms of sustenance.

Our columnists mess with Texas, rate the Olympics, and decide once and for all which is better: ocean or mountains.

What happens when a reality-show character stops being nice and starts claiming she owns your town?

Answers to questions about elections, generosity, and self-regard.

Wherein our experts address Cybertrucks, bipping, and other crimes against the Golden State.

Questions about cinema, surfing, and the future of civilization.

The new(ish) Californian’s guide to toughtally blending in.

What’s grosser than gross: pups at cafés or matchas with Pilates people?

Lyrical answers to questions about the harmonious Golden State.

A tiny outpost in the Mojave has become ground zero for a battle between lifestyle influencers and desert lifers.

Tipples, nip/tucks, and other expert tips.

Answers to questions about California’s supposed decline, high-speed trains, and the right spandex for you.

Answers to questions about how the world sees us, our music, and our dogs.

Serious answers to queries about diets, Zillow, and the center of the universe.

A look at route talk and L.A. vs. S.F.

No, New York isn’t becoming Los Angeles.

The insider’s guide to one of California’s hottest zip codes. (Seriously, it hits triple digits by 9 a.m. here.)

The hidden history of the biggest scene-stealers in Nope.