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A Mission to Save the West Coast’s Last Racing Greyhounds

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Alta Wins Big at SoCal Journalism Awards

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Days of Tennis Heaven

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Special Section: Family Portraits

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carly schwartz with her housemates and close friends, adam rutkowski, annie cheung, eliot nelson, kyrié carpenter, topher lin, shanza baig, zach dean, molly fosco

Full House

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FROM THE MAGAZINE

Eyes on the Central Valley

If you think it’s a straight line through America’s “fruit basket,” you’re mistaken.

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Publisher’s Note: An Issue Dedicated to Road Trips

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Stop Hating on the Golden State

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An Owens Valley Travelogue

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The Original Frozen Dead Guy

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ALTA FOLIO

Alta Folio: ‘I Went Southwest’

ice, los angeles, undocumented mother, cancer, faith

Lo Bonito

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The Real Witches of Simi Valley

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In Memory of Lucy

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Finding Rachel

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The Vegans Bought a Cattle Ranch

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A Dog Mom Speaks

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A Relative Has Sent You a Message

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Alta True Tales: Tunnel 13

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Ask a Californian: Sixth-Generation Transplant

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

Hopis of Alcatraz

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The Bells of Saint Andrew’s

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publisher will hearst and his mother austine mcdonnell hearst

What Family Teaches Us That AI Cannot

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HART v. HART

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The Alta Guide to California Summer Road Trips

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The Fairy Godmothers of Head Lice

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Ask a Californian: The Caffeinated Column

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Riding the Alameda Corridor

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Elon Musk, OpenAI, and the Collapse of Effective Altruism

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photographer carolyn fong and artists zoe matthiessen and melinda beck received accolades for their work in the magazine.

Alta Artists Score Photo and Illustration Awards

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Theranos, FTX, and Juicero: The Exhibition

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Ask a Californian: Is That Who I Think It Is?

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The Narco Saint Worshipped in Mexico City and California