Clapback
Haters Go Home!
Outsiders love to hate on California. To which Monica Corcoran Harel says: More avocados for us!
Salty Wonder
Mavericks
- Aromatic Wonder Taco Trucks
- Corner Wonder Mini-malls
- Addictive Wonder The iPhone
Imagined Wonder
Disneyland
- High-Flying Wonder Condors
- Silty Wonder The Sacramento River
Grilled Wonder
Fast-Food Burgers
- Breezy Wonder San Diego’s Weather
- Sneezy Wonder Superblooms
Winged Wonder
Monarchs
- Unifying Wonder The Pride Flag
- Holy Wonder Sea Ranch Chapel
- Starry Wonder Dark Skies
- Hearty Wonder Cioppino
Stacked Wonder
L.A. Freeways
- Tiny Wonder Computer Chip
- Brainy Wonder The UC System
- Scenic Wonder Sierra Views
- Cinematic Wonder Studio Title Cards
Ancient Wonder
Giant Sequoias
- Stringed Wonder Stratocaster
- Numbers Wonder Our Diversity
Steely Wonder
Hangar One
- Daring Wonder El Capitan Climbers
- Adorable Wonder Channel Island Foxes
Ask a California
All Wonders, No Blunders
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, Stacey Grenrock Woods and Gustavo Arellano, weigh in on everything from Robert Redford to In-N-Out.