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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Got something to say? We’d love to hear from you! Email letters@altaonline.com. Letters may be edited for brevity and clarity.

a life size statue of jesús malverde at a street shrine in the doctores neighborhood of mexico city, adorned with offerings and dollar bills.

Jesús Malverde: The Narco Saint Worshipped in Mexico City and California

At a street shrine in one of Mexico City’s toughest neighborhoods, devotees pray to the folk hero of the poor, the outlaw, and the desperate.

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Letters to the Editor: We Missed the Point

One Alta Journal reader gives our columnists an earful (eyeful?) in this month’s reader mailbag.

robert altman, the long goodbye, noir, elliot gould

Letters to the Editor: Noir Now and Forever

An Alta Journal reader from across the Rockies is inspired by our reexamination of The Long Goodbye.

chicano rock, gig poster

Letters to the Editor: The Best Decade

An Alta Journal reader remembers the Chicano rock movement of the 1960s.

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jon hamm, mad men

Letters to the Editor: Billboard Idea

Remembering Los Angeles’s Mad men era.

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Letters to the Editor: Catalina Island

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wine snob

Letters to the Editor: In Vino, Veritas

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Letters to the Editor: Memory Lane

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Letters to the Editor: The Look of a Californian

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the californians, ad, volkswagen

Letters to the Editor: Welcome, Cynicism

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Letters to the Editor: We Got It Wrong

griffin dunner and noah pritzker talk ex husbands at the embarcadero theater

Letters to the Editor: An Adult Film

los angeles, united states january 15 a view of burnt malibu beachside house after palisade fire has caused destruction in pacific palisades, los angeles, california, united states on january 15, 2025 photo by jon putmananadolu via getty images

Letters to the Editor: Grieving the L.A. Fires

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Letters to the Editor: Harlan Ellison’s Soft Side

carlos castaneda

Letters to the Editor: A Message from Beyond

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Letters to the Editor: Where’s the Beef?

carlos castaneda

Letters to the Editor: The Castaneda Connection

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Letters to the Editor: For the Love of Pete

surfers, ask a californian

Letters to the Editor: A California Cult Classic

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Letters to the Editor: Print Is Alive

valley girl, movie, nicolas cage, deborah foreman

Letters to the Editor: Northern Exposure