Newsletters

California’s Civil Rights Pioneers

In this week’s newsletter, we take a look at California’s unsung civil rights pioneers including Floyd C. Covington, Delilah L. Beasley, and Bayard Rustin. 

What’ll It Be? Alta’s Favorite West Coast Coffee.
Michael Bauer’s edible (and drinkable) tour of Seattle inspires a ca…
10 Californians Who Are Missing from the Hall of...
A new class of Californians was inducted into the state Hall of Fame…
A Few of Our Favorite Things
Holiday shopping gets a lot easier with our gift ideas for everyone …
Have We Got a Story for You
In this week’s newsletter, we reveal which Alta contributors and rev…
Nov 15, 2019
California’s Fictional Future

In this week’s newsletter, we create a DIY futuristic California film festival.
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Nov 8, 2019
California, Resist!
In this week’s newsletter, the Golden State is first in fighting back. Activist David Harris’s draft resistance is one of many movement…
Nov 1, 2019
California’s New Normal

In this week’s newsletter, wildfires force a quarterly magazine to examine breaking news.
Oct 26, 2019
California Is a Cabaret

In this week’s newsletter, we laud four critically-acclaimed Golden State performers still in search of the big time.
Oct 18, 2019
E.T., Phone Home to California

In this week’s newsletter, we tour West Coast spots devoted to finding life beyond Earth. (And yes, E.T.’s house is included.)
Oct 10, 2019
Go Climb A Rock
In this week’s newsletter, we brave the granite of El Capitan with a new generation of athletes and celebrate a pioneer of the climbing…
Sep 26, 2019
Solving California’s Cold Cases, One at a Time

In this week’s newsletter, we celebrate a crack in a cold case—and look to solve more mysteries. 
Sep 14, 2019
Getting Ready for the Big One—Fire, That Is

In this Alta newsletter, we cover what to know for the remainder of California’s wildfire season. 
Sep 6, 2019
Keeping the West Wild

This week, Alta’s newsletter looks at the ways individual Californians are keeping the state’s endangered animals alive. 
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Aug 29, 2019
Wild Horses Can’t Stop These Letters to the Editor

In this week’s newsletter, we share the passionate—and sometimes heated—response to Alta’s cover story. 
Aug 23, 2019
The Restaurant That Helped Define Hollywood

In this week’s newsletter, we spill the secrets of L.A.’s most glamorous vintage eateries with writer and historian David Kipen.
Aug 2, 2019
Tastes as Big as California
Subterranean Sacramento and home cooked meals in Riverside? In this week’s Alta newsletter, we explore California’s burgeoning food sce…
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Jun 28, 2019
Changing the Course of LGBTQ History
In this week’s newsletter, we discover LGBTQ leaders who changed (and are changing) the course of history in California—and the world. …
Jun 14, 2019
Desperately Seeking Peruvian Peppers (in California)

In this week’s newsletter, meet the Orange County lawyer who grows ajis amarillos—and then gives them away.
Jun 7, 2019
Don’t Cry For Me San Francisco
San Francisco has become the nation’s punching bag — and those that love the city are starting to punch back. Could a new film unite us…