drought, american west, dry irrigation canal, colorado river indian tribes, colorado river, arizona, alta journal
A Road Trip Driven by the Drought
pop culture, movies, robert deniro, casino, faster pussycat kill kill, bad day at black rock
Pop Moments: Movies
desert hot springs, california, natural spring water, miracle manor, hotel, midcentury, alta journal
A Life Cleanse in the Waters of Desert Hot Springs
tony soares, mojave desert, pottery, idyllwild arts academy, lost art, cahuilla style pottery, alta journal
Reviving Indigenous Pottery
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proving grounds, desert, general motors
Shh! Secret Testing Grounds
popular culture, photo shoot, angelina jolie, annie leibovitz, marilyn monroe, eve arnold
Pop Moments: Photo Shoots
death valley, california, tourists, pilgrimage, extreme climate, extreme heat, alta journal
Death Valley Is the New Normal
clay worst, goldfield, arizona, lost dutchman mine, gold, alta journal
In Search of the Lost Dutchman Mine
new cayuma, blue sky center, the pope, huts, overnight stays, alta journal
An Experiment in New Cuyama
pop culture, music video, janet jackson, tupac shakur
Pop Moments: Music Videos
nicole martin
Trailblazer: Nicole Martin
my chicano heart, daniel a olivas
Fiction: ‘My Chicano Heart’
gateway, los angeles
Will U.S. Cities Rise to the Vertical Challenge?
alta picks, binge tv shows
Alta Picks: Our Binge List
heidi zuckerman, director and ceo of the orange county museum of art
Now Open: The Big Orange
alexis smith’s wall painting "men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses," 1985
The Real Worlds of Alexis Smith
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john gregory dunne
The Dark Season
marion davies and william randolph hearst in bad nauheim, germany, davies’s pet dachshund peeks his nose out from her coat
Marion Davies on Her Own Terms
mfk fisher
The Magnificence of M.F.K. Fisher
ada briceño, democratic club of  west orange county
The Woman Who Turned Orange County Blue
us coast guard rescue illustration
A Dangerous Rescue in the Trinity Alps
julie mehretu’s howl, eon i, ii is a diptych created in 2016 through 17 that was commissioned by the san francisco museum of modern art as a gift from helen and charles schwab
Why This Art: Julie Mehretu’s ‘HOWL, eon (I, II)’
curatorial fellow naz cuguoglu, left, and contemporary art curator abby chen, at the asian art museum in san francisco
Bernice Bing Steps into View
graves were found nestled amid the plumbing at the legion of honor in 1994, the museum turned over about 900 remains to the san francisco medical examiner
Buried Histories
christopher renfro examines vines at alemany farm in san francisco, in 2019, he revived the abandoned vineyard and started the 280 project
A Community Vineyard Grows Into a Movement
built into the slopes of a mountain, with sweeping views of los angeles from downtown to the hollywood sign and beyond, dodger stadium offers a definitive perspective on the city
Dodger Stadium Is the Belle of the Ball
author pia hinckle near her home in san francisco
Choosing the Right Time to Become a Mother
office of strategic services special maritime unit group a frogmen on santa catalina island, california, december 1943
The Story of the WWII Frogmen
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el Último sueño de frida y diego, san francisco opera
Coming Soon: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
amika mota
Trailblazer: Amika Mota
lava thomas, detail of thomas’s resistance reverb movements 1 and 2
Lava Thomas Uncovers Untold Stories of Black Women
mildred howard's frame
Public Purpose, Public Art
international space station
The Fate of the International Space Station
nasa, artemis mission, moon
The Moon Is Cool Again
evel knievel
Evel Knievel, Astronaut
chesley bonestell
Painting the Heavens
bethany ehlmann, planetary society
A Salon for Space Lovers
jamis macniven, russian spacesuit
How I Bought a Russian Space Suit
asteroid
The Asteroid Hit and Miss List
alta picks space
How to Experience Space Without Leaving Earth
elon musk, jeff bezo, richard branson, spacesuits
Design That Is Out of This World
inversion space
The Startup That Is Looking Up
orbital assembly
Getting Away from It All
terry gdoutos, principal research scientist in aerospace for the california institute of technology in pasadena
The Ultimate Solar Power Plant