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Alta Live: Disney’s First Female Storyteller
Shannon McHugh joins Alta Live to share Bianca Majolie’s struggles in an all-male workplace, her forward-thinking perspective, and the artist’s important impact on cinema.

Issue 32: Road Trips—The Hidden West
Inside Alta Journal ’s Issue 32.

A Mission to Save the West Coast’s Last Racing Greyhounds
Rescuing the West Coast’s last greyhounds.
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Scoring a Legend
Film journalist Tim Greiving takes on the towering task of telling John Williams’s life story—capturing the man behind the music that’s defined modern cinema.
EVENTS
Alta Live hosts interviews with magazine contributors, subjects, and California luminaries every Wednesday.

Alta Folio: ‘The Old Silo’—A Noir Comic
Noir’s characters try to do the right thing in an indifferent universe.
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David Harris Might Be Dying, but He Continues to Resist
Few resisters from the Vietnam antiwar era had a bigger impact than David Harris, who inspired generations to have the courage of their convictions.
The Latest

California Bestsellers List (September 4, 2025)

Alta Live: Ask a Californian

Alta All Access

Q&A: A Conversation with Amy Tan

Travel Westward

14 New Books for September

Issue 33: Art & Architecture

California Bestsellers List (August 28, 2025)

On Catalina, a New Exhibition Draws Locals

Ask a Californian: America’s Only Child

Excerpt: The Backyard Bird Chronicles
