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ISSUE 34
The Vegans Bought a Cattle Ranch
After building a plant-based-restaurant empire, the brood behind Café Gratitude has bet on meat—and MAHA ideals.
25 min
Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (July 23, 2026)
Discover California’s bestselling books for July 23, including The Odyssey by Homer, A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst, and The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett.
5 min
Family Portraits
A look inside Alta Journal’s Issue 36.
5 minLatest from the California Book Club
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Lo Bonito
In Los Angeles, an undocumented mother confronts cancer and deportation fears through labor, faith, and grace.
Bearing Witness
She photographed the Black Panthers, the Alcatraz occupation, and the farmworker movement. At 84, Ilka Hartmann is still developing film—and still a radical.
18 minTHE MONDAY BOOK REVIEW
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Writer’s Room: Native Forms of Knowledge
6 minTHE WEEKLY ALTA NEWSLETTER
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Highway 89 Revisited
A 1,400-mile trip through several national parks takes a writer deep into his past.
31 minThe Latest
‘The Color of Law’
2 min
‘Nature Poem’
2 min
Another Punch in the Head
5 min
Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #5 Issue 36
Event Recap: Adam Hochschild’s ‘American Midnight’
6 min
‘American Midnight’
3 min
California Bestsellers List (July 16, 2026)
The Dead’s Endless ‘Summer Tour’
9 min
Announcing the Special Guest
5 min
A Panoramic History
14 min
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