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Falling (Again) for ‘Dark Waters’

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Fiction: ‘Cookie’

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Writer’s Room: Storytelling for Survival

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The Origin of ‘The Monkey Wrench Gang’

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Scribbles Are Having a Moment

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #7 Issue 24

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #10 Issue 24

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #9 Issue 24

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #11 Issue 24

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #12 Issue 24

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FICTION & POETRY

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Alta Journal ’s Fiction of 2025

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Alta Journal ’s Poetry of 2025

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Fiction: ‘Delilah’

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Poetry: ‘Water Lilies’

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THE LATEST IN CULTURE

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #13 Issue 24

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #9 Issue 34

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #8 Issue 34

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #7 Issue 34

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The Cheesecake Queen of West Hollywood

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #6 Issue 34

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Members of the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte walk the grounds of Folsom State Prison in April 2018. Their concert there is the subject of a Netflix documentary, Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison, and was recorded for a live album of the same name.

Folsom Prison Blues (Again)

Native son Buck Owens helped define the raw and rough-hewn Bakersfield sound that cemented California’s important role in the evolution of country music.

California’s Role in Country Music

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Songs for the Final Passage

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Museum on the Edge

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #5 Issue 34

This week’s Sunday funny comes to us from cartoonist David Gomberg.

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #4 Issue 34

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #3 Issue 34

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #2 Issue 34

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Alta Journal ’s Top Cartoons of 2025

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Turning the Camera Around

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Inside Alta ’s Music Issue

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Alta Journal ’s Top Illustrations of 2025

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Alta Journal ’s Top Photos of 2025

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Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #1 Issue 34

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Eight Playlists That Capture the Sound of CA

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Psychedelic Jam: 5 Essential Tracks

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Five Essential Grateful Dead Sit-Ins in California

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Psychedelic Jam: Must Trip to Enter

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