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10 Great Songs About the States of Mexico

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In Oaxaca, Researchers Find Livestock Can Help — Not Hurt — Native Grasslands

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Heritage Barbecue in San Juan Capistrano, and the Art of the Wait

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La Herradura in Anaheim Keeps their Western-Wear Store Dreams Alive

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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto CXXXI: Act Like You Belong

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Gentle cabrones:SO...have you checked in on my “Grítale a Guti”sessions yet?Every Tuesday night at 10:15 PST, I go on Instagram Live to answer people's questions about WHATEVER.People seem to like it, and there's even a...
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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto CXXX: No Me Llamo Niño

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Gentle cabrones: Child is the father of man, I thought Freud said — but it turns out Woodsworth actually penned that insight, of whom I REALLY need to read more. Where was I...
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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto CXXIX: El Corrido de Baby Yoda

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Gentle cabrones: And your feedback on my columna is in... And you want more random crap! So here's a hell of a curveball. In anticipation of the Oct. 30 premiere of th...
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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto CXXVIII: Do Your Research

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Gentle cabrones:I met up with Beto Duran at my wife’s restaurant this week for… something. And I told him the following story:Years ago, I was looking for a new writer for my prev...
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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto CXXVII: Tell Me You Read Me

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Gentle cabrones:That was a week.Three original columns and a quick explainer for the Los Angeles Times.Three pieces for my KCRW #TortillaTournament.My regular KCRW “Orange County ...
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The Fungus Brothers Bring Beautiful Oyster Mushrooms to Orange County

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This article was generously sponsored by the Aztlán Journalism Fund — gracias, anonymous donor! Cool air flows past Mark Lunetto as he skillfully scalpels across the flesh of a...
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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto CXXVI: A Little Less Quack-Quack

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Gentle cabrones: My wonderful wife — like all wives in this vale of tears — thinks her husband talks too much. She even has a name for it: quack-quack. As in, I talk so m...
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