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Canto XXXIII: 5 Songs to Mark One Year Since I Left My Dream Job...
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One year.
I've been thinking of how to write this particular canto for weeks, and figured a music listicle was the best way to do it, namely because music has always played a big...
In Pico Rivera, Ethnic Studies Faces A Reckoning About How “Radical” It Can Be
In 2014, trustees with the El Rancho Unified School District–located within the working-class city of Pico Rivera—passed a resolution that made ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement. It became the first district in...
Canto XXXII: Denver, the Mile High DESMADRE
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I never gave a second thought to Denver before I became a reporter—really, why bother? There was John Elway and John Denver and that wannabe Pulp Fiction mid-1990s film Things to do in...
Canto XXXI: Eulogy for Ernest Miller, Quiet Genius of Southern California’s Food Scene
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I knew that my inaugural #TortillaTournament for KCRW would be successful the moment I pulled into the Los Angeles River Center & Gardens parking lot on September 16. It wasn't my cockiness, my...
Canto XXX: You Can’t Go Casa Again
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First off, apologies for the delay in my canto. I usually send Saturday morning, but I reserve the right for a Sunday morning missive, too! Something came up—mainly my wife got super-slammed at...
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The Central Valley Is the Heart and Soul of California
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It’s so much better than some rinky dink RAV4 or whatever the hell Toyota makes nowadays (I still stick to the Mexican credo that you buy Japanese cars and American SUVs and trucks).
