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Gustavo Arellano - January 11, 2020

Gentle cabrones: We piled into my GMC Yukon after a wonderful Sunday in Ensenada. Drinks at Agua Mala Cervecería....

Gustavo Arellano - January 5, 2020

With apologies to Luis Alberto Urrea...Gentle cabrones: I was in my backyard, trying to prune my massive chiltepín, when...

Gustavo Arellano - December 28, 2019

Gentle cabrones: In January 2018, when I had no job after getting fired from one after just two weeks,...

Gustavo Arellano - December 21, 2019

Gentle cabrones: A year ago this week, something happened that I once thought impossible: I joined the Los Angeles...

Gustavo Arellano - December 14, 2019

Gentle cabrones: It must’ve been about 2002, maybe 2003. I was a graduate student at UCLA at the time,...

Gustavo Arellano - December 7, 2019

Gentle cabrones: Now that Matt Bevin is no longer governor of Kentucky, I can reveal a secret: I'm officially...

Gustavo Arellano - November 30, 2019

Gentle cabrones: On this past Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, OC Weekly staffers announced they were unceremoniously out of...

Gustavo Arellano - November 23, 2019

Gentle cabrones: Every couple of weeks, I'll get a version of the following email that, at this point, read...

Gustavo Arellano - November 16, 2019

Gentle cabrones: I still remember the text. “Hey Gus a bunch of assholes at trivia night...

Gustavo Arellano - November 10, 2019

Gentle cabrones: If you haven't figured it out already, I'm the black sheep in the family.