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A good type of fever: Dengue Fever
Dengue Fever, created in 2001 in Los Angeles, is currently one of the most original stage rock bands. Inspired by…
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Book Presentation / Discussion at Pasadena’s La Pintoresca Public Library
Randy Jurado Ertll, author of "Hope in Times of Darkness: A Salvadoran American Experience" will be discussing the content of…
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A PATH WITH HEART: Four years at the Capitol
Now more than ever, the poor need reporters to express their grievances and to put pressure on politicians to work…
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Chaka: Vandalism and the art of graffiti
It’s impossible to say exactly when graffiti art goes from vandalism to collectible. When it comes to something as subjective…
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Zoot Suit Riot
I would much rather see a bunch of guys hanging around in suits, even if they are ill-fitting suits, than…
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The Spanglish of the cholo
This isn’t the typical Spanglish where one might say carro instead of coche, or always answer with “que” when “mande…
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From Yiddish to Spanglish: my life as an immigrant
Yiddish was the first foreign language I learned, well before English or Hebrew, beginning in 1957 when I was 4…
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Books, Schmooks in Boyle Heights
The Libros Schmibros bookstore is new, small and humble. It opened on the same day the adjacent Ben Franklin Public…
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El Cholo
Never talk to cholos about football other than saying you love the Raiders, for two reasons: the Raiders suck, and…
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