Gustavo Arellano is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, covering Southern California everything and a bunch of the West and beyond. He previously worked at OC Weekly, where he was an investigative reporter for 15 years and editor for six, wrote a column called ¡Ask a Mexican! and is the author of “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America.” He’s the child of two Mexican immigrants, one of whom came to this country in the trunk of a Chevy.
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A piece of legislation benefiting a pet project of Steve Ballmer is as rank an example of favoritism as you can find in the annals of Sacramento — and that’s saying something.
Oct. 3, 2024
Times columnist Gustavo Arellano honors his Tío Santos, whose love of baseball and golf knew no peer.
Sept. 26, 2024
The two franchises are mirror images of ineptitude, playing a game where even the winner was still going to be an all-time loser.
Sept. 19, 2024
For the last 70 years, Wilmington residents have faced off to become the blue-collar community’s honorary mayor. The winner gets a two-year term that offers no salary, no staff and no political power.
Sept. 18, 2024
The cavernous holy space soon filled up with people from all eras of Alatorre’s career. Former staffers did one final duty for their old boss by guiding people to their seats.
Sept. 9, 2024
Ross is retiring next week after nearly a quarter-century heading one of the most important philanthropic forces in California. His legacy rests on how he helped transform charitable giving during his tenure.
Aug. 29, 2024
Albert M. Camarillo’s “Compton in My Soul” is a paean to an often stereotyped place that has changed dramatically from mostly Black to mostly Latino.
Aug. 27, 2024
Seven of the 10 inaugural inductees were entertainers or athletes, for chrissakes, while the three others were developers.
Aug. 22, 2024
Richard Alatorre, who spent his 28-year political career practicing ‘change from the inside’ and bringing other Latinos up with him, has died at 81.
Aug. 13, 2024
Villaraigosa seems to be banking on his main opponents running as wokosos in a state where Democratic voters are complaining about crime, homelessness, the cost of living and a lagging economy while not trusting the status quo to solve anything.
Aug. 7, 2024