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ALEJANDRA CAMPOVERDI’S ‘FIRST GEN’: A TALE OF STRIFE AND SUCCESS
NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK! Alejandra Campoverdi explores many things familiar to first-generation kids: the invisible inheritances passed onto us from our family, being a “parentified child,” imposter syndrome, balancing two cultural identities, and guilt for breaking away from our families in some way. ALEJANDRA CAMPOVERDI HAS BEEN A CHILD on welfare, a White House aide to…
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HOW FERNANDO WON THE HEARTS OF LA
Fernandomania became a cultural phenomenon in 1980s Los Angeles as a young Mexican left-hander became the toast of the city and ultimately an icon as big as any matinee Idol.
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Flip-Flop or Flip-Forward?
What Kamala Harris needs to do to win and possibly win Pennsylvania, which is the Mecca of fracking.
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LETTERS FROM L.A.: BATHING WITH JOAN
Separated by 50 years but united by Hollywood, wildfires, and the endless hum of ‘the deal,’ two writers share a bath in Los Angeles. On Monday I took a bath with Joan Didion. She was gracious, took the faucet end. She didn’t mind my nudity, carried on talking as if nothing unusual was going on,…
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GAME, SET, MATCH, CHAMPIONSHIP, MR. TRUMP
Maybe it’s because I’d been vegging out watching every single moment of the previous fortnite of Wimbledon, that the instant I saw a bleeding, wounded Donald Trump rise up defiantly, waving a clenched fist and chanting “Fight! Fight!” that my first instinct was to say, “Game, Set & Championship. Mr. Trump.”
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If Marilyn Had Been the Ultimate Ferrari…
If Marilyn Had Been a Ferrari… Is the LA monthly.org story that one the 2024 Southern California Journalism prize for best entertainment feature writing for author Tony Castro.
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IS RICK CARUSO THE LAST BEST HOPE FOR SAVING LA?
Billionaire shopping mall magnate Rick Caruso is stepping out of the political shadows with a new plan to help swing-seat Democrats retake the House in 2024. Rick Caruso may not be the last best hope for saving Los Angeles, as some of his faithful followers insist, but he does offer a hope and a vision…
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‘PRESIDENT’ HARRIS… THE ULTIMATE POSSIBILITY
If He Wins, Joe Biden Will Soon Turn 82 Not long after leaving office, the 38th president of the United States imagined a scenario in which a future president might tragically die in office, creating the opportunity for his vice president — possibly a woman — to make history. Almost a decade after he had left…
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The Santa Anas
More than half a century after publishing the work that established her reputation as a gimlet-eyed cultural critic — Slouching Towards Bethlehem — Joan Didion continues to be an outsize influence and figure of fascination in the literary world and among Angelenos.
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Alatorre: ‘I Am Not The Apostle’
The Richard Alatorre I knew, the Richard Alatorre who said he had to change the world — and to a great degree, he did just that… that Richard Alatorre dramatically altered the political landscape for Latinos in California and ultimately became The Godfather of Latino Politics. By TONY CASTRO September 14, 2023 IT IS MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IN…
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Living in the Shadow of Ruben Salazar
On Aug. 29, 1970, the National Chicano Moratorium in East Los Angeles protested the disproportionately high casualties among Latinos in Vietnam — but led to the tragic police shooting death of acclaimed Los Angeles Times columnist Ruben Salazar.
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MY GRANDFATHER’S LAST CHRISTMAS
My grandfather’s last Christmas celebrated months before Christmas Day because he knew he was dying.
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‘THE POLAR EXPRESS’ CHRISTMAS EXPRESS NEARS 40
When I was a young boy growing up in the suburbs of southeast Houston, every Christmas Eve I would sneak out onto our screened front porch and stare into the night sky as I tried to spot Santa’s sleigh as it arrived from the North Pole. In our community of Galena Park, the bright lights…
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THE COWBOY EFFECT AND YELLOWSTONE’S CULTURAL STYLE SHIFT
Livia Gueissaz, fashion analyst and influencer, deeply delves into Yellowstone’s cultural resonance and stylistic influence.
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THE CUR$E OF THE CHILDI$H GAMBINO THAT WILL NOW HAUNT THE YANKEE$
I am a lifelong New York Yankee fan, but I fear that I will never see the Yankees win a World Series in what’s left of my lifetime. I was assured of that the moment the Yankees lost slugger Juan Soto to the New York Mets.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH NOVELIST TONY CASTR0
An interview with Tony Castro, author of the new novel thriller “THE BOOK OF MARILYN”
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CAN MONEY BUY HAPPINESS? INFLUENCER PUTS IT TO A $1,000-A-DAY EXPERIMENT
Can money buy happiness?
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A FATHER’S LOVE, A PRESIDENT’S DILEMMA: ON JOE BIDEN’S PARDON OF HIS SON
Fathers and Sons. And headaches and heartbreaks in between. Joe and Hunter Biden are like Turgenev’s timeless depiction of generational conflict during social upheaval.
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THE GHOSTS OF LUCY’S EL ADOBE: A LOVE STORY IN TACOS AND TEARS
Lucy’s El Adobe Café heiress Patricia Casado is doing the unthinkable. She’s trying to resurrect her family’s restaurant facing a mountain of challenges that would make even the most seasoned restaurateur throw in the towel.
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A 40-YEAR ANNIVERSARY, A SURPRISE MASS, AND A DASH TO DAN TANA’S
This Thanksgiving, I am especially grateful for my wife: for her grace, her humor, and her willingness to humor me—even when I insist on staying for mass.
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THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM: IS AMERICA TILTING RIGHT—AND IS THAT A BAD THING?
The pendulum of politics may be not just nudging toward the center, but veering unmistakably to the right
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