Gustavo Arellano is a writer, podcast host, and columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
He moderated Zócalo’s inaugural in-person event at the ASU California Center at the Herald Examiner in downtown L.A., titled “How Do We Begin Again?” Before taking the stage, Arellano sat down in the green room to discuss his favorite taco spots, why he’d consider moving to Kentucky, and the show he loves to fall asleep to.
“Only toothless hillbillies listen to that banjo music.”
John Gifford heard taunts like this all the time. Growing up in Riverside, a Southern California suburb, in the 1960s and …
Can tacos save Fresno?
Greater Fresno, with 1.1 million people and growing, is in the process of becoming California’s next big metropolitan area (it’s already fifth—after L.A., the Bay Area, San …
At the beginning of last night’s Zócalo event, “How Do We Begin Again?,” moderator Gustavo Arellano asked everyone watching live at the ASU California Center at the Herald Examiner and …
Street vending isn’t just ubiquitous in Los Angeles. It’s a half-billion-dollar industry, according to a 2015 report by nonprofit research organization Economic Roundtable.
Street vending can no longer be dismissed by …
Sometimes in American history, immigrants deeply influence a place and its people not by fitting in, but by standing apart.
One such story involves a cultured Parisian family that found its …
