Email Author GUSTAVO ARELLANO

Awards

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  Ask a Mexican

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican!

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 7, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 12-7-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 16, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 11-16-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 31, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 8-31-06"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 6, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, January 6, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 14, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, April 14, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 7, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, October 7, 2005

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2013 Stories by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

• Pho Quyen: Absolutely Sweet Little Saigon

  published May 16, 2013

  We're now reaching a point in Little Saigon's history where the old-school places are slowly but surely changing. Some are closing shop; others... More >>

• What Is Mock Spanish?

  published May 16, 2013

  DEAR MEXICAN: Where did the notion that adding an o to the end of an English word makes it a Spanish word come... More >>

• Chixy Natural: Twirl-a-Bird

  published May 9, 2013

  "Hey, man, you still going to use that?" the surfer-ish type guy asked as I scarfed down my meal at Chixy Natural. Oh, my lack of manners! This... More >>

• Why Are So Many Rich Mexicans Migrating to the U.S.?

  published May 9, 2013

  DEAR MEXICAN: Why is it that people from Chihuahua and Monterrey are such jackasses? They come from pinches... More >>

• Are Mexicans White?

  published May 2, 2013

  DEAR MEXICAN: Although I'm familiar with your column, I don't read it regularly. But today, I was struck by something you said recently... More >>

• Delicias Peruanas' Great Chicken Salad?

  published May 2, 2013

  You know what is the most overlooked city in Orange County? Lake Forest. It's a seeming no-man's-land between North and South County, a place... More >>

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  Manic Hispanic: ¡Pinche Punks!

  published May 2, 2013

  The guitar strap ate into Steve Soto's shoulder as he stood with his hands up, seconds away from a hail of bullets ripping him apart. It... More >>

• La Rocco's: A San Clemente Slice

  published April 25, 2013

  "Thank God you're still here!" the teenage girl exclaimed to the young man behind the counter at La Rocco's in San Clemente. "We went to where... More >>

• Is the New Amnesty Bill Any Good?

  published April 25, 2013

  DEAR MEXICAN: I have always liked ranchera music. As of late, I have wanted to get deeper into it, as far as its history, culture, and... More >>

• Full Moon Sushi: New Order

  published April 18, 2013

  As much as I want our local mom-and-pops to succeed, I worry once they start expanding because growing an empire almost always comes at the... More >>

• How Can Mexicans Make Americans Like Mexicans?

  published April 18, 2013

  DEAR MEXICAN: What do we need to do to make the güeros understand we come in peace? As... More >>

• Taco Nazo: OC's LA Fish Taco Cousin

  published April 11, 2013

  It's fitting that Taco Nazo is all the way up in La Habra, off the second-to-last intersection in Orange County before we turn into Whittier,... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  The Lost Mexicans of the Bastanchury Ranch

  published April 11, 2013

  Decades later, long after federal authorities deported the last of her students, Arletta Kelly still remembered the cactus. In the 1920s... More >>

• ¡Ask a Mexican! Changing Student Lives!

  published April 11, 2013

  Arellano, Gustavo Dear Mexican: We're in state testing this week at the high school I teach at. After the... More >>

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  Santanero: A Zine to be Seen

  published April 4, 2013

  Eric Cocoletzi was used to people talking shit on Santa Ana. As a water polo player at Saddleback High School, he had to endure players from... More >>

• Knafeh Cafe's 99 Ways of Sweet

  published April 4, 2013

  When you bite into the soft knafeh at Knafeh Cafe in Anaheim, you're going to see stars, unicorns and rainbows in your eyes, and you'll... More >>

• Why do Mexicans Hate Mexicans?

  published April 4, 2013

  DEAR MEXICAN: Please explain to me why so many mexicanas seem to think it more important to... More >>

• Yeh Won Is for Lonely Stomachs

  published March 28, 2013

  If you go alone to Yeh Won during the lunch or dinner rush hour, expect everyone inside to stare. Your ethnicity isn't the reason for the... More >>

• How Can Gabacho Parents Raise a Mexican Child Well?

  published March 28, 2013

  DEAR MEXICAN: About six years ago, my wife and I adopted a baby boy. He is "pure" mestizo, and we are complete wabs. I'm a little dark... More >>

• Are Mexicans Really Hijos de la Chingada?

  published March 21, 2013

  DEAR MEXICAN: I live in Mexico part of the year. I'm learning Spanish, but I can't say I understand or speak it well. I read several... More >>

• Usmania's Crazy for Kahari

  published March 21, 2013

  The low-slung building on the corner of Olive and Westminster streets in Westminster has been a graveyard for restaurants over the past decade.... More >>

• Bella Cuba's Mojo Rising

  published March 14, 2013

  Bella Cuba is just like its mojo sauce: the longer it sits, the stronger it becomes; the more alluring it gets, the more irresistible it is. It... More >>

• Is Lindsay Lohan Mexican?

  published March 14, 2013

  DEAR MEXICAN: I would be most interested in hearing your point of view regarding our raza... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Up With OC People!

  published March 7, 2013

  For years, this infernal rag has run special issues that included profiles of awesome people (with an accompanying glamor shot) who never could... More >>

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  Ameena Qazi: Sister Lawyer

  published March 7, 2013

  Ameena Qazi was in her first year of law school at Wayne State University in Detroit when a professor gave the female students fashion advice... More >>