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Gustavo Arellano

A headshot of writer Gustavo Arellano, who is wearing a plaid black, white and blue button up shirt. He has black hair slicked back and is wearing black thick-framed eye glasses. Gustavo is standing in front of a plain blue background.

Gustavo Arellano is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, covering Southern California everything and a bunch of the West and beyond. He is author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, Orange County: A Personal History, and Ask a Mexican.

A headshot of writer Gustavo Arellano, who is wearing a plaid black, white and blue button up shirt. He has black hair slicked back and is wearing black thick-framed eye glasses. Gustavo is standing in front of a plain blue background.
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