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    Gabriel San Román
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    Slingshot: Get That Pick Away From My Brain!
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Jan 30
    • 3 min

    Slingshot: Get That Pick Away From My Brain!

    (Speaking to OC high school students about Klan history? Always FREE!) Three years ago, I sat down at the late, great Olive Tree...
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    Slingshot: The Greatest Christmas Song of All Time!
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Dec 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Slingshot: The Greatest Christmas Song of All Time!

    Back in November, I did something I otherwise don't do all year: I turned the dial to KOST 103.5 F.M. With some fanfare and a countdown,...
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    Slingshot: Truths James Loewen Taught Me in Brea and Beyond
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Slingshot: Truths James Loewen Taught Me in Brea and Beyond

    Earth, receive an honored guest. James W. Loewen is laid to rest. On Thursday, the famed sociologist and historian who authored the...
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    Slingshot: Finding My Next Act With TimesOC!
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Aug 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    Slingshot: Finding My Next Act With TimesOC!

    I never intended on a life in journalism. Sixteen years ago, I visited KPFK-LA's red-brick building in North Hollywood and headed...
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    Slingshot: Living Wage Lawsuit Against Disneyland Gets Class-Action Status
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Jul 25, 2021
    • 6 min

    Slingshot: Living Wage Lawsuit Against Disneyland Gets Class-Action Status

    A lawsuit alleging that the Disneyland Resort is illegally side-stepping Anaheim's living wage law took a big step forward after an...
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    Slingshot: Santa Ana Police Union Solicits Vote of No Confidence Against Chief
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Jul 18, 2021
    • 4 min

    Slingshot: Santa Ana Police Union Solicits Vote of No Confidence Against Chief

    Embattled Santa Ana police chief David Valentin is now facing a potential vote of no confidence from his rank-and-file officers. It's the...
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    Slingshot: A Deeper Dig Into Santa Ana's Contaminated Soil
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Jul 4, 2021
    • 5 min

    Slingshot: A Deeper Dig Into Santa Ana's Contaminated Soil

    It's not just lead that's dangerously deposited in the soil of Santa Ana. A study recently published in the Environmental Science:...
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    Slingshot: Poor Clippers, So Far From God, So Close to the Lakers
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Jun 27, 2021
    • 5 min

    Slingshot: Poor Clippers, So Far From God, So Close to the Lakers

    Late one night in 1992, I watched a glowing television as a bespectacled Larry Brown coached the Los Angeles Clippers all the way to a...
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    Slingshot: Dana Rohrabacher Sure is a Riot!
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Jun 20, 2021
    • 5 min

    Slingshot: Dana Rohrabacher Sure is a Riot!

    On Election Night 2016, former Huntington Beach congressman Dana Rohrabacher gave a thumbs up for photographers at a Skosh Monahan's...
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    Slingshot: A Free Speech Battle in HB Highlights Hypocrisies
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Jun 6, 2021
    • 8 min

    Slingshot: A Free Speech Battle in HB Highlights Hypocrisies

    For Shayna Lathus, being "antifa adjacent" during a counter-protest in Huntington Beach two years ago cost her a seat on the city's...
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    Slingshot: Genevieve Huizar, Mother Turned Anti-Police Brutality Activist, Dies
    Gabriel San Roman
    • May 30, 2021
    • 10 min

    Slingshot: Genevieve Huizar, Mother Turned Anti-Police Brutality Activist, Dies

    Genevieve Huizar invited me into her Santa Ana home one day in the aftermath of the Anaheim Riots, a days-long conflagration that erupted...
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    Slingshot: Lessons From Los Alamitos on Ethnic Studies
    Gabriel San Roman
    • May 16, 2021
    • 9 min

    Slingshot: Lessons From Los Alamitos on Ethnic Studies

    Los Alamitos, historically a sugar town, hasn't been all that sweet to people of color. It's the kind of city where Dean Grose can resign...
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    Slingshot: Deeming Masks at School 'Child Abuse,' OC Parents Tee Up Protest
    Gabriel San Roman
    • May 9, 2021
    • 9 min

    Slingshot: Deeming Masks at School 'Child Abuse,' OC Parents Tee Up Protest

    Deborah Pauly, a former Villa Park city councilwoman, power walked past Newport Elementary School one recent day in Newport Beach. She...
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    Slingshot: Is OC Becoming More Critical of Cops?
    Gabriel San Roman
    • May 2, 2021
    • 5 min

    Slingshot: Is OC Becoming More Critical of Cops?

    I made my way towards Orange County Superior Court one early morning in 2016 to do some trial reporting. A trio of Anaheim cholos stood...
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    Slingshot: Whites Vaxxed at Twice the Rate of Latinos in OC
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 6 min

    Slingshot: Whites Vaxxed at Twice the Rate of Latinos in OC

    After a year of pandemic purgatory, I finally awaited my turn at a local pharmacy. A Latina sat across from me and did her 15 minutes of...
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    Slingshot: White Pride and Prejudice in Huntington Beach
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Apr 11, 2021
    • 7 min

    Slingshot: White Pride and Prejudice in Huntington Beach

    Hatred looms on the horizon in Huntington Beach. Ku Klux Klan propaganda sealed in plastic bags first arrived on the doorsteps of homes...
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    Slingshot: Breans Sue Raising Cane's, City Over Location Planned by School
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Apr 4, 2021
    • 6 min

    Slingshot: Breans Sue Raising Cane's, City Over Location Planned by School

    Brea residents are raising hell over Raising Cane's. The Baton Rouge chain known for chicken fingers and long lines at the drive-thru has...
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    Slingshot: How OC Rolled Out the Red Carpet for 'The Birth of a Nation'
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Mar 28, 2021
    • 7 min

    Slingshot: How OC Rolled Out the Red Carpet for 'The Birth of a Nation'

    Never before in American cinematic history did a silent film speak so loudly--and Orange County joined the chorus. Directed by D.W....
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    Slingshot: The Atlanta Massacre and the Danger of Deracialized Death
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Mar 21, 2021
    • 6 min

    Slingshot: The Atlanta Massacre and the Danger of Deracialized Death

    The massacre in metro Atlanta last week felt all too inevitable. Before a 21-year-old white gunman slayed six Asian American women at a...
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    Slingshot: Anaheim Police Shooting Eluded Transparency--Until Now
    Gabriel San Roman
    • Mar 14, 2021
    • 9 min

    Slingshot: Anaheim Police Shooting Eluded Transparency--Until Now

    Two years ago, I wasted little time in requesting files entitled to me under SB 1421, a new California law allowing for greater access to...
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