Gabriel San Roman
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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