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Going for Gold
Illustration by David Senior
Frank Villalobos’ niece and her friend are going to Pasadena. No big deal, right? As the crow flies, patrician Pasadena is only 9 miles north of the architect and activist’s East Los Angeles home. But this youngster’s small step toward independence happens to reflect a region’s giant leap toward unification and ethnic equity.
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