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SGV Weekly
by Chris Greenspon
An alternative magazine for the San Gabriel Valley. Hosted by Chris Greenspon. From Alhambra to Pomona, this is your fix of the 626.
Episodes
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SGV 023: Could teens design a better El Monte city seal?
On the Season 2 finale of SGV Weekly, we dive into “A People’s Seal of El Monte.” This gave students and residents in Monte the chance to design their own seal, “not for the city, but for all those who identify with the region and are inspired by El Monte’s history," according to project…
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SGV 022: Could Veteran Raver DJ Spiñorita get the key to Alhambra?
DJ Spiñorita has been raving since she was born… give or take 14 years and a hundred backyard dj’s hired by her family. She lived an important part of not only So Cal, but SGV history. Bygone party scenes like the 626’s Catholic high school dances and iBrowse Coffee and Internet live on…
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SGV 021: BIPOC Library Flowers at El Monte’s Valley Mall
Matilija Lending Library sits in an alleyway sized room that used to house a shoe repair shop on Lexington Avenue at the Valley Mall. That works in its favor though; it's like your favorite aisle at the library went on Pimp My Ride! Said ride was pimped by the shop's founders, Amy Wong and Andrew...
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SGV 020: The Vinyl Eruption; when will it cool? With The Midnight Hour
Covina’s Midnight Hour Records is a store for music fans at every level. Brand new to the game, “just here for your ten records that you really need”? Sure, you’ll be back though. Longtime fiends buying 45’s instead of groceries? Put it on your tab. Midnight Hour SGV and SFV are sibling stores…
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SGV 019: If only I took English at Mt SAC with John Brantingham
John Brantingham was a driving force behind Mt San Antonio College’s creative writing club for decades. If you went to SAC in the last 30 years, you probably recognize his trademark shock of white hair and weary expression. He was a fixture around the 26 Building where everyone takes their...
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SGV 018: Homeless Crisis in Flux with Sasha Renee Perez
Alhambra City Councilmember Sasha Renee Perez has gone through real heartbreak when it comes to the homelessness crisis, having lost family to it. In April ‘22, LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis appointed her to the LAHSA Commission. And then LAHSA’s executive director stepped down. That’s when…
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SGV 017: Sweatshops in the Food Desert with Christine Tran
Christine Tran knows how the system can fail us when we need it most. Her parents struggled to walk the tightrope of qualifying for food assistance and not getting kicked off of it. They were refugees of the Vietnam War and raised their kids alongside them as they worked through garment jobs and...
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SGV 016: The Pocho Paradox with Isimo Podcast
Imagine you’re a young comedian, who just crushed it at the mic, going outside to cool off, when some older comic shouts from behind his cigarette, “Ey foo, you’re funny, but you should be louder on stage!” That happened to one of our guests - the hosts of Isimo Podcast, Rian Reyes, Dominic…
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SGV 015: Chris Greenspon - The Unauthorized Autobiography
SGV Weekly began as (and remains) my love letter to the San Gabriel Valley. We have great stories here, and my wife said I should include my own. Last season, I opened each show with a personal monologue, but I’m tired of doing that every time and this seemed like a good way to get it out of my...
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SGV 014: Band kid to ska star with Jackie Mendez
Jackie Mendez is a rocksteady and soul artist from South El Monte. She honed her chops singing in the backyards and dive bars of the Mid-Valley, starting with her legendary band The Boss Beats. She’s one of the SGV’s most recognized songwriters after putting in over a decade, working her way...
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SGV 013: Pomona’s fading graffiti reborn as exalted poetry
Michael Torres doesn’t revel in the idea of ‘making good and getting out of the hood.’ NPR’s Best Books of 2020? Yeah, that’s pretty sweet. Getting paid to write and teach? Of course, that’s good. Being able to hold the memories of your past life as a graffiti artist and not feel like you…
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SGV 012: David & Bigot Goliath after El Monte's church bombing
Looking back at the news coverage of the explosion at First Works Baptist Church, the question that rises to the top is why weren’t we hearing more from the group that had protested the Church’s hateful teachings? Keep El Monte Friendly was treated fairly in local reports, but we mostly just saw...
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SGV 011: Thwarting bike death - non-profit designs street justice
El Monte and South El Monte are emblematic of inequity in the Valley. That’s where Active SGV’s executive director David Diaz is from. From his “frozen food” fueled childhood to being a new father there today, little has changed in the area’s streetscape. There are few neighborhood parks, an...
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SGV 010: Mish Mash Grab Bag! A Real Sausage Fest!
The saga of Phil Spector’s murder castle in Alhambra... A chat with a young progressive delegate hopeful from Bassett… The rebirth of Dr Rubin’s World Famous Pomade… and a mystery meat lunch in Arcadia Regional Park. This is our first compilation episode. -First priority. If you are registered to...
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SGV 009: SGV LGBTQ president on El Monte’s hate church
In November Camila Camaleon was elected to lead the San Gabriel Valley’s small LGBTQ Center through turbulent times. But her pedigree in this traditional quarter of Southern California may be just what the area’s queer residents need to push for greater service and representation from the…
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SGV 008: Rap transcends trauma for ‘Woman In The Crowd’ Vel the Wonder
Vel the Wonder is an emcee from Baldwin Park with a very personal style. It’s unapologetic, “nuts hanging” out even as she tackles painful subjects. Hip hop seems to ground her wherever she is in life: the happy early years on La Sena Ave in North Baldwin Park, bussing it all over So Cal to paint...
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SGV 007: El Monte's racist pioneer myth exposed in East of East
The history book East of East began out of disgust with El Monte’s origin story as the "End of the Santa Fe Trail." In 2012, the city celebrated it's centennial with a wagon train parade based on the sanitized narrative of the southern pioneers whose descendants founded the township - instead of...
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SGV 006: KNX’s Fierce City Hall Reporter, Claudia Peschiutta
KNX 1070’s Claudia Peschiutta is known for many things in LA news: getting beanbagged by LAPD on her day off, yelling “I object!” at the second Lee Baca trial, and calling the Mayor of Los Angeles “Eric” at a press conference... Ok, those are all outliers, but her reputation is well-earned. She...
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SGV 005: Post-Punk icon Jeffrey Lee Pierce in the heart of his sister, Jacqui
Very few SoCal punk bands are legendary on the level that Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s Gun Club is. And of course, legends can be misleading. Pierce is known to come from El Monte, but his hometown was in fact South El Monte. Though he would say he was from Texas, like his mother. Questions about who...
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SGV 004: Daughter Skateboards, Dad films, Slurpee destroyed!
Daughter Skateboards is a brand based in Hacienda Heights, dedicated to helping young girls in the skate scene. Bobby Redline and Jesus Ramirez founded Daughter after their kids Draven and Aberdeen got them back into skating. Aberdeen Ramirez, her younger sister, and Draven Redline The brand will...
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SGV 003: Black diaspora in Pomona sparks self-reparations
Khalif Rasshan founded The African American Museum of Beginnings in 2010 after retiring from a three decade teaching career at Garey High School. He attended the school himself after moving from Compton in 1965. Pomona was the whitest place he’d ever seen. But he felt fairly welcome. The Civil...
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SGV 002: Numbing Spice & The Boba Blow Up - West SGV foodwriter Kristie Hang
The San Gabriel Valley has America’s highest concentration of Asian immigrants, and a regional dining selection to match. The LA press corps has published plenty about this in recent years, but how much of it is actually relevant to locals? To kitchen workers? This week we hear from “Duchess of…
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SGV 001: The Song Of The San Gabriel Valley Is Untitled
This inaugural episode tells the history of a gone but not forgotten punk band from La Puente. T.U. aka The Uglies, circa 2005-2011. The band’s bassist and lead singer, Noe Silva, is a friend of the program, and an understated fixture in the Southern California scene. His adventurous (and at…
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SGV 000: The Trailer
Coming Oct. 2020, SGV Weekly is an alternative podcast for the San Gabriel Valley. News and interviews about who we are and where we live. Hear the stories of punks, rappers, historians and more. East of East, West of Inland, North of Orange...From Alhambra to Pomona, get your fix of the 626....
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An alternative magazine for the San Gabriel Valley. Hosted by Chris Greenspon. From Alhambra to Pomona, this is your fix of the 626.
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