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Born and raised in East Los Angeles, Estella González received her bachelor’s degree in English from Northwestern University and a master of fine arts in fiction from Cornell University. González’s writing also found itself in several other anthologies including “Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women,” “A Night of Screams: Latino Horror Stories,” “What They …

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Fans filled the Mayan theater Friday night for a special Lucha VaVoom tribute show honoring lucha libre trailblazer and queer icon Cassandro. Cassandro signs autographs flanked by Los Angeles de Cassandro luchadores at Friday’s Lucha Vavoom tribute show. “Ten years in, it’s the best show, still,” Corado said of Lucha VaVoom. Now sitting in the front row, it’s the best …

Ahead of WrestleMania, here’s a brief history of lucha libre in Los Angeles

If you want to understand how embedded lucha libre is to Mexican American identity in Los Angeles, all you have to do is take a walk through Olvera Street. Known as the “Madison Square Garden of the West,” the Olympic Auditorium opened its doors in 1925 to vast fanfare and acclaim, just one year after Los Angeles repealed it’s ban …

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