Who’s California’s most notorious criminal? Should children be named after the Golden State? And what, exactly, deserves to be the state’s official meal? These are just a few of the quirky and clever questions tackled in Alta Journal’s Ask a Californian column. Columnists Gustavo Arellano and Stacey Grenrock Woods join Alta Live to share their sharp insights, trade witty banter, and field new curveball queries from the audience. Come ready with your own questions and join us for what promises to be a lively, and very Californian, conversation.
ABOUT THE GUESTS
Stacey Grenrock Woods is a regular contributor to Esquire and a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. She writes and consults on various TV shows and had a recurring role as Tricia Thoon on Fox’s Arrested Development. Her first book is I, California.
Gustavo Arellano is the author of Orange County: A Personal History and Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America. He is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and has been an essayist and reporter for various publications as well as a frequent commentator on radio and television. He was formerly an editor of OC Weekly, an alternative newspaper in Orange County, California, and penned the award-winning ¡Ask a Mexican!, a nationally syndicated column in which he answered any and all questions about America’s spiciest and largest minority. Arellano is the recipient of awards ranging from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Best Columnist to the Los Angeles Press Club President’s Award to an Impacto Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition and was recognized by the California Latino Legislative Caucus with a 2008 Spirit Award for his “exceptional vision, creativity, and work ethic.” Arellano is a lifelong resident of Orange County and is the proud son of two Mexican immigrants, one of whom came to this country in the trunk of a Chevy.•
