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Filipinos in LA look to a gateway as their ‘guiding star’ to salvage a neglected history

LOS ANGELES – When artist Eliseo Art Silva immigrated to Los Angeles in 1989, he hoped to find a neighborhood reminiscent of the rich culture of his native Philippines. But when he arrived in LA’s Filipinotown, what stood out most to him were the yellow arches of a McDonald’s restaurant. Venturing farther into the neighborhood […]