He was deeply engaged with some of the late 20th-century's most pivotal environmental issues, and did so as a Republican stalwart -- Richard Nixon, for example, appointed him as the EPA's second administrator.
Jose Lozano and Armando Duron discuss Chicano art, artists who identify with the Chicano label, and the gallery exhibit "Open Your Eyes/Abre Los Ojos" at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center.
The son of one of California's first prominent families, Cristóbal Aguilar was the first L.A.-born mayor of the city and the last Hispanic mayor until the election of Antonio Villaraigosa in 2005.
"There was plenty of time to ramble all over the place, meet wacky weirdos with an eye on the stairway to stardom, and discover a million and one fun, freaky, free things to do."