Coachella As 'Fantasy Island?'

Published: Monday, April 23, 2018 - 3:11pm
Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - 8:35am
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Beyonce performing at Coachella in April 2018.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival wrapped up this weekend in Indio, California.

But Gustavo Arellano wishes some of those fans would pay a little more attention to what’s going on outside the Empire Polo Club.

Arellano is the California columnist for the LA Times opinion section, and recently wrote a piece with the headline “Coachella makes millions, but the festival’s impoverished Mexican neighbors see very little of it.”

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