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 BECOMING A CHOLO Sr Felipe/Phillip I. Elkins Can be heard doing his radio show “LA Sounds with Sr Felipe” broadcast live on 90.1 FM Chico every Tuesday night from  7:30 – 10:00 PM and streamed live on KZFR.org People have been asking … Continue reading →

As a kid in the 4th grade sometimes, instead of going to school, I’d walk out the back door of my house in East LA to the ally and I’d go a couple blocks to the San Bernadino freeway underpass, … Continue reading →

Now that the war in Iraq is winding down, what exactly did we get out of it? Supposedly it was fought because Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). If that was the reason for the war, why didn’t … Continue reading →

My mother’s name was Rose and my uncle Morrie had a wife named Rose and my brother Paul is married to a lady named Rose and I had a girlfriend named Rosie. But what I want to talk about is … Continue reading →

Someone recently asked me who my favorite teacher was. At first I drew a blank but then I didn’t really have to think about it for very long. In the mid-fifties I was in the 7th or 8th grade at … Continue reading →

 Phil doing his “LA Sounds” radio show at KZFR 90.1 FM, Chico, CA My name is Phil Elkins but most people know me as Sr Felipe. I grew up in East LA, was drafted into the army and sent to … Continue reading →