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Peña: Why End Santa Ana’s Cinco Festival?

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By Pocha Peña | May 7, 2018

Santa Ana native, Pocha Peña writes that the recent decision to eliminate the Cinco de Mayo festival, a nearly 20-year tradition, is a mistake.

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