Author Archives: Sr Felipe

About Sr Felipe

I grew up in East LA, was drafted into the army and sent to Vietnam as a medic with the 1st Cav from 1966-1967. I survived that, came back to LA, went to East LA College and Cal State LA, became a social worker in Ventura, CA and moved up to Chico, CA in 1975. I started Sr Felipe's Salsas making organic salsa, enchilada, BBQ and pasta sauce that was available in natural food stores nationwide from 1980-2005. I've been doing a radio show on KZFR, Chico, 90.1 FM every Tuesday from 7:30-10:00 PM streamed live on KZFR.org where I play oldies from the 50s & 60s, doo-wop, Latin, folk, country and Gospel music and interview interesting people in the community. For the past three years I've been teaching beginning guitar through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute through Chico State University.

Alcohol and Drugs

“And I’d like us to deal with the reason why so many people seem to want to use drugs and get high so much. I’ll write about why I think that is in another post.” That’s what I wrote in … Continue reading

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How Safe is Your Pension?

Every day 10,000 people in the US turn 65 years old and many of them have been working hard all their lives and paying into and looking forward to their retirement pension plans. But the pensions that cover more than … Continue reading

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Made in China

When Ronald Reagan was president, Big Business came up with a very smart way to increase it’s profits. Why not have their products made much more cheaply in China and sell them for more profit? The average hourly wage for … Continue reading

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The Drought

Everybody knows that it is only a matter of time until we are all going to be using water meters to measure and to pay for how much water we use. Why? Because much of it is being wasted. We’re now hearing that … Continue reading

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The Health Insurance Racket

Why should health care so prohibitively expensive? The U.S. spends $2.7 trillion a year, nearly 18 percent of the gross domestic product on health care and yet it’s not keeping up with the rest of the developed world when it comes to … Continue reading

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Paul Walker

The horrible car crash that Paul Walker died in a couple weeks ago is tragic. He seemed to be a nice guy with the good looks and charisma and youth and talent that millions of people admired. I admired him too and I saw … Continue reading

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“If You Want to See Your Son Alive Again….”

It was November, 1965. I was working at a job pumping gas at a Powerine gas station in Pasadena, CA. One morning at the end of my 8 hour graveyard shift I got a call from my boss telling me that … Continue reading

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Me and Bobby and Jim and Vietnam

Bobby: I turned 21 in Vietnam and I’d been back home for a few weeks. I was hanging out with old friends I knew before I was drafted, including a girl named Christina who was in my class in high school. We always liked each … Continue reading

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My Dad and the Hell’s Angels

I was a kid maybe 7 or 8 years old. I was on vacation with my mom and dad and my older brother Richard in the high desert outside of LA. We went to a place called Lake Elsinore where … Continue reading

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Making Aliyah and Marty

It was 1970 and I was going to Cal State LA. I’d been out of the army a couple of years and I grew my hair very long and bushy and grew a big beard and hung out with a bunch … Continue reading

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