“We’re speaking in the past tense, Gustavo. It’s done.” He laid out the following scenario: The next time American schoolchildren have to do a geography assignment involving the Gulf of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gustavo Castillo is a LA based engineer who covers innovation.

Gustavo Arellano is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, covering Southern California everything and a bunch of the West and beyond. He previously worked at OC Weekly, where he was an ...