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Gustavo Arellano

Gustavo Arellano: Rick Caruso's Latino appeal isn't bought — it's real. But is it enough to win?

Telenovela star Kate del Castillo took a lunchtime stroll toward a black GMC Yukon parked on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights, cameramen and photographers behind her.

She peered into the massive SUV. Rick Caruso stepped out and gave her a big hug and birthday greetings. The actor and the Los Angeles mayoral candidate walked together for a bit before stopping in front of palm trees to face the press.

Caruso introduced Del Castillo as a "very prominent member of the Latino community" who had decided to endorse him. The announcement was in Boyle Heights — where neither of them live — because that's where his Italian grandparents settled when they came to the United States, he said.

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