Interview of Gaudencio Gene Lopez by Meda Okelo. Topics include: his Filipino dad Gaudencio moving to EPA in the 40s when he could afford to buy land; his father running a flower farm on Weeks Street with his cousin; his mother Matea moving to EPA in the 60s; born in the 1970s, his experience as the only Filipino in classes at Kavanaugh Oaks and Menlo School; local businesses; attending Saint Francis of Assisi; crime in the late 80s and early 90s; why his father did not move out of EPA; Cliff Evans and his Weeks Street horse ranch; how Weeks Street became a Filipino neighborhood; his family selling much of Weeks Street; the proposed housing development on Weeks Street; closing of Ravenswood High School and the new retail center; changes in demographics; his vision for EPA; and why he has stayed in EPA.