In 2022, the iconic L.A. comedian Cheech Marin opened an art museum with the hope of inspiring a Chicano art renaissance. "I looked around and said, 'This could be the next big art town' — because the ...

Events in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles are set to mark the 55th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium. On Aug. 29, 1970, nearly 30,000 people marched through the streets of East Los Angeles in ...

A car cruise into Centennial Park kicked off the city of Santa Ana’s fourth annual Chicano Heritage Festival on Sunday, Aug. 24. The celebration of the city’s Latino community and its contributions ...

At the 2025 Chicano Music Hall of Fame ceremony and Noche Tradicional Concert on July 24, four local legends were inducted to the 23rd Class of Nuestra Musica de Chicano Music Hall of Fame. The ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - It was a conversation that brought back good memories of Old Spanish Days Fiesta. "My parents and my aunts forced me and my sister and my cousins to make cascarones, confetti ...

HO CHI MINH CITY — When Nguyen Phuoc Loc first started dabbling in Chicano culture eight years ago, it was simply because he liked the way that the loose clothing offset his large head. Today, he ...

Scene where Los Angeles Times journalist Ruben Salazar was killed in Los Angeles, California in 1970. (Raul Ruiz / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) The Library of Congress has ...

Serena Maria Daniels is a former editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She’s a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been ...

Anti-deportation demonstrators protest the Trump administration's deportations near police officers blocking an entrance to the 101 freeway on Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Thousands ...

Armando Vazquez-Ramos, the founder and leader of the Chicano movement in Long Beach, was described as a leader, trailblazer, mentor, inspiration and aspiration by many who knew him during a ...

Picture this: It’s a Monday morning, and you head over to the courthouse during your lunchtime. You push open the big wooden door and walk into the building where untold numbers of people have waited ...