by Terry Grieve | Nov 6, 2019 | Culture, Dia de los Muertos, Festivals, Museums | 0 Comments
By Oakland North – Blog.SFGate.com – Photo Not Credited. Photo: A dancer performs at the Oakland Museum’s Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday. Strings of colorful papel picado, decorative paper banners, were strung above the Oakland Museum of...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 6, 2019 | Cuisine, Culture, Wine | 0 Comments
By L. Stephen Velasquez – SmithsonianMag.com – Photo courtesy of Israel Valencia | ©Israel Valencia. Photo: Alejandro Castillo Llamas acquired his deep knowledge of the wine business from the ground up. Alex Llamas, Gustavo Brambila and Amelia Ceja arrived...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 5, 2019 | Culture, Festivals, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By San Diego Union Tribune – SanDiegoUnionTribune.com – Video Capture: San Diego Union Tribune. More than 25 years after the city of National City, California, banned cruising, the pastime returned to the South Bay city last month (on Sept. 21) as part of...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 5, 2019 | Culture, History | 0 Comments
Isa Torres | Hispanic Beat Reporter – BaptistStandard.com – Courtesy Photo. Alicia Laurel and children from her class pose in front of the first brick building constructed by Primera Iglesia Bautista in Laredo. The church traces its beginning to 1883....
by Terry Grieve | Nov 5, 2019 | Culture, Dia de los Muertos, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By David Whiting | Orange County Register – OCRegister.com – Photo courtesy of Deborah Whiting. Photo: Day of the Dead starts early in Whittier, with costumes, face painting, classic lowrider cars and honoring ancestors. Day of the Dead festivities are all...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 4, 2019 | Culture, Murals | 0 Comments
By Frank Gormlie – OBRag.org – Image Not Credited. Image: New mural at People’s Food. It’s not surprising that Ocean Beach, California, has many murals adorning the walls of businesses around the community. But what is surprising is that Ocean Beach now –...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 4, 2019 | Culture, History | 0 Comments
By Shalina Chatlani – KPBS.org – Photo: Shalina Chatlani. Photo: Dr. Ellen Ochoa visited San Diego State University, so that she could receive an honorary degree in this photo taken on October 2, 2019. The former director of the Johnson Space Center and...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 4, 2019 | Culture, History, LowRiders | 0 Comments
By Kinsee Morlan – KPBS.org – Photo: Alan Lilienthal. Photo: A line of lowriders parked on Logan Avenue in Barrio Logan for the La Vuelta cruise on July 17, 2019. La Vuelta is a biweekly car cruise in Barrio Logan that runs through the summer. The event...
by Terry Grieve | Nov 1, 2019 | Culture, History, Murals | 0 Comments
BY Lautaro Grinspan – MiamiHerald.com – Image: Lautaro Grinspan Image: Participants of the Hispanic Heritage Month Neighborhood Tour take photos at the Leah Arts District in Hialeah. Miami, Florida – The purpose of the Neighborhood Tour — a product...
