Oakland museum celebrates Chicano rights and Dia de los Muertos

Oakland museum celebrates Chicano rights and Dia de los Muertos

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...
Three Mexican-American Vintners Tell Their Stories

Three Mexican-American Vintners Tell Their Stories

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...
Taking back Highland Avenue: National City embraces lowriders

Taking back Highland Avenue: National City embraces lowriders

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...
Historic Hispanic Texas churches persevere and adapt

Historic Hispanic Texas churches persevere and adapt

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....