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Classic Chevy Lowrider Pickup Gets Electric Makeover For SEMA

By Sean Murray – HotCars.com – Photo: Via Chevrolet. Built using parts of a Chevy Bolt EV, the E-10 concept is the electric hot rod to put gas-powered pickups to shame. Enter the E-10 Concept. Based on a 1962 C-10 pickup, Chevy hopes that folks won’t...

Mural’s restoration preserves the work and memory of the late Michael Schnorr

By Andrea Lopez-Villafaña – SanDiegoUnionTribune.com – Photo: John Gibbins | The San Diego Union-Tribune. Photo: Muralist Mario Chacon worked on restoring a mural painted by fellow muralist Michael Schnorr in 1980 at the San Ysidro health clinic. Schnorr...

1968 Dodge D200 ‘Lowliner’ adds low-down diesel torque to a lowrider

By Joel Stocksdale – AutoBlog.com – Photo Not Credited. When Mopar does a custom classic car, it’s always spectacular, whether it’s a Dodge muscle car like the 1,000-horsepower Super Charger or the monster Jeep Five-Quarter off-road pickup....

A Mount Washington mural is restored but not without challenges and hard feelings

By Nathan Solis – TheEastsiderLA.com – Photo Not Credited. Mount Washington, California — Artist Pola Lopez leans against the painted wall and fills out the details with her paint brush. She’s the second artist to put her signature on the Southwest...

A new museum tells the Pacific Northwest history of Latinx identity

By Agueda Pacheco Flores – CrossCut.com – Photo: Dorothy Edwards | Crosscut. Photo: Christina Gallegos of Seattle, Washington, looks through an exhibit with her grandson Cash Overton, 8, during the Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture grand opening...

Fronteras: ‘Carlos Almaraz: Playing With Fire’ — The Brief, Rich Life Of Prominent Chicano Artist

By Norma Martinez and Lauren Terrazas – TPR.org – Image Not Credited. Image: “Carlos Almaraz: Playing With Fire” is directed by Elsa Flores Almaraz and Richard Montoya, and produced by Mark Roberts. Inner demons, passions and life...