Culture Report: Centro’s Calling it a Comeback

Culture Report: Centro’s Calling it a Comeback

By Kinsee Morlan – VoiceOfSanDiego.org – Photo: Kinsee Morlan. Photo: The Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park. Centro Cultural de la Raza is housed in a former water tower on the outskirts of Balboa Park. It was once one of the leading Chicano arts...
Instilling pride in a community’s roots

Instilling pride in a community’s roots

By Anna Schuessler, Daily Journal staff – SMDailyjournal.com – Photo: Anna Schuessler/Daily Journal. Photo: North Fair Oaks native Jose Castro designed a mural on a wall adjacent to the Second Avenue parking lot in the heart of his neighborhood. When he...
Jolla Shark moves across I-5 from Logan

Jolla Shark moves across I-5 from Logan

By Ian Anderson – SanDiegoReader.com – Photo Not Credited. Photo: The shark in this food truck’s imagery is ready to eat, not be eaten. Until recently, Jolla Shark parked beside a gas station across the street from a couple of taco shops in Sherman...
Decades-Old Chicano Mural Erased in San Jose’s East Side

Decades-Old Chicano Mural Erased in San Jose’s East Side

By Jennifer Wadsworth | @jennwadsworth – SanJoseInside.com – Photo: South Bay Visions. Photo: “Mural de la Raza” is gone forever. But the property owners may not be entirely off the hook. It was one of the oldest surviving murals in San Jose,...