SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Chicano Park was filled with local vendors, low-riders, and live music for the 54th annual Chicano Park Day celebration in Barrio Logan on Saturday. The annual tradition brought ...
As a child growing up in California, Rep. Lou Correa watched as his Mexican American neighbors returned from having served in the Vietnam War and still had to fight against discrimination, poverty and ...
DENVER (CBS4) - Preservation efforts for Chicano/Chicana murals across Colorado are receiving a major boost moving forward. On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation included ...
SAN DIEGO — Chicano Park is a National Historic Landmark in the heart of Barrio Logan and San Diego is celebrating the park's 52nd anniversary. The park stands today as an artistic and cultural ...
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — “If you could describe this exhibit in one word, what would that word be?” I asked. “I would say resilience,” said Valerie Jaimes, Executive Director of the Chicano Park Museum and ...
BARRIO LOGANBARRIO LOGAN — In the shadow of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, on the same patch of ground where a community of poor families and immigrants was cleaved by the government in the name of ...
For Maira Meza, it started with those poster contests for kids encouraging them to say no to drugs. As a kid who loved to ...
SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — The vibrant history, culture and art of Chicano Park and San Diego’s Latino community will be on full display nearly every weekend throughout the summer. The historic park nestled ...
On this date 54 years ago, the largest ethnically focussed action in the movement against the Vietnam War took place—offering an important example of the power of a people united. Today, August 29, ...
Long before Colorado was Colorado, Indigenous tribes lived on the land, then Spanish settlers arrived. The Mexican War of Independence fought in the early 1800s meant they became Mexican citizens.