The cars became a symbol of California Latino culture, and soon lowrider car clubs became popular by the 1970s. Cities across the state, however, began banning lowriders in the 1980s as critics ...

Hydraulics became more prominent in lowrider car clubs as a way for drivers to modify their cars, ... the California State Assembly passed ACR 218 to celebrate and recognize California Lowrider Day.

Once harassed by police, lowriders can cruise across California under a new law. October 17, 2023 7:01 PM ET. By . ... the low rider communities and car clubs from all over California, ...

Hydraulics became more prominent in lowrider car clubs as a way for drivers to modify their cars, lifting them higher or lower, depending on law enforcement or traffic laws on city streets.In the ...

The event was organized by Cruising for Community, a volunteer organization committed to sharing lowrider culture with the ...

NPR's A Martinez talks with Denise Sandoval, professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at California State University, Northridge, about how lowrider culture has endured and spread.

California lowrider lovers are celebrating a bill that was just signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, revoking a ban on the popular classic cruisers that had been passed over 30 years ago.

Once on the fringes, lowrider owners and car clubs organized, flexed their political muscle and helped pass a law to bring back cruise night and decriminalize lowriders. Cruising is back.

Representing the Lady Lowrider Car Club, Sandy Avila had her 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass named, "Simply Beautiful," on display. "I’m here with our car club sisters and our husbands," Avila said.

Lowriders hit California's streets to celebrate end of anti-cruising law 03:46. ... Sandoval says that there are more women getting into lowriding and forming their own car clubs.

Current California law, in place since the late 1980s, includes a ride-height prohibition that effectively bans lowrider cruising. AB 436 would change that. Skip to content ...

S1: Earlier this month , Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law that lifts restrictions on lowrider cruising in California. Known as Assembly Bill 436. It also allows cars to legally drive lower to ...