While growing up, Valens attended Pacoima Junior High School, now Pacoima Middle School. He also studied at San Fernando High School. Ritchie started singing professionally when he was about 15.

Kearny Mesa High School, and Marston Junior High. There was no freshman or senior class of 1958. A few months after the Clairemont High appearance, Ritchie Valens perished in the same February ...

Mayor Karen Bass is expected to provide an update Friday on the explosion at a Pacoima home that rattled ... opened an emergency shelter at the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center for the families ...

Richard Steven Valenzuela was born on May 13, 1941 in Pacoima. Ritchie Valens: Life and Death His parents were from Mexico and he was the second of five children. Also Interesting: Watch the video ...