PACOIMA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Pacoima post office has been renamed after rock 'n' roll legend Ritchie Valens. Valens attended San Fernando High School and became a popular recording artist ...

Ritchie Valens will always hold a special place in the heart of Pacoima residents. Now, the “La Bamba” kid turned rock ‘n’ roll legend, has his own post office. The United States Postal ...

But no big star ever burned as brightly for his neighborhood as Ritchie Valens did for Pacoima. When Valens was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this past week, it gave ...

The Pacoima Post Office was renamed Friday for its hometown hero, rock 'n' roll legend Ritchie Valens. Valens attended San Fernando High School and was discovered in 1958 at the American Legion ...

Ritchie Valens was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Check out this article to know more about his family, life story, worth, and inheritance.

Named after the rock ‘n’ roll legend, RVRC has been the after-school spot for local kids, including those from nearby Pacoima Middle and San Fernando High. They join sports teams and take ...

Books about Valens, though, have been scarce. The only biography was 1987’s “Ritchie Valens, the First Latino Rocker” by Beverly Mendheim, who struggled to turn her research into a narrative.

The first Ritchie Valens biography in nearly 40 years was self-published in 2024 by a Canadian writer. A Valens sibling says: “It tells the real story, the true story.” Seen here too is a ...