A Pacoima post office has been renamed after rock 'n' roll legend Ritchie Valens, who attended San Fernando High School before making it big with hits like "La Bamba." 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange ...

The Pacoima Post Office will be renamed in honor of rock 'n' roll legend Ritchie Valens Friday. Rep. Tony Cárdenas, D-Panorama City, who introduced the bill to rename the post office, is set to ...

Valens attended San Fernando High School and was discovered in 1958 at the American Legion hall in Pacoima. He recorded hits like "La Bamba," "Come on, Let's Go," and "Donna," and performed on ...

PACOIMA >> A stretch of the 5 Freeway in the northeast San Fernando Valley will be renamed in honor of rock ‘n’ roll legend Ritchie Valens, thanks to a bill approved by the state Legislature.

A bill to rename the Pacoima Post Office in honor of rock 'n' roll legend Ritchie Valens has moved forward after it was approved by the House of Representatives this week. Rep. Tony Cardenas, D ...

He was born on May 13, 1941 in Pacoima and attended Pacoima Junior High and San Fernando High School. Valens was discovered in 1958 at an American Legion Hall in Pacoima.

Valens attended San Fernando High School and became a hit recording artist after being discovered in 1958 at the American Legion hall in Pacoima. MORE: 'La Bamba' musician Ritchie Valens' life ...

For His Native Pacoima, Ritchie Valens’ Star Burned Brightly. By KEVIN RODERICK . March 25, 2001 12 AM PT . ... Thursday’s high school baseball and softball scores. April 17, 2025.

At the dedication of Ritchie Valens Park in Pacoima in the 1990s, ... “You had to be tough,” Munson says of that high school. “Ritchie was tough. He could hold his own in a fight.

Pacoima's own Ritchie Valens was just 17 when the charter plane he was on crashed in Iowa, killing him and everyone aboard -- including fellow musicians and icons Buddy Holly and J.P.

It's safe to say that Pacoima has a lot of love for Ritchie Valens—and with good reason. ... and was a student at San Fernando High School in the 1950s when he was discovered by producer Bob Keane.

My favorite Valens CD is the live recording (taped by a student) of a performance at his former school, Pacoima Junior High, on December 10, 1958, less than two months before the crash. "It would be ...