A founding father of rock ’n’ roll, he would lose his life barely a year later, when the plane carrying members of the Winter ...

Now the senior U.S. senator from California, Alex Padilla’s career in public service started amid intense fervor over immigration in the early 1990s. Now, it comes full circle.

From Prop. 187 to a ICE raids Local allies and many constituents have long known Padilla’s origin story: A Pacoima kid and San Fernando High School graduate who watched his father carve out a ...

(Clairemont High article mentioning Valens' performance, courtesy Clairemont High School Alumni Assn) Valens was literally on the brink of superstardom as he flew back to L.A. that evening.

How to watch Doddridge Co. vs. Ritchie County playoff high school girls basketball Doddridge Co. and Ritchie County will take the court on Wednesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. ET.

They are at the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center, 10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd. in Pacoima; Northridge Park, 10120 Reseda Blvd. in Northridge; and Sepulveda Recreation Center, 8825 Kester Ave. in ...

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 ...

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.