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  The Cinco de Mayo holiday celebrates the victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín over French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. But on April 25, at...

ARVIN — Against all odds. It’s a phrase heard often by both Edgar Diaz, a 17-year-old wrestler at Arvin High School, and Miguel Sanchez, a 34-year-old wrestling coach and a cancer surviv...

¡Viva Carlos! In the dark tragedy from losing their loved one in a drunken driving accident, the family of Carlos Ortiz Jr. finds a ray of light by donating his organs By Lauren Helper / M&A...

This...is Soledad CNN reporter Soledad O’Brien wants women to know success — both personal & professional — is just a balancing act away. Soledad O'Brien. Photo courtesy of...

Like the magnificent, colorful quetzal bird for which it is named, Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli at California State University Bakersfield’s Doré Theatre April 15 and 16 promises to be a...

KEENE — Cesar Chavez wagged a finger at us. I was an unsure college student in my 20s, and he was the world-renowned labor leader and Latino cultural icon of our generation. At first, I didn&...

  As a teenager, Mark Martinez dreamed of putting out fires. Now, in a gray-walled radio studio about the size of two closets, he prepares to light them. Black cables jut from stacks of audio e...

In honor of  an Irish captain who, more than a century ago, led a battalion of soldiers in a defiant move, the Mexican flag flies high above his hometown’s center. That’s right, a Mex...

Putting on the POWER SUIT! Spotlight Theatre to chronicle infamous Sleepy Lagoon murder trial & the cultural mood of the times in popular Latino play, “Zoot Suit”. RUNNING MARCH 9-22!...

For many second- and third-generation Hispanics, it’s common for childhood memories to revolve around eating comida hispana. These meals were usually prepared by your mamá, abuelita, t&...