The Pasadena Tournament of Roses held its 4th annual Día De Los Muertos art competition Sunday at the Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown Los Angeles. The annual holiday, which is now celebrated around the world, is a tradition that started more than 3,000 years ago in Mexico and Central America to honor […]
Diamond Bakery in the Fairfax District, which first opened in 1946, is prepping for the end of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, when observers who have been fasting for 25 hours in accordance with tradition finally break their fast at sundown on Monday to eat traditional foods. Yom Kippur is the […]
Thousands celebrated at the 77th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade and Festival Sunday in East Los Angeles, the longest running and largest Mexican heritage parade in the country. The mile and a half parade started at 10 a.m. at the corner of Cesar Chavez and Mednik avenues, traveled north on Cesar Chavez before turning […]
A pilot was lucky to escape serious injury when a small plane crashed in Compton on Sunday afternoon. According to an Instagram post by Compton Firefighters, first responders have launched an investigation in the area of South Oleander Avenue and West Reeve Street. Video posted to the Citizen app shows the plane, which had crash landed […]
A celebration of Mexican culture, tradition and family took over the streets of Orange on Sunday, as part of Chapman University’s Heartbeat of Mexico Festival. The Musco Center for the Arts has been hosting the festival since 2016 in cooperation with the Chapman University LatinX Staff and Faculty Forum. The event hosted more than 15 […]