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In Memoriam: Nicholas Hernandez – Community Leader, War Hero Laid to Rest
Nicholas Hernandez, a community leader on many fronts, was laid to rest with full military honors at Miramar National Cemetery on Thursday, May 24, after a Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Logan Heights filled with family, friends, and civic leaders....
ERNESTO MARTIN BARRERA: December 12, 1935 – February 6, 2018
By E.A. Barrera Ernesto Martin Barrera
It is slightly less than three-thousand miles between the tiny village of Mompos, Colombia, and Washington, D.C. But of course, it is in many ways farther then t...
Obituary: Goyo Flores
San Diego Community Activist, Producer, Director, Actor, Theater Arts Professor, and Special Read more…...
Obituary: Raul Bejarano Loya
By Patricia Loya Raul Bejarano Loya, beloved husband, father, educator and activist, Read more…...
The Passing of a Chicano Warrior, Reies López Tijerina
By Herman Baca, President Committee on Chicano Rights In the late 1960’s; Read more…...
Obituary: Peter Chacon
June 10, 1925 – December 14, 2014 California State Assemblyman 1970-92 By Read more…...
Carmen Zapata, A Latino Hollywood Legend, Dead at 86
An artist, activist, teacher, mentor, and community leader, the passing of Carmen Read more…...
Obituary: Service to Others Was Her Mission!
By David Valladolid Beloved and adored Rita Valladolid was born in Chino, Read more…...
Obituary: Maria Torres Avalos
[Eulogy delivered by David Avalos, Maria’s son, during the funeral mass at Read more…...
Hispanic Community Mourns the Loss of Mexican American Leader Raymond Telles
Ambassador Raymond L. Telles, Jr., the first Hispanic mayor of a major Read more…...