0th Chicano Moratorium Committee, in conjunction with the E.L.A. Farmers Market, is staging the “Adelitas in the Movement” commemoration at our annual event on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at the Belvedere Park Amphitheater on the E.L.A. Civic Center grounds, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In the spring of 1979, Roberto Rodriguez was on assignment for Lowrider Magazine in East Los Angeles. The film “Boulevard Nights,” which dramatized the life of Chicano gangs in the neighborhood, had just debuted, and law enforcement officials across Southern California were arresting people for simply cruising in their barrios.

On Whittier Boulevard, where Rodriguez had gone to interview and photograph people, he saw L.A. County sheriff’s deputies beating up a man who had wandered onto the street waving a serape. Rodriguez documented the assault, until the deputies demanded he leave.

“Next thing you know,” Rodriguez wrote in his subsequent article, “I got pushed from behind and then I heard [a deputy] say, “Get against the f— car.”

Coming up on August 5th, Bridgefest LA is hosting an exciting community event at the iconic Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles…

LowridersLowrider cars hold a special place in the heart of East Los Angeles. These iconic vehicles have become an enduring symbol of Chicano culture and pride.