BANDS PLAY, VEHICLES HOP FOR VALLEY'S YOUTHS; LATINO MUSIC FESTIVAL, ANNUAL CAR SHOW BENEFIT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.Byline: Luz Villarreal Daily News Staff Writer Special events held to benefit youths in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. drew thousands of residents Sunday to the Sylmar and Lake View Terrace areas. At the Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash Recreation Area, more than 30,000 people were entertained by performers such as La Mafia From its roots in the Northside neighborhood of Houston, Texas, the four-time Grammy Award-winning musical group La Mafia has charted a course as one of Latin Music’s most influential bands. , Los Tiranos del Norte Del Norte can refer to multiple things:
The eight-hour program, which featured nine performing groups in all, will benefit the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Department's Balancing the Odds Jeopardy Program, which provides high-risk youth with alternatives to the gang lifestyle. Nearby in Sylmar, hundreds of people - many of them with shaved heads, tattoos and baggy clothing - converged peacefully for entertainment featuring bouncing cars, polished chrome and rap music rap music or hip-hop, genre originating in the mid-1970s among black and Hispanic performers in New York City, at first associated with an athletic style of dancing, known as breakdancing. . It was the second annual Car Show at Sylmar High School Sylmar High School is a public school in the northeast San Fernando Valley in the Sylmar district of Los Angeles, California. Established in the 1950s, it is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, District 2, and serves more than 3,600 students in grades 9-12. where organizers said they hoped to raise thousands of dollars for the Pacoima Athletic Club. The 6-month-old club sponsors sports leagues for low-income children in the San Fernando Valley. More than 200 customized cars were entered in the competition on the athletic fields of the high school. Dozens of spruced-up bicycles were also on display. Chris Richards, president of the athletic club, said he hopes the event promotes peace among Latino and African-American gangs, especially in areas such as Hubert Humphrey Park in Pacoima where shootings between rival gangs have caused city officials to close the park at dusk. ``There have been big-time tensions between the blacks and Hispanics for four or five months now,'' Richards said as he looked at the Latino and African-American crowd co-mingling without problems Sunday. ``We need more communication. The more of that we have, the better. This is a start.'' CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1) A 1964 Chevy Impala impala, species of antelope, Aepyceros melampus, closely related to the gazelle and found in the savannah and bush country of E and S Africa. It is the antelope most commonly depicted in illustrations and in motion pictures. owned by Meme Hernandez and David Rivera hops 38 inches during a car show at Sylmar High to benefit youth athletics. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News (2) Umbrellas open to offer some shade and crowds press close to the stage Sunday at the Latino Music Festival at Hansen Dam. John McCoy/Daily News (3) Automotive enthusiasts cheer hydraulic-powered car action during the hop contest at Sunday's car show on Sylmar High's athletic field. Hans Gutknecht/Daily News (4) Revelers splash themselves to cool off Sunday at the Latino Music Festival at Hansen Dam in Lake View Terrace. John McCoy/Daily News |
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