“We have Olvera Street, we have La Plaza, now the La Plaza Village. I think it’ll lead to a co-mingling, rather than to a division or keeping people from coming here and it’ll be more welcoming.

Cinco de Mayo celebration at Olvera Street Plaza in El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument will take place from 7-9am, followed by an afternoon community event from 12-8pm.

A shout echoed out of Plaza Olvera after dawn Wednesday. A janitor whose small frame belied her booming voice stood at the center of a circle of people, leading the chant: “Obama, escucha ...

At the start of the procession in Plaza Olvera, Rev. Tanya Lopez, senior pastor at Downey Memorial Christian Church, recounted how last week she watched as plainclothes federal agents swarmed a ...

A girl named April adjusts her sombrero during Cinco de Mayo celebrations along Plaza Olvera in Los Angeles, May 5, 2005. Reuters/Robert Galbraith As Americans prepare to sip margaritas and munch ...

Estanislao Mendoza Chocalate, left, father of missing student Miguel Angel Mendoza Zacarias, speaks with Juana Nicolas. A march from Plaza Olvera to the Mexican consulate will take place Sunday.

After 'roving patrols' led to indiscriminate detentions of citizens, a US appeals court rejected the federal government's ...

A girl named April adjusts her sombrero during Cinco de Mayo celebrations along Plaza Olvera in Los Angeles, May 5, 2005. Reuters/Robert Galbraith The Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo — sometimes ...

Two hours later, in Mariachi Plaza, Cesar lays the suits across a table. The tan one is moth-eaten and the gray one is, well, gray.