{"id":456605,"date":"2026-09-07T22:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T22:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456605\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T22:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T22:24:19","slug":"photos-san-joses-fourth-annual-lowrider-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456605\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: San Jose’s fourth annual Lowrider Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Jose Lowrider Day returned to downtown San Jose on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the City Council\u2019s decision to repeal a decades-old cruising ban.<\/p>\n

The fourth-annual celebration was hosted in front of City Hall by the offices of Councilmembers Anthony Tordillos and Peter Ortiz, as well as the United Lowrider Council of San Jose.<\/p>\n

The event featured lowrider cars, live music, food, local vendors and community resources.<\/p>\n

Cruising has been part of Chicano culture since the 1940s, and grew to be a symbol of Mexican-American resistance against discrimination during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 70s. But by the 1990s it had become associated with gang violence and illegal activity. Many cities across the U.S., including San Jose, created laws prohibiting cruising.<\/p>\n

San Jose had a cruising ban for decades before the City Council repealed it in 2022.<\/p>\n

The lowrider council has built relationships with city agencies, nonprofits, schools and other community organizations. The group also works with the San Jose Police Department as they organize cruises and other events.<\/p>\n

\"PeoplePeople look at cars on display at the fourth annual San Jose Lowrider Day in front of San Jos\u00e9 City Hall in downtown San Jos\u00e9, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"PeoplePeople look at cars on display at the fourth annual San Jose Lowrider Day along East Santa Clara Street in front of San Jos\u00e9 City Hall in downtown San Jos\u00e9, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"AA hood ornament on display at the fourth annual San Jose Lowrider Day in front of San Jos\u00e9 City Hall in downtown San Jos\u00e9, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"PeoplePeople look at cars on display at the fourth annual San Jose Lowrider Day along East Santa Clara Street in front of San Jos\u00e9 City Hall in downtown San Jos\u00e9, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"AA Felix the Cat stuffed animal on display at the fourth annual San Jose Lowrider Day along East Santa Clara Street in front of San Jos\u00e9 City Hall in downtown San Jos\u00e9, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"PeoplePeople look at cars on display at the fourth annual San Jose Lowrider Day along East Santa Clara Street in front of San Jos\u00e9 City Hall in downtown San Jos\u00e9, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"AA hood ornament at the fourth annual San Jose Lowrider Day in front of San Jos\u00e9 City Hall in downtown San Jos\u00e9, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"PeoplePeople look at cars on display at the fourth annual San Jose Lowrider Day along East Santa Clara Street in front of San Jos\u00e9 City Hall in downtown San Jos\u00e9, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"AA \u201cNo Cruising Zone\u201d on display at the fourth annual San Jose Lowrider Day along East Santa Clara Street in front of San Jos\u00e9 City Hall in downtown San Jos\u00e9, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0
\n\"PeoplePeople look at cars on display at the fourth annual San Jose Lowrider Day along East Santa Clara Street in front of San Jos\u00e9 City Hall in downtown San Jos\u00e9, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Nhat V. Meyer\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Jose Lowrider Day returned to downtown San Jose on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the City Council\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,181,23,2944,385,88,90,89,198,200],"class_list":["post-456605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-regional","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}