{"id":461385,"date":"2026-09-12T06:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T06:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/461385\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T06:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T06:42:09","slug":"los-angeles-azules-to-kick-off-hispanic-heritage-month-in-los-angeles-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/461385\/","title":{"rendered":"Los \u00c1ngeles Azules to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month in Los Angeles \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Mexico\u2019s most recognized cumbia groups will help kick off Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations in Southern California with two events, including Los Angeles\u2019 traditional El Grito celebration at City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The first event will take place in the San Fernando Valley, where Los Angeles City Councilmember Imelda Padilla, who represents Council District 6, will honor Los \u00c1ngeles Azules, the internationally renowned cumbia legends, with the unveiling of a plaza bearing the group\u2019s name in Panorama City.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will take place on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdAFTmUyeit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sept. 14 <\/a>at the intersection of Van Nuys Boulevard and Chase Street, where members of Los \u00c1ngeles Azules will leave their handprints in cement at Plaza del Valle. The event begins at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The second event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc_2dDgASIe\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Grito<\/a>, will take place Sept. 15 at Los Angeles City Hall. The free celebration will run from 5 to 10 p.m. and will feature Los \u00c1ngeles Azules, Estradafoo, Trish Toledo and comedian Concrete.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Los \u00c1ngeles Azules have built a career spanning five decades, bringing their music and distinctive Mexican cumbia sound to international stages with songs including \u201cC\u00f3mo te voy a olvidar,\u201d \u201cEl list\u00f3n de tu pelo\u201d and \u201c17 a\u00f1os.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group, which has received numerous music awards, is currently on its \u201cCumbia Sin Fronteras US Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Mexico\u2019s most recognized cumbia groups will help kick off Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations in Southern California&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[181915,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-461385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-celebrating-hispanic-heritage","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461385","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=461385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}