{"id":486070,"date":"2026-10-05T20:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/486070\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T20:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:08:07","slug":"long-beach-community-enjoys-culture-traditions-at-4th-annual-hispanic-heritage-celebration-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/486070\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach community enjoys culture, traditions at 4th annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach came together this weekend to celebrate the contributions the Latino community has made to the city.<\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach Latino Cultural Center, managed by local nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2026\/05\/13\/long-beachs-latino-cultural-center-will-soon-open-its-doors-with-centro-cha-as-its-operator\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Centro CHA<\/a>, hosted the fourth annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Cesar Chavez Park.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration coincided with National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is observed from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, and celebrates the histories, cultures and contributions of Americans whose ancestors came from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Spain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A line of lowrider cars sits parked at the 4th...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-8.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A line of lowrider cars sits parked at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The band Mariachi Los Santaneros plays a song at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-7.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The band Mariachi Los Santaneros plays a song at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Attendees listen to a band play at the 4th Annual...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-4.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Attendees listen to a band play at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Aztec dancing group Danza Azteca Yoliztli, based out of...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-9.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Aztec dancing group Danza Azteca Yoliztli, based out of Long Beach, walks to the stage at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jose Garcia, of the Long Beach-based Centro CHA non-profit, puts...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-11.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jose Garcia, of the Long Beach-based Centro CHA non-profit, puts toppings on a hot dog as he mans a food stall at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The band Mariachi Los Santaneros plays a song at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-6.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The band Mariachi Los Santaneros plays a song at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jose Garcia, of the Long Beach-based Centro CHA non-profit, puts...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-10.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jose Garcia, of the Long Beach-based Centro CHA non-profit, puts toppings on a hot dog as he mans a food stall at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Aztec dancing group Danza Azteca Yoliztli, based out of...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Aztec dancing group Danza Azteca Yoliztli, based out of Long Beach, performs at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A line of lowrider cars sits parked at the 4th...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-12-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A line of lowrider cars sits parked at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A drummer for the Aztec dancing group Danza Azteca Yoliztli,...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-3.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A drummer for the Aztec dancing group Danza Azteca Yoliztli, based out of Long Beach, performs at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An attendee talks with booth workers at a resource fair...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-5.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An attendee talks with booth workers at a resource fair during the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Aztec dancing group Danza Azteca Yoliztli, based out of...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LPT-L-HISPANIC-HERITAGE-1005-2.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Aztec dancing group Danza Azteca Yoliztli, based out of Long Beach, performs at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 12<\/p>\n<p>A line of lowrider cars sits parked at the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Chavez Park in Long Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (Photo by Raphael Richardson, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About 44% of Long Beach\u2019s population is part of the Hispanic\/Latino community, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/data.census.gov\/profile\/Long_Beach_city,_California?g=160XX00US0643000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Census Bureau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration featured live music, folklorico, mariachi, food, art, lowriders, community resources and more. There were performances by Soto Band \u2013 which played Latin, funk and R&amp;B hits \u2013 and Miriah Avila, a retro soul artist, as well as performances by Danza Yoliztly, Oropexa Folklorico, and Marachi Los Santaneros.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees also had an opportunity to help choose the logo for the Long Beach Latino Cultural Center, which is located at the Jenny Oropeza Community Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach came together this weekend to celebrate the contributions the Latino community has made to the city.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,584,23,131,133,132,137],"class_list":["post-486070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-events","tag-local-news","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486070","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=486070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}