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The Ritchie Valens Memorial Highway is located between the 170 and 118 freeways. [40] On August 25, 2018, a celebration was held in his honor to commemorate his legacy. The unveiling ceremony was held at Ritchie Valens Park, located at 10731 Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Pacoima.
As Holly's group had been the backing band for all of the acts, Holly, Valens and DiMucci (and Carlo Mastrangelo of the Belmonts who was a drummer) took turns playing drums for each other at the performances in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Clear Lake, Iowa, with Holly playing drums for Dion, Dion playing drums for Ritchie, and Ritchie playing ...
In the 1990s Richard Alarcon, a Los Angeles City Council member who represented Pacoima, proposed changing the name of Paxton Park to honor Ritchie Valens. Hugo Martin of the Los Angeles Times said in 1994 that Alarcon proposed the rename so Pacoima residents will "remember Valens's humble background and emulate his accomplishments."
The event is depicted in the film La Bamba, the 1987 biopic of rock 'n' roll figure Ritchie Valens, who was a 15-year-old student at Pacoima Junior High School at the time of the disaster but was not at school that day because he was attending the funeral of his grandfather. [6] [7]
With a personnel of 300 and the aid of air tankers, firefighters were able to hold the fire within a planned containment area, placing the fire at 10% containment by 9:40 p.m. [10] By 4:45 a.m., Thursday January 9, firefighters had successfully contained the fire north of the 210 Freeway and established control lines extending to Santa Clara ...
Ritchie Valens Recreation Center, 10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd. in Pacoima Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days ...
After Valens died in a plane crash, Romero was introduced to Valens' grieving mother, with whom Romero became close. Her home served as Romero's home during his visits to Los Angeles; he slept in Valens' bedroom. He remained close to the Valens family and performed at the Ritchie Valens memorial concert held yearly in Pacoima, California.
Coining the term "the day the music died" after the 1959 passing of singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper, the song reflects on the influence American singers and songwriters ...