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Rancho Pescadero (also called Rancho San Antonio) was a 3,282-acre (13.28 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Mateo County, California, [1] given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to Juan José Gonzales. [2] At the time, the grant was in Santa Cruz County; an 1868 boundary adjustment gave the land to San Mateo County. The name means ...
Joe Gonzales is an American attorney and politician who is the Bexar County criminal district attorney, defeating Tylden Shaeffer in the general election. [2] Gonzales became the Democratic candidate after defeating incumbent district attorney Nico LaHood in the March 6 Democratic primary. [ 3 ]
The California agricultural strikes of 1933 were a series of strikes by mostly Mexican and Filipino agricultural workers throughout the San Joaquin Valley. More than 47,500 workers were involved in the wave of approximately 30 strikes from 1931 to 1941.
Jan. 8—Two Rio Arriba County sisters have filed lawsuits against the city of Española, contending they were subjected to an illegal traffic stop after a surveillance camera mistakenly flagged ...
The community of San Antonio Valley, also called San Antonio or San Antone, is located along the Diablo Range in eastern Santa Clara County, California. The locale is bordered by Alameda County to the north and Stanislaus County to the east. The sparsely populated area is located at the junction of San Antonio Valley Road, Mines Road, and Del ...
Antonio Maria Lugo (1778–1860) was born at Mission San Antonio de Padua in present-day Jolon, California, the seventh son of Francisco Salvador Lugo.After 17 years of service at the Presidio of Santa Barbara, in 1810 Corporal Lugo received his discharge and settled with his family in the Pueblo de Los Angeles.
The California Democratic Party and Gov. Gavin Newsom also endorsed him. The support has helped Gonzalez raise nearly 10 times as much campaign money as his opponent.
His father was a trumpet player, and his mother was a dancer. His brother was actor Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez (1922–2000). He left school at the age of seven to join a family act called "Las Perlitas" that toured southwest Texas.