Cinco De Mayo News

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People all over the world celebrate the day they won their freedom. For Mexicans ita s Cinco de Mayo .

The mention of mariachi music conjures up images of Mexican troubadours decked out in full regalia with elaborately adorned outfits and wide sombreros.

By the time their kids hit middle school, most parents have a misshapen clay bowl or figurine somewhere at home that was made in crafts class or at summer camp.

Although a stop at a spicy fast-food joint can add some sizzle to your day, if authentic Mexican fare is what you're craving, look no further than your own backyard.

" La Parilla Mexican Restaurant, is in hot water with the Oakwood City Council. Their misunderstanding or denial of what the City of Oakwood's alcohol ordinance states is what had Mayor Lamar Scroggs saying Monday night: "They need to come see us." The violation of the ordinance during Cinco de Mayo festivities last month is what the council ...

Jun 2, 2009 7:38 am US/Eastern All right tri-staters, it's time to put your creative juices to the test.

A mile-long stretch of Corona's Sixth Street was populated Saturday with dancers in brightly colored ruffled skirts, men on horseback in wide-brimmed sombreros and children and adults blowing occasional blasts on plastic trumpets.

I keep wondering why there are so many comments concerning the Mexican population, legal or illegal, that keeps popping up in your paper.

'Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian' This is one of those sequels in which "bigger" is supposed to mean "better," in which more characters, more sight gags and more adventures are... Forty years is a long time to dedicate to moving pictures, but Salt Lake City transplant Ron Pearson has loved every minute of it.

I recently attended a retirement celebration. The event was held in Mishawaka, a city named for an American Indian princess, on Cinco de Mayo, a holiday commemorating Mexico's victory over French forces, at the BK Club, home to a Belgium fraternal organization, where we were served a Polish wedding dinner and German beer, as we honored Bob Saros, ...

Jazmin Uriarte strums guitar and sings in a mariachi group at San Jacinto High School.

Photographic documentation of 14 daytime vehicle stops per hour within a 4-block section of Santa Clara Street during Cinco de Mayo celebrations substantiates a deliberate policy of targeting Latinos by the San Jose Police Department.

The Mexican entertainment, Cinco de Mayo Celebration, at the Historic Dixon Theatre on May 2 was great.

Dade County Board of Assessors Chair Hazel Doyle says shea s not mad at anybody.

Avocados from Mexico recently found themselves in the spotlight on a national stage in the U.S. - albeit for a moment during a routine press briefing at the White House.

The event, sponsored by the Northeastern' Junior College Latino Education Achievement Recruitment Network and Sterling Arts Council, drew an estimated 300 to 350 people for traditional music, folklorico ballet dancers and a variety of authentic Mexican food.

Fannin County Head Start celebrated Cinco de Mayo on Tuesday May 5, 2009. Cinco de Mayo, which means means 'the Fifth of May,' is the anniversary of a battle that took place between the Mexicans and the French in 1862.

The recent celebrations for Cinco de Mayo - often little more than an excuse to drink Coronas and wear sombreros around these parts - are over, but the name lives on in North Toledo.

OPEN BUT WARY: A waitress and bartender at a pool hall and restaurant in Mexico City wear masks against swine flu.