California
A group of residents surprised San Fernando City Council member Jose Hernandez by presenting him with a plaque for his drive to make San Fernando the first city in the nation to make Cesar Chavez’s birthday a legal holiday.
March 23, 1994
High School Sports
It hailed Cesars in Burbank on Saturday night.
July 26, 1992
Sports
Cesar Hernandez will undergo season-ending surgery Wednesday to repair ligament damage in his left thumb.
Sept. 14, 2015
Soccer
The week leading up to the most anticipated boxing match of the year started with a triumphant declaration from Mexico’s greatest-ever champion.
May 2, 2017
A city councilman has proposed that San Fernando join a budding movement to honor the late Cesar Chavez, who organized grape boycotts in the 1960s as the leader of the United Farm Workers union, by declaring his birthday a legal holiday.
May 5, 1993
Varsity Times Insider
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May 30, 2013
Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to rename a city thoroughfare after the late farm labor leader Cesar Chavez.
May 12, 1993
* CESAR CHAVEZ: Approved a proposal to rename a portion of Sunset Boulevard, Macy Street and Brooklyn Avenue, between Figueroa and Indiana streets, Cesar Chavez Boulevard.
May 16, 1993
World & Nation
Tribute: Supporters seek to honor Cesar Chavez by extolling activism, countering commercialization.
March 30, 2002
A year ago, the tiny city of San Fernando, population approximately 23,000, became the first in the country to declare a holiday in honor of the late labor hero Cesar Chavez.
April 1, 1995