Did you know that Ritchie Valens died in a plane crash just eight months after his musical breakthrough? He was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter best remembered for La Bamba, adapted from a ...

The LAPD evacuated 60 homes in the area Friday evening before the controlled burn, while firefighters covered nearby buildings with thermal gel to protect them.

The 1987 musical biopic La Bamba chronicled the life and career of Mexican-American rock pioneer Ritchie Valens. Now, according to Variety, a remake of the film is in the works. Lou Diamond ...

See what's going to happen." The American Red Cross Los Angeles Region has opened an emergency shelter at the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center for the families that were displaced by the explosion.

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Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson were famously killed in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959, which Don McLean dubbed "The Day the Music Died" in the 1971 classic "American Pie" Jack Irvin has ...

Two people lived in the house. Police said many evacuated residents have taken advantage of a nearby shelter site at the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center. Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS ...

See what's going to happen." The American Red Cross Los Angeles Region has opened an emergency shelter at the Ritchie Valens Recreation Center for the families that were displaced by the explosion.