Latin News

Tijuana-born and San Diego-raised contemporary R&B artist Frankie J was raised on a steady diet of Latin music and American artists like Michael Jackson and Run-D.M.C. At the age of 15, he was involved with the Latin freestyle scene and released a series of singles on a Canadian dance label.

By James Wagner In April, Melvin Mora, a Pacoima-based accountant but native Costa Rican, mentioned to Yami Gallegos that he knew a woman who was restarting a beauty pageant for young Costa Rican girls in the U.S. Gallegos, a former Miss Costa Rica USA, was interested.

"As time goes by, you start to really understand life when you have the death of a friend, somebody close to you," says Akon, the R&B crooner performing Friday at the Don Haskins Center.

LATIN JAZZ SENSATION, LOUIE CRUZ BELTRAN, SET TO PERFORM AT The Historic 16th Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival Writer Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Louie Cruz Beltran The 16th Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival , July 25 & 26, 2009 in Oxnard, California welcomes Southern California's hottest Salsa and Latin Jazz bands including percussionist, Louie Cruz Beltran.

The Hip-hop and R&B magazine Vibe folded last week. It follows the death of such publications as Blender, No Depression and Jazz Times, among others.

The boutique and salon named after Selena, the slain Tejana singer who was killed 14 years ago, has closed its doors, the victim of a slow economy, according to her father, Abe Quintanilla.

A massive concert at the Minerva Glorieta on Saturday frustrated nearby residents and motorists but delighted 32,000 music fans, who were able to see stars like Alejandro Fernandez, Gloria Estefan, Paulina Rubio and Belanova without paying a centavo.

The 19th Fiesta of Hope Luncheon awarded $30,000 in scholarships to 54 bright students on June 26, 2009 at Windows on the River .

As a bona fide fashion icon and designer, Jennifer Lopez is usually one of the first celebrities to try out the latest trends.

WAUSAU -- Woodchucks fans got more than a baseball game's worth of entertainment Sunday night when a former 'American Idol' contestant stepped onto the field.

Woodchucks fans going to tonight's game will be able to meet a former American Idol contestant.

Saturday, June 20, in LA: Alison Sweeney driving a white Lexus in Burbanka "Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively out and about in Venice.

Mendoza is the brains behind Y La Orkesta but has played with a few groups over the last decade, including The Jons, Seven to Blue, Descarga and Latino Solido.

The deal is expected to be announced Thursday. Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Singer Gloria Estefan and her husband, producer Emilio Estefan, are buying a ``very small'' ownership stake in the Miami Dolphins.

Published: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 2:22 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 2:22 p.m. Singer Gloria Estefan and her husband, producer Emilio Estefan, are buying a ``very small'' ownership stake in the Miami Dolphins.

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitan , the 'world's best mariachi band,' is making a pit stop in Austin to perform some of their authentic mariachi music with other Texas artists.

Chastity Bono is having a sex-change. America's reaction? Whatevs. When Bono was outed by a tab nearly 20 years ago, she called the experience "terrifying" - and mom Cher famously "flipped out." Yet the reactions to Chastity's evolution into Chaz have veered from supportive to ho-hum . This on the heels of American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert ...

Lifetime Vallejoan Julie Brand brings her Latin beat to the Empress Theatre. Even non-smokers may get the urge to light up a good Cuban cigar at the Empress Theatre on June 26.

When David and Beatriz Miranda first opened the doors of their restaurant, La CabaA a de Marcos in Courtenay, they didn't expect it would become one of the Valley's most exciting new venues for live music.

With so many different summer concert series, who has the time to keep track of whoa TMs playing when and where? Dona TMt panic, Viva has done the legwork.