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Some schools are named after presidents, some schools are named after astronauts. Some students have no idea who their school is named for, but when it opens, students at Tiburcio Vasquez Elementary ...

Reading John Boessenecker’s new book about the notorious 19th-century California bandit Tiburcio Vasquez, I felt the thrill you get when you live, work and play where history happened. If I didn’t ...

It is appalling that the Alisal School District has been persuaded to reconsider naming one of its learning centers after the noted Californio, Tiburcio Vasquez. What sort of message does this ...

“Was he an opportunist who manipulated the grievances of native Californios to further his own criminal gains or a Robin Hood-type defender of the oppressed? Was he a thief and murderer who got what ...

Hero or villain, the 19th century outlaw Tiburcio Vásquez has many connections to our very own San Gabriel Valley. Vásquez was 39 when he was hanged near Los Angeles in 1875, brought to justice by men ...

Generations' worth of racial and class tensions have come to the forefront as a defiant young Latino politician takes on the city’s power brokers. His hero? A 19th century outlaw. Early evening in the ...

Tiburcio Vasquez was a well-dressed Spanish rogue, a dangerous Joaquin Murrieta-type, who melted the hearts of señoritas and wives everywhere. For all Joaquin Murrieta’s thefts and murders, many saw ...

The pioneer spirit is alive and well in Agua Dulce (Spanish for “sweet water”), an equestrian community in the Sierra Pelona Valley, 44 miles north of L.A. Settlers arrived in wagon trains in the ...

Community health provider Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center Inc. had just five days’ worth of cash on hand when Brent Copen joined the organization as CFO and EVP of ...