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East Los Angeles

(Encyclopedia) East Los Angeles, uninc. city (2020 pop. 118,786), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area…

Cinco de Mayo

(Encyclopedia) Cinco de Mayo, May 5, the anniversary of Mexico's victory over France in 1862 in the Battle of Puebla, in which Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza's small, ill-equipped Mexican forces defeated a…

Chula Vista

(Encyclopedia) Chula Vista Chula Vista ch&oomacr;ˈlə [key], city (2020 pop. 275,487), San Diego co., S Calif., on…

Santa Ana, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Santa AnaSanta Anasănˈtə ănˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 293,742), seat of Orange co., S Calif., in the fertile Santa Ana valley; inc. 1886. It began as a farm trade and processing center…

palomino horse

(Encyclopedia) palomino horse, American light horse that, contrary to popular opinion, is not a breed but a color type. The palomino is a characteristic golden, creamy tan, with an almost white mane…

Texas A&M University

(Encyclopedia) Texas A&M University, main campus at College Station; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1871 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, opened 1876…

Candela, Felix

(Encyclopedia) Candela, Felix (Félix Candela Outeriño)Candela, Felixfāˈlēks kändāˈlä [key], 1910–97, Mexican-American architect, b. Madrid. Candela studied in Madrid but was forced to flee Spain…

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe

(Encyclopedia) Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807–90, Mexican-American political and military leader, b. Monterey, Calif. He entered the Mexican military in 1824 and was appointed to the territorial…