Over the weekend, representation of Latin American culture was plentiful across the East and West Coasts in music and comedy.
Several Latin American artists, bands, DJs, and special guests performed...
This semester, students, staff, and faculty at Rio Hondo College with existing convictions can register for The Access Project (TAP) until April to petition for a clean slate, allowing individuals to reduce...
Spring 2023 semester scholarships awarded to students will be announced by the Rio Hondo College Foundation Friday, March 24. The final day to apply is Friday, March 10.
The Application Process
To apply...
Students and staff are getting a four-day weekend for Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day. The final day the Rio Hondo College campus will be open before the four-day weekend kicks off...
The Rio Hondo College Police Academy is one of around a dozen programs offered by the Division of Public Safety. The programs include two-year and transferable degrees and high and low-unit certificates...
The majority of Thanksgiving food staples that will be on dinner tables and countertops across the US on Nov. 24, such as turkey, pumpkin, maize, and potatoes, all share a common history: they all come...
The Fall 2022 semester at Rio Hondo College is almost over, but the Rio Hondo Library is now holding multiple workshops throughout the month of November, until early December.
The Rio Hondo Library...
Rio Hondo College opened in 1963. The following year, while the school waited for its campus to be built, its mascot was already determined, a bird local to the Puente Hills, Southwest US, and much of...
Rio Hondo College students can vote in person or drop off their ballot at the Campus Inn starting Saturday. The Campus Inn vote center will also be open to non-student voters.
Rio Hondo College Vote Center...
Rio Hondo College alumnus and El Monte Police Chief Ben Lowry passed away on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022.
According to the description of the Chief Ben Lowry Memorial Fund on porac.org, Lowry passed away...
In the weeks before its release, trailers of Hulu's "This Fool" gave glimpses of something special. After its release, the show has proved to be a critical addition to the greater lineup of Mexican American...
The Rio Hondo College Nursing Club is hosting a Back to School Night on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Students received an email announcing the event will be at the Tech Quad from 6:30 pm until 8 pm.
However,...
One day after Sports Arena Drive outside the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Pico Rivera, California became Avenida Vicente Fernández, Rio Hondo College announced the late musician’s son, Alejandro Fernández,...
A Taste of Rio at Rio Hondo College is back after three years on Friday, June 9, 2022. The event is open to the public and will feature food, alcoholic beverages, and an auction for those in attendance.
The...
Rio Hondo College is one of nine community colleges across the US that offers the Tesla START Program. The program allows students the opportunity to eventually work for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle...
A lot has changed at Rio Hondo College since Spring 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic altered how Rio Hondo College operates. And students have had to adapt to, and be content with, not being able to get a more...
In the 1990s, Mexican American movies captured a far more comprehensive cultural experience than movies of the 1980s.
In the decade after movies like “Zoot Suit,” “Stand and Deliver,” and...
Dr. Marilyn Flores will take over the role of President/Superintendent of Rio Hondo College. Dr. Flores is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of California,...
Four of the most important and influential Mexican American and Latinx movies came out in the 1980s. The movies “Zoot Suit,” “La Bamba,” “Stand and Deliver,” and “Born in East L.A.” captured...
Rio Hondo College has been part of a student exchange program with Taiwan for the past five years. In February, the College was recognized for its partnership with Taiwan by the Culture Center of Taipei...
The first battle near Los Angeles, Cali. during the Mexican-American War in 1847 erupted on the river flowing between two former Mexican ranches, El Rancho Paso de Bartolo and Rancho San Antonio. But unlike...
The Puente Hills where Rio Hondo College sits was at one point Mexican soil. Juan Crispin Perez owned much of the land that makes up present-day Whittier, West Whittier-Los Nietos, and Pico Rivera, Calif.,...
Over the last week, several students at Rio Hondo College received an email. The subject line read: "Student Balance write-off." Students across Calif., including those within the 38th Congressional District,...
Rio Hondo College ranked in three categories in the 2019-2020 Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine.
The categories Rio Hondo College ranked in are:...
The Chicanx movement of the 1960’s created solidarity among Mexican-Americans in the Southwest. The movement pursued to change and improve education, politics, and civil rights for Mexican-Americans...
On Oct. 8, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden proclaimed Monday, Oct. 11 as Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day.
For the last 50 years, the second Monday of October has been observed as Columbus Day....
There is something extraordinarily odd about the word “Hispanic” in Hispanic Heritage Month. The word is exclusionary but also ironically Eurocentric during a month-long celebration and recognition...
Rio Hondo College recently announced it will receive a $432,726 grant from the Calfresh program beginning in Oct until Sept of 2024. Calfresh is part of a federal program that assists low-income individuals...
