Despite cold, snow, the run is on By ROBERT CORDOVA “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” will keep the Pueblo Bikers United from riding in their annual Toy Run. On Saturday Dec. 6, the 48th Annual Toy Run event will start from South High School’s parking lot with kick stands up… Continue reading 48th Toy Run
Update Gobble, Gobble
Special to La Cucaracha News The 2nd Annual Pueblo Turkey Giveaway was a huge success. This year, 500 Turkey baskets were handed out. This is a Denver and Pueblo collaboration to feed the less fortunate for Thanksgiving in the Steel City. This couldn’t have been possible without our amazing sponsors! We thank Excalibur Outreach, McDivitt… Continue reading Update Gobble, Gobble
Voted down
Resolution supporting immigrants, state laws on I.C.E., rejected on 5-2 vote of Pueblo City Council By DENISE TORREZ By a 5 to 2 margin, Pueblo City Council voted down a resolution that called for acknowledging the city’s support for immigrant residents and reaffirming the City’s commitment to comply with Colorado laws that govern local cooperation… Continue reading Voted down
SHADOWS
SERIES CONTINUED: “Shadows” is the second short story in a new La Cucaracha News feature – excerpts from books. A third installment will be posted in one week. By EMILIANO TRUJILLO MEDINA An old lady glares out of her window before slamming it shut. Outside, music perforates the neighborhood as a young man washes his… Continue reading SHADOWS
Racial Profiling & ICE
A modern echo of old injustice By NATASHA GUTIERREZ — GUEST COLUMNIST PUEBLO — Fear and injustice doesn’t always arrive with flashing lights. Sometimes it shows up in quiet ways — like when a family chooses not to leave home for groceries because they’re afraid the color of their skin will make them a target. … Continue reading Racial Profiling & ICE
Guatemala’s giant kites
Dia de los Muertos tradition By DEBORAH MARTINEZ MARTINEZ Giant kites of the Maya, some 50 feet across, celebrate Dia de los Muertos in Guatemala. In a country that has suffered 100,000 deaths at the hand of the government, and 50,000 disappeared, the kites carry social and political messages. The preparations begin months ahead of… Continue reading Guatemala’s giant kites
HATCHED
NEW SERIES: “Hatched” is the first short story in a new La Cucaracha News feature – excerpts from books. In keeping with Halloween and El Dia de los Muertos themes, we chose “Hatched” to kick off the series. A second installment will be posted in one week. HATCHED By EMILIANO TRUJILLO MEDINA “It’s weird,” said… Continue reading HATCHED
November 2025
Visual Story Telling Workshop A series of Visual Storytelling Workshops will be held at Pueblo area libraries between November 2025 and March 2026. The workshops are led by local Chicana and Indigenous artists Jazzelle Bustos, Katrina Gomez, Celeste Velasquez. While painting a collaborative mini-mural, we’ll celebrate the stories, cultures, and characteristic that represent our neighborhoods.… Continue reading November 2025
LOS QUE VIVIERON
By CATALINA ESPINOSA MORA Memorialized are those who died for La Causa! Since the spring of ’73, the Raid on the Crusade for Justice. Their deaths gave birth to new hope — El Movimiento. Never have we forgotten — Que Viva! It is an honor to live for what you believe in… To one that… Continue reading LOS QUE VIVIERON
Youth Leadership 101
372 attend Rita J. Martinez Youth Conference By VICENTE MARTINEZ ORTEGA & DEBORAH MARTINEZ MARTINEZ PUEBLO — Hundreds of area high school students were treated to a day on a university campus, introduction to Chicano Studies and took home valuable educational gifts at a student conference held earlier this month. The occasion was the 2025… Continue reading Youth Leadership 101