del castillo connected with the city's low rider community about this big change and what means for future generations. celebration signals the removal of san jose's final no cruising zone sign posted outside city hallday's end of cruising fan event. put hundreds of low riders on the rotunda and along east santa clara street. it's a historic day. it is a historic day and it feels like the city of san jose has embraced us. the city's decades old ban on cruising has been called blatantly racist by critics who felt gave officers the power to unfairly target people of color because of their culture city council voted unanimously in june on a repeal san jose is one of the biggest hubs. i mean you think about it. we said the single mile cruise 16 september cruise jazz festival cruise dallas auto school with ormigas car club says cruising has been part of the latino culture since the 40s saying the repeal now opens doors for future generations to finally enjoy they're gonna be able to experience low riding and the culture in a much. positive way than i did without the threat of fees and fines says councilman raul perales who spearheaded the effort more than a legendary day for the low-riding community wedn

del castillo connected with the city's low rider community about this big change and what means for future generations. celebration signals the removal of san jose's final no cruising zone sign posted outside city hall. wednesday's end of cruising fan event. put hundreds of low riders on the rotunda and along east santa clara street. it's a historic day. it is a historic day and it feels like the city of san jose has embraced us. the city's decades old ban on cruising has been called blatantly racist by critics who felt gave officers the power to unfairly target people of color because of their culture city council voted unanimously in june on a repeal san jose is one of the biggest hubs. i mean you think about it. we said the single mile cruise 16 september cruise jazz festival cruise dallas auto school with ormigas car club says cruising has been part of the latino culture since the 40s saying the repeal now opens doors for future generations to finally enjoy they're gonna be able to experience low riding and the culture in a much. positive way than i did without the threat of fees and fines says councilman raul perales who spearheaded the effort more than a legendary day for the low-riding commun

el año que entra, tener a mucha de nuestra comunidad, ahí pendientes del grito, desde el balcón del city halllo: mire, en el palacio nacional el señor presidente tuvo a la familia de césar chávez, tuvieron a los tigres del norte, aquí en san francisco a la embajadora remedios gómez arnau, ¿para qué quiere uno más? [risas] remedios gómez: no, pero además nos acompañaron miembros, otros cónsules, ¿no?, generales de américa latina, de europa, de asia, y pues toda la comunidad, creo que estaban contentos, y bueno, creemos que así siga,

vamos a tener el 15 de septiembre a las 7:00 de la noche, en city hall, vamos a tener tanto el izamiento de la bandera, como también la ceremonia deln evento, logramos, eh, se conformó, el trabajo del consulado junto la concejal magdalena carrasco, y también el concejal sergio jiménez, se conformó con miembros de la comunidad mexicana, se conformó ya un comité de fiestas patrias, para que esto se vaya celebrando en forma institucional año con año. y será en el capitolio, como el año pasado, en donde pues será una gran oportunidad, no solamente para refrendar esos lazos culturales con méxico, sino también para aprovechar, va a haber folclor, va a haber muchas actividades, comida mexicana, así que están cordialmente invitados, eh, muchas veces aquí, sobre todo en estados unidos, hay mucha confusión entre el 5 de mayo, y el 15 de septiembre, pero todos los mexicanos sabemos que el 15 de septiembre es una fecha muy especial. damián trujillo: así es, en la alcaldía de san josé, qué mejor edificio, qué mejor plaza para tener el grito, bueno, se festeja en todo el mundo, ¿verdad?, el grito, el presidente lo hace ahí en el palacio nacional

city hall plaza. thank you, embajadora. we'll see you again here next month. alejandra: thank you so much. damian: thank you. and up next here on "comunidad delartist, elizabeth montelongo. stay with us. damian: she's an artist from san josé and now has a new exhibition and exhibit in san antone. with me on "comunidad del valle" is elizabeth montelongo. it's been a long time, elizabeth, since you've been on the show. elizabeth montelongo: yes, it's since 2013. damian: well, you know, the images that you provided us are just spectacular. we're gonna roll those, and tell us about this new exhibit that you have now in san antone. elizabeth: sure, so this exhibition that just opened this month in august, it's called "the euphoric dance of the unconquered mind," and it's at centro de artes in san antonio, texas. it's my largest solo show so far and so it's, you know, extra-exciting that it's out in texas and sharing this work with the san antonio community. the exhibition has 32 of my oil paintings on canvas of meshika dancers from the san francisco bay area. and the paintings are, like, heavy in pastels so i paint with a palette knife and it crea