The Alum Rock Union School District Mariachi Band plays for students at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose on March 30, 2023. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)
Hundreds of Alum Rock Union School District students marched to the Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San Jose on Thursday morning, continuing a three-decade-long tradition to celebrate labor leader Cesar Chavez.
There were chants of “Sí, se puede,” and the students were treated to a string of performances by the district’s mariachi students, folklorico dancers, student poets and the Aztec dancing of Calpulli Tonalehqueh — interrupted only by a few speeches from grown-ups invested in