On the day Robert Vargas began Fernando Valenzuela mural, the Dodger great died. It's become an altar
Fernando Valenzuela died Tuesday, the same day L.A. artist Robert Vargas started a mural honoring the Dodgers legend. He says, 'Now it takes on even a greater meaning.'
Robert Vargas’ mural in Boyle Heights takes on ‘deeper meaning’ after Fernando Valenzuela’s death
Just hours after his death, a mural of Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela began to take shape on a Boyle Heights wall. Robert Vargas, a world-renowned artist with deep roots in […]
Mural honoring Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela coming to Boyle Heights
Once it's done, Fernando Valenzuela will be immortalized on the side of this apartment building in Boyle Heights.
Famed LA artists working on murals honoring Dodgers icon Fernando Valenzuela
While Los Angeles mourns the death of Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela, a pair of artists are working to pay tribute to the beloved sports figure with murals in the City of Angels.
Los Angeles fans pay tribute to Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela
Los Angeles fans are mourning the death of Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela, a transformative figure in Major League Baseball whose impact resonated deeply with Latinos across the city. Crowds swarmed
Boyle Heights mural will honor Fernando Valenzuela
Robert Vargas, who painted the mural of Shohei Ohtani in Little Tokyo, is working on a mural to honor Fernando Valenzuela in Boyle Heights. Vargas speaks about what Valenzuela meant to him.
Angelenos mourn Mexican-born pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who starred for the Dodgers in the 1980s
The city of Los Angeles is mourning the death of Mexican-born pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who starred for the Dodgers in the early 1980s
Boyle Heights to get Fernando Valenzuela mural as Dodgers head to World Series
Boyle Heights will soon welcome a mural to honor one of the most celebrated Dodgers in history, Fernando Valenzuela.
LA Dodgers icon Fernando Valenzuela dies aged 63
Los Angeles Dodgers icon Fernando Valenzuela, the man behind "Fernandomania," has passed away at the age of 63, the team has announced.
Fans mourn death of LA Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela, the wildly popular Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher who helped lead the team to a World Series win in 1982, has died at the age of 63.
Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born Dodgers ace who inspired ‘Fernandomania,’ dies at 63
Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while winning the NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981, has died. He was 63. The team said he died at a Los Angeles hospital,
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Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzuela recalled as Latino role model
Latinos will be offering their condolences in public ways, too. Robert Vargas, the L.A. artist behind the iconic Shohei ...
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Boyle Heights mural honoring Fernando Valenzuela to be completed for his birthday
The mural on the side of an apartment building in Boyle Heights is expected to be done by Nov. 1, which would have been ...
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At Little Tokyo's Far Bar, every Ohtani home run is cause for celebration
That was after that large mural of the player went up at the Miyako Hotel — right across the street from the Far Bar — by local artist and regular bar patron Robert Vargas. Tahara said the ...
Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzuela recalled as Latino role model in Southern California
But Latino Dodger fans quickly embraced Valenzuela’s pitching talent, called him “El Toro” — “the Bull” — and came to more ...