The Downey Legend

Downey Porto’s: Baking Breads and Warming Hearts

Christian Vega, Illustrator December 22, 2022

Whether you are a bakery connoisseur or a Downey city resident, Porto’s Bakery is sure to slip into your radar. Since 2010, Porto’s Bakery and Café in Downey has served a variety of Cuban desserts,...

DHS Folklorico Club

DHS Folklorico Club

Angelina Andrade, Copy Editor September 29, 2022

As of last year Downey has had a brand new club for those seeking a taste of Mexican culture, by partaking in a traditional folk dancing known as folklorico. Folklorico is a type of dancing that originated...

Cultura es Todo

Oscar Flores, Copy Editor December 15, 2017

I arrived to the United States when I was five.  The memories I have of Mexico – losing my black GameBoy during a screening of Revenge of the Sith because I fell asleep, my parents throwing me a birthday...

The creation of the first sign language club (ASL) brought students together like a trilingual student Mariana Lopez, 12, by sharing a common language. “I love being able to communicate with multiple people, and with sign language I can express my feelings with silence,” Lopez said.

Breaking Down Language Barriers

Daisy Lopez, Staff Writer May 4, 2016

Downey High School opens their doors to a new club that students took initiative in, and with the help of Ms. Perez, they have now started an American Sign Language Club that meets on Mondays, in E-207,...

Zoryana Keske and Vaughn Lewis sit outside of Stay Gallery in Downey, on Jan. 24, to support their event of Maidan. Ukraine. Road to Freedom. “This is for the Ukrainian people,” Keske said, “who right now are fighting for their freedom.”

Showing the road to freedom

Esther Rodriguez, Parents & Teachers Section Editor January 28, 2015

On Jan. 24, the Stay Gallery opened their newest exhibit, Maidan: A Road to Freedom. that features photos and posters from various Ukraine artists and photographers such as Matviy Vaisberg, Igor Gaidai,...

Downey High School’s Latin Dance Team

June 3, 2012

The Downey Legend presents DHS' Latin Dance Team. This group of individuals varies from the norm. Rather than simply learning spanish grammar, the Latin dance class is taught everything from spanish culture,...

Culture and a show

Culture and a show

Gustavo Ramirez, Opinions Editor February 29, 2012

Gathered at the Barber Shop at 9204 Florence Ave to spread some culture, poets from all around Los Angeles gathered to recite poetry and grow from one another’s critiques. The works ranged from humorous...

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