Hundreds were gathered in Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights, where a portion of a street was renamed after the legendary Mexican singer and songwriter Vicente Fernández, who died in December.
Hundreds of Angelenos gathered in Boyle Heights Friday evening to celebrate both Hispanic Heritage Month, as well as the renaming of a street after the Latin music icon Vicente Fernández.
Following Fernández's death, Angelenos gathered to pay their respects in a number of ways, gathering at his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, singing some of his most iconic songs and in a number of instances, renaming streets. "This is pretty much what we grew up with in our house whenever it was Saturday cleaning, my mom would put on his music," said Eduardo Jimenez, one of the many on hand Friday night."It just means something big for us.
Amongst those in attendance at the ceremony was Fernández's wife and their grandson, Vicente Fernández IV.