{"id":18902,"date":"2023-06-30T18:06:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=18902"},"modified":"2023-06-30T18:06:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:06:06","slug":"east-palo-alto-celebrates-40-years-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/east-palo-alto-celebrates-40-years-2\/","title":{"rendered":"East Palo Alto celebrates 40 years of becoming an independent city"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18903\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18903 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA.jpeg\" alt=\"East Palo Alto celebrates 40 years of becoming an independent city\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-696x696.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-1068x1068.jpeg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">East Palo Alto celebrates 40 years of becoming an independent city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On July 1, 1983, East Palo Alto succeeded in its long battle for incorporation, becoming an independent city that would determine its own destiny.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In light of this, East Palo Alto will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a grand event, where everyone is invited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Friday night, singer Goapele will welcome attendees while the history of East Palo Alto is projected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Saturday, everyone will be able to enjoy the sounds of La Sonora Dinamita, Rafa and Artelia Green &amp; the Bandannas, among many others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&quot;We hope you can join us at one or both events as we celebrate our city&#039;s pride and fight for independence,&quot; the city said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Friday evening&#039;s gala will allow you to take a trip through the history of East Palo Alto while enjoying a dining experience overlooking the incredible city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-2.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-2-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-2-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-2-696x696.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Aniversario-EPA-2-1068x1068.jpeg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The appointment is at University Circle, at 1950 University Avenue in East Palo Alto, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, this Saturday, July 1, there will be a parade and a popular festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join the celebration by marching with city officials and employees through the streets of East Palo Alto. The parade will culminate at Pulgas\/Bay Road where there will be an all-day party with music, games, vendors and more!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The parade will begin at 9:00 a.m. sharp and will depart from Westside at University Circle, 1950 University Ave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To find out all the details and have more information for both events, those interested can visit the site <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofepa.org\/celebrate40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.cityofepa.org\/celebrate40<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/pre-hispanic-objects-located-in-san-francisco-bay\/\">29 objects of pre-Hispanic origin located in the San Francisco Bay return to Mexico<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El 1 de julio de 1983, East Palo Alto logr\u00f3 la larga batalla por su incorporaci\u00f3n, convirti\u00e9ndose en una ciudad independiente que determinar\u00eda su propio destino.\u00a0 Ante ello, East Palo Alto celebrar\u00e1 con un gran evento su 40 aniversario, donde todos est\u00e1n invitados. As\u00ed, este viernes por la noche, la cantante Goapele recibir\u00e1 a los [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover","9":"category-events"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18906,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902\/revisions\/18906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}