Ritchie Valens was rescued from obscurity by a 1987 movie, “La Bamba,” that finally put the Southern California teen’s story ahead of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, the two older singers ...

According to Clear Lake Police Chief Pete Roth, the department responded to a theft report Sunday for two missing picture collages and one movie poster belonging to Ritchie Valens’ family.

LAST Friday was the anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens ... the story bypasses much of Valens's childhood years and starts just two years ...

The movie became a cultural touchstone. Books about Valens, though, have been scarce. The only biography was 1987’s “Ritchie Valens, the First Latino Rocker” by Beverly Mendheim, who ...