Grande Cinco de Mayo Block Party Planned for Sunday in WeHo

By STEVEN HERBERT
City News Service

The Grande Cinco de Mayo Block Party will be held in West Hollywood from 2-10 p.m. Sunday at the corner of El Tovar Place and Robertson Boulevard. 

It will feature food and live entertainment to celebrate Mexican heritage and culture.

Proceeds will benefit Project Angel Food, a nonprofit organization that provides free and nutritious meals to those affected by HIV/AIDS.

With alcohol being a big part of many Cinco de Mayo festivities, special driving-under-the-influence saturation patrols will be conducted, and DUI checkpoints operated according to Glendora police Chief Tim Staab, who coordinates the Avoid the 100 Task Force, which gets its name from the number of participating agencies.

Staab advised the public to:

• Designate a sober driver before the festivities begin
• Report drunken drivers by calling 911
• Take the keys of people about to drive while impaired and help them make arrangements to get safely to where they're going

"In this day and age, there is no excuse for driving drunk," Staab said.

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the victory of a 4,500-man Mexican militia over a larger, well-equipped French expeditionary force at the original Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.