The chilling impacts of ICE raids across the Central Coast have people wondering how aggressive immigration enforcement will impact this year’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta. The City's longest-running annual community event opens on Wednesday. A children’s carnival has been canceled over fears of low attendance, but the food vendors and entertainment at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church is happening. Old Spanish Days organizers said they worked with city officials to create a protocol should ICE show up at any events.
Ten years ago, during her first Fiesta as a local resident, KCSB’s Lisa Osborn spoke with Fiesta Historian Erin Graffy - and her brother, historian Neal Graffy, to learn more about the history of Fiesta. Erin died in January, she is being remembered in some of this year’s Fiesta events and exhibitions.
