‘Celebrating Chicano culture’: San Jose parades for Cinco de Mayo

When he was raising his kids, Moses Castro would take them to downtown San Jose for the Cinco de Mayo parade — “we would go every year,” he said.

Three decades later, he still goes — but these days, he’s bringing his grandkids.

“It showed me the Mexican culture — and that’s what Cinco de Mayo is really about,” said Castro’s 10-year-old granddaughter Carmelita Rodriguez as she watched a group of Aztec dancers strut by in feathered headdresses and sparkling outfits. “I don’t really get to see my Mexican culture that much ...