The strong work ethic that has been a hallmark of Basque immigrants is recognized in a glowing review about the book “The Basques of Kern County” that was recently published in Bakersfield Californian. The book, written by Steve Bass and George Ansolabehere, chronicles the history of the Basque community in Kern County, which is one of the largest Basque [...]

The history of local families is recounted in “The Basques of Kern County.”

Basque influence has been prevalent throughout Puerto Rico’s history

Basque Sheepherder Carvings in the Sierras from Euskal Kazeta Basque News on Vimeo.

Basque society through the ages in the spotlight at San Telmo Museoa.

Bronze plaques engraved with the names of hundreds of herders were stolen in January 2011

Two longtime Southern California Basque restaurant owners have passed away recently — Jean Irola and Jean Baptiste “J.B.” Sabarots. Jean Irola Jean Irola, longtime owner of the popular Jean’s restaurant in Colton, Calif., passed away April 26. He was 78. Irola continued to run his restaurant up until recently, when he was diagnosed with cancer. The family has kept the [...]

Seventy-five years ago today, waves of Nazi planes devastated the Basque town of Guernica in an atrocity that shocked the world. The town was was leveled on April 26, 1937, in a blitzkrieg attack by the Condor Legion of the Nazi Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War. Residents, many of them in the town marketplace, were trapped as the planes [...]

Pablo Picasso’s iconic “Guernica” is undergoing a robotic health check as the renowned painting marks its 75th anniversary. A specialized machine that relies on infrared and ultraviolet photography is taking thousands of microscopic shots of the oil-on-canvass masterpiece. Dubbed “Pablito,” the robotic mechanism is scanning the painting each Tuesday when the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, which houses the work, [...]