Local activists are asking the San Jose Historic Landmark Commission to add several Chicano murals to a citywide Historic Resources Inventory.

A landlord being sued for erasing an iconic San Jose mural settled a lawsuit years prior for removing another artist’s work.

Though it is unclear whether negligence or intentional disregard for the artist led to the mural being erased, it is a grave loss for us all.

Jose Mesa Velasquez, the artist whose East Side mural was painted over last week, says the property owner gave him no warning.

Sometime before dawn Wednesday, a handyman painted over the oldest mural in San Jose, a three-decade-old panorama of Chicano culture.