Nancy Melendez was thrilled last year when a California commission approved the inclusion of her “grandma’s house” in the National Register of Historic Places.
The announcement came 12 years after she started the annual Riverside Tamale Festival to raise awareness of the building’s cultural significance.
“Through the support of the people at the festival and all of those who have come to know us over the years, we’re really thankful that todos juntos we got it done,” Melendez said in an interview with The Riverside Record…