"Thank you very much, it's a great honor to receive this award, especially because I'm a native son of Los Angeles, as are my parents," Marin said.

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong first met in Vancouver in 1969; ... Cheech, who grew up in East Los Angeles with Mexican parents, had been making his way through Canada when he met up with Chong, ...

At the Cheech, art history is grounded in the Chicano experience — past, present and future. Marin, 77, made a name for himself as a comedian, one half of the stoner comedy duo Cheech and Chong.

Cheech Marin, 78, and Tommy Chong, 86, are back—not in a puff of smoke, ... Generations of families have watched their films, with eager parents excited to show their children.

CHEECH MARIN: I heard about Cesar when I was in college, when he first started his movement in the mid to late 60s. Everybody was so glad to see he was representing some unrepresented parts of ...

CHEECH Marin didn't have a difficult time nailing down his role as a San Francisco cop on CBS' "Nash Bridges." "The greatest part, and this is really ironic, I ended up playing my father," says Marin.

CHEECH MARIN: I saw a reflection of culture, Mexican culture, in an American setting, and that was Chicano. It's the coolest art out there. I have been smoking since I was born, man.

Cheech Marin at the Center for Chicano Art and Culture he founded for his own collection, in Riverside, Calif. “Riverside has a real chance to emerge as one of the most important arts centers in ...