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The venue’s first closing set belonged to a native of the city, Alejandro Aranda, also known as scarypoolparty.

Aranda’s high-energy performance — full of hard riffs, melodic vocals and electric lighting — helped solidify Pomona’s presence in the music world.

Galo Galvan, the Cathedral’s manager, made sure to let the community know it is here to serve them when he shouted, “This is your cathedral” right before Aranda went onstage.

Aranda put Pomona on the map with his success on “American Idol.”

Sylmar resident Alejandro Garcia Aranda was arrested in July on a three-count federal indictment for advertising and distributing more than 600 images and videos containing child pornography through his Instagram handle, “valleyhoezzz818,” which was created around May 2020.