Los Angeles Gangs

Support Mounts for Salvadoran Gang Truce

Tom Hayden | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Gang Truce, LA Gang Truce, Los Angeles Gang Violence, LA Gang Violence, Salvadoran Gang Violence, Alex Sanchez, El Salvadoria Gang Violence, Los Angeles Gangs, Salvadoran Gang Truce, LA Gangs, Homies Unidos, Homeboy, LA Salvadorian Gangs, Los Angeles News
Tom Hayden

"Gangs are not inherently negative, do not come like outside aliens, but arise among our sons and daughters, and they need healing, a public health approach, a community-based approach."

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PHOTOS: A Deadly Party Crew

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: USC Shooting Suspects Photos, USC Suspects Photos, USC Shooting Suspects, Los-Angeles-Gangs, Bryan Barnes, USC Shooting Suspects Facebook, USC Suspects Facebook, Slideexpand, Party Crews, Javier Bolden, Bryan Barnes Facebook, No Respect Inc, LA Gangs, Usc Shooting, Gang Recruitment, Gangs Facebook, Gang Murders, Los Angeles News

"No Respect Inc! we a family! you f*ck w one of us you f*ck w ALL of us B*tch!," reads a status update on No RespectInc's Facebook. No RespectInc i...

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A Rupture In The Youth Pipeline To Prison

Jacqueline Caster | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Advocacy, Activism, Everychild Foundation, Youth Crime, l.A. Gangs, Juvenile Courts, Everychild Restorative Justice Center, Youth Incarceration, Los Angeles Gangs, Prison Reform, Youth, Youth Detention, Crime, Juvenile Justice, Los Angeles, Criminal Justice, Diversion, Prison, Justice, Impact News
Jacqueline Caster

It's time America finally bucks the influence of those who financially benefit from an expanded prison industry as well as the "tough on crime" contingency and invest serious dollars in a "diversion track" to perfectly parallel the juvenile justice system of incarceration.

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Jorge Luis Macias

HIV, Life Or Death: The Story Of Alex Castillo

HuffingtonPost.com | Jorge Luis Macias | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Latinos, HIV/AIDS, Latino Issues, Video, Bienestar, Hiv, Drugs, Gangs, Los Angeles Gangs, Gay Issues, Latino Voices News

LOS ANGELES -- As a teenager, Alex Castillo had a hard time handling his homosexuality, and found it pretty much impossible to talk about it with his ...

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PHOTOS: Jake Gyllenhaal Grabs A Gun To Patrol The Streets Of Los Angeles

Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Jake Gyllenhaal, Los Angeles Police Department, End of Watch, Los Angeles News, Michael Pena, Los Angeles Crime, Los Angeles Gangs, Celebrity News

Jake Gyllenhaal has fought in wars both foreign and ancient on the big screen, and for his next film, he'll be tackling the war at home on the Los Ang...

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Summer Night Lights Shootings Plague Anti-Gang Initiative

AP | By THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Summer Night Lights Shootings, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Anti-Gang Initiative, Summer Night Lights, Los Angeles Gangs, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- Two teens were shot and wounded in an apparent gang shooting Thursday outside a Los Angeles park participating in the city's much-vaunt...

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Jake Gyllenhaal Witnesses LA Gang Violence While Researching Film Role

AP | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Video, Jake Gyllenhaal, End of Watch, Los Angeles Police Department, Michael Pena, Los Angeles Crime, Sgt. Angela Mcgee, Los Angeles Gangs, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena got a front row seat to Los Angeles gang violence. The actors, who were on riding along with polic...

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Pastor Of Second Chances

Katherine Marshall | Posted 07.28.2011

Read More: Homeboy, Los Angeles, Homeboy Industries, Gang Rehabilitation, Recidivism, Crime, Employment, Father Greg, Jobs, Gang Members, Gangs, Jesuits, Los Angeles Gangs, Religion News
Katherine Marshall

Homeboy Industries today is a bustling bundle of different offices and departments. A non-profit organization, it is proud to call itself the largest gang rehabilitation program anywhere.

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Father Protects Son From Gunshot On Bus

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mta Bus Shooting, Mta, Los Angeles Gang Violence, Los Angeles Gangs, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — Authorities say a Los Angeles bus passenger has been shot and wounded while protecting his teenage son from a gunman. One person h...

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Villaraigosa's Gang Reduction Official Arrested After Nightclub Fight

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antonio Villaraigosa, Downtown Los Angeles, Conga Room, Blanca Martinez Navarro, Gang Reduction and Youth Development, Los Angeles Gangs, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — A staff member in the Los Angeles mayor's gang-reduction office has been arrested on suspicion of attacking police officers during...

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A Novel Approach to Stem Gang Recruitment of Minors

Jacqueline Caster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prison, Crime, Incarceration, Juvenile Justice Reform, Gang Violence, Los Angeles, Sentencing, Juvenile Justice System, Gangs, Los Angeles Gangs, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Crime, Politics News
Jacqueline Caster

Shouldn't there be a law that adds an automatic and very significant enhancement to the sentence of any adult who participates in a crime that involves a youth as a co-conspirator?

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Where Gangs Once Ruled, Jesuit Priest Gregory Boyle Helps Kids Who Want To Trade Bullets For Jobs

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Criminal Justice, Dolores Mission Church, Los Angeles-California, Gangs, Los Angeles Gangs, Jesuits, Gang Violence, Gregory Boyle, Los Angeles News
Jesse Kornbluth

In 1988, Gregory Boyle opened a school; four years later, he launched Homeboy Industries. Gang members looking for a way out of the cycle of violence and death showed up.

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New Resources in the Fight Against Domestic Violence

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

Today I announced with Chief Beck $1.1 million in grants from the Department of Justice that will have a far-reaching impact on how we as a City work to assist victims and prosecute domestic violence crimes.

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LA's Response to Its Gang Epidemic

Constance L. Rice | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Beck, Gang Reduction and Youth Development, Promise Neighborhoods, Unemployment, Poverty, Antonio Villaraigosa, Bill Bratton, Los Angeles Gangs, Lee-Baca, Los Angeles News
Constance L. Rice

LA County has 850,000 children trapped in its gang hot zones. The City of LA has 300,000 of those kids in its boundaries.

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Teen Arrested In killing Of LA Anti-Gang Counselor

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ronald Baron, Los Angeles Gangs, Ronald "Loony: Baron, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — When Ronald "Loony" Barron urged a young graffiti tagger to put away his paint cans, he was doing what he viewed as his mission &n...

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Anti-gang Worker Killed By Graffiti Suspect

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Gang Worker Killed, Ronald Barron, Ronald "Looney" Barron, Los Angeles Gangs, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — A suspect was arrested Tuesday in the killing of a well-known anti-gang counselor who was shot to death when he confronted a tagge...

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Alex Sanchez, LA Anti-Gang Activist, Granted $2M Bail

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — After a lengthy legal fight, an anti-gang activist accused of still participating in gang life by ordering a hit on a rival was gr...

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L.A. Gangs Seek Profit in Peace

wsj.com | TAMARA AUDI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bloods, Los Angeles, Crips, Street Gangs, Crips-and-Bloods, Los Angeles Gangs, Los Angeles News

Gangs that were once bloody rivals now are cooperating to wring profits from the sale of illegal drugs and weapons, law-enforcement officials and gang...

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