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Updated: 06/29/2009 10:57:51 PM PDT
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday kicked off the second year of the successful anti-gang program, Summer Night Lights, offering recreation programs to young people at 16 sites throughout the city.
Bolstered with corporate donations, Villaraigosa said the program has worked to reduce gang crime and to make parks safer for residents.
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Alex Alonso for StreetGangs.com
June 29, 2009
Michael Jackson was rushed to UCLA medical center on June 25, 2009 shortly after noon after his handlers made a 911 call from his rented home in Holmby Hills, an affluent section in Los Angeles’ Westwood community next to Beverly Hills.
Fans react to hearing that Michael Jackson passed and he [...]
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Michael Jackson’s death: Jackson camp says concert promoter hired doctor
June 26, 2009
DoctorThe cardiologist being sought for questioning in the investigation of Michael Jackson’s death was hired by a concert promoter to accompany the entertainer to London for his comeback concert series, a Jackson advisor said today.
Dr. Conrad Murray, a physician with offices in Nevada and [...]
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By Nichola Groom and Yinka Adegoke
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Along with a vast musical legacy and legions of adoring fans, pop superstar Michael Jackson leaves behind a mountain of debt and an unfulfilled comeback many hoped would rake in millions and erase his financial troubles.
The King of Pop died [...]
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Reuters, Jun 26, 2009 12:00 pm PDT
One day after Michael Jackson’s sudden death, speculation turned to what killed the 50-year-old “King of Pop” on the cusp of a long-awaited comeback concert series.
A family attorney said on Friday he had been concerned that Jackson’s use of prescription drugs for dancing-related injuries would eventually prove fatal and [...]
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By ALICE PARK Alice Park Fri Jun 26, 7:10 am ET
Late Thursday afternoon, after nearly two hours of speculation, the Los Angeles coroner confirmed that Michael Jackson had died, apparently of cardiac arrest. Hundreds of fans gathered around UCLA Medical Center, where the 50-year-old “King of Pop” had been rushed reportedly after collapsing at home. [...]
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By Cathy Kelly, Mercury News
Posted: 06/26/2009 01:30:20 AM PDT
Updated: 06/26/2009 04:32:09 AM PDT
SANTA CRUZ — Repercussions for gang-related crimes include longer potential prison sentences, and though the debate on the virtue of increased incarceration continues, county prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys agree on one thing — gang cases are tough.
One notable provision in the 1988 [...]
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JESSE B. GILL Redlands Daily Facts Staff Writer
Posted: 06/25/2009 09:37:53 PM PDT
There are fewer gang members on Redlands streets after an interdepartmental crackdown on three gangs Thursday.
A federal grand jury unsealed an 18-count indictment Thursday, charging 34 people with drug and gun violations.
The violations are connected to an alleged conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine [...]
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By SABRINA SHANKMAN, The Wall Street Journal
June 25, 2009
LOS ANGELES — A nationally known antigang activist was among four people arrested by an FBI-led task force and named in a federal racketeering indictment unsealed Wednesday.
The charges against Alex Sanchez, the 37-year-old executive director of the antigang organization Homies Unidos, include conspiracy to commit murder — [...]
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Updated: 06/24/2009 01:38:05 PM PDT
Authorities today arrested four people involved with the MS-13 gang and named in a federal racketeering indictment, including a nationally recognized anti-gang leader, officials said.
Among those arrested in the multi-agency operation was Alex Sanchez, executive director of Homies Unidos, a nonprofit group “which purports to use the public [...]
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