The Eastsider LA | June 18, 2013 City Attorney Carmen Trutanich said today his office is seeking a court injunction designed to limit the activities of six rival gangs across much of Echo Park, Elysian Valley as well as a portion of Silver Lake . The injunction, if approved, would prohibit about 300 gang members [...]
Matt Hamilton (Los Angeles Times) | June 18, 2013 Heriberto Eddie Rodriguez was far from a model inmate. Two months after arriving at the Men’s Central Jail, authorities say, the San Fernando Valley gang member beat and kicked his cellmate as he lay on the ground — then forced him to sleep under the bed. [...]
Santa Monica Mirror | June 17, 2013 Santa Monica’s Pico neighborhood youth, parents, and community leaders held a vigil and procession Sunday evening to bring healing to the community. It was held in response to the rash of shootings and the persistence of gang related homicide in the neighborhood. Oscar de la Torre, Pico Youth [...]
George Skelton Capitol Journal (Los Angeles Times) | June 16, 2013 From what I’ve been reading, the Santa Monica killer was packing an illegal assault rifle and 40 high-capacity ammunition magazines. He sprayed 100 bullets and had access to 1,300. And, oh yes, he was a mental case. The guy’s exact background and how he [...]
Dana Littlefield (Union-Tribune San Diego) | June 14, 2013 SAN DIEGO — Two men accused of trying to raise their status in a street gang by gunning down a 27-year-old father they encountered in the Fairmont Village area in 2009 received sentences Friday that will likely keep them imprisoned for life. Paul Salinas, 22, and [...]
Malaika Fraley (Contra Costa Times) | June 14, 2013 MARTINEZ — In a courtroom filled with the victims’ grieving family members, two West Contra Costa County gang members were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the ambush murders of two friends inside a Richmond restaurant in 2009. Judge Barbara Zuniga [...]
City News Service (Southwest Riverside News Network) | June 13, 2013 Two reputed gang members were charged today with murder and attempted murder in connection with a shooting in a Santa Monica alley that left one man dead and another critically injured. Christopher Chonan Osumi, 19, and Meliton Lorenzo Lopez, 23, are accused of taking [...]
Robert Salonga (Contra Costa Times) | June 12, 2013 SAN JOSE — A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday in a March gang-related shooting death, a homicide that has already been linked to two other suspects, one of whom was shot and killed in a confrontation with police shortly after the slaying. Police say the juvenile [...]
Richard Fausset (Los Angeles Times) | June 12, 2013 MEXICO CITY — Powerful Mexican drug boss Rafael Caro Quintero was off the streets in 1985, arrested in Costa Rica on suspicion of ordering a hit on a U.S. drug agent. His fate appeared to be sealed in 1989, when a Mexican judge convicted him and [...]
Dennis Romero (LA Weekly) | June 11, 2013 Two people were shot not far from Santa Monica College this morning, shaking up a community already shocked by Friday’s unrelated rampage. The violence in the 1500 block of Michigan Avenue, a neighborhood long known for its gangs and occasional shootings, was reported at … … 8:15 [...]
Jack Leonard (Los Angeles Times) | June 11, 2013 Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey announced Tuesday that she has issued new policies on when to disclose information about police officer misconduct and other evidence in criminal cases to defense attorneys. The move drew praise from the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, [...]
Ramona Giwargis (Merced Sun-Star) | June 10, 2013 LIVINGSTON — Law enforcement officials and youth advocates agree that keeping at-risk youth busy after school is a proven method of reducing gang violence. But keeping kids busy while providing an outlet for anger and frustration is even better — and the Livingston Boxing Gym, sponsored by [...]
Venice Shorelines Hood Day June 15, 2013 – Oakwood Park
L-Boy shooting Cocaine Girl video
Photos of former Navy and LAPD officer Christopher Dorner
Twin sisters struck by car in Leimert Park die
Cle “Bone” Sloan on the set of Southland – Nickerson Gardens projects
Space Shuttle Endeavour parks near Randy’s donuts in Inglewood