By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer April 29, 2012 | 11:35 a.m. PST updated: May 1, 2001 | 8:07 p.m. LOS ANGELES –During the Los Angeles Uprising of 1992 when people were revolting, protesting and expressing the most extreme versions of hate, I took to the streets against my father’s wishes. I was 21 and [...]
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Streetgangs.com Staff June 28, 2011 | 12:36 p.m. McDonald’s has posted on their Twitter link that the photo indicating a surcharge for African-American is a hoax. The photo has been online for over a year, but has recently been mass circulated. The sign states, “Please Note: As an insurance measure due in part to a [...]
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Streetgangs.com Staff April 6, 2010 On the eastside of Los Angeles, east of Central Avenue is where you will find one of the oldest gangs in Los Angeles, the 38th Street neighborhood. Since the 1920s, it is believed that 38th Street gang has been occupying this neighborhood, that now is home to over 30 gangs, [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff February 28, 2011 | 4:35 a.m. From West Boulevard in South Los Angles to the City of Huntington Park, several Florencia clicks are active, and they are one of the largest Hispanic gangs in all of Los Angeles County. In 2007 the Federal government indicted over 100 members of this gang, but they [...]
Gentrification Displaces Families, Venice, CA
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer December 16, 2010 | 8:58 p.m. Illegal immigration was a hot button topic from 2005 to 2008, but the attention towards this topic will always go through cycles, reaching a peak, and then becoming less important as other social issues come to the fore front. For over a year, [...]
Lebron James recently purchased a 12,000 square foot in South Miami on Biscayne Bay. You wonder if a single man really needs that much space to live.
Photos: Los Angeles Riots in 1992 and 20 years later (page 1 of 2)
Los Angeles Riots property damage from 1992 and 1997
Funeral Service for Rolland Miller in Los Angeles
Candle light vigil for Rolland “Rocky” Miller turns out hundreds of friends
McDonald’s sign charging Blacks a surcharge is fake
James Whitey Bulger photos through the years