Two Killed, 19 Hurt in 3-Day Spate of South L.A. Shootings; Violence: Police say most of the incidents were unrelated, although gang activity played a major role. Increased patrols are promised. BYLINE: ANNA GORMAN, JOHN L. MITCHELL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS BODY: A spate of violence in South and Southeast Los Angeles since Sunday has left […]
June 27, 2001, LA Times Helping Girls Go Straight; Tailoring rehab efforts to serve growing ranks of female offenders takes more than painting walls pink. Early motherhood, past abuse and self-esteem are among key issues. BYLINE: CARLA RIVERA, TIMES STAFF WRITER BODY: Growing up in her Compton neighborhood, Dominique became a gangbanger almost by default. […]
June 26, 2001, LA Times Groundbreaking for New Library Lifts Troubled Cypress Park’s Spirits; Infrastructure: The community is trying to shed its gang-marred stigma, caused by a slaying of a 3-year-old girl in 1995. BYLINE: GEORGE RAMOS, TIMES STAFF WRITER BODY: Don’t try to tell Yolanda Acosta that a groundbreaking for a new library isn’t […]
June 25, 2001 LA Times Soccer Has Made Santa Ana Safer, but Short of Fields; Recreation: The sport’s popularity has helped cut gang activity. But the additional teams must battle for playing space. BYLINE: H.G. REZA, TIMES STAFF WRITER BODY: As Santa Ana officials credit explosive growth in recreational soccer leagues with helping cut local […]
June 24, 2001 LA Times Good Turns; Making a Deal for a Trip–and a Future; The priest told the three students in Boyle Heights: Stay out of gangs, graduate and I will send you to Hawaii. BYLINE: JOSE CARDENAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER BODY: The priest, affectionately known to the three young boys as “G,” made […]
June 23, 2001, LA Times Gang Member Sentenced to Life for Slaying Baby BODY: A 21-year-old gang member was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for the drive-by shooting death of a 10-month-old girl last year in Compton, court officials said. Jesse Michael Sosa of Long Beach was convicted March 19 of the […]
June 23, 2001 Appeal: Filing says the judge abused her discretion in overturning the verdicts in the perjury case. BYLINE: STEVE BERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER BODY: Los Angeles County prosecutors Friday formally asked a state appeals court to reinstate last year’s conspiracy convictions against three former officers of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division. […]
June 22, 2001 LA Times Killer of LAPD Officer Is Given Life Sentence; Court: Jury quickly decides to spare the gang member’s life. A juror said circumstances didn’t warrant death penalty. BYLINE: STEVE BERRY, TWILA DECKER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS BODY: In a surprisingly quick verdict, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury Thursday voted to […]
June 22, 2001 ALLEGED GANGSTER ARRESTED IN MASS. BYLINE: By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff BODY: Eli S. Ruiz-Oquendo, 26, was arraigned yesterday at Fitchburg District Court following his arrest Wednesday morning at a home on Normandy Road. Ruiz-Oquendo allegedly belonged to a brutal gang of drug and arms dealers who dismembered their victims and scattered […]
Scholarship can mean a new life; A former gang member talks about what it means to win a Page Scholarship. BYLINE: Lucy Y. Her; Staff Writer BODY: For Cher Her, a college education means a second chance at getting a normal life. In 1990, he was thrown from a stolen car during a police chase. […]
June 7, 2001 Community: Services for residents in Orange County’s La Colonia, home for generations of Latinos, proliferate after years of neglect. BYLINE: JERRY HICKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER BODY: They came to work the orange groves before the first world war and stayed to raise their families. Viva La Colonia Riva–VLCR–became the code of Latino […]