The Pomona 12th Street gang shook down a local businessman for regular protection payments, according to witness testimony at ...

Walter Larin, Edwin Martinez, Roberto Alejandro Ortiz, Bryan Alexander Arias, and Erick Eduardo Arias were found guilty of carrying out grisly murders to advance their status in the MS-13 gang.

With old gang leaders getting out of prison and a scandal-ridden police force cautious about making arrests, a new wave of gang activity is flourishing throughout LA. Larry Mantle discusses the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An alleged leader of a Los Angeles street gang who's accused of murder, kidnapping and extortion appeared in court Thursday afternoon, a day after he posted a video declaring his ...

Tina Padilla, executive director of a Northeast Los Angeles-based gang interventionist group called Community Warriors 4 Peace, is among those pushing for better pay and benefits for workers tasked ...

A former Black Panther known as "The Commander," Basheer founded a violence prevention and gang intervention nonprofit in South L.A.

Even before the riots of 1992, street gangs were commonplace in Los Angeles. So were drug dealing and violent crime, including gang killings. After the riots, several gangs signed treaties, which held ...

Law enforcement officials said in comments published today that peace has broken out among some rival L.A. gangs, with their common greed supplanting their historic enmity. "They were talking. There ...

Dozens of suspected members of a South Los Angeles gang have been arrested and are facing federal charges for drug crimes and at least three murders, the United States Department of Justice announced.

THIS MORNING, THE SUSPECTED LEADER OF THE LOS ANGELES CRIPS IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY 58 YEAR OLD EUGENE HENLEY, ALSO KNOWN AS BIG. U, USED A FAKE ANTI-GANG CHARITY TO ...

This undated booking photo released by the U.S. Attorney Office of Los Angeles shows Eugene Henley, Jr., a.k.a. "Big U". (U.S. Attorney's Office Los Angeles via AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — An alleged ...