Once-sworn enemies in Hispanic gangs have set aside decades of violence to form a "super gang," cashing in on drugs, ...

For the two biggest beasts of the Los Angeles underworld, MS-13 and the 18th Street Gang, that hatred has spanned decades, ...

The boss of the Punjabi Devils biker gang tried to bolt California and head to India after an arrest for illegally dealing ...

What does it mean to be in a gang? That's the central question of the new documentary "California Story." Why it matters: The film answers that question by focusing on the neighborhoods of Southeast ...

Democratic Long Beach, Calif. mayoral candidate Rogelio Martinez invited 55 gang leaders to join him Monday peacefully ...

An early 1990s report from the California Department of Justice noted that there were more than 500 U.S.-based motorcycle gangs at the time, many with evocative names like Iron Horsemen, Rebel Rousers ...

2 California gang members arrested after recent gun violence ‘erupted in Washington County’ Video Two members of a California gang are behind bars after a months-long investigation in Washington ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The California Supreme Court handed ...

Under Newsom, California has made it more difficult to jail gang members, chiefly through 2021’s Assembly Bill 333. The STEP Forward Act, as it was called, made it harder for prosecutors to use gang ...

Bobby Salazar, the owner of the “Bobby Salazar’s” restaurants located in California, has been accused by federal prosecutors of hiring a gang member to set fire to one of his restaurants in Fresno.