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UTC-7 (PDT) ZIP code. 90031. Area code (s) 323, 213, etc. Lincoln Heights is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was originally called "East Los Angeles" from 1873 to 1917. It is a densely populated, mostly Latino and Asian neighborhood that includes many historic landmarks and was known as "the Bedroom ...
Satanas [8] The Avenues, also known as Avenidas or AVE's, is a Mexican/Mexican American criminal street gang mostly in Los Angeles County, California. They originally started as a social club for local Latino youths to protect themselves from other violent youths. The Avenues, like most Mexican gangs in Los Angeles, are under the direct control ...
The 18th Street Gang, also known as Eighteen St, Barrio 18, Mara 18, or simply 18 in North America, [1][12][13][14] is a multi-ethnic (largely Central American and Mexican) transnational criminal organization that started as a street gang in Los Angeles. It is one of the largest transnational criminal gangs in Los Angeles, with 30,000-50,000 ...
Black Dragons黑龍. The Black Dragons (Chinese: 黑龍; Jyutping: Haak1 Lung4) was a Chinese-American criminal organization and street gang that was formed in 1980 by Chinese immigrants in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California. It was started by a group of young men who banded together to protect themselves from other Asian and Latino gangs.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten people linked to a Southern California street gang were charged with federal crimes, a year after a member shot and killed two suburban police officers, authorities ...
Founded in the 1920s, the 38th Street Gang dates back to the pachucos and zoot suits and was formed at the border between South Central and the city of Vernon. The 38th Street Gang became well known in the 1940s in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial. Sleepy Lagoon was a popular swimming hole in what is now East Los Angeles.
Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles. Lincoln Heights Branch Library. Lincoln Heights Jail. Abraham Lincoln High School (Los Angeles, California) Lincoln Park (Los Angeles) Los Angeles Alligator Farm. Los Angeles Avenues. Los Angeles's 1st City Council district. Los Angeles's 14th City Council district.
White Fence is one of the oldest gangs in Los Angeles. The gang itself claims its history goes back as far as 1900, [12] although the gang did not emerge until the 1910s in the form of the all-male sports team associated with the La Purissima Church. [1][2][3][4][5] The group was originally referred to as La Purissima Crowd, but gradually ...