The leader of a Southern California street gang was sentenced to nine years in prison for ordering the kidnapping of a woman ...

Gangs are a serious problem that are moving many of their criminal activities into cyberspace. Combatting them effectively involves not just law enforcement after people have turned to gangs, but ...

The vice mayor of a tiny Southern California city is under fire after appearing to call on street gangs to organize in the face of immigration sweeps by federal agents in and around Los Angeles.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Federal agents arrested 16 alleged members of Puente-13, a San Gabriel Valley-based gang affiliated with the ...

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The California Supreme Court handed down two decisions last week that could impact decades of sentencing for gang-related offenses and allow thousands of people to petition courts to reexamine their ...

SAN JOSE — It took two near-death experiences before 36-year-old Joshua Anthony Hernandez was ready to put his life as a gangster in the rearview mirror. He recovered from a near-fatal drug overdose ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Prosecutors allege members of the Pomona 12th Street gang extorted a businessman with threats and vandalism, ...

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 ...

Both rulings turned on a 2021 law that raised the standard of evidence for proving that someone broke a law as part of “criminal street gang activity.” In different ways, the Supreme Court chose to ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Supreme Court handed down two decisions last week that could impact decades of sentencing for ...