Officers who made too few gang arrests were called “coffee drinkers” or “cafecitos,” and those who made more were dubbed ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three Los Angeles police officers have been charged with falsifying records reporting that people they stopped were gang members or associates. Prosecutors say the members of the ...

Five members of the notorious international gang MS-13 have been found guilty of partaking in violent crime activity in Los Angeles County, including at least six gang-motivated killings. The five ...

A system designed to protect state inmates who wish to leave gangs has backfired, leading to increased violence fueled by ...

SKID ROW, LOS ANGELES -- For the past six years, an ex-gang member, Michael Lopez, has been feeding the homeless on Los Angeles' Skid Row. "I asked God, 'Clean me up. Clean me up, and I'll do what you ...

LOS ANGELES -- Jailhouse interviews with a suspected and admitted member of two separate Los Angeles street gangs have revealed new information in the criminal case involving former NBA player Javaris ...

A nine-week trial ended Monday in downtown Los Angeles with five gang members convicted of carrying out sometimes-grisly murders to advance their standing in the gang. The federal jury found Walter ...