An LAPD Internal Affairs report said officers in the San Fernando Valley operated like a "law enforcement gang," while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 18th Street or “Barrio 18,” is one of the most notorious and violent gangs in the Western Hemisphere. The group started back in ...

Local officials and nonprofit leaders say gang violence reduction programs shouldn’t be cast aside because of one incident.

Federal authorities in Los Angeles said a gang interventionist in MacArthur Park had been arrested for illegal possession of body armor by a convicted felon and alleged he was still an active member ...

The two members of the Barrio 18 street gang waited until 15-year-old Maribel’s* parents were out and then called at the family home in the outskirts of San Salvador. When she answered the door, they ...