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This is a list of notable criminally-active street gangs operating or formerly operating in California. To be included in this list, the gang must have a Wikipedia article with references showing it is a California street gang.
Kumi African Nation Organization, generally referred to as 415 or Kumi 415 is a predominantly African-American prison gang that was originally formed in Folsom State Prison in the mid-1980s, and the founding members were mainly from the San Francisco Bay Area.
On December 17, 1997, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and Los Angeles Sherriff's Office sought an injunction against the Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods, as the gang had been responsible for 19 murders in the preceding four years. [3] In the two years following the implementation of the injunction, the gang committed no murders ...
Authorities say they have traced seven homicides — two in a California prison, five on the streets of Los Angeles County — to three men suspected of being top members of the Aryan Brotherhood.
Lloyd Fernandez Avery II (June 21, 1969 – September 4, 2005) was an American actor. He appeared in John Singleton's Oscar-nominated film Boyz n the Hood (1991) as one of the Bloods who murdered high school football star Ricky Baker (played by Morris Chestnut) and was later killed by Doughboy (played by Ice Cube) in retaliation.
The beleaguered manhunt for two Louisville fugitives, alleged members of the notoriously violent Victory Park Crips street gang, spanned more than a year and more than 2,100 miles, ending near a ...
The gang has approximately 300 members and operates in the San Fernando Valley. [2] The Vineland Boys have formed alliances with Armenian Power and the Abergil crime family. The gang allegedly first teamed up with Abergils in 2000, offering protection and cooperation to the Israeli mafia's ecstasy trafficking ring operating in their territory. [3]
The three were booked at the Morongo Basin jail for possession of an explosive device and possession of a controlled substance while armed. They are being held without bail pending a court appearance.