"It's a lesson in that you don't have to kill your neighbors," said Reyes, who spent the last decade in and out of prison for an array of drug offenses. "It don't matter where you come from, what ...

After increasing steadily for more than 20 years, gang violence is now costing Los Angeles $2 billion a year. It's reaching beyond high-crime neighborhoods to other parts of the city. We take a long ...

After a brief dip several years ago, gang violence in Los Angeles is rising again. On Monday, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to put a new property tax on the ballot to provide $50 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aquil Basheer, center, founder of the Professional Community Intervention Training Institute, spends a light moment in 2014 ...