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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Mourners Plan Candlelight Vigil For Missing Mexican Students

Comments (0) | corruption investigation, Drug Cartels, Enrique Pena Nieto, gangs, kidnapping, Mexican Revolution Guerrero, Mexican students, Mexico, Nation and World, police

Jonathan Tolliver
Staff Reporter

Mexican officials can't confirm recently found bodies belong to students.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Dozens Of Gang Members Arrested In South L.A. Sweep

Comments (0) | David Kowalski, drug dealers, drug trafficking, Drugs, Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Cripsdrug, gang, gangs, Los Angeles, Louisiana Department of Education, murder, Operation Gremlin Riderz, robbery, South LA, South LA gangs

Sara Newman
Deputy Editor

Operation Gremlin Riderz helped arrest almost 50 members of one of LA's most dangerous gangs. 

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Gangs Not In Your Backyard? Think Again.

Comments (33) | african-americans, California, commuter gangs, counterfeit, Crime, crime rate, drug trafficking, Echo Park, economies, fake, Food, gang activity, gang violence, gangs, minorities, National, NIMBY, not in my backyard, pimp, pimping, prisons, safety net, sex trade, sex trafficking, taxes, teen pregnancies, unemployment, voting rights

Kevin Litman-Navarro
Staff Reporter

Gang activity affects more than just inner-city neighborhoods.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Detroit And Chicago See Overnight Spate Of Gun Violence, Killing 6

Comments (0) | bankruptcy, black, Chicago, dead, Detroit, Drugs, East Side, Englewood, gangs, Gun Violence, mass shooting, mental illness, National, south side

Jacqueline Jackson
Managing Editor

17 people were shot in Detroit and Chicago Wednesday alone.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

South Central Resident Says Gangs Still Top Issue Facing L.A.

Comments (0) | gangs, L.A. Mayor Garcetti, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, South Central

Gabi Duncan
Staff Reporter

What more community programs could do to change gang activity.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Gun Violence In Chicago Kills At Least Twenty

Comments (0) | Chicago, gangs, National, shootings

Chicago violence most likely gang related

Anne Artley
Staff Reporter

U.S. city with the most 2012 killings sees more this week

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Homegirl Café Provides Safe Haven, Hope For At-Risk Women

Comments (0) | case study, dr. jorja leap, Drug, drug rehabilitation, Food, Food, gang rehabilitation, gangs, Homeboy Industries, Homegirl Cafe, homegirl cafe case study, Los Angeles, social enterprise, transformation, UCLA

Danielle Tarasiuk
Executive Producer

Homegirl Café provides a unique approach to help at-risk women turn their lives around.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

South Central City Council Election Winner Will Inherit Difficult Position

Comments (4) | 2013 LA Mayoral election, city district 9, gangs, Jan Perry, l.a. election, la election, Los Angeles, safety, South Los Angeles

Chhaya Nene, Meng Meng, Byron Tseng

A look at what the new city council member will face.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Los Angeles City Council Funds Gang Prevention Programs To Help Transform Lives

Comments (0) | bresee foundation, city council, gang prevention, gangs, Local, Los Angeles

Sarah Zahedi
Staff Reporter

Andy Rodriguez discusses his personal transformation as a Bressee Foundation student. 

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

U.S. Names MS-13 Transnational Criminal Organization

Comments (1) | David Cohen, economic sanctions, el salvador, gangs, Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13, Nation and World, treasury, Treasury Department, Zetas

MS-13 members often have many identifying tattoos. (ICE/Wikimedia Commons)

Matt Pressberg
Executive Producer

Treasury can now place economic sanctions on the gang.

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