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Tenets of the “Mack God” rule the streets
by Scott Johnson, Oakland Tribune In one eight-hour stretch in late February, four Oakland residents were shot. While none of them died, so far this year shootings across the city are up more than 60...
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By Scott Johnson Oakland Tribune Posted: 06/13/2011 12:00:00 AM PDT Updated: 04/17/2012 02:06:13 PM PDT OAKLAND — Sometime this week Jose Loza, an 18-year-old gang member from East Oakland, will walk...
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Former drug dealer speaks to youth, urges a different path
By Scott Johnson, scjohnson@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 08/26/2011 05:04:26 PM PDT Updated: 04/17/2012 02:09:49 PM PDT OAKLAND — For a brief but glorious couple of years in the late 1980s, Darryl “Lil...
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Oakland Latino gangs defined by the colors they wear
“Drips, ” a member of the Border Brothers gang most of his life, talks about his history in the gang from his neighborhood in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday April 12, 2011. (Laura A. Oda/Staff) By Scott...
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Element of racism among rival Latino gangs in Oakland
“Bloody, ” a Norteno gang member, talks about his life before and after joining a gang at his home in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. (Laura A. Oda/Staff) By Scott C. Johnson Oakland...
View ArticleOakland Effect: ‘Genius’ winner Maurice Lim Miller has devised novel approach...
Oakland Effect: ‘Genius’ winner Maurice Lim Miller has devised novel approach to helping the poor Oakland made national headlines this week with the announcement that Maurice Lim Miller, a Bay Area...
View ArticleMeet the Oakland filmmaker behind ‘Fruitvale,’ the Oscar Grant movie
Director Ryan Coogler accepts the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award for the film… ( Danny Moloshok ) Just moments before leaving his Hayward home, a young African-American man with a sweet face and a hooded...
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