In 1992, a truce was announced by Crips and Bloods to deter the gangs from killing each other after the acquittal of four police officers in the beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles the year prior.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skipp Townsend, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Sept. 8. The war between the Rollin’ 60s Crips and the ...

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode "How to talk about peace" Aqeela Sherrills grew up amidst warring gangs in LA. To stop the violence, Sherrills spent years building bridges between the Bloods and ...

The Bloods is a notorious LA-based street gang involved in various crimes, including drug trafficking, theft, assault, burglary, and even murder. Most of its members are African American. Furthermore, ...

Peace is brewing in parts of San Diego between decades-long sworn enemies the Crips and the Bloods. Veterans from both gangs hope that dialogue will trump threats and badly needed resources will ...

Mesmerizingly portrayed with vintage photos and film footage, Crips and Bloods: Made in America opens with a raw look at the violence and unrest that exploded in central Los Angeles during and after ...

A judge has made permanent the temporary injunction she earlier granted against the Bloods and Crips gang, a first in Harris County. The civil injunction bars 47 gang members from an area around the ...

On this day, Feb. 28, in 1979, Stanley “Tookie’ Williams III, the founder of the notorious Crips gang in Los Angeles, killed the first of four people during a two-week armed robbery spree in Southern ...