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The U.S. has over 33,000 gangs with 1.4 million members claiming for a territory by doing crimes such as fights, racketeering, and principally by graffiti on the neighborhoods walls. Graffiti is used by criminal cliques to mark territory, send a message to a rival gang, and to communicate. They claim territory that belongs to a particular community that is composed by families and people who work hard for their living. When a gang mark his territory by tagging affect our community because they…

I believe that this is a very excellent film it talk about law and is very interesting and it helped inspire my opinions on the gun control topic and some of the views and ideas I have concerning this controversial idea about how the gun companies can get away with all the life’s they have took and all the stress guns cause now I am not saying guns are bad it is just the people who are bad there should be tight restrictions for guns that way they don’t get bought and sold on the market because…

The western mountains stretch across Southern Alaska to California; they are known as the Coastal Ranges. The Los Angeles Ranges are small groups of mountains in southern California. In Eastern California, you’ll find the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges. California also has volcanoes, though most of them haven’t erupted since prehistoric times. They are known as extinct…

Gang violence in the United States is increasing and becoming more widespread throughout virtually leaving no part of the country unaffected by its cruel and brutal wrath. According to FBI reports there are some 33,000 violent street gangs including motorcycle gangs and prison gangs with about 1.4 million total members who are criminally active today. These gangs are well organized; sophisticated and use violence to assert control. It is almost hard to believe that despite all of the studies…

If you are planning a move to Southern California, you may want to consider Arcadia, CA. While Arcadia is eclipsed in population by several Los Angeles County cities including Los Angeles and Pasadena, Arcadia has a variety of entertainment opportunities for residents and visitors alike to enjoy. Santa Anita Park If you like horse racing, Santa Anita Park is a place you will not want to miss. Whether you want to bet on the races or you just want to experience a race, Santa Anita Park is a great…

As we’ve learned, the history of the American frontier became famous by the opportunities that the West offered to everyone. It has been known that some early historians glorified the American frontier and the role it played in developing the American character. However, others have disputed that what has been presented is actually a myth. Amongst all the speculation, we will discuss just how much was reality and how much was myth. It was 1890, and the Census Bureau made an announcement that…

The Attica Prison riot of 1971 is known as one of the most famous and important of all prison riots. This riot took place at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York. In total, the riot occured over the course of four days resulting in forty-three deaths. The riot began on September 9, 1971, and while there is no clear, sole reason as to why it started, there are many possibilities of which might have led to the uprising. Some of the most popular reasons include racism, unfair…

The market revolution and westward expansion had deeply affected American livelihoods by the 1830s and 1840s. These important events reinforced old ideas of freedom and created new ones. Available land in the West had long been linked to the dream of American freedom. During this time, the phrase "manifest destiny", which is the belief that American settlers were destined to expand and occupy all of North America and extend freedom, disregarding the people that were already existing there. This…

realities and effects of living in Los Angeles. West uses the degradation of his main characters as his example of how Los Angeles changes people. Through the lives and experiences of Tod, and Homer, the readers see the ways the city alters one’s characteristics from one that is greatly ambitious, into one that is extremely arrogant. Additionally, the novel highlights the fallacy of how Los Angeles is known as the “land of dreams”. Instead, West makes it clear that Los Angeles is actually the…

Joe Grasse Patrick Murphy Section: Thurs. 11am The Physical Geography of Los Angeles, California Los Angeles: home to Hollywood, the Lakers, and some of the best beaches in the world. How did it get to be such a big city though? Physical geography definitely played a role in the settlement, the expansion, and will even shape the future of this great place. The history of Los Angeles and its geography begins when the Spanish arrived in the 18th century. They came in contact with Gabrielinos and…