In 2022, the city of Bakersfield and the police department launched a gun violence reduction strategy. Since then, city officials say the city is safer now prior to the pandemic.

This strategy was funded through a grant from the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Program, along with the ...

Two brothers in Bentley and Kadar Waller display their talents both on and off the court. Both currently play basketball at ...

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted seven Sacramento residents accused of trafficking drugs and selling guns on behalf of the Oak Park Bloods gang, prosecutors said. The 15-count indictment ...

Frustration is mounting among residents and community leaders in Bakersfield as they grapple with ongoing issues of crime, ...

An expansive lawsuit filed by eight Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies who said they were attacked by members of an alleged deputy gang known as the Banditos has reached a ...

Atlanta rapper YFN Lucci, whose real name is Rayshawn Bennett, has been released from Fulton County Jail after serving time for a gang-related charge under Georgia’s Street Gang Terrorism and ...

On a call with reporters Friday, Mauricio Claver-Carone, the U.S. special envoy to Latin America, said Grenell will tell Maduro to take back all the Venezuelan criminals and Tren de Aragua gang ...

This time, though, the government would also aim to send members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to Salvadoran prisons, said Mauricio Claver-Carone, the State Department’s special envoy ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will discuss the possibility of deporting suspected Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador in an upcoming meeting with Salvadorean president Nayib Bukele ...

A reputed member of a Lynn-based drug gang that poses as a rap music label will plead guilty to federal racketeering charges in connection with the group’s activities, including murder ...

The woman watched from the ground as the teen managed to start her car without the keys, which she still possessed. In an act of desperation, she clung to the hood of her car — and the teen ...