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New: Operation Valley Star
New: The New Nuestra Familia
Gangs in Salinas
Operation Black Widow
Gangs and Guns
Women and the Nuestra Familia
Student Anti-gang Contracts

 

Operation Valley Star: Gang Sweeps Net 22 Arrests
June 29, 2007 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Store a Red Flag in Gang Probe
July 1, 2007 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

 

Gangs in Salinas

The New Nuestra Familia

New Leadership, New Constitution for Nuestra Familia
Feb 24, 2008 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Gang Leader Took Unusual Route to the Top
Feb 19, 2008 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Witness Protection Not a Guarantee
May15, 2007 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Salinas' Missing Kingpin
Nov 12, 2006 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Nuestra Familia Still in Business
Leaders' prison transfers shift, confuse balance of power among feared gang's street operators Jan 20, 2006 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

Operation Black Widow

The Long Arm of the Outlaw
Despite promises from federal officials, gang leaders are still housed together in the same prison Jan 20, 2006 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

Gang leaders in federal hands
Sep 9, 2005 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

FBI informant will soon walk free
Sep 8, 2005 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

Gangsters' sentences might be commuted
Jul 7, 2005| By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Federal efforts fail to contain prison gang
Jun 26, 2005| By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

Ashcroft's Dances With Death
Oct 10, 2004 | By Julia Reynolds, MotherJones.com

Nuestra Familia gang members plead guilty
Sep 28, 2004 | By George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

Prison Gang Case Puts Role of FBI Informants Under Scrutiny
Nov 29, 2003 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, San Francisco Chronicle

Women and the Nuestra Familia

Gangs Using Women, Girls to Conduct Business
One who balked was killed a year ago Jan 30, 2006 | By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald

Slain Woman was Wife of Gang Leader
Nuestra Familia Internal Conflict Possible Motive Feb. 8 , 2005 | By Julia Reynolds and George B. Sánchez, The Monterey County Herald

 

Gangs and guns

Youths, Gangs and Guns
Oct 21, 2003 | By Julia Reynolds and Dan Noyes, Oakland Tribune and KQED.org

Part 1; Warning Signs
Students who agree to anti-gang contracts might be unfairly labeled as criminals Mar 12, 2006

Part 2: A Contract's Cost
Teenagers, adults talk gang contracts and student behavior Mar 13, 2006