Chino Hills artist Abel Izaguirre creates tiny tributes to his old home: South L.A.

To those new to street art, there are aspects of Abel Izaguirre's empire that might surprise and alarm. Many of the 37-year-old Chino Hills artist's designs are callous celebrations of guns and dice, turf and cognac -- of the gangster life that defines and afflicts so much of the metropolitan area. They appear on everything from shoes to skateboards to, by special request, caskets.

By Scott Gold

May 30, 2008