Advertisement
California

COME AGAIN? Youth gangs in Irvine? Police...

By Jeffrey Perlman, Helene Elliott and Tom McQueeney
Share

COME AGAIN? Youth gangs in Irvine? Police say some gangs are forming (B10), but what do school officials say? . . . School administrators are legendary for their circumlocution, and the Irvine Unified School District’s apparently are no different. Asked whether Irvine campuses have gang activity, a spokesman replied: “We’re seeing some increase in the number of young people who are demonstrating some posturing of group affiliation that may be inappropriate.” . . . Translation: “A little.”

More to Read

California
Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

More From the Los Angeles Times

Advertisement