Photos: Gang history in the L.A. area

A man passes by members of the Blythe Street Dukes, named after their street in Panorama City, in 1992.

Lil Cyco, 18, left, Luis Colocio, 17, and Lil Flaco, 18, share their sadness in 1992 when the pastor of their Eastside parish, who kept peace among gangs, left for a yearlong spiritual retreat.

Artists Erica Parra and Joe Diaz in 1994 with a segment of a wall commemorating the deaths of gang members during the previous six years around Boyle Heights’ Pico-Aliso housing projects.

Members of the Mob Crew in the Pico-Aliso housing projects in 1993.

In 1992, then-presidential candidate Jerry Brown, center, poses with gang members after talking with them at Dolores Mission in Boyle Heights.