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☆ How 9 Gangs and Mafias Actually Work, From the Crips to Hells Angels
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( David Ibekwe | Ju Shardlow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Pellerano discusses gang life in New Orleans, where the gang spread from its home base in Chicago. He speaks with BI about tattooing, rules and codes, media perception, and the political language used to depict the gang. Mike Moy says he was a gang member in New York City's Chinatown, having been recruited in the 1970s. He later founded the YouTube channel Chinatown Gang Stories, where he speaks with former gang members about their lives. He speaks with BI about the ways the yakuza makes money, such as extortion and protection rackets.

Persons: Tyrone White, White, Andy, Pellerano, Alex Sanchez, Omar Sharif, John Pennisi, Gambino, John Gotti Jr, Lucchese, Pennisi, Jay Dobyns, general's, Jimmy Tsui, Mike Moy, Moy, Yuyama Shinya, Andy Pellerano www.oneaccordministries.net, Alex Sanchez www.homiesunidos.org Omar Sharif www.omarinspires.com John Pennisi, Jay Dobyns www.jaydobyns.com Organizations: Menlo, South Central, Bloods, Business, Hells Angels, ATF's National Academy, Dobyns, United, Valor, ATF, National Association of Police, New York City Police Department, YouTube Locations: South, South Central Los Angeles, New Orleans, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, United States, Tung, New York, Chinatown, Hong Kong, Japan

☆ How Crips Gang Actually Works Inside Prison and on the Streets
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Nazar Risafi | Kyle Desiderio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Tyrone White was a member of the 65 Menlo Gangster faction of the Crips gang in South Central Los Angeles during the late '80s and '90s, witnessing police brutality and the LA riots. White held the position of a street soldier and participated in drug dealing, gangbanging, and neighborhood drive-bys. White speaks with Business Insider about his experience as a gang member, the culture of the Crips, and the rivalry with the Bloods. He also covers the role of celebrity Crips, such as Snoop Dogg and Big U, in gang prevention within California. After he was released from jail, he pursued a career in acting and worked with the Eagle Ridge Institute.

Persons: Tyrone White, White, Snoop Dogg Organizations: Menlo, South Central, Bloods, Eagle Ridge Institute Locations: South, South Central Los Angeles, Oklahoma, California

☆ She Writes Storybook Endings. Of Course She Got the House.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Joanne Kaufman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The house, a traditional 1940s white stucco ranch, felt just right to Nina Weinman. It was in central Los Angeles, where she and her husband wanted to live, and it was in their price range. It had a dishwasher and a garbage disposal, central heat and air-conditioning — all things lacking in the couple’s rental apartment. The house was in disrepair, but it had a solid foundation and a roof of recent vintage, making it catnip to flippers. Ms. Weinman and her husband, Will Swift, a talent manager, had several contingencies and needed a loan.

Persons: Nina Weinman, ”, Weinman, Claus, Will Swift Organizations: Hallmark Channel Locations: Los Angeles

Six months later, his friend-turned-rival Notorious B.I.G, whose legal name is Christopher Wallace, was gunned down. They hung out together on the set of the 1993 film “Poetic Justice,” which starred Janet Jackson and Shakur. Shakur found out that the night of that attack, Wallace and Sean “Diddy” Combs were together in a recording studio. East vs. West coastsLess than 24 hours after the 1994 shooting, Shakur made a court appearance in a wheelchair on sex-assault charges against him. Greenidge, who described the rapper as a professional mentor, told the grand jury he was in the convoy.

Persons: Tupac Shakur, Shakur, B.I.G, Christopher Wallace, Wallace, Duane “ Keffe, ” Davis, Davis, enmeshed, ”, Justin Tinsley, Janet Jackson, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Combs, Malcolm Greenidge, Reggie Wright Jr, Marion “ Suge, Knight, disrespecting Combs, Tha, Snoop Dogg, Faith Evans, “ It’s, Wright, Robert Ladd, Ladd, “, Orlando Anderson, ” Denvonta Lee, Mike Tyson, Bruce Seldon, Anderson, Daniel Ford, Ford, Lee, Deandrae Smith, Smith, “ Keffe, ” Lee, Keffe, Biggie Shakur, Tinsley, ” “ Biggie, ” Tinsley, ‘, Tupac, Rio Yamat, Ken Ritter, Scott Sonner, Gabe Stern, Andrew Dalton, Ryan Pearson, Stefanie Dazio, Felicia Fonseca Organizations: ANGELES, New York City, The Associated Press, Los, Records, New, Boy Records, Row, Tha Dogg, West Coast, Side, South Side, Bloods, MGM, Anderson, BMW, Authorities, Cadillac, ” Police, Las Vegas, ___ Associated Press Locations: East, West, New York, Las Vegas, Compton, midtown Manhattan, East Harlem , New York, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Harlem, New York City, York , New York, Vegas, Lakewood, South Los Angeles, Reno , Nevada, Flagstaff , Arizona

NEW YORK (AP) — Louise Meriwether, the author and activist whose coming-of-age novel "Daddy Was a Number Runner" is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and vital portrait of race, gender and class, has died. "Daddy Was a Number Runner," published in 1970, tells of a poor Black community in Harlem during the 1930s as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Francie Coffin. Political Cartoons View All 1206 ImagesIn 2016 the Feminist Press and TAYO Literary Magazine launched the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize for "debut women/nonbinary writers of color." "Daddy Was a Number Runner" was a personal story. After returning to New York in the late 1960s, she joined the Harlem Writers Guild and befriended Angelou and Sonia Sanchez, among others.

Persons: — Louise Meriwether, Meriwether, Cheryl Hill, Hill, Francie Coffin, Francie, I'm, Toni Morrison's, Angelou's, James Baldwin, Jacqueline Woodson, Louise Meriwether, Rosa Parks, Daniel Hale Williams, Robert Smalls, John Birch, Muhammad Ali's, Angelo Meriwether, Earle Howe, Louise Jenkins, Budd Schulberg, Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Sarah Lawrence Organizations: Amsterdam Nursing, Feminist Press, Columbus Foundation, Los Angeles Times, IMF, World Bank, John Birch Society, Sarah Lawrence College, University of Houston, New York University, UCLA, Watts Writers, South Central, Universal Studios, Harlem Writers Guild, Pine Manor College Locations: Manhattan, Harlem, Puerto Rican, South Africa, Haverstraw , New York, Brooklyn, South, South Central Los Angeles, Hollywood, New York, Pine

☆ A California homeowner fixed up her converted garage and rents it on Airbnb. It now pays for her mortgage.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Selma Hepp renovated a converted garage in her Burbank backyard and now rents it on Airbnb. The state has passed a series of laws allowing for, and in some cases helping pay for, ADU construction. Courtesy of Selma HeppEighteen months into the process, Hepp finally had drawings from a different architect. During the course of construction, Hepp started dating someone new, and they ended up buying a home in Mid City, a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles. She also managed to refinance her mortgage a few times over the past several years and pays $2,700 a month, which is now covered by her ADU's rental income.

Persons: Selma Hepp, Hepp's, Hepp, It's Organizations: Service, Terner Center, Housing Innovation, University of California, Construction, Hollywood, Universal, Burbank Studios, Warner Bros . Locations: Burbank, Wall, Silicon, Burbank , California, Croatia, California, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Mid City, Central Los Angeles

Rarely is a ZIP Code an international celebrity. But that is the case with 90210, digits that became famous thanks in large part to the 1990s television drama “Beverly Hills 90210.” The ZIP Code is the primary one for Beverly Hills, Calif., a stand-alone city within central Los Angeles County. Today, 90210’s prestige endures: It has the priciest homes in Los Angeles, as ranked by median listing price, and some of the most expensive properties in the U.S., according to Realtor.com. It is outranked only by Atherton, in California’s Bay Area, and the Aspen, Colo., area. Walkable with green spaces, residents flock here for the public services, school district and tightknit community in the heart of the country’s second-biggest metropolitan area.

Persons: Atherton Organizations: News Corp, Street, Aspen Locations: Beverly, Beverly Hills, Calif, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, U.S, California’s Bay, Colo

☆ This Black-owned startup is fixing and learning from broken EV charging stations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

With electric vehicle adoption accelerating, so too is the need servicing public charging stations. Unlike fixing an old gas pump, some companies are using technology to both service and learn from the stations, to improve EV charging technology. More than one-quarter of public EV charging stations were found to be nonfunctioning, according to a survey done in California by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Cool the Earth, an area nonprofit. barely three years ago and says the company is now servicing EV charging stations across 17 states. That data set can be helpful to network providers, EV and charging station manufacturers, plus governments, according to Terry.

Persons: Terry, ChargerHelp, it's, Vaughn Blake, Lisa Rizzolo Organizations: EV, University of California, Smart, Central, Duke Energy, Southern, Southern California Edison, Blue Bear, Energy Impact Partners, JFF Ventures, Exelon Foundation, Autodesk Foundation, CNBC Locations: California, Berkeley, Central Los Angeles, Southern California

☆ How 'Real Housewife' Jen Shah's fabulous life came crashing down
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Stephanie Clifford | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +43 min

The woman wrote to the judge overseeing Shah's case that she'd had to remortgage her house, almost divorced, and "thought about ending my own life." The couple decided that he should get his degree while Jen Shah dropped out of college to work. (Shah told a judge at her 2022 plea hearing that she had been treated for "alcohol and depression" two years prior. Koa Johnson, Jen Shah's former fashion designerWhen Sharrieff Shah did participate in filming, he quickly became a fan favorite, calm and sensible. Once the show aired and Jen Shah developed a fan base, her behavior became more dramatic, Johnson said.

☆ Inside a secretive management firm for OnlyFans stars, where former staffers say they catfished fans to dupe them into paying to sext: ‘You're basically a professional scammer’
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-16 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Kat Tenbarge | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Even for account managers like Emma, the money could be "life-changing," she said, adding that she sometimes earned more than $10,000 a month off just 2% commission. Many OnlyFans models (including Unruly clients) offer a free feed of photos. They can add a larger "tip" to be added to an influencer's VIP area to get unlimited chatting (often between $100 and $200 for Unruly models). For instance, it's free to subscribe to Rao's OnlyFans account, but she charges between $5 and $99 for fans to "unlock posts." At the time, Gathrite was dating Jessica Sunok, a model who started an OnlyFans account in May 2019, and who he began to manage.

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