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A shopping cart serves as a two-seated stroller as a family crosses an alley along 104th Street, a territory claimed by two different factions of bloods.

Malditos gang member 'Moreno,' knife in hand, keeps watch for police on a garage roof.

pastor Larry Mays leads Tricia Smith and her son Gilroy, 5, in prayer during street witnessing on Dixon Avenue in Inglewood. Pastor Mays says, 'I am to Darby-Dixon what Moses was to the children of Israel.'

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A Pit bull chained to its owner's garage is used to protect life and property in the crime ridden Darby-Dixon neighborhood. The dog is moved into the garage overnight to protect the owner's car.

A milk crate serves as a makeshift hoop, entertainment for Jermaine Middleton, 12, and David Jackson, 11. For a moment, the sounds of play fill one of the neighborhood's alleys. Most often they are a no man's land.

malditos gang member 'Flaco' lights up a cigarette in an alley in the Inglewood neighborhood. The Malditos shares its turf with the Crenshaw mafia.

Caution and a low profile are keys to survival. After sundown, members of the Crenshaw Mafia hang out as children consider the dangers of walking across the street to play basketball.

Crenshaw mafia gangster 'Mista C.K.' has been shot six times, once in the head. The three square block Inglewood neighborhood has been the sight of numerous shootings and is one of the deadliest in the South Bay.

The Rev. John Richardson recently bought some property in Hawthorne that he wants to turn into a high school that will offer structured evangelical Christian teaching.