LA gang tours

Alfred Lomas is the creator of the controversial LA Gang Tours, which takes tourists around South Los Angeles to see areas associated with gangs. Lomas says he wants to use the tour service to provide money and jobs for the community. In this Annenberg Radio News podcast, Timothy Beck-Werth talks to Lomas and two gang intervention workers at Homeboys Industries, Steve Aguilar and Alex Carpio.









Read this opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times by Erin Aubry Kaplan: Read

Listen to a story about LA Gang Tours on NPR.
 

Tags: alex carpio alfred lomas gang tourism gangs gangs south los angeles steve aguilar timothy beck-werth