LA 1970's Varrios

[joker123]

A SHOUT OUT TO THE VARRIOS!

Back in the 1970s, the Chicano Varrios were already posted up representing in every side and sub-division of the city and the county of Los Angeles. The Varrios were not nearly as numerous as they are today since the explosion of the 1980s Varrios which formed from the Football teams, Tag Bangers and the Stoners Boys and Locos generation.

Most Varrios prior to the 1970s, claimed a much larger territory than those which followed upon in the decades of the 1980s and 1990s, and aside from the Central L.A. the East Side and the South Side areas, few other sections of the urban county were congested with Varrios. The Harbor Area, The North and East Valleys, West Los, North East and South East had some very old Varrios representing, but wide tracks of all those areas were devoid of any Varrios.

Back then, the same as nowadays, if a Varrio was known about or heard about in all corners of the county, it carried some weight behind it. It meant that the Varrio was being recognized as being amongst the most chingones. Being amongst the list of heard about Varrios was of utmost importance, for it was a sign that the Varrio had made its mark in the world of the gangland. It was of most importance to get your Varrio up on the County roll-call, and it mattered most that you held up yours with pride.

Most of those 1970s Varrios are still around and in essence a roll-call from the 1980s or 1990s would seem like repetitive of the 1970s. Nevertheless those 1970s Varrios deserve their own page in history. They deserve their names be remembered and a shout out for each of those old names would be a start.

From the 1970s era starting out with the North East L.A. area, a shout out to friend and foe Varrios alike . .

DOG TOWN
FROG TOWN
43 RD AVENUES
CYPRESS AVENUES
CYPRESS PARK
NELA 13
TOONERVILLE
CLANTONE 14
HIGHLAND PARK

From the Lincoln Heights and El Sereno area . .

DOG TOWN
EL SERENO
EAST SIDE CLOVER
HAPPY VALLEY
ROSE HILLS
EIGHTEEN STREET
BIG HAZARD

From the Boyle Heights East Side area . .

BIG HAZARD
PRIMERA FLATS
CUATRO FLATS
ALCAPONE
EAST LA 13
EAST LOS 13
PRIMERA CHICOS
THIRD STREET
SOTO STREET
EVERGREEN
WHITE FENCE
NUEVO ESTRADA
VICKYS TOWN
LIL’ EAST SIDE
KING KOBRAS

From the Unincorp East L.A. area . .

ROCK MARAVILLA
JUAREZ MARAVILLA
LOPEZ MARAVILLA
MARIANNA MARAVILLA
HOYO MARAVILLA
LOTE MARAVILLA
ARIZONA MARAVILLA
LOMITA MARAVILLA
WINTER GARDENS
GERAGHTY LOMA
CITY TERRACE
LAGUNA PARK VIKINGS
LIL’ VALLEY

From the South East area . .

CHOPPERS 12
SS MONTEBELLO
JARDIN 13
HORSE SHOE
SUNRISE
WHITTIER 13
WHITTIER VARRIO LOCO
POOR SIDE
QUIET VILLAGE
JIM TOWN
PICO VIEJO
LA MIRADA
LOS NIETOS
CANTA RANAS
NORWALK 13
CARMELAS 13
PEACEFUL NORWALK
DOG PATCH
PARAMOUNT VARRIO 13
HAWAIIAN GARDENS
ARTESIA 13

From the South Side of L.A. .

CLANTONE 14
WASHINGTON BOYS
38 STREET
FLORENCIA 13
SOUTH LOS
WEIGAND COLONIA WATTS
WATTS VARRIO GRAPE
ELM STREET WATTS
TORTILLA FLATS
LARGO 36
CE VE SEGUNDO
ONE FIVE FIVE
CE VE SETENTAS
CE VE TRES
LOS PADRINOS
YOUNG CROWD
PARAGONS
SOUTH GATE

From the South West area . .

HARPYS
LENNEX 13
LOS COMPADRES VARRIO 3

From the Harbor Area . .

RANCHO SAN PEDRO
PARK WESTERN LOMA
LELAND PARK
HARBOR CITY
KEYSTONE
LA LOMA
LA RANA
T x FLATS
VARRIO CARSON 13
VICTORIA PARK
EAST SIDE TORRANCE
EAST SIDE WILMAS
NORTH SIDE WILMAS
WEST SIDE WILMAS
NORTH SIDE REDONDO
WEST SIDE GARDENA
EAST SIDE GARDENA
DOG TOWN STONERS

From the Long Beach area . .

EAST SIDE LONGO
WEST SIDE LONGO
NORTH SIDE LONGO
BARRIO SMALL TOWN
BARRIO POBRE
LATIN TOWN PLAYBOYZ
BARRIO VIEJO
TE TOWN FLATS

From the West Side . .

EIGHTEEN STREET
CLANTONE 14
TEMPLE STREET
VARRIO VISTA
VARRIO ALPINE
ECHO PARK
WHITE FENCE
KING KOBRAS
LIL’ WEST SIDE
CINCO LOMAS
PLAYBOYS 13
REBELS 13
DIAMOND STREET
SATANAS
HARPYS

From the West Los area . .

CULVER CITY
VENICE 13
SOTEL 13
SANTA MONA 13

From the North Valley . .

SAN FER
LATIN TIMES PACOIMA
PACOIMA FLATS
PACAS 13
BARRIO VAN NUYS
CANOGA PARK
BLYTHE STREET
SOL TRECE
NORTH HOLLYWOOD LOCOS
CLANTONE 14
BARRIO BERBANK 13
EIGHTEEN STREET

From the East Valley . .

PUENTE 13
TOWNSMEN
LIL’ HILL
VALINDA FLATS
BASSETT GRANDE
EAST SIDE DUKES
HAPPY HOMES
LOMAS
SAN GRA
BARTLETT WOLVES
EL MONTE FLORES
EL MONTE HAYES
EL MONTE HICKS
NORTH SIDE MONTES
EL MONTE RIFA
NORTH SIDE PASA
SOUTH SIDE PASA
BOLEN PARQUE
DUARTE RIFA
SAN DIMAS
LA VERNE
POMONA 12 STREET
HAPPY TOWN
CHERRIEVILLE
CLARA MONTE

[STEPHBABYY]

That's righhht

[Silencioso]

it looks like the SFV and South LA have grown the most since the 70's. West Los the least. In fact West LA has probably declined since the 70's.

You forgot a couple of West Los gangs:
Via Locos/Venice Via
West Side Locos
Venice White Boys (white cholos)

there may have been a gang just called West Los in the 70's. When I was a little kid I'd see that hit up by itself.

[joker123]

it looks like the SFV and South LA have grown the most since the 70's. West Los the least. In fact West LA has probably declined since the 70's.

You forgot a couple of West Los gangs:
Via Locos/Venice Via
West Side Locos
Venice White Boys (white cholos)

there may have been a gang just called West Los in the 70's. When I was a little kid I'd see that hit up by itself.

WSLS13 drop que no....

[Silencioso]

a few smaller gangs are missing from the Boyle Heights list - Royal Saints/Santos Royales (early 70's) and East Side Los.

[joker123]

a few smaller gangs are missing from the Boyle Heights list - Royal Saints/Santos Royales (early 70's) and East Side Los.

do u koe wat hapen to the WESTSIDE LOCOS13??

[sickside]

C12 is a EAST SIDE hood not a SOUTHEAST

[joker123]

C12 is a EAST SIDE hood not a SOUTHEAST

orale...

[ridincitiesforever]

Wasn't Alpine 13 around the 1970's? my friend's dad said they were one of the oldest varrios ever.

[AztecNinja]

Wasn't Alpine 13 around the 1970's? my friend's dad said they were one of the oldest varrios ever.

Yeah my mom is like almost 60 and when she went to Lincoln High she said that Alpine St was deep there. I was also looking at some of my aunts old yearbooks from Lincoln and fools from C14,Alpine,38,FTR,ESR were all up in there signing her book. It made me think what was up with Clover at that time, if you had that many varrios at your school. This was before LHTS13,TST,and ELB. When I went to Lincoln it was DOMINATED by East Lake Boys, those fools were like 30 deep everyday after school.

[joker123]

it might be old look at 38st hood its been since the zoot zuit riots and shit...
dam dats a lot of hoods...

[ridincitiesforever]

forgot to include wabash, my friend's dad was from there, he said it started around the 70's.

[joker123]

forgot to include wabash, my friend's dad was from there, he said it started around the 70's.

orale....dats a trip hes still banging it?

[ridincitiesforever]

no it is really inactive, but he told me that most people who was in MLS click pretty much got absorbed into KAM 13. a lot of the og's i heard don't even bang no more due to age.

[joker123]

no it is really inactive, but he told me that most people who was in MLS click pretty much got absorbed into KAM 13. a lot of the og's i heard don't even bang no more due to age.

dats true....KRAZY ASS MEXICANS que no....wasnt it a tagging krew back in the days huh....

[ridincitiesforever]

yeah, from what i heard originally one of the founders of KAM was also from Clarence. he shot and killed a member from White Fence and that's when they became a gang. The beef still goes on to this day, Sometimes, you can hear about White Fence and KAM 13 going at each other.

[joker123]

yeah, from what i heard originally one of the founders of KAM was also from Clarence. he shot and killed a member from White Fence and that's when they became a gang. The beef still goes on to this day, Sometimes, you can hear about White Fence and KAM 13 going at each other.

dam dats a trip....WF is oldest gang que no since like the 70's

[champ1957]

-S.S ELM ST. WATTS 13-

[youngspade]

Cedar St - Which is Now really Ing x3 for West Los