BARRIO RED STEPS
BARRIO LOGAN aka BARRIO RED STEPS is what the West Side of the Chicano Community of Logan Heights is called.
Barrio Logan Red Steps was split off from the rest of LOGAN HEIGHTS when Interstate 5 was constructed and divided the community in two halves.
El Barrio Logan is home to the Logan Heights RED STEPS Ganga, which is a clika of the much larger BARRIO LOGAN HEIGHTS GANG. In addition to the Red Steps clique, LH in present times is composed of the cliques LH30TA, LH33RD, LH13LS and the LH Clika located in East Side San Diego. Another prior olden times clika were the LH32 Luckys which is no longer active.
Barrio Logan Red Steps had its origins with an earlier gang named LOS CHERRIES way back in the 1950s. Los Cherries took their name from some big ass painted Red Steps of this huge house which used to be on the north side of Island Avenue, between 24th & 25th Streets. This house with the painted red steps was located in the area where today’s current pedestrian sky-bridge crosses-over Interstate 5, between Logan Avenue & Crosby Street (re-named Cesar Chavez in 1995).
When Interstate 5 was built in 1963, the house & the Steps were torn down; nevertheless, the new 1960s generation of Cherries adopted the name Red Steps for their new Clika as the older generation of Cherries faded into history.
By the time when Chicano Park was created in 1969/70, the Red Steps clika had long before already become fully incorporated into the united Barrio Logan Heights Gang. This Greater LHTS Gang by uniting over the years between the late 1950s & early 1960s, all the gangs in the area like Los OSOS, Los LOBOS, Los CHICANOS, Los COYOTES and Los CHERRIES; created One United LH Barrio. . . (Note: In the middle of Chicano Park today, there is a mural that reads “BARRIOS UNIDOS LOGAN”. This is said to be in reference not so much as to Chicano Barrios in general, but more indicative of Logan’s UNITED Varrios). The old Cherries Gang thus gave way to the new LH Red Steps clika which has remained named as such onto present times, and it also has become one of the strongest Gang-Cliques all around. The RED STEPS have with time, added a new younger sub-clique to their ranks called Chicano Park Boys (CPB) and their confederates, the Feeling So Irie Boys Krew (FSI).
The RED STEPS Barrio is concurrent with the boundaries of Barrio Logan itself; the boundaries being one and the same; 16th Street/Commercial Street to the north, 32nd Street to the south, Harbor Drive/Old 101 Highway to the west and Interstate 5 to the east. The Red Steps Barrio is also home to the well-known famed Chicano Park (CP aka CHP) which was built right under the Coronado Bay Bridge (constructed in 1969/70). Chicano Park criss+crosses the RS neighborhood through several streets, semi-dividing the Barrio in half with its many bridge concrete pillars.
This is a small story of Barrio Logan Heights Red Steps as has been understood by yours truly in small-talk conversations here and there, as well as from the received input from some of you out there. I hope that Homies from Logan can visit with us on the Brown Kingdom and speak for themselves as to their history and correct me on any honest mistakes committed.
QUE VIVA EL
BARRIO LOGAN
RED STEPS
POR VIDA
CON SAFOS!
2/11/13
SAN DIEGO VARRIOS
SAN DIEGO VARRIOS
SY ~ SYR
SAN YSIDRO
A.k.a. “SIDRO”
Klikas . . .
Coachmen
Enanos
Villa Locos
Locotes
Tiny Locos
Lil Locos
Malos
Boys
Note: For some of SIDRO's history read up on the March 17, 2007 "Archives".
IMP ~ IMP13
IMPERIAL 13
A.k.a. Imperials
Klikas . . .
Dukes
Rascals
BWL ~ BWLS
BRANDYWINE LOCOS
O13 ~ OX3 ~ VLO
OTAY 13A.k.a. Varrio Loco Otay
Klikas . . .
Yatos
Del Sol Riders
River Bottom Locos
Montgomery Locos
Rasta Locos
DS ~ DSR ~ DS13
DEL SOLKlikas . . .
Vagos
Malos
Dead Ends
Riders Locos
Sun City Locos
RC ~ RCLS ~ SSR
RUFF CITYA.k.a. South Side Roughnecks
A.k.a. Rough Riders
CALS
Crazy Ass Locos
PALS
Palm Avenue Locos
PALS
Palm City Locos
FH ~ PC ~ PC’FH
PALM CITY FROM HELL
A.k.a. Familia Hispana
Klikas . . .
Locos
VLPR
LAS PALMAS
Varrio LAS PALMAS was an old varrio located in the South San Diego neighborhood of Palm City. The old varrio extended south of the Otay River marshland area, all the way to Coronado Avenue, centered around Palm Avenue and Harris Avenue. The neighborhood once reached as far west to 19 Street (present day Saturn Blvd). The old varrio was in time first broken up with the construction of Interstate 5, which was built right through the middle of the neighborhood and sliced it up into two halves. The western part of the varrio (west of I-5) was almost completely torn down and new development was raised up. Then when the San Diego Trolley line was built, another chunk of its neighborhood was destroyed. The Trolley line itself cut the varrio in half again. On the east side of the tracks new housing now stands. But on the west side of the tracks there still remains plenty of unpaved (dirt) streets even to this day. South of Palm Avenue the grounds there exhibit a mix of older homes and newer apartment buildings south along the back streets from Harris Avenue. Varrio Las Palmas survived all the way up to the very early 80s, but it has now given way to the younger generation of Raza that claims Palm City From Hell (Familia Hispana). In its final days, one could see nice firme big block Old Stilo Placasos on the walls as you rode past on the freeway or the trolley line. Further south along the 19 Street neighborhood, west of the I-5, La Raza gave birth to the Varrio NESTOR 19ST, in what was once inhabited by vatos that claimed South San Diego. From west of the I-5 and south of Palm Avenue, Varrio NSTR (Nestor Nineteenth STreet Rifa) governs the land.
NST ~ NSTR ~ NST19
NESTOR 19 STREET
VIA
Varrio Iris Avenue
DML
DAIRY MART LOCOS
SSD ~ DX3 ~ D13 ~ DBS
SOUTH SIDE DIABLOSA.k.a. Chamukos
VCV
VARRIO CHULA VISTA
Klikas . . .
Grande Locos
Tiny Locos
Tiny Gangsters
E STreet
G STreet
H STreet
K STreet
South Bay 13
WSLS
WEST SIDE LOCOS
YESCA 13
You have to go back in time to remember the vatos that claimed YESCA 13. Back in the mid to late 70s these vatos where claiming ESxNC. They had their spot just north of the ACRE BOYS and west of PARADISE HILLS, over by Lanoitan Avenue. I don't think they're around anymore.
ES’NCLS
East Side NATIONAL CITY LOCOS
OTNC
OLD TOWN NATIONAL CITY
Klikas . . .
Gatos
Night Owls
Anchor Boys
Olden Boys
Enano Boys
Latino Boys
Insane Boys ~> broke off.
IBS ~ WS’NC
INSANE BOYS
A.k.a. West Side National City
BBS ~ NC’BBS
BLOCK BOYS
(Alta Vista neighborhood)
ABS
ACRE BOYS
(Lincoln Acres)
ALLEY BOYS
(Norton Avenue Boys)
SSC
SOUTH SIDE CRIMINALS
NC MOB 13
NATIONAL CITY MOB 13
A.K.A. South Side Mob 13
MB13 ~ MBLS
MISSION BAY LOCOS
Klikas . . .
Grand Avenue Boys
Delrey Street Boys
132 Dead End
Hazard
The Magicians Club
CMR ~ CLMT WEST CLARAS
(Clairemont)
LV13 ~ LVR ~ VLV
VARRIO LINDA VISTA
Klikas . . .
Morley Street
Rascals
Peewees
Riders
Tiny Locos
WT ~ WxT
WOP TOWN
Klikas . . .
Krazies
Amici Park
OTSD
OLD TOWN SAN DIEGO
LM26 ~ GH13
LOMAS 26 STREETA.k.a. Golden Hill
Klikas
Locos (The Alley)
XVI STreet
XVIII Sreet
XXX STreet
Juniors (Chicos)
Dukes
Malditos
Note: For some of LOMAS history, read up on the March 2, 2006 "Archives".
SM ~ VSM ~ BSM
BARRIO SHERMANA.K.A. Sherman Heights
Klikas . . .
27 STREET
20 STREET
Grant Hill Park Locos
Note: For some of SHERMAN's history, read up on the March 10, 2006 "Archives".
SE13 ~ SESD
SOUTHEAST 13
A.k.a. South East San Diego
ESD ~ ESSD
EAST SIDE SAN DIEGOA.k.a. East Side Diego
Klikas . . .
Gatos
Rascals
Chicos
Dead End Locos
AEK
Avenue Euclid Klika
EBS ~ EBK
Evil Boys Klika
East Side 27 Street Locos
JRS ~ JRS13
JUNIORS
VC13
VARRIO CHOLLAS 13
VM ~ VMS ~ VML ~ VMP
VARRIO MARKET STREETKlikas . . .
Locos
Peewees
VEL ~ ENC13
VARRIO ENCANTO LocosA.k.a. Encanto Heights
LH ~ LHTS
LOGAN HEIGHTSKlikas . . .
Red Steps
A.k.a. Barrio Logan30’TA
33 STreet
35 STreet
13 Locos
LH CLIKA (East Side)
Old . . .
32 LUCKIES
Cherries
Chicanos
Osos
Lobos
Coyotes
Toros
Note: For some of the RED STEPS history, read up on the March 4, 2007 "Archives".
32ND STREET “TOKERS”
LVR ~ LV13 ~ LV70 ~ ESL
LOMITA VILLAGEA.k.a. Lomita Varrio 70
(East Side Lomita)
Klikas . . .
PH ~ PHR ~ PH13
PARADISE HILLS
LG13 ~ VLG
VARRIO LEMON GROVE
OPLS
OAK PARK LOCOS
AZN ~ CHTS
AZTEC NATION(City Heights)
Klikas . . .
Van Dyke Boys
VST ~ STR ~ ST38
SHELL TOWNKlikas . . .
Gamma Boys
38 STreet
DSL
DIVISION STREET LOCOS
SVL
SPRING VALLEY LOCOS
EL CAJON DUKES
EL CAJON LOCOS
PSL ~ PZL ~ VPL
VARRIO POSOLE
Varrio POSOLE, sometimes spelled Pozole, is a real old varrio that dates back to the 1920s. This varrio is well known and heard about through out Califas and in la torcida. Posole is said to be in their sixth or seventh generation of vatos representing their terreno. From old times the initials for the varrio were PSL and PZL, but in these later tiempos the initials VP, VPL and VPLS for Varrio Posole Locos are being used. The olden varrio is located right before you hit Camp Pendleton, immediately east of Interstate 5 and north of Mission Avenue; just south of the old San Luis Mission Road (present day 76 Expressway), centered around Balderama Park. Their borders today can be said to extend all the way south to Oceanside Blvd, and east all the way to Mesa Road. Posole claims East Side because they are in what back in them times was considered the east side of Oceanside.
TCS ~ CSG
TWENTY CENTER STREETA.k.a. Center Street Gang
SOUTH SIDE OCEANSIDE
VST ~ VSL
VARRIO SUREñO TOWN
A.k.a. Varrio Sureño Locos
EAST SIDE OCEANSIDE(Crown Heights)
PPLS
POCOS PERO LOCOS
LOS JOKERS
WOS
WICKED OCEANSIDE SUREñOS
TRI-CITY LOCOS
EG
EDEN GARDENSA.k.a. La Colonia
EF
ENCINITAS FLATS
ENC13
ENCINITAS 13South Side Locos
CBR ~ CBLS ~ CLS
CARLSBAD LOCOS
SSV
SOUTH SIDE VISTA
VH ~ VHB
VISTA HOMIESA.k.a. Vista Homeboys
SM ~ VSM
VARRIO SAN MARCOSKlikas . . .
Wolfpack
SL ~ SxL
Varrio SOUTH LOS
FBLS ~ VFLS
VARRIO FALLBROOK LOCOS
VM ~ VML
VARRIO MESA LOCOS
TH
THUNDER HILLS
EVD
ESCO VIEJO DIABLOS
ESCO SANTOS
VCG
VALLEY CENTRO GANG
WSG
WEST SIDE GANG
AVL
ALPINE VARRIO LOCOS
SANTEE ORIGINALS
VPL
VARRIO PEñASQUITOS LOCOS
Note: The San Diego Varrios and their Clikas
are listed in order to give recognition to them.
The list may not be 113% correct, therefore I
apologize for any mistakes made, for it is not
my intent to diss anybody or clown around. . .
Si salio mal esta madre, pues ponle unas letras
aqui ese.. Nobody knows it better than your own,
asi es que no cagues el palo and if you care to,
pues dejate caer con un aliviane ~ keep in mind~>
~> "Don't Be A Net'Banger" . . . This sitio ain't
made for that ese . . . So keep it level minded.
LOMITA VILLAGE 70
LVR ~ LV13 ~ LV70
LOMITA VILLAGE 13
A.k.a. Lomita Varrio 70
LOMITA VILLAGE
LVR ~ Lomita Village Rifa.. The “R” is not used regularly in order to avoid confusion with Linda Vista Rifa
LV13 ~ Lomita Village 13.. The “Varrio” started out in the late 1950s, hence the “13”
LV70 ~ Lomita Village 70.. Sometimes referred to as Lomita Varrio Setentas
LV gets its name straight off from the community in the far East Side of San Diego, located..
N) Jamacha Road
S) Skyline Drive
W) Meadowbrook Drive
E) Billow Drive
The heart of the Varrio is Lomita Park
Lomita Village presently claims “SOUTH EAST” because the neighborhood is located in the southeastern part of San Diego’s greater east side.
Original veteranos cliques from the L V
BASTONES ~ 1950s-1960s
DUBONETTS ~ 1950s-1960s
JURYMEN ~ 1960s
The Jurymen were the last of the old clubs from Lomita.
All the original cliques each used to sport their clique name on their club jackets together with the neighborhood name.
LV13 put in mad work since the late 50s, and the two decades prior to the 7’Os. Contrary to popular belief, LV13 & LV70 are not synonymous. In fact, Setentas is a “clique” from LV13. The 7’Os were sparked up by some vatos from Comptone Varrio 70 who were from the Lomita neighborhood and mixed in. LV13 and LV70 at one time did not even get along that much, but in 1978 an LV13 homeboy wasted a jura, and that brought down the heat on the varrio. Things got real hot and homies were getting torcidos and sent up to do long sentences. Right around that year is when the 7’Os Chicos started putting in work together with the LV13 Diablos & LiL Spiders. As time went by, more and more LV13 homeboys were either getting smoked, locked up or going into retirement, and so the youngsters kinda forgot about the older gente, but the Chicos kept the Village on deck. Eventually the LV13 kinda took a back seat to the LV70, but don’t let that confuse you because there’s still plenty of LV’s that don’t claim 70s. There’s stil homies around that claim LV13 NOMAS! And just to re-iterate what has already been said, the LV oldie cliques never claimed LV70, PERIOD!
LV ~” SUNNYSIDE BLOCK “~ 13
BUSTER DANNY’BOY DOC PANCHO MUGS BUCK
BOYKINS SOLDIER FAT’RAT ARDILLA BIG’BEN
Mas LV cliques:
MIDGETS LV13
SPIDERS LV13
LIL’ SPIDERS LV13
DIABLOS LV13
CHICOS (7’Os)
JUNIORS (7’Os)
RASCALS LV70
DEMONIOS LV70
TRAVIESOS LV70
MALOS LV70
Nevertheless, it is all together the LOMITA VILLAGE hood
REPRESENTING from Donovan to Pelican Bay!
Lomita Village has siempre pleito with
Varrio Encanto to the west,
Lemon Grove to the north,
Paradise Lomas to the south,
and Spring Valley Locos to the east.
VARRIO MISSION BAY 13
Moto: “LIVE FOR THE MISSION, DIE FOR THE BAY”
Also known as “THE BAY” & “WEST BAY”
Claims: WEST SIDE SAN DIEGO
Initials: VMB and MB13
Numerical Initials: “13’02”
Lids: Western Michigan University for Mission Bay
And the Green Bay Packers for Thee Grand Avenue
Cliques
MB HAZARD – Late 1960s / Early 1970s
MB LS (LOCOS) – Late 1970s (1979)
MB GD’AVE (GRAND AVENUE BOYS) – Early 1970s
MB DE (132 DEAD END BOYS) – Early 1970s
MB TMC (THE MAGICIANS CLUB) – Late 1970s
MB DR’ST (DELREY STREET BOYS) – 1990s
MB B’ST (BOND STREET BOYS) – 1990s
MB B'R (BAY RIDERS) – 1990s
Old Neighborhood:
MB Varrio is located in a triangular shaped area bordered by..
(N) Balboa Avenue
(S) Grand Avenue
(E) Interstate 5
VARRIO MISSION BAY IS TECHNICALLY WITHIN THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY OF “PACIFIC BEACH” WHICH SURROUNDS THE FIRME LOOKING MISSION BAY PARK ON IT’S NORTHERN SHORE BORDERS.
VARRIO MB IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN KICK STARTED BY HOMEBOYS FROM LA BIG HAZARD DE RAMONA GARDENS EAST LOS BACK IN THE LATE SIXTIES.. BACK IN THEM YEARS, THE BARRIO ALREADY HAD PLENTY OF RAZA IN THE LOCAL STREETS, BUT THEM WERE DIFFERENT TIMES AND THE FULL IMPACT FROM THE VARRIO WORLD HAD YET TO TAKE ROOT. THAT’S HOW “MISSION BAY HAZARD” CAME TO BE SET UP IN THE BAY.
LA RAZA FROM MB BACK THEN HAD IT COOL WITH THE NEIGHBORS FROM VARRIO CLARAS (CLAIREMONT) JUST FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THE VATOS FROM CLARAS USED TO COME DOWN AND KICK IT WITH THE LOCALS AT “THE COURTS” (ROSE CREEK BASKETBALL COURTS) LOCATED BY BOND STREET UNDERNEATH THE GRAND AVENUE PUENTE.
PRIMERO, THAT’S HOW THE VATOS FROM MB AND CLARAS GOT ALONG, AND ANY PLEITO BETWEEN THEM WAS HANDLED THE MAN’S WAY, A PUROS CHINGADAZOS. THAT OF COURSE WAS THE WAY, UNTIL CUETES AND FUSCAS GOT INTRODUCED, AND FROM THEN ON, BLOODSTAINS ON THE CONCRETE IS HOW THE RIVALRY ENDED UP TURNING INTO.
THE COURTS WERE ONE OF THE HANG OUTS FOR MB RAZA, BUT THERE WERE OTHER ONES. ANOTHER OLD SCHOOL HANG OUT WAS “LA CAHUILLA,” THE 2300 BLOCK SECTION OF GRAND AVENUE SO NAMED BECAUSE OF THE OLD DILIPATED CANTONES AND RUN DOWN NITTY-GRITTY LOOKING STREET THAT IT WAS, REMINDED THE OLD MB BARRIO RESIDENTS OF THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT IN THE NEAR-BY BORDER TOWN OF TIJUANA.
THE MB RAZA THAT KICKED IT ON THIS BLOCK WERE OLD SCHOOL AND THEY TOO BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE CLOSE-BY MORLEY STREET VATOS FROM LINDA VISTA. THESE MB VATOS SPAWNED THE CLIQUE KNOWN TO THIS DAY AS THEE “GRAND AVENUE BOYS”. AND IT WAS THESE SAME G’AVE BOYS THAT HAD PLEITO WITH ANOTHER MB CLIQUE OF IT’S DAY KNOWN AS THE “132 DEAD ENDS" WHO WERE FROM THE AREA AROUND FIGUEROA AND BOND STREETS IN THE CENTRO OF THE MB BARRIO.
AT FIRST, THERE WERE SERIO PLEITOS BETWEEN THE G’AVE BOYS AND THE 132 DEAD ENDS, AND WHEN THE TMC (THE MAGICIANS CLUB) LOCOS CAME INTO THE MIX IN THE LATER 1970s. THEY TOO AND THE DEAD ENDS HAD PLEITO WITH THE MB LOCOS CLIQUE THAT SPAWNED OFF FROM THE MB HAZARD.
THE ORIGINAL TMC’s ARE SAID TO HAVE CAME DOWN FROM L.A. BUT SOON THEY STARTED RECRUITING BECOMING ONE OF THE BIGGEST MB CLIQUES OF THE TIMES. ALL THESE MB CLIQUES BEEFED WITH EACH OTHER, UNTIL THEIR FEUDS TURNED DEADLY, AND THAT’S WHEN THEY ALL GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO SETTLE DOWN VERSUS EACH OTHER AND FORM THE OFFICIAL “VARRIO MISSION BAY”. BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY ALL BECAME PART OF VARRIO MISSION BAY 13, THEY ALL STILL KEPT REPRESENTING THEIR OWN BLOCK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN ‘TILL THIS DAY. IT ALL STILL GOES DOWN AS TO WHAT STREET YOU LIVE ON AND THAT’S HOW THEY BANG IN THE “WEST BAY.”
BY THE MID 1980s, VARRIO MB HAD TWO BIG CLIQUES. THE “LOCOS” AND THE “GRAND AVE BOYS.” BUT IN THE 1990s TWO NEW CLIQUES SPRUNG UP, THE “BOND STREET BOYS” AND THE DELREY STREET BOYS. EACH ONE OF THEM MUCH SMALLER THAN THEIR OLDEN CONTEMPORARIES BUT KEEPING THE MB VARRIO GOING. A LATTER CLIQUE THAT CAME UP ARE THE “BAY RIDERS,” THESE HOMIES STARTED OUT AS TAG’BANGERS HITTING THE FREEWAYS AND FAR AWAY WALLS AND ALL THAT, BUT THEY TOO CAME TO REPRESENT “THE BAY.” THE BAY RIDERS HOWEVER CAME TO BE BASED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FREEWAY IN CLAIREMONT. BUT THIS WAS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY SINCE VMB CAME TO OUTGROW ITS OLD BORDERS, BECOMING THE SECOND BIGGEST VARRIO OF THE WEST SIDE IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, AND WITH THE NUMBERS, THEY TOO SPILLED OUT FROM THEIR OLD SECLUDED LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO THE NEAR-BY GREATER AREAS.
VMB DID NOT CLAIM NO “SIDE” UNTIL THE 1980’s. THAT’S WHEN “SIDE” THIS OR “SIDE” THAT CAME TO FORM PART OF THE VARRIO STRUCTURE ALL AROUND. BEFORE THEN, THERE WERE VARRIOS IN SAN DIEGO THAT CLAIMED OR BASED THEIR NAME ON A LOCALITY “SIDE” OF TOWN, BUT IT WAS NOT A BIG THING FOR MOST. THAT IS, UNTIL THE 1980s, AND MB WENT THAT WAY TOO. MB WENT ON TO CLAIM WEST SIDE JUST THE SAME AS THE OTHER VARRIOS LIKE WOP TOWN, OLD TOWN SD, LINDA VISTA AND CLARAS 13.
AS THE YEARS WENT BY, VMB ADDED MORE AND MORE ENEMIES TO THEIR LIST. WHAT STARTED OUT AS NEAR-BY BEEFS WITH CLARAS AND LINDA VISTA, EXTENDED OUT TO INCLUDE OTHERS LIKE WOP TOWN AND EVEN FAR AWAY VARRIOS FROM THE “EAST SIDE” AND “SOUTH EAST” SAN DIEGO AREAS.
VARRIO MISSION BAY IN THIS NEW MILENIO, NOW FOUR DECADES LATER, CONTINUES TO HAVE A FULL REPRESENTATION ON THE STREETS AND IN THE PINTAS.
Picture and History credits..
PAULY from the MBLSx13
Also known as “THE BAY” & “WEST BAY”
Claims: WEST SIDE SAN DIEGO
Initials: VMB and MB13
Numerical Initials: “13’02”
Lids: Western Michigan University for Mission Bay
And the Green Bay Packers for Thee Grand Avenue
Cliques
MB HAZARD – Late 1960s / Early 1970s
MB LS (LOCOS) – Late 1970s (1979)
MB GD’AVE (GRAND AVENUE BOYS) – Early 1970s
MB DE (132 DEAD END BOYS) – Early 1970s
MB TMC (THE MAGICIANS CLUB) – Late 1970s
MB DR’ST (DELREY STREET BOYS) – 1990s
MB B’ST (BOND STREET BOYS) – 1990s
MB B'R (BAY RIDERS) – 1990s
Old Neighborhood:
MB Varrio is located in a triangular shaped area bordered by..
(N) Balboa Avenue
(S) Grand Avenue
(E) Interstate 5
VARRIO MISSION BAY IS TECHNICALLY WITHIN THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY OF “PACIFIC BEACH” WHICH SURROUNDS THE FIRME LOOKING MISSION BAY PARK ON IT’S NORTHERN SHORE BORDERS.
VARRIO MB IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN KICK STARTED BY HOMEBOYS FROM LA BIG HAZARD DE RAMONA GARDENS EAST LOS BACK IN THE LATE SIXTIES.. BACK IN THEM YEARS, THE BARRIO ALREADY HAD PLENTY OF RAZA IN THE LOCAL STREETS, BUT THEM WERE DIFFERENT TIMES AND THE FULL IMPACT FROM THE VARRIO WORLD HAD YET TO TAKE ROOT. THAT’S HOW “MISSION BAY HAZARD” CAME TO BE SET UP IN THE BAY.
LA RAZA FROM MB BACK THEN HAD IT COOL WITH THE NEIGHBORS FROM VARRIO CLARAS (CLAIREMONT) JUST FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THE VATOS FROM CLARAS USED TO COME DOWN AND KICK IT WITH THE LOCALS AT “THE COURTS” (ROSE CREEK BASKETBALL COURTS) LOCATED BY BOND STREET UNDERNEATH THE GRAND AVENUE PUENTE.
PRIMERO, THAT’S HOW THE VATOS FROM MB AND CLARAS GOT ALONG, AND ANY PLEITO BETWEEN THEM WAS HANDLED THE MAN’S WAY, A PUROS CHINGADAZOS. THAT OF COURSE WAS THE WAY, UNTIL CUETES AND FUSCAS GOT INTRODUCED, AND FROM THEN ON, BLOODSTAINS ON THE CONCRETE IS HOW THE RIVALRY ENDED UP TURNING INTO.
THE COURTS WERE ONE OF THE HANG OUTS FOR MB RAZA, BUT THERE WERE OTHER ONES. ANOTHER OLD SCHOOL HANG OUT WAS “LA CAHUILLA,” THE 2300 BLOCK SECTION OF GRAND AVENUE SO NAMED BECAUSE OF THE OLD DILIPATED CANTONES AND RUN DOWN NITTY-GRITTY LOOKING STREET THAT IT WAS, REMINDED THE OLD MB BARRIO RESIDENTS OF THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT IN THE NEAR-BY BORDER TOWN OF TIJUANA.
THE MB RAZA THAT KICKED IT ON THIS BLOCK WERE OLD SCHOOL AND THEY TOO BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE CLOSE-BY MORLEY STREET VATOS FROM LINDA VISTA. THESE MB VATOS SPAWNED THE CLIQUE KNOWN TO THIS DAY AS THEE “GRAND AVENUE BOYS”. AND IT WAS THESE SAME G’AVE BOYS THAT HAD PLEITO WITH ANOTHER MB CLIQUE OF IT’S DAY KNOWN AS THE “132 DEAD ENDS" WHO WERE FROM THE AREA AROUND FIGUEROA AND BOND STREETS IN THE CENTRO OF THE MB BARRIO.
AT FIRST, THERE WERE SERIO PLEITOS BETWEEN THE G’AVE BOYS AND THE 132 DEAD ENDS, AND WHEN THE TMC (THE MAGICIANS CLUB) LOCOS CAME INTO THE MIX IN THE LATER 1970s. THEY TOO AND THE DEAD ENDS HAD PLEITO WITH THE MB LOCOS CLIQUE THAT SPAWNED OFF FROM THE MB HAZARD.
THE ORIGINAL TMC’s ARE SAID TO HAVE CAME DOWN FROM L.A. BUT SOON THEY STARTED RECRUITING BECOMING ONE OF THE BIGGEST MB CLIQUES OF THE TIMES. ALL THESE MB CLIQUES BEEFED WITH EACH OTHER, UNTIL THEIR FEUDS TURNED DEADLY, AND THAT’S WHEN THEY ALL GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO SETTLE DOWN VERSUS EACH OTHER AND FORM THE OFFICIAL “VARRIO MISSION BAY”. BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY ALL BECAME PART OF VARRIO MISSION BAY 13, THEY ALL STILL KEPT REPRESENTING THEIR OWN BLOCK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN ‘TILL THIS DAY. IT ALL STILL GOES DOWN AS TO WHAT STREET YOU LIVE ON AND THAT’S HOW THEY BANG IN THE “WEST BAY.”
BY THE MID 1980s, VARRIO MB HAD TWO BIG CLIQUES. THE “LOCOS” AND THE “GRAND AVE BOYS.” BUT IN THE 1990s TWO NEW CLIQUES SPRUNG UP, THE “BOND STREET BOYS” AND THE DELREY STREET BOYS. EACH ONE OF THEM MUCH SMALLER THAN THEIR OLDEN CONTEMPORARIES BUT KEEPING THE MB VARRIO GOING. A LATTER CLIQUE THAT CAME UP ARE THE “BAY RIDERS,” THESE HOMIES STARTED OUT AS TAG’BANGERS HITTING THE FREEWAYS AND FAR AWAY WALLS AND ALL THAT, BUT THEY TOO CAME TO REPRESENT “THE BAY.” THE BAY RIDERS HOWEVER CAME TO BE BASED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FREEWAY IN CLAIREMONT. BUT THIS WAS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY SINCE VMB CAME TO OUTGROW ITS OLD BORDERS, BECOMING THE SECOND BIGGEST VARRIO OF THE WEST SIDE IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, AND WITH THE NUMBERS, THEY TOO SPILLED OUT FROM THEIR OLD SECLUDED LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO THE NEAR-BY GREATER AREAS.
VMB DID NOT CLAIM NO “SIDE” UNTIL THE 1980’s. THAT’S WHEN “SIDE” THIS OR “SIDE” THAT CAME TO FORM PART OF THE VARRIO STRUCTURE ALL AROUND. BEFORE THEN, THERE WERE VARRIOS IN SAN DIEGO THAT CLAIMED OR BASED THEIR NAME ON A LOCALITY “SIDE” OF TOWN, BUT IT WAS NOT A BIG THING FOR MOST. THAT IS, UNTIL THE 1980s, AND MB WENT THAT WAY TOO. MB WENT ON TO CLAIM WEST SIDE JUST THE SAME AS THE OTHER VARRIOS LIKE WOP TOWN, OLD TOWN SD, LINDA VISTA AND CLARAS 13.
AS THE YEARS WENT BY, VMB ADDED MORE AND MORE ENEMIES TO THEIR LIST. WHAT STARTED OUT AS NEAR-BY BEEFS WITH CLARAS AND LINDA VISTA, EXTENDED OUT TO INCLUDE OTHERS LIKE WOP TOWN AND EVEN FAR AWAY VARRIOS FROM THE “EAST SIDE” AND “SOUTH EAST” SAN DIEGO AREAS.
VARRIO MISSION BAY IN THIS NEW MILENIO, NOW FOUR DECADES LATER, CONTINUES TO HAVE A FULL REPRESENTATION ON THE STREETS AND IN THE PINTAS.
Picture and History credits..
PAULY from the MBLSx13
NATIONAL CITY SUR 13
ANCHOR BOYS said to be NATIONAL CITY viejos
Longshoremen Raza of old who worked on the docks (en el Harbor)
and presumed to be "predecessors" in National City.
NOS NIGHT OWLS
One of National City's original Raza cliques who claimed the area centered around Highland and 30TH Street. Mostly inactive now. Contemporary's with OTNC Varrio.
WEST SIDE N.C. LOCOS
On the Northern sector of National City just East of Highland Avenue.
WS’NC’LS claim the area in-between
(W) Highland Ave. .
(N) Division St. .
(E) Palm Ave or the 805.
(S) 8TH Street
ALLEY BOYS (ABS)
Claimed the area around Norton (Street) Avenue neighborhood
The Acre Boys from the Lincoln Acres neighborhood also use the initials “ABS”
NORTON AVENUE BOYS
DIVISION STREET LOCOS
Borderline National City and South East San Diego
Tucked in-between OTNC and SHELL TOWN.
YESCA BOYS (YBS)
A.k.a. YESCA 13
From the 2200 Block of “Lanoitan’ Avenue
Lanoitan equals “National” spelled backwards
RASTA BOYS from the 80s
OG start up Vatos from both National City & Chula Vista
EAST SIDE NATIONAL CITY
ACRE BOYS (ABS)
Associated with the BLOCK BOYS.
From the Lincoln Acres "unincorporated" neighborhood in the Southeast corner of National city.
Norte ~> Plaza Blvd.
Sur ~> 54 Filipino-Americano Freeway
East ~> Calle Rachel
West ~> The 805
BLOCK BOYS (BBS) & (NCBB)
Associated with the ACRE BOYS.
Claim the Alta Vista neighborhood in the Northeast corner of NC with Cherry & Peach Blossom Lanes and 4TH as the core of their Varrio.
OG HQ’s 4100 Block of East Plaza Blvd.
(W) Harbison St.
(N) Division St.
(S) Paradise Valley Rd.
EAST SIDE N.C. LOCOS (ESNCLS)
From the PLAZA MANOR neighborhood.
Claim the area in-between
(W) Palm Avenue / 805 Freeway..
(E) Harbison Avenue..
(S) Plaza Blvd..
(N) Division Street.
Acre Boys, Block Boys and ESNC’Locos are all from National City’s East Side (East of the 805 Freeway), but even though they’re all separate Varrios, they all align together and claim ES’NC.
And another NC creation the..
SOUTH SIDE MOB 13
a.k.a. NC MOB 13
Also Known As SOUTH BAY MOB
Said to be kick-started by vatos from L.A. County's LYNWOOD MOB and vatos from SOUTH EAST San Diego County in the 1980s.
Longshoremen Raza of old who worked on the docks (en el Harbor)
and presumed to be "predecessors" in National City.
NOS NIGHT OWLS
One of National City's original Raza cliques who claimed the area centered around Highland and 30TH Street. Mostly inactive now. Contemporary's with OTNC Varrio.
WEST SIDE N.C. LOCOS
On the Northern sector of National City just East of Highland Avenue.
WS’NC’LS claim the area in-between
(W) Highland Ave. .
(N) Division St. .
(E) Palm Ave or the 805.
(S) 8TH Street
ALLEY BOYS (ABS)
Claimed the area around Norton (Street) Avenue neighborhood
The Acre Boys from the Lincoln Acres neighborhood also use the initials “ABS”
NORTON AVENUE BOYS
DIVISION STREET LOCOS
Borderline National City and South East San Diego
Tucked in-between OTNC and SHELL TOWN.
YESCA BOYS (YBS)
A.k.a. YESCA 13
From the 2200 Block of “Lanoitan’ Avenue
Lanoitan equals “National” spelled backwards
RASTA BOYS from the 80s
OG start up Vatos from both National City & Chula Vista
EAST SIDE NATIONAL CITY
ACRE BOYS (ABS)
Associated with the BLOCK BOYS.
From the Lincoln Acres "unincorporated" neighborhood in the Southeast corner of National city.
Norte ~> Plaza Blvd.
Sur ~> 54 Filipino-Americano Freeway
East ~> Calle Rachel
West ~> The 805
BLOCK BOYS (BBS) & (NCBB)
Associated with the ACRE BOYS.
Claim the Alta Vista neighborhood in the Northeast corner of NC with Cherry & Peach Blossom Lanes and 4TH as the core of their Varrio.
OG HQ’s 4100 Block of East Plaza Blvd.
(W) Harbison St.
(N) Division St.
(S) Paradise Valley Rd.
EAST SIDE N.C. LOCOS (ESNCLS)
From the PLAZA MANOR neighborhood.
Claim the area in-between
(W) Palm Avenue / 805 Freeway..
(E) Harbison Avenue..
(S) Plaza Blvd..
(N) Division Street.
Acre Boys, Block Boys and ESNC’Locos are all from National City’s East Side (East of the 805 Freeway), but even though they’re all separate Varrios, they all align together and claim ES’NC.
And another NC creation the..
SOUTH SIDE MOB 13
a.k.a. NC MOB 13
Also Known As SOUTH BAY MOB
Said to be kick-started by vatos from L.A. County's LYNWOOD MOB and vatos from SOUTH EAST San Diego County in the 1980s.
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