This Informer issue focuses on the mafiosi of California, particularly those who relocated to the Golden State after launching criminal careers in other regions.
California-related articles include:
- Trail of blood: Mafia murder of Barnett Baff linked Corleone, East Harlem and the ghettos of Los Angeles;
- Sam Streva and the 'San Pedro gang';
- Was DeJohn a victim of Cheese War?
- Golden State often unfriendly to transplanted mobsters;
- San Francisco boss Lanza held key role with Colorado's Mafia;
- New Orleans connection to San Francisco Mafia.
Other articles in this issue:
- Reinhold Engel: Forgotten leader of a big-time robbery gang;
- Another, other Gentile family;
- Police rarely appear on U.S. postage;
- New York revolutions in policing and crime.