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Vespucci Beach: From Glamour to Squalor? By Emilia Russo Residents of Vespucci were again reminded of the unrest escalating in the area. Usually a safe commodity for the LS Tourism Board and far from a reason for the State Department to lose sleep in their bureaucratic halls; Vespucci’s stands, skate park and famous outdoor gym stand with the Del Perro Pier as iconic beachfront landmarks of Los Santos. Property prices in the Vespucci Canals continue to climb as more and more opportunists snap up their own piece of the city’s recessed castle, complete with a patch of its own shallow moat. Yet despite its picturesque features on travel websites and tourist trapping promotions of the city, the glitz has been stifled by its share of trouble. Western perimeter of the burning clubhouse on Melanoma Avenue. From Sandcastle Way to the tapered end of Bay City Avenue, beleaguered residents of lower Vespucci have endured transgression after transgression. Typically taking place on or near the central nerve of crime in the area; Magellan Avenue. Last year on the 19th of October The Rockpool Bar was torched on Palomino Avenue, then the ICE bar only 5 days later on the 24th in a series of arson that speared fear into entrepreneurs visited by a criminal organization seeking to dominate an underworld protection racket. Later once the apparent mob issue in neighboring Del Perro had dissipated from internal conflict the area’s image was jaded with the arrival of white supremacists and their racially charged antics, complicated further by a short-lived group of disadvantaged nomads calling the alleys of Melanoma Street their home in July this year. Just last night on the 16th of August, Saints News was present to witness the latest chapter in Vespucci. Correlating accounts from representatives of their respective department's public relations explain how an emergency call was placed at 9:25 PM of a two-story building fire on Melanoma Street. The LSPD locked the area down within a 2-block radius to secure the LSFD’s efforts on their arrival at 9:28 PM. Additional fire units were called for to aid the battle with the flames. Police on-scene tightened their perimeter when explosions exacerbated the blaze, prompted an evacuation and injured an officer. Despite being at a distance the officer was treated by rescue personnel, likely from debris or the physical shock of the explosion. Meanwhile the LSFD had adopted a defensive strategy to prevent the wild flames from spreading to adjacent properties with their fire truck deck guns. Once the flames had diminished, firefighters tackled the fire with attack hoses fed by their trucks. Soon a successful “knock down” (wherein the main body of the fire is successfully suppressed), however an injured fighter was recovered following a mayday signal. They were later in a stable condition in hospital. Additional concern arose for an unnamed employee of Cross Munitions who also runs the clubhouse. They were reported to be safe and had turned up for a late shift at the La Mesa based store as usual. Members of the GDMC attend the scene and speak to a LSPD officer. Vice President Vincent Meadows is seen second from right. The building is the Los Santos location of the Gravedwellers Motorcycle Club (GDMC) Clubhouse. Members of the club were seen at approximately 10:20 PM at the nearest blockade to the scene. Among the many spectators drawn in by the spike of attention the fire had garnered online were locals believed to be tied with the infamous white supremacist groups often seen between Conquistador Street and Vitus Street. The LSPD and LSFD public representatives were unable to provide any information on the cause or name any suspects, although speculation circles a potential attack motivated by local gangs. Consequent investigations by the Detective Bureau and the Fire Marshal's Office is likely to reveal more regarding the cause and nature of the fire. Could this be a portent of what's to come for Vespucci? Is the ideal vision of a beachfront home or bankable business a temptation for fierce competitive or territorial conflict between those who see nothing else?

Erika Adele Brown (Schmidt) was born June 3. 1994 at Pillbox Medical in Los Santos. Her mothers name is not spoken of and she was raised by her father Jürgen Schmidt. At 12 they moved outside of Liberty City to take care of her father's parents. When Erika was 15 her father was incarcerated for life for charges involving her estranged mother. Erika stayed with her grandparents until both passed of age when Erika was 19, From 19-24 Erika couch hopped with friends in Liberty City. At this time she got involved in white gang activity , under ideals her father raised her with. Shortly after Erika's 24th birthday she fled Liberty to return to her place of birth.

Short description: Add Component Crate Deliveries into the business script bank logs Detailed description: Adding logging is helpful for all businesses as it tells you how much is being spent on components and it assists owners in calculating the running costs of a business. Why bank logs? Well, thats where the money comes from, the bank (cashbox) of the business. Also, instead of doing it individually, perhaps count it over 5 minutes, so if a trucker delivers 5 crates, it should list it as 5 crates, not 1 by 1. Commands to add: None Items to add: None How would your suggestion improve the server? Helps with finances, wages and much more Additional information: A little mock up in the UCP

Forty f*cking pages! Who'd have thought we'd come this far, here's to forty more.

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La Eme (Mexican Mafia) "THE GANG OF GANGS" The Mexican Mafia, or also known as La Eme, is at the top of a Hispanic organized crime hierarchy that includes both prison and street gangs in Los Santos. According to all accounts, La Eme was formed in 1957 by Luis 'Huero Buff' Flores. At the time, Flores who was only seventeen, was incarcerated at the Deuel Vocational Institute (DVI) in San Andreas. Flores created La Eme as a "gang of gangs". He approached fellow Hispanic gang leaders at the facility, with the idea of being equal in status. They would refer to each other as brothers or carnals and the gang would have no official leader. La eme quickly grew in size and strength. In the 1960s, the San Andreas Department of Corrections moved Eme members to Bolingbroke penitentiary which held the reputation of being the most ruthless adult prison in San Andreas, in an effort to break up the gangs activity at the Deuel Vocational Institute. This effort backfired and served to spread La Eme's influence into other prisons instead of limiting it to Bolingbroke Penitentiary. As La Eme expanded, the group saw the potential for profiting from drug sales, gambling and extortion rackets inside prisons, so leaders placed taxes on these activities, forcing Southern Hispanic inmates to hand over a small percentage of profits to the gang. In the late 1960s and early '70s, La Eme took this approach to the street. As members of the organization were starting to receive parole, they began forcing Los Santos street gang leaders to fall under their influence. Through this, La Eme began controlling activities like drug trafficking, extortion, contract killings, and debt collection from inside and outside prison walls. Los Santos has always been the 'crown jewel' of La Eme and it's street operations with the organization having a stranglehold on much of the city's Hispanic street gangs. This is a list that has grown to include some of the largest gangs in the entire state. Criminal operations within the city have largely been coordinated through a tight-knit core of seasoned 'Camaradas' that collects taxes and enforces its whims throughout Los Santos. Most recently at the top of this structure was prominent gangland figure Rene 'Bosko' Blajos whose reputation for cunning and extreme brutality earned him enormous respect within the Mexican Mafia. Bosko, throughout a two year period, worked virtually unopposed to step up in the leadership and establish a vast criminal enterprise that earned millions from drug trafficking alone. This brief empire was brought to an untimely end with an enormous city-wide law enforcement operation dubbed "Open Casket" that saw La Eme's street presence evaporate overnight with a series of indictments. Law Enforcement officials speculate that with the fall of Blajos' organization a serious power vacuum has formed between the survivors as well as a newer generation that seeks their place in the limelight and who are increasingly unscrupulous with how they attain it. Eme was not just an ordinary prison 'gang', their tentacles of influence were reaching out to nearly all of the southern (or as they are most commonly referred to - Sureno ) gangs. Most of their affiliates were stuck in between bars, and the ways of communication were very complicated, many of the La Eme mafiosos used to learn many languages, including Nahuatl - the language of the Aztecs, and various forms of improvised sign language are also used. Quotation from an external source of information - “We all study American Sign Language in Eme,” explained Boxer. “Most understand some form of sign language. There are signs for money, drugs, dead, hit, and so forth.” Sign language is used to avoid being recorded by correctional officers monitoring visits. Notes are another frequently used method of passing secret information to a visitor. The message is secreted in a body cavity to avoid detection, removed during the visit, and held up against the Plexiglas window for the visitor to read. “It’s impossible to stop,” claimed Enriquez. “In that visiting room every weekend there are crew instructions going out, hits are being ordered, money laundering is discussed, racketeering. Any crime you can imagine is being planned in that visiting room on a regular basis.” U.S. mail is essential to communication for those locked up at Pelican Bay. “We are able to correspond with anyone,” insisted Boxer, “and conduct mob business. One method is jokingly referred to as ‘Project X.’ We understand mail to Eme members is often flagged for special inspection by an institutional gang investigator. To avoid this, we write out a letter and hand it off to another inmate in our pod, let’s say a Mafia associate named Flaco Ramirez. He copies the exact letter in his own hand, signs his name, and sends it to the person I’m trying to reach out on the street. The recipient by prearrangement knows that the letter is really coming from Boxer Enriquez. The recipient answers the letter, sends it back to Flaco, and Flaco hands it back to me at Pelican Bay. The prison staff never sees it, not knowing the communication is really between me and some other mobster. The mail system is one of the best things in the world for the Mexican Mafia.” The Sureno car refers to the overarching group within which all inmates affiliated with a Sureno gang (and others) live, socialize, exercise and conduct criminal activity. In metropolitan Los Santos county jails, this car is more simply referred to as the 'Mexican car', as all Hispanic inmates are considered to be part of it. The majority of its members are indeed active members or affiliates of Sureno gangs, though the racial nature of southern San Andreas custodial environments dictates that any non-affiliated Hispanic inmates are considered Southerners for the duration of their incarceration. The Mexican car is dominated by and ultimately subject to the authority of the Mexican Mafia prison gang. County facilities in the Los Santos area are considered strongholds for this organization, as they are the closest facilities to most members' "homes" (territory and family). Members thus often actively seek temporary housing in county facilities by requesting to be called as witnesses in other inmates' trials and by other means, meaning there are usually a handful of 'carnales' in the county system at any one time. These Mexican Mafia members are considered to be "holding the keys" over their jail: imposing taxation, conducting 'business', settling disputes and setting rules for all Mexican inmates. Carnales employ a command structure of subordinate Sureno inmates scattered across pods, floors and buildings around the jail to collect profits and maintain authority. These subordinates may in turn appoint underlings of their own, creating a chain of command stretching directly from the Mexican Mafia itself to the most unassuming Hispanic inmate. The Mexican car is loosely affiliated with the White car owing to the Mexican Mafia's prison-based alliance with the Aryan Brotherhood gang. This alliance is very tenuous in jails, as the extremely high turnover of inmates through the system prevents long-term personal relationships from being formed between White and Mexican inmates. The 'alliance' usually only results in business dealings between the two races and does not often extend to riots and disputes with other groups as it does in state prison. At most, Mexican inmates may assist White inmates who have proven to be personally 'solid'. Mutual assistance is not guaranteed by race alone. The Mexican and White cars both dispute most often with Black inmates, as is the case in prison, though in poorly run facilities with limited Mexican Mafia influence (or few 'veterano' Surenos), gangbanging may occur between rival Sureno gangs. The Mexican car is often deeply involved in custodial crimes such as extortion and drug dealing, especially when being directed by a member of the Mexican Mafia. Contraband smuggling, particularly of drugs and phones, is frequently orchestrated by inmates through connections to their respective gangs on the streets. The Mexican car is usually considered the most organized and militant within the Los Santos county jail system, owing to the absence of Norteno inmates who usually earn this reputation on state yards. OOC & Character Kill Permissions The faction aims to maintain a high standard of roleplay which means that all recruitment is done in character. The easiest way to interact with the faction is to get involved with the street gangs of Los Santos and the sureno car in TTCF. All members and affiliates of the faction are reserving their characters killed for any serious infraction or not following the codes of conduct. We also reserve the right to CK characters from any gangs/groups who pay tribute/homage to the Mexican Mafia. Consult with the leadership of the faction to gain permission to post screenshots on the thread. Any questions or concerns can be directed to @SOLID24 Shoutout to @Large Hazard & @Alfonso_Chavarria for providing content for the thread.

I. 26th Asian Devilz is a pre-dominantly Chinese-American street gang located in the heart of Little Seoul. The majority of the gang reside in apartment complexes and operate in the outlying districts of Little Seoul where the action takes place. The clique of youngsters is led by a relatively older man in comparison to the rest, Louis "Louie" Yi, an ex-convict who served time in the penitentiary for his affiliation and operations within the gang. Although many claim Louie's formerly affiliated with the Tianjin Circle and is associated with William Mao, such claims are merely a rumor and is not evident. The Asian Devils are renowned for their ruthless behavior and operate through means of violence, demonstrating their notorious aggression when mutual grounds aren't met on their street hustle. II. The Asian Devilz have been actively involved in pushing Heroin, Marijuana and Cocaine. It is their go-to hustle, they thrive to delve further into the world and achieve dominant market control with the backings of certain groups. The Asian Devilz have hit the headlines numerous of times due to their aggressive behavior, the gang members busted previously for what they have sworn to protect and clash for. III. The Dream Towers are essentially what the Devilz call home. Although many do not reside in the Towers, the gang have laid their foundations there when Louis "Louie" Yi has allegedly collaborated with William "Billy" Mao after his time in the penintentiary. The gang, led by Louis Yi, is said to be operating under William Mao's wing, tasked with establishing street control through gang violence and street hustle. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Before joining the faction, be advised that once you post a screenshot on our thread you automatically agree to a CK agreement between yourself and the leadership of the faction.

Charlie will come back soon ?

IT AIN'T SAFE FOR THA BLOCK NOT EVEN FOR THA COPS

Guys, we're playing a game, not working jobs for Fedex. No need to force this when even the rules state they ONLY have to rp it if other players are around, This falls back under that rule and isn't at all needed. -1

"Oh K-9 Officer! They have thrown the gun in that muddy field out there!" "Hey Max! Can I get gun?" PD Academy, Training hard there! FD / PD Gang! Always great RPing with you guys!

I'm not sure but I think only @Nervous deals with the FaceBrowser side of things, there may be some other admins that help out but I'm not 100% sure. Might have to wait until he returns and has more free time. Sorry bud.

Clumsy uncle earl strikes again

Last night we were called to a scene of a burning building in Vespucci. Firefighters Sean Edwards, Mikayla Reed, Jenny Randall, Ashleigh Huston and Anastasia Newgate formed the two Engine companies and an Ambulance before rushing to the scene. What we saw was horrific, a commercial building engulfed in flames, explosions erupted through vespucci as the contents of the building caught fire.

the most gangster of them all

I've returned from my absence, however it will not be to chair this faction as I was offered a leadership position in another instead which I've chosen to accept. This faction had a very remarkable transformation from something completely implausible and incorrectly portrayed to being, in my view, worthy of joining this servers past greats. Regardless, I feel that the 'golden age' has passed so to speak and it's time to put this to rest as I will no longer have the time I once did to offer consistent leadership and to be frank, I can't say I'm particularly pleased with how the portrayal has gone in the end. Shoutouts to the people who helped run this shit, the homies know who they are. Love & Respect to everyone else, even our rivals. You'll be seeing me in another prominent faction soon.

The Vulcar Nebula Turbo Did someone stuff a Wild Moose underneath the hood of this thing?! By Peyton Bradford There is no doubt that Vulcar stands out against other automotive manufacturers with their propensity for safety, but in the Nebula Turbo, the Swedes have truly made a car for shredding through the streets, but not in the way that most would expect from it. With the Nebula, as with any Vulcar that has come before, don’t go expecting to be ripping down the highway at speeds that nearly double the legal speed limit. No, the Nebula wasn’t designed for speed, but it was certainly designed for a lot of fun - and definitely to stand out from the safety that the brand has become known for. The Nebula Turbo is an absolute rampaging beast, indeed. Looking at the technical specs of the Nebula, it is hard to believe it came from Vulcar - a company now known for its cars that are so well-known now for their safety. Instead, with the Nebula Turbo, we see things such as a double overhead camshaft and rear-wheel drive. Furthermore, it is easily made available to modify the Nebula Turbo to stance the car. It can be lowered and even have the wheels rotated to the negative chambers. The whole car in itself seems to be made to be wholly different from the rest of Vulcar’s line-up and intended for the most hard-core of drivers that modify their vehicles. So, what is it that truly sets the Nebula apart from other cars - be it other Vulcars or any other brand? One thing that it is not – is speed. Don’t expect to own a Nebula and make it any higher than a hundred-and-ten. No, what truly sets the Vulcar Nebula Turbo apart is the handling. The whole driving experience behind the car. This is not a car made for those who want the absolutely newest in-car technology and safeties. This car, by its pure design from Vulcar, is vastly different from anything else they’ve done. Gone is the car that screams safety and instead it’s been replaced with a car that will have you screaming in hilarity as you wrestle with it for control. Truly then, the Vulcar Nebula Turbo’s purpose here seems to be just that - it is a car for those who want a car that they can feel fighting back against them. To us that are used to modern cars, it is easy to get comfortable with all of the new gadgets and features that automate the driving experience. In the Nebula Turbo, you have none of that. There is no technology here to keep the car on the road safely for you. It is up to you when you drive this to keep that happening. It is a rush of adrenaline to drive the Nebula, coming over to a hard-left swing and having to wrestle with the beast of a car to keep it going on the road where you want it. It may not be what everyone is after, but if you feel like modern cars just don’t have the same excitement to them anymore, the Nebula Turbo is definitely worthy of a try. Here you have a car that will rampage like a beast if you let it. The fun of it comes from trying to do just the opposite. The struggle for the control against the beast that wants to do its own thing. At a price-tag of just over a hundred thousand from the dealerships, the Vulcar Nebula Turbo isn’t something that will set you back too much either if you are looking for a car that can get your excitement for driving going once again, where other more modern cars might feel far more plain and boring. It is a pure thrill of a ride, where unlike in modern cars, you cannot just sit back and relax with nearly no worries. In driving the Vulcar Nebula Turbo, you will need to keep yourself truly awake. It will keep you on your toes and your hands firmly on the wheel with your focus sharp as a needle. You will need it to control the beast that Vulcar has created. Saints News Motorhead Magazine This article contains sponsored multimedia advertisements. This has not affected the content of this article.

Username: Kalani Jamil Comment: Interesting article, it's good to see some love being paid to the more 'vintage' vehicles. Despite how bad their emissions may be. Great job for a first article.

Business Code Taken to Court By Haley Niamh Connor Well, that was quick. Just a few days after I wrote my last piece on the new Business Code, Stanton-Kerrigan Corporation (a local law-firm) is taking the code to court. I'm not surprised that it's being challenged. I'll preface this by saying I'm firmly on Stanton-Kerrigan's side here. The issues with the code they've listed in their civil complaint fall directly in line with my own grievances. Let's go piece-by-piece and unpack this dismantling of bad policy. Section 303 of the code is where my grievances began, and Stanton-Kerrigan starts their complaint with the same section. Their complaint brings to light the /fact/ that section 303 allows the city's Department of Finance to "levy fees without oversight or legislation which names such fees". The last part there is the most important. Under the code, as it is now, the Director of the Department of Finance can levy new fees on businesses at his own discretion. That's not good for business, and it isn't good for democracy. Any new fees - which for the purposes of business licensing are a nicer word for taxes - should have to be approved by a City Council. Like the rest of this code, this egregious and worrying policy should be null and void. They move on to the next part of the code I complained about, Section 501. I can't put into words how stupified I was when I read that now, /lawfully/, the department of finance can violate your Fourth Amendment rights, close your business, and interrogate your employees and customers. This section would never have made it through any kind of legislative debate because not only is it objectively bad policy, it's unconstitutional. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. That's the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. Meanwhile, let's read Section 501 of the Business Code: "The Department of Finance shall have the right to conduct business inspections to monitor and enforce compliance with this code or any other relevant law. This right shall include but not be limited to (a) investigating complaints submitted to the department; (b) questioning any individual on any premises in respect of any matter which may be relevant to the inspection; (c) questioning any person suspected of having information relevant to the inspection; (d) ordering any person to appear before him at a reasonable time and place with regard to the matter being investigated and/or (e) inspecting or copying any document, take photographs, make audio-visual recordings of any person, process, action or condition on or regarding any premises and take samples of any substance that is relevant to the inspection; (f) having the power to close any premises pending further investigation as provided for in this code." Too long? Didn't read? That's okay. The gist of what Section 501 lays out is this: if the Department of Finance feels like ruining your business they can do so wholly and completely at the drop of a hat. They are explicitly allowed to do so on a whim, without probable cause or even reasonable suspicion of non-compliance. They're allowed to shut your business' doors, question your employees and customers Gestapo-style, and search every nook and cranny of your establishment. They can do all of this on a hunch or because of a single complaint. There are /no/ limits laid out in the current version of the code. They nail the issue on the head in their section on 501b: "Section 501(b) Seeks to allow the Director of Finance to perform interrogations at a person's place of business which may have a chilling effect on customers wanting to do business at such establishment. This may allow for persons to be detained by the Director of Finance at his/her own whims and in violation of their right to due process." This is the reality of the situation and I'm glad it's being pointed out in front of a judge. The Department of Finance has no business conducting investigations like this. No one does in America. This actual law eschews any form of due process and respect for individual rights. Section 502 doubles down on the code's unconstitutional shenanigans and Stanton-Kerrigan takes it to task. Here's the relevant plain text of Section 502 from the Business Code: "502a - Any representative of the Department of Finance may enter any premises where he or she reasonably suspects that a business activity is being conducted. 502c - Any representative of the Department of Finance may question any person on the premises and conduct an inspection of any business activity on the premises. 502e -Any representative of the Department of Finance may remove any goods on the premises in violation of this code and confiscate them. The license holder shall be given a receipt with details of the goods that are seized and impounded." That's in direct violation of the Constitution. There isn't a need for precedence or debate on this part of Stanton-Kerrigan's complaint. Reasonable suspicion does not a warrant grant, and under this code, no warrant is even required for the Department of Finance to turn your business upside down. Luckily, this is called out in the text of the complaint. Stanton-Kerrigan points out that these "unwarranted searches" are empowered by Section 502 to be carried out by any representative of the Department of Finance. This code allows one department of the City Government to act independently of due process and constitutional rights. If anything, we can rest assured that barring some kind of catastrophic breakdown of our legal system, sections 501 and 502 will be abolished. The final part of Stanton-Kerrigan's complaint goes into a section of the code I didn't touch on in my previous piece. I'd written that virtually every part of the code could be dissected and something bad would show itself. Here's my case-in-point. Section 603: "Any person issued with a sanction as listed in section one (1) of this chapter may appeal against such sanction to the Business Dispute Resolution Board, hereinafter referred to as the "BDRB", in the prescribed manner and form within seven (7) days after receiving such sanction." Yeah, you read that right. If you've been put through all the aforementioned warrantless searching and invasive, unconstitutional treatment, your only option is to appeal via a city-ran arbitrator! It's not even hyperbole to point out that under this set of unneeded regulations the Department of Finance is allowed to act as judge, jury, and executioner of LS's businesses. Regardless of the outcome, it's a good thing that this is already being challenged in court. I predict that the code will be swiftly struck down by this case though, and that's a good precedent for the state's only functioning branch of government - its courts - to set. Abuse of power this flagrant can't be allowed to go unchecked. As the process of checking it unfolds I'll be here covering it. For now, all we can do is watch democracy in action. The opinions expressed in this piece do not reflect the opinions of Saints News as a whole, but those of its author Haley Niamh Connor. This article contains sponsored multimedia advertisements. This has not affected the content of this article.

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Big Jim.

MIDNIGHT RIDE

Bacha recently checked in at the Elgin house from where he'll regroup and figure out how to make ends meet in this new place.