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Homeboy Industries Helps Los Angeles Youth Exit Gang Life With Jobs, Therapy
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Garry Powers stands on Alameda Street near the North Vignes Street overpass, across from a smoke shop and a Vietnamese restaurant. He’s on the edge of Chinatown and a couple of miles north of Boyle Heights, a neighborhood once rife with gangs.