LA Teens Found 'Safe' Spaces In Party Crews. But There Was A Cost

#80. For many Latino kids in the 2000s in L.A., the party crew scene was it. There were "underground" parties happening in places all over the SGV and Eastside neighborhoods that provided spaces to make friends, have fun and escape the pressures of immigrant parents and the harsh realities of the world. But there were risks. There were shootings and police raids. Many adults saw the scene as gang-adjacent and the media fueled negative stereotypes of kids who were out of control. One of the teens who got caught in that narrative was Emmery Muñoz, after she was murdered in 2006.

How to LA's Brian De Los Santos talks to Janice Llamoca, host of a new podcast Party Crews: The Untold Story, about growing up in L.A. during this time and what this scene meant for teens like her and Emmery. 

Read more about it here: https://laist.com/news/emmery-munoz-strangled-homicide-party-crews-cold-case

Guest: Janice Llamoca, host of Party Crews: The Untold Story, from LAist Studios and Vice

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