Surf Gang

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit upheld a judgment in favor of the city of Palos Verdes Estates and its former police chief, in a suit brought by individuals who claim they were harassed by a territorial surf gang known as the Lunada Bay Boys and the city did not do enough to protect them. The court finds the city took “significant efforts to curb” the surf gang’s actions.

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