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In the early 2000s street gangs continue to grow, especially in the Southern section of Los Santos members of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods and their many rivals that surround them are still at large when it comes to rivalries. Most recently the (PBB) has been at large with Barrio 38th Street and Bloodstone Villains, due to them being so close to each other and being sworn enemies since the beginning of the formation of the gang. All sides have lost many members, a few notable members from Pueblo Del Rio projects that fell were Tiny Kreep, Infant 24, Peanut , and Baby Kountry. Many of these deaths were caused by gun violence and were to be from VSOP coalition (Villains, Stones, Outlaws, Pirus ~ Eastside blood/piru alliance) and the 38th Street Gang. Ever since these lives were taken the younger generation of Pueblo Bishop Blood members has become more hating towards the opposite gangs. East Los Santos area is a hotspot for gang activity which also means there are many rivalries between the majority of gangs in the area, Pueblo Bishop Bloods have always had run-ins hence them being sworn enemies to the VSOP alliance, 38th Street Gang, East Coast Crips, 4-Pacc Gangster Crips, and Mad Swan Family Bloods. Pueblo Bishop Bloods (PBB) are enemies of the Rollin O’s a/k/a all Neighborhood Crips, in particular, the 59 East Coast Neighborhood crips. They're also hostile towards majority gangs under the Mexican Mafia/Sureños banner, and all crips under the (2x and 3x) card. However, the E/S Pueblo Bishop Bloods are friendly towards the south side sureño gang, Florencia 13. As the Pueblo Bishop Bloods share their gang territory with Florencia 13's massive influence throughout the east side of South Central Los Santos. Pueblo Del Rio is a neighborhood of run-down apartment buildings that take up less than a square mile between 54th Street, Burns Avenue and Felton Avenue has long struggled to shake its violent image. Multiple warring gangs occupy the area two being the Pueblo Bishop Bloods a mostly black gang, and 38th Street, a mostly Latino gang. Police say area gang members are responsible for hundreds of shootings and robberies over the years. Though residents agree that the violence is mostly gang-related, some say the hostility has reinforced an undercurrent of racial tension among children and families. But the killing of 3-year-old Isabella Ayala on a sunny Sunday afternoon as she arrived home from McDonald’s has heightened tension and fear among residents. Police said the girl’s father, 24-year-old Samuel Ayala, was the target but was not a gang member. He was shot multiple times in the upper body and remains in critical condition at County General Medical Center. Police said the two suspects, both African American, might have mistaken Ayala for an 38th Street member. Pueblo Del Rio used to be called “Rio Grande Projects” for its symbolism and color, like the trees, project coloring, and murals that thrived among a vibrant-cultural style postwar apartment buildings. The Los Santos City Council changed the name 20 years ago after more apartment structures were being rebuilt and revamped into a "pueblo", spanish word for village. They renamed it Pueblo Del Rio, hoping to reflect the affluent and peaceful — mostly black — East Los Santos neighborhood nearby. Heading back down, Walker said Pueblo Del Rio began to change in the late 1960s and ‘70s. The white flight began after the 1965 Watts riots. Drug dealers set up shop in an alley between apartment buildings where they sold PCP. They called it “Sherm Alley.” Soon the drug trade changed to crack cocaine, he said, and everything went downhill. The Pueblo Bishop Blood gang ruled the narcotics scene in the area. High-rent apartment buildings turned into subsidized, low-income housing. Latino families, mostly immigrants, moved in. “The regular working ones were cool,” he said. “But then the 38th Street [gang] moved in and basically wanted to take over the drug trade.” Walker drove along 54th Street, past Theater Elementary School. Children stared him down. No one waved. Walker said sometimes the glares remind him of a scene out of the movie “Training Day,” which was filmed in Baldwin Village, an African American neighborhood hosting the Black P. Stone gang. A television news crew stood near a memorial of pink carnations, Jesus candles, and rag dolls on the grass — the spot where Isabella was killed. The pink and yellow bedroom Isabella shared with her 6-year-old sister, Claudia, overlooks the memorial. Claudia was in the car with her father and sister when the shooting occurred. On a recent morning, the family looked at old photos of Isabella spread across a coffee table. Although Isabella's family has received an outpouring of support and prayers from black and Latino families in the neighborhood, some residents say the gang war has fueled racism in this neighborhood, where both races are struggling to understand each other. They say children sometimes repeat racial slurs they hear from gang members or on the street. Sofia Garcia, 15, also lives in the neighborhood. She said some racial taunts have made her cry. “There’s a lot of racism,” she said. “African Americans don’t like Hispanic people.” “Like the rest of L.S., it’s changing with more Latinos,” said Nasir Ali, a black community activist who prayed with Isabella's family this week. “The neighborhood has racial tension. It’s increasing. Each ethnic group doesn’t understand each other’s culture.” The gang is usually identified by its known color that being red and notable insignia they are also to be seen wearing the color black because of the gang's roots. The Pueblo Bishop Blood (PBB) teams are Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels, and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The reasoning behind this is that the logos signify where they are from and can also abbreviate certain letters their gang or clique represents. For instance, the Phillies & Pirates logo “P” meaning Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, for this certain set of bloods this “P” stands for Pueblo which represents the Pueblo Del Rio Bishop Bloods (PBB). Alongside wearing the other Pittsburgh/Philadelphia gear which shows their insignia, the logo representing the baseball team. They could be seen wearing a hat with an Angels on it representing the avenues that intersect and cross their neighborhood, being Burns Avenue & Felton Avenue. A few other teams they also wear are Kansas City Royals, and the Kansas City Chiefs because of the "KC" meaning "Kill Crabs"