▁gang ' s ▁willing ness ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁police ▁with ▁compla ints ▁off ended ▁the ▁Lat ino ▁gang ' s ▁sense ▁of ▁honor ," ▁wrote ▁rep orter ▁Sam ▁Qu in ones ▁for ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times . ▁Yet ▁the ▁gang ▁was ▁never ▁" root ed ▁in ▁the ▁neighborhood ," ▁and ▁by ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁it ▁had ▁f aded ▁away . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁City ▁Council ▁renamed ▁the ▁area ▁as ▁Har bor ▁Gate way . ▁But ▁a ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁rep orter ▁noted ▁four ▁years ▁later ▁that ▁ ▁Har bor ▁Gate way ▁la cks ▁much ▁of ▁what ▁makes ▁a ▁community ▁a ▁community — no ▁central ▁business ▁district , ▁no ▁civ ic ▁center ▁or ▁gather ing ▁place , ▁no ▁library ▁branch , ▁no ▁police ▁station ▁... ▁no ▁post ▁office . ▁Its ▁largest ▁park ▁is ▁a ▁c emetery . ▁And , ▁despite ▁the ▁new ▁name , ▁ma iling ▁addresses ▁of ▁residents ▁remain ▁un changed . ▁They ▁still ▁say ▁Tor rance ▁or ▁Gard ena , ▁not ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁however , ▁Har bor ▁Gate way ▁was ▁tied ▁with ▁the ▁West wood ▁neighborhood ▁as ▁Los ▁Angeles ' s ▁second - fast est - g row ing ▁area , ▁Syl mar ▁being ▁first . ▁However , ▁the ▁contrast ▁between ▁the ▁un k empt ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁side ▁of ▁Gard ena ▁Bou lev ard ▁and ▁the ▁tid y ▁Gard ena ▁side ▁was ▁striking . ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 8 8 ,