San Antonio is a large district in Oakland, California, encompassing the land east of Lake Merritt to Sausal Creek.
[2] Clinton and San Antonio joined in 1856 to form a new town called Brooklyn named after the ship that had brought Mormon settlers to California in 1846.
The Eastlake district, formerly known as East Peralta,[citation needed] comprises the area along International Blvd.
The gang was a notorious rival of Felix Mitchell's 6-9 Mob as the two struggled for control over the East Oakland drug trade.
East Oakland residents simply referred to the Highland Park and China Hill neighborhoods as "Funktown".
[citation needed] The majority of Highland Park's residents are ethnic minorities, with a relatively even split between Latinos, Asians, and African-Americans.
[7] The name originated from long ago when there was a Portuguese community in the area and men would gather around on the street corners chatting amongst each other with their hands in their pockets jingling coins.
[8][9] It is also known as "The Rolling '20s",[9] "The Roaring '20s",[10] or "Murder Dubbs",[9][11] references to its history of drug trafficking and gang violence.