Watts, Los Angeles, California (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"The card had his name printed on it in flourished letters. Below that was the address he’d scribbled. It was a downtown address; a long drive from Watts."

"DUPREE WAS AT his sister’s house, out past Watts, in Compton."

"I drove a long way. I wanted far from Watts and Compton so we went to East L. A.; what they call El Barrio today."

"Without Mouse I didn’t know what to do. So I went out to my car and drove toward Watts."

"He wanted somebody to look for Frank in the illegal bars down around Watts."

"After the Torres people had left—four of them, he seemed to remember, including khaki-pants Johnny here—there hadn’t been many other Mexicans around until well after the Watts troubles."

"I don't know of any place in the city we can go now. The place in Watts is closed for the duration and you know how most of these other places are—they don't even want us to park and watch."

"to Angelenos who lived in hellholes like Watts, La Puente, and South Central..."

"Bullet holes and a stolen car wrapped around the post signified kids about my hair texture, allowance level, and clothing style in neighborhoods like Watts, Boyle Heights, and Highland Park."