Hells Angels in California: Early days to the present

A Hells Angels wedding in 1971.

In Hollister, Calif., Hells Angels members attend a celebration of the 50th anniversary of a small riot there that became a symbol of bikers out of control and inspired the film “The Wild One” starring Marlon Brando.

Local and visiting Hells Angels members gather for a 50th anniversary commemorative photo outside Ventura City Hall on March 17, 1998.

George Christie Jr., president of the Hells Angels Ventura, hugs a member from Illinois after out-of-towners arrive on Fix Way in Ventura for their annual run. They were celebrating their 50th anniversary.

A Hells Angels member helps carve turkeys at the St. Anthony Foundation dining room on Nov. 25, 2009, in San Francisco. Members of the Hells Angels and Bay Riders motorcycle clubs volunteered to carve thousands of pounds of turkey and prepared thousands of mini pumpkin pies for the needy and homeless on Thanksgiving Day.

Hells Angels mourners follow a hearse carrying the coffin of Gerard Tobin to a crematory in London on Sept. 15, 2007. The crematory was the end of a 13-mile procession with as many as 1,000 Hells Angles on motorbikes. Tobin, a popular Hells Angel known as “Gentleman Gerry,” was shot in the head on a highway a month earlier.

Nomad Dave shows off a new tattoo as he attends a Hells Angels rally on July 26, 2003, in Peru, Ill. Dave is a member of the Illinois Nomads charter of the Hells Angels.