Ryder tells Carl that a pizza owner keeps painting over Grove Street tags and decides to give him some shame. They head back to Grove Street while escaping the Ballas.Īrrive at the cemetery in Temple and escape from a Ballas car using a BMX.Ĭarl meets Ryder at his house in Grove Street, though Ryder is not that happy to see Carl back. As the gang leaves the cemetery, they are ambushed by the Ballas. Sweet blames Carl for their mother's death and explains what more had happened when Carl fled the city. Carl's childhood friend Big Smoke reunites with Carl and promises to avenge his mother's death by finding the killer.Ĭarl and Big Smoke go to a cemetery, where Carl reunites with his brother Sweet and sister Kendl. Make the way back to Grove Street to receive the first mission.Ĭarl enters his home, The Johnson House, at Grove Street, where he recalls his childhood memories and finds his deceased mother's photo. officers, who take his money and force him to get into their car before dropping him off at Jefferson, a Ballas territory. However, when he reaches home to Grove Street, he gets captured by C.R.A.S.H. There are 29 missions (including the opening sequence) in Los Santos.Ĭarl Johnson returns to Los Santos after spending five years in Liberty City when his brother Sweet Johnson informs him about his mother's death. Meanwhile, C.R.A.S.H., led by Officers Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Pulaski, exploit CJ into doing their dirty work, under the threat of framing him for Officer Pendelbury's murder, which they committed themselves. CJ also does missions for OG Loc, a GSF associate obsessed with his "gangsta" rapper image, but in reality, his crimes range from parking fines to joyriding. Other than those three, CJ participates in illicit street racing with his sister Kendl's boyfriend, Cesar Vialpando, who faces a lot of prejudice from Sweet, who looks down on Cesar being Mexican. Missions involve him working for the prominent members of the Grove Street Families: his brother Sweet, the childhood friend and junkie Ryder, and cryptic childhood friend, Big Smoke. Following the death of his mother in a drive-by shooting by the Ballas, he returns and decides to stay for good.
Years previously, the death of his brother, Brian Johnson, was blamed on him by his elder brother, Sweet, and Carl moved away for a fresh start in Liberty City. Protagonist Carl Johnson returns home to Los Santos and needs to reestablish himself in the neighborhood. 4 Desert Missions (Tierra Robada, Bone County).2 Countryside Missions (Red County, Flint County, Whetstone).