Reuniting the Families

During the mission, there are a couple of opportunities for C.J. to leave the Jefferson Motel and explore San Andreas without a wanted level. 

Sweet wants his Grove Street gang to meet with the other GSF leaders at the Jefferson Motel. Have C.J. drive them there. On the way, Ryder picks on C.J. again, and Big Smoke tells him to "cool it." Ryder says he's as "cool as a Shaolin monk." Shaolin temples are an order of Chinese Buddhist monasteries famed for association with Japanese Buddhism and martial arts. Once there, Sweet goes inside alone--one representative per family can attend. The LSPD moves in with police cars and S.W.A.T. agents rappelling from helicopters, and get into a shoot out with the gang members. Big Smoke and Ryder leave while C.J. stays to help Sweet.

C.J. is given a Shotgun by the game, but for better have him switch to something powerful with a steady burst, like an M4 or SMG, or switch to Molotovs, which are good for getting around corners. Have C.J. shoot the attacking S.W.A.T. agents on his way up through the motel to Sweet. The S.W.A.T. agents may appear on upper balconies, come through a skylight, bound out of rooms up ahead, etc. When C.J. gets to the sign on the wall that says the next hall has "Rooms 5-8," have C.J. go down that hall, around the corner, down the hall to the 2nd room on the right, and into the room, where Sweet is waiting.

Los Sepulcros

Sweet wants the Ballas to be attacked at a funeral for a Balla called Little Weasel, whom C.J. and Big Smoke killed. C.J. learns about recruiting gang members. Target a prospect with the RMB so an arrow (green, if they're in good health) points down at them, and press G. Draw recruits near with G and have them wait in place with H. Holding G or H, or going far away, will disband the group. After making a couple of recruits, C.J. drives them and Sweet to the funeral at the graveyard in Los Sepulcros (Spanish for "The Tombs"). Kane is considered to be Balla "front yard" (a euphemism for hair around a pu**y--Urban Dictionary) "royalty," and he'll try to make a getaway if there's trouble. 

Once there, have C.J. jump the wall to join the others, then go after Kane, killing the other Ballas as needed to stay alive to kill Kane before Kane makes it a vehicle chase. Kane is wearing Armor, so have C.J. move in with something strong. Reader Chen Dong's method returns from "Gray Imports" to work more melee magic here: have C.J. chase Kane and use his Knife and fight moves on him, knock him down, and give him a belly ache. Have C.J. drive the Grove Street guys back to Sweet's place. C.J. gets Respect.

Doberman

Sweet calls, following up on the previous call, to send C.J., alone, to Ammu-Nation, then to take over Balla territory and drive out the ex-Grove Street guy there. Send C.J. to the "S" icon at the Downtown Ammu-Nation to pick up "Doberman"- C.J. learns that Glen Park is the Balla territory to attack. Stock up on whatever upgrades C.J.'s arsenal. C.J. learns about turf wars. Have C.J., on foot, kill some Ballas to provoke a gang war, which is comprised of three waves of attackers. If C.J. shoots a policeman, he gets one star. The other pedestrians and traffic disappear and Heart and Armor pickups appear.

On the radar and in-game map: The attackers, Ballas this time, are seen as red blips. Another gang's territory is covered in translucent purple. A territory under attack has a Families icon--a little person--and the territory flashes translucent red. A Grove Street Families territory is covered in translucent green. A territory can be owned by C.J. but jointly with one or more other gangs if C.J. didn't finish a gang war or ignored a call to go to a gang war. Such a territory is pale gray-green until C.J. does a full takeover for it. A GSF territory will have GSF gang members that C.J. can recruit. C.J. can get the money from a takeover from the gold dollar symbol in front of the Johnson house. A fenced-in yard with a gate, or whatever such situation that provides protection for C.J. and forces the attackers to enter one at a time, makes the attackers easier for C.J. to handle. A rooftop can be a good vantage spot, too. C.J., having drawn out the gang member gone bad, has to kill him.

Gray Imports

Tenpenny doesn't want any one gang getting too powerful for him to control. He heard the Ballas are getting strong weapons from Russian arms dealers, so sends C.J. to an Ocean Docks warehouse.

Have C.J. go through the blue warehouse on the left, use the M4 on guards and the explosive barrels carried by Forklifts, get the Armor by the other warehouse door if he needs it, and shoot the lock to open the door. I've used the M4 or Molotovs for C.J. to get the three men revealed when the door opened and for any guards encountered on the way through the warehouse. You can have him shoot a pallet that's suspended near the ceiling to have it fall on one. Clear out all the Russian guards till all that's left to handle are the two Ballas and the Russian arms dealer in the room at the top of the stairs.

If C.J. enters the room, the Russian tries to run to a Banshee to make a getaway. Have C.J. shoot the two Ballas from outside the room. Then have C.J. run out through the door he came in, and the Russian's Banshee will be just beyond it. Have C.J. drive it forward to the end of the lot, do a 180 degree turn, and run down the Russian, comes running from around the far side of the building. Have C.J. chase him and do his fight moves on him, armed with a Knife. Have C.J. knock him down and gut him like a pig. If the Russian gets up, have C.J. do it again, etc.

I've also done this mission with C.J. able to fire through the door at enough of the side of the Russian arms dealer to kill him.

Burning Desire

Have the Fire truck mission done so C.J. has the fireproof feature. Have C.J. go to the donut store (the C icon) and meet Tenpenny, Pulaski, and Hernandez. Tenpenny wants C.J. to kill a Vago--"a drug-dealing, cop-killing bi**h--just like you"--who doesn't like the corrupt officers. It sounds like C.J. is being ordered to kill someone just like C.J.--someone being manipulated by Tenpenny the same way.

The game tells you to have C.J. get some Molotovs, go to the Vago's house, and throw them through the five windows indicated. Have C.J. throw them at any Vagos around, too. The longer you hold the LMB before releasing it, the farther C.J. throws. There are Molotovs nearby if you run out. This is one act that will never play Vagos again (sorry).

A woman cries for help from a 2nd floor window. Have C.J. go in the front door, up the stairs in the back, and down the hall to the last door on the left. She's afraid to leave, so have C.J. go downstairs to the kitchen, get the Fire Extinguisher, go back to her room, and shoot the Extinguisher at the base of the flames. Have C.J. go to her.

House Party

OG Loc quits his job at the Burger Shot; it's a parole violation, so he throws a party to give his rap routine a last chance to be heard before a possible jail sentence. C.J. agrees to go there after OG Loc says his microphone is broken.

Send C.J. to the party across the street from the Johnson house from 20:00 to 6:00 (with new clothes and a haircut if C.J. needs the upgrade). But when he gets there, the mike's been fixed, so he steps outside to find and Sweet and Ryder have been driven outside by OG Loc's enthusiastic but untalented act, too.

Sweet organizes a defense against a Balla attack--a blockade of cars is formed in the street. Using the radar to help locate targets, have C.J. help attack eight Ballas in the street (1st wave), snipe four on the overpass (2nd wave), then shoot twelve that approach from various directions (3rd wave).

C.J. gets Respect.

Management Issues

OG Loc has this mission for C.J. from 12:00 to 17:00. OG Loc tells C.J. that Madd Dogg's manager Scipio is trying to drive OG out of the music industry by telling everybody that OG is whack (nuts or horrible) (as about anyone with decent perception has noticed about OG). As C.J. drives off to take care of it, OG Loc calls: the manager's limo driver is going to pick up the manager.

If you have C.J. bump the limo with his vehicle, just give it a little bump. Thanks to spaceeinstein for telling me the manager's car is an Elegant and that "It's a whole lot better to just park your car in front of the manager and jack him. The car won't be damaged that way." Have C.J. kill the driver who gets out of it , jack the limo, take it to a Pay 'n' Spray if needed--the limo must not be damaged, and park it between two limos, parked in the same direction they face.

Madd Dogg's Rhymes

When C.J. recommends a writer for OG Loc (he hadn't lost his mind helping OG Loc get amplified--he was just helping a friend), OG Loc wants him to steal rapmeister Madd Dogg's rhyme book (Barnes and Noble and the public library were closed?). C.J. goes to Madd Dogg's mansion. C.J. has to use stealth on the guards there. 

The guards are shown as red icons on the radar, and point in the direction the guards face.

Have C.J. sneak up behind each guard, armed with the Knife provided, target them with the RMB, and press the LMB for C.J. to treat their neck like something unfortunate at Perdue Farms. Once C.J. has the rhyme book, have him get out the same way except using the Silenced 9mm Pistol he can take from fallen guards.

Have C.J. use the mountain bike outside and get the book to OG Loc.

C.J. gets some Respect. 

Life's a Beach

This mission is available by the Marina Burger Shot, which is by the Verona Beach save house, from 22:00 to 6:00. OG Loc wants C.J. to steal a sound system for him. Have C.J. go to the beach party, talk favorably (press "Y" for "Yes") to the lady at the sound system, which is in the open back of a van, then play the dance game with her (press one of the directional arrows, or W,S,A, or D, as the corresponding arrow rolls before the circle in the middle of the screen and in rhythm to the music).

Have C.J. jack the van--the lady gets in but is thrown from it--elude some shooting by party-goers, and park it in a garage. All the Pony vans in the game have the same sound system in the back. C.J. gets some Respect. 

The BradyGames guide says this opens the Dancing odd jobs, but the dance game is always available:

Just Business

Big Smoke has C.J. drive him to the Atrium to kill some Russians, one of whom killed a cousin of his (but remember, he says everyone is his cousin). The Russians are dressed in black and fire at them. Have C.J. help Big Smoke fire at the Russians and get them before Big Smoke's Health is gone. The Russians leave behind SMGs C.J. can use if you don't want him to use the Micro-SMG provided, and there's Armor nearby.

Then C.J. is driven on a BF-400 by Big Smoke. Have C.J., in the 1st person view, shoot at the shooting pursuers, who use BF-400's. (It's like the 2nd half of "Supply and Demand" in "Vice City.") Each motorcycle has a driver and a shooter, so C.J. can either take out the shooter or disable him by taking out the driver, which makes the bike flip out. C.J. can't take out the big Packer, but the Russians don't shoot from it so don't

waste time having C.J. shoot at it.