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Racist graffiti shows up in same garage for second time this month
Racial epithets directed at Black people and an anti-Semitic symbol were discovered in a Palo Alto parking garage Friday after a similar incident the week prior.Read More
Racist graffiti prompts Palo Alto hate crime investigation
Police in Palo Alto are investigating a vandalism incident discovered on Wednesday at a parking garage as a hate crime. Police said the suspect wrote racial epithets on a...Read More
Police arrest suspect in dozens of hate crime burglaries, vandalism
San Francisco police have arrested a man believed to have committed more than 30 burglaries and acts of vandalism — all of them considered hate crimes — since April...Read More
Woman allegedly punches students, teacher before vandalizing Santa Rosa classroom
Police arrested a 48-year-old woman suspected of punching students and a teacher Wednesday morning at a Santa Rosa school. Eva Lady, of Santa Rosa, was spotted by school staff...Read More
Police arrest suspect in antisemitic vandalism, burglary incidents around Berkeley
Witness accounts and surveillance camera video helped Berkeley police identify and arrest a 39-year-old man in connection with a series of hate crimes committed last month involving antisemitic graffiti....Read More
Supervisor calls for replacement of vandalized cherry blossom trees
A week after cherry blossom trees in San Francisco’s Japantown were found vandalized, Supervisor Dean Preston and leaders from the city’s Japanese community on Tuesday called for the trees...Read More
Police arrest 57-year-old man accused of painting swastika on Oakland synagogue
A suspect was arrested and charged with multiple counts of vandalism for allegedly defacing Temple Sinai last week in Oakland, police officials said. The synagogue was vandalized on Saturday...Read More
Armenian community suffers third hate crime incident in two months
A shooting at an Armenian school over the weekend in San Francisco has sparked a new hate crime investigation — the third hate crime against an Armenian establishment in...Read More
Suspected arson attack on Armenian church causes extensive damage
Police are investigating a suspected arson that took place early Thursday morning at an Armenian church in San Francisco’s Laurel Heights neighborhood. Firefighters initially responded to the blaze just...Read More
Police, demonstrators face off in another night of Oakland protest
What began as a peaceful racial justice march through the streets of Oakland’s Grand Lake neighborhood late Saturday evening turned violent between demonstrators and police officers on scene attempting...Read More
Police arrest San Jose City Hall vandalism suspect
San Jose Police arrested a suspect for allegedly vandalizing City Hall late Friday. The incident followed a similar situation at the home of Mayor Sam Liccardo. At about 10:45...Read More
Police say ‘agitators’ turned peaceful Oakland protest violent, destructive
Over 600 people participated in largely peaceful protests Wednesday night against the police shooting of a Black man on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Oakland police said. Things took a...Read More
Fremont police arrest man suspected of attacking park workers
Police in Fremont on Thursday arrested a man in connection with assault and vandalism. Dominique Roffener, 31, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of assault with a deadly...Read More
Schaaf says Oakland vandalism ‘agitators’ play into Trump’s ‘twisted campaign strategy’
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf chastised people who attended a protest over the weekend for vandalizing a police station and attempting to set the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse on fire....Read More
‘Agitators’ vandalize court house, police station after hundreds peacefully protest in Oakland for Black lives
Oakland police confirmed late Saturday evening that part of the group of protesters who marched through downtown Oakland hours before broke into two groups, with some vandalizing the police...Read More
DA charges pair with hate crimes, vandalism for defacing Martinez BLM mural
Two Martinez residents face hate crime and vandalism charges as suspects in Saturday’s defacing of a “Black Lives Matter” mural on a downtown Martinez street — a video of...Read More
Contra Costa County joins other Bay Area jurisdictions in rescinding curfew
Contra Costa County has joined other Bay Area jurisdictions in rescinding its curfew order effective Thursday after ordering people to stay inside amid widespread looting and vandalism in recent...Read More
Sheriff cancels Alameda County curfew as looting, vandalism incidents taper off
Alameda County is the latest Bay Area jurisdiction to cancel its curfew order Thursday following days of looting and vandalism that followed demonstrations over police brutality. Sheriff Greg Ahern...Read More