California Hate Crime Watch:
The white supremacist march in Charlottesville, and its explosive aftermath, have focused the nation’s attention on the far right and its ideology of intolerance. Across the country, hate crimes are on the rise — and California is no exception.
Published by ABC 7 News
Los Angeles police are investigating the stabbing of a trans woman in Hollywood as a possible hate crime.
Published by The Sacramento Bee
A white high school teacher reportedly telling a black student to “stay away from me” before using an exercise rope to make a noose around his own neck.
Published by The Sacramento Bee
California is undercounting hate crimes, according to a state audit released Thursday, because outdated policies have led law enforcement agencies to misidentify or fail to report incidents.
Published by The Modesto Bee
A Turlock woman was punched in the face Sunday in an apparent hate crime being investigated by Turlock police.
Published by CBS 13 Sacramento
Investigators say a 55-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing rainbow flags and threatening bomb attacks against gay people and sheriff’s deputies in a Northern California resort town.
Published by The Patch
Hate crime in LA rose 10.8 percent last year, the fourth consecutive year of increases.
Published by The Orange County Register
Nicholas Rose, 26, is facing felony hate crime charges for allegedly having “kill lists” with names of prominent Jewish community members.
Published by The L.A. Times
Hate crimes rose significantly in the city of Los Angeles in 2017, with transgender people increasingly being targeted.
Published by The Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento LGBT Community Center is on high alert after receiving two letters containing death threats and homophobic language Wednesday.
Published by The Orange County Register
A former Orange Coast College (OCC) student was charged with vandalizing two campus safety vehicles and violating a protective order to stay away from the school campus.
Published by Brentwood Patch
Across LA, private school students chanted ‘Go back to oven’ and a synagogue was vandalized with swastikas as anti- Semitism spiked in 2017.
Published by NBC Los Angeles
A transgender student at a South Bay community college was the victim of an assault late last month that is being investigated as a hate crime, according to police.
Published by The Sacramento Bee
A man involved in a fight at the Highwater bar in midtown early Saturday morning said he and his friend were attacked by a man yelling an anti-gay slur.
Published by ABC NEWS
The parents of a 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania student killed and buried in a California park said Tuesday that the killing may have been a hate crime against their gay son.
Published by NBC Bay Area News
A swastika found on the University of California, Santa Cruz has the campus taking new steps to stop the hate.
Published by The OC Register
An 18-year-old Seal Beach man was charged on Tuesday, Dec. 12 with hate crimes for allegedly threatening and spitting on a gay couple in a beach parking lot last month.
Published by SoCal Patch
Los Angeles County saw a spike of 67 percent in hate crimes in 2016 where there was evidence of white supremacist ideology.
Published by The OC Weekly
For a group who hates being labeled as members of white hate groups and constantly attempts to stay in good optics, OC’s alt-right sure does love allying themselves with people who fit the bill.
Published by SFGATE
The number of hate crimes reported in California jumped more than 11 percent in 2016, the FBI said Monday.
Published by ABC 7 News
The brutal attack, Los Angeles police said, was a hate crime. It happened on Oct. 29 at a South L.A. Jack in the Box restaurant.