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Berkeley police arrest woman accused of hate crime against delivery driver
Police arrested a 35-year-old woman on suspicion of a hate crime in connection with an altercation with a package delivery driver in Berkeley on Sunday, April 18. Berkeley police...Read More
Police chief calls on public to help identify suspect in Los Gatos hate crime
"As a person of both Asian and Pacific Islander descent, I have been watching with shock and dismay the continuing acts of violence and hate being directed to people...Read More
Police arrest man accused of threatening to shoot AAPI people in Tenderloin business
Police in San Francisco arrested a man on Tuesday after he allegedly threatened to shoot people of Asian American and Pacific Islander descent inside a Tenderloin business. According to...Read More
Political leaders join rallying call to ‘stamp out hate’ against Asian communities
"This is something, a phenomenon, that stretches back to the founding of this state.”Read More
Police arrest woman for hate crime in assault on Latino McDonald’s worker
Police arrested a 40-year-old woman early Saturday for allegedly hitting a restaurant worker and making disparaging comments about the employee’s ethnicity. Officers responded to a 7 a.m. report that...Read More
South Bay leaders join rally in call to end anti-Asian hate crimes
South Bay leaders gathered at San Jose City Hall on Saturday morning to stand against the rise in hate crimes and discrimination against the Asian community. The ‘Stop AAPI...Read More
Prosecutors charge woman with hate crime for allegedly spitting on stranger, using ethnic slur
Santa Clara County prosecutors on Monday announced a hate crime charge filed against a 39-year-old woman who allegedly spat on a stranger having lunch in downtown Mountain View and...Read More
Police arrest woman on suspicion of racially-motivated assault
A woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Berkeley after allegedly committing a hate crime against another woman, police officials said. According to police, a woman in her 30s was...Read More
FBI offers reward for arrest in’cowardly’ arson attack on Armenian church
FBI officials in San Francisco are asking for the public’s help to solve an arson fire that badly damaged an Armenian church — offering a $50,000 reward for information...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
Suspect faces hate crime charge in Berkeley Marina noose incident
Police arrested a 32-year-old man this week on suspicion of a hate crime in connection with a noose tied to a tree branch at the Berkeley Marina. Shortly after...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
Witnesses say suspect in bear spray attack motivated by victim’s race, possible developmental issues
A man has been arrested on suspicion of spraying a man with bear repellant spray as a hate crime in Novato earlier this month, police said. Novato police officers...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
SF man faces hate crime charge for threat to shoot family over Black Lives Matter shirts
A 55-year-old San Francisco man has been charged with making criminal threats with a hate crime enhancement for allegedly threatening to shoot people wearing Black Lives Matter shirts at...Read More
Noose found at Sonoma Raceway sparks hate crime investigation
Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies received a phone call Monday morning about a noose found hanging from a tree at the Sonoma Raceway and are investigating the case as a...Read More
Fremont man tells police ethnicity was motive behind assault on woman
Police in Fremont on Thursday arrested a man in connection with a hate crime related to an assault of a woman. Trevor Dicks, 29, of Fremont, was arrested on...Read More
Three family members in custody for alleged hate crime assault on teen
Three members of a family are suspected of tying up and assaulting an African American teen in what police described as a racially motivated attack early Thursday in San...Read More