Coast Guard scrambles to clarify its guidance on nooses, swastikas, hate symbols
A Coast Guard personnel directive updated language identifying symbols of racial or religious hatred, setting off a political firestorm this week.
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A Coast Guard personnel directive updated language identifying symbols of racial or religious hatred, setting off a political firestorm this week.
The posters were found on the top floor of a Park Sorrento condo on Calabasas Road, near Calabasas Lake. The complex faces the Calabasas Tennis and Swim Center.
Deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said they believed the tagging was an act of vandalism, and not a hate crime.
Newport Harbor High School and Costa Mesa High School students posted pictures on Snapchat of students playing beer pong with cups set up like a swastika and saluting Hitler.
The shirts from KA Design were being sold until Monday, when a notice indicated the items were "no longer available due to content issues".
A woman's car was vandalized on Wednesday night while she was sleeping in what deputies are calling a hate crime.
The symbol touches Vadim Kolosov on a deeply personal level since his great grandfather fought against Nazis.
A vendor was asked to leave USC after students confronted him over the T-shirts with swastikas he was selling.
Students returned Monday to an Inglewood high school to find graffiti on campus and classrooms vandalized.
Police are investigating reports of Valley Village and North Hollywood residents receiving fliers with Nazi symbols.
A 49-year-old man is facing multiple hate crime charges for allegedly vandalizing a San Fernando Valley business with anti-Semitic graffiti on multiple occasions.
Drew Benda, of Burbank, was taken into custody Monday at Wilbur Avenue and Bel Aire Drive for felony vandalism and hate crimes.
Police are investigating a burning swastika that was placed in the middle of a San Bernardino street early Sunday morning.
Anti-Semitic acts of vandalism and other related incidents are on the rise in Southern California even as incidents statewide have declined, according to an audit released Monday.
Police say they're looking for whoever defaced the statue of West Covina High School's bulldog mascot this weekend with green paint and a swastika.
An annual report has found that hate crimes in Orange County jumped by 14 percent in 2011 over the previous year.
People seeking sun and surf in Venice Beach were instead treated to a puzzling sight – the image of a swastika flying over the popular tourist attraction.
Police are investigating a vandalism incident as a possible hate crime. A homeowner called police Wednesday to report that a swastika had been scribbled on top of a stone mailbox.
Detectives say a hate crime was committed on the front lawn of The Joslyn Center in Palm Desert.
A series of swastikas spray-painted on the Westside were likely done by a single individual, police said Wednesday.
A swastika found spray-painted on the home of a Messianic Jewish pastor will be investigated as a hate crime, sheriff's deputies said Friday.
Los Angeles County investigators say three students have confessed that they scrawled swastikas and other hate graffiti at Calabasas High School.
Jeff Hall proudly flies the swastika flag and talks of a breakaway white nation. Dan Schruender once handed out fliers honoring Hitler's birthday and writes a blog that features photos of Nazi officers.
Racist graffiti and swastikas scrawled on garage doors and cars in a Southern California neighborhood are being investigated as a hate crime.
