"Date","City","State","Type","Description"
"03/20/2013","Davis","CA","Assault","A gay man was allegedly beaten on the street by a man who yelled anti- gay slurs. Clayton Daniel Garzón, 19, was charged with battery with serious bodily injury, assault with means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and threats to commit a crime resulting in great bodily injury."
"03/17/2013","Sacramento","CA","Assault","A man was allegedly attacked by two men who used anti-gay slurs. One of the men allegedly beat the victim with a baseball bat."
"12/14/2012","Upper Ojai","CA","Legal Developments","Ventura County sheriff's deputies said they arrested four people Wednesday in connection with hate crimes that occurred three months ago at two campgrounds in Rose Valley. Authorities also arrested a suspect in September, about two weeks after the incident. Deputies said that on Wednesday they arrested Kirk Smets, 19; Andrew Martin, 20; Forrest Darrough, 20, and Mya Braschler, 20. All were from Ventura. Ryan Vanausdell, 37, of Oak View, was arrested Sept. 27, authorities said. Authorities said that while serving a search warrant at Vanausdell's residence in the 90 block of Calle Cinco de Mayo in Oak View, deputies seized two assault weapons, two rifles, two shotguns, one handgun and high-capacity ammunition magazines. Detectives said they also seized a large quantity of illegal ammunition. On Sept. 7, deputies from the Ojai sheriff's station responded to call about an attack at the Middle Lions Campground near Highway 33 in the Upper Ojai area. Sheriff's deputies said several people had been attacked with baseball bats at the campground by people using racial slurs toward the victims and witnesses. One victim suffered a broken arm from the assault. (via http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/dec/13/5-arrested-in-hate-crimes-in-upper-ojai/#ixzz2F2Svw0BI)"
"09/26/2012","Tehama","CA","Legal Developments","Nicolas Brendon Madison, 21, was arrested on charges of suspicion of a hate crime and gang participation after he allegedly threatened a store clerk and made racist statements."
"09/04/2012","Four Marines arrested for assaulting man at Long Beach gay bar","CA","Assault","Four Marine Corps members attacked a man outside a popular local gay bar."
"09/01/2012","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","Graffiti was sprayed at Natomas park. The vandalism included swastikas, gang signs and anti-gay messages."
"08/31/2012","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas, anti-gay epithets and gang signs were spray-painted throughout a park."
"08/28/2012","Claremont","CA","Vandalism","An anti-gay slur was spray-painted on the garage of a residence where a gay person rents a room."
"08/23/2012","Shasta Lake","CA","Assault","A reported self-proclaimed white supremacist allegedly yelled `white pride,` threatened to kill an 18-year-old Native American and his two cousins and then punched the teen. The man allegedly later threatened the teen's mother with a gun."
"08/17/2012","Redding","CA","Vandalism","Anti-gay graffiti was written on a gay man's residence."
"08/12/2012","Alameda","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were scrawled on several cars in a neighborhood. David Desruisseau, 34, was arrested on suspicion of vandalism, stalking and committing a hate crime."
"08/10/2012","Sacramento","CA","Assault","A man was allegedly called anti-gay epithets by four men and then beaten by one of them outside a light rail train stop."
"08/03/2012","Hayward","CA","Vandalism","Four teens, ages 13 to 16, were arrested on suspicion of defacing property and a hate crime for allegedly throwing lemons at a local mosque, striking at least one person."
"07/18/2012","Orange","CA","Assault","A Latina woman allegedly dumped hot coffee on a black nursing assistant at a medical center and called him racial epithets. Rose Mary Ayala, 38, was charged with one felony count of hate crime battery."
"06/29/2012","Los Angeles","CA","Assault","A gay homeless man was allegedly beaten by a man who used anti-gay slurs."
"06/27/2012","San Luis Obispo","CA","Legal Developments","Jeremiah Leo `Smurf` Hernandez, 33, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his role in a March 2011 cross burning near a black teen's residence."
"06/26/2012","Guerneville","CA","Assault","A man leaving a gay bar was allegedly beaten by a man who used anti-gay slurs."
"06/22/2012","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and the words `white power` were written on garage doors of several residences on a street in Baldwin Hills."
"06/15/2012","Davis","CA","Intimidation","A noose was found hanging from a goal post at a high school."
"06/14/2012","Clovis","CA","Vandalism","Graffiti that included racist symbols and messages was spray-painted on cars, residences, boats and fences in  a neighborhood. Three teens were arrested."
"06/14/2012","Jurupa Valley","CA","Vandalism","Diego Desantiago and Enrique Gomez, both 18, were charged with investigation of burglary, committing a hate crime and conspiracy for allegedly vandalizing a Mormon church. Two teens also arrested in connection with the incident."
"06/05/2012","Modesto","CA","Assault","Nicholas Velasquez, 29, was charged with elder abuse and committing a hate crime after allegedly yelling `I hate white people` while punching a woman in a wheelchair."
"05/21/2012","Echo Park","CA","Assault","A man and a woman allegedly made anti-gay remarks and stabbed two men they had seen earlier in a bar."
"05/21/2012","Palm Springs","CA","Assault","Russell Bates, 24, and Abigail Sheehy, 19, were charged with assault and commission of a hate crime after they allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs and punched two gay men during a dispute over a parking space."
"05/19/2012","Ukiah","CA","Assault","Edward Steele, 22, was charged with suspicion of battery and committing a hate crime after he allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs and punched a man."
"05/16/2012","Novato","CA","Threat","A 17-year-old boy was charged with suspicion of criminal threats after he allegedly called a Latino woman racist names and threatened to kill her."
"05/12/2012","Visalia","CA","Assault","Joseph Regalado, 21, and a teenage boy were arrested for allegedly making anti-gay remarks to an 18- year-old boy at a party and then stabbing him."
"05/11/2012","Sacramento","CA","Assault","Two gay men who were holding hands were beaten by two men, one of whom used anti-gay slurs."
"05/06/2012","Daly City","CA","Assault","Roman Pina-Valdez ,a 20-year-old man from Mexico, was charged with felony assault with great bodily injury and a misdemeanor hate crime after he allegedly beat a man because he was from El Salvador."
"05/05/2012","Santa Cruz","CA","Vandalism","Graffiti that included anti-religious messages was spray-painted on a Catholic church that was vandalized."
"05/02/2012","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","Racial and ethnic slurs were spray- painted on a car and a dentist's office."
"04/29/2012","Oakland","CA","Murder","Brandy Martell, a 37-year-old transgender woman, was fatally shot in a car parked in an area frequented by transgender women."
"04/22/2012","Calabasas","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic and racist graffiti was spray-painted on a high school. Three students were charged with felony vandalism."
"04/03/2012","Northridge","CA","Legal Developments","Catharine Whelpley, 43, was charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two counts of vandalism, two counts of trespassing and two counts of tampering with a vehicle  after she allegedly helped her teenage daughter and two friends vandalize residences with swastikas drawn in syrup, human feces and toilet paper on April 3."
"04/03/2012","Temecula","CA","Vandalism","Racist and anti-gay graffiti and white supremacist slogans were spray- painted in a high school."
"03/27/2012","Los Angeles","CA","Assault","Ivan Alquicira, a 19-year-old Latino man, was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of making terrorist threats and enhancements for hate crimes, gang involvement and firearms possession after he allegedly yelled racial epithets and pointed a shotgun at three black people on the street."
"03/21/2012","Carpinteria","CA","Legal Developments","James Inglimo, 52, was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon, misdemeanor battery and felony interference with civil rights after he allegedly sent anti- gay text messages to a man Inglimo believed wanted to sleep with him and later assaulted the man and tried to run him over with his truck."
"03/18/2012","Hollywood","CA","Assault","A gay man was allegedly beaten by three men who asked his sexual orientation."
"03/14/2012","Sherman Oaks","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were scrawled on at least three homes in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood."
"03/14/2012","Palmdale","CA","Assault","Seven black teens, ages 13 to 16, allegedly made racial comments and attacked a 15-year-old Latino boy who was walking home from school. The teens were arrested on suspicion of assault and committing a hate crime."
"03/03/2012","Oakland","CA","Legal Developments","Three members of the Occupy Oakland movement allegedly attacked a woman and stole her wallet while using epithets about her perceived sexual orientation. Michael Davis, 32; NNeka Crawford, 23, and Randolph Wilkins, 24, were charged with robbery and hate crime."
"02/29/2012","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti targeting Latina women was spray-painted on the door of an off-campus apartment of University of California, Los Angeles students."
"02/28/2012","Santa Barbara","CA","Legal Developments","Curtis Martin, 25, was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for stabbing a male waiter in the neck in September 2010 because he thought the man was gay."
"02/27/2012","Santa Ana","CA","Legal Developments","Arash Riazati, 33, pled guilty to felony assault with a hate crime enhancement for assaulting two Latino men as they were sitting in their car in May 2010. Riazati was sentenced to 120 days in jail and given three years of probation."
"02/21/2012","Victorville","CA","Legal Developments","Kyle Lee Smither, 21, pled guilty to one count of attempted murder for stabbing a Latino man and slashing his throat, allegedly as part of an initiation into a white supremacist group."
"02/17/2012","Costa Mesa","CA","Legal Developments","Chad Martin Jurjaks was sentenced to 16 months in prison on two counts of hate crime battery for attacking two Latino men outside a convenience store in March 2011."
"02/01/2012","Santa Barbara","CA","Legal Developments","Curtis Martin, 25, pled no contest to first-degree attempted murder and a hate crime allegation for stabbing a male waiter in the neck in September 2010 because he thought the man was gay."
"01/28/2012","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","The letters `KKK,` Nazi symbols and racial epithets were spray-painted throughout a new community park."
"01/20/2012","Perris","CA","Assault","A man allegedly used a racial slur during a confrontation with a black woman outside an elementary school and then tried to hit her with his truck."
"01/13/2012","Temecula","CA","Vandalism","A bench with a pentagram scrawled on it was tossed into a fountain outside a Catholic church and then a charred Bible was left outside the church's main doors."
"01/11/2012","San Francisco","CA","Assault","Three men allegedly shouted anti- gay slurs and attacked a man walking along the street."
"01/01/2012","Santa Barbara","CA","Assault","Two men leaving a bar were allegedly beaten by three men, one of whom made an anti-gay comment before the attack."
"12/31/2011","Santa Barbara","CA","Assault","Two men were allegedly beaten outside a nightclub by three men who used anti-gay epithets."
"12/24/2011","Claremont","CA","Vandalism","A church's Nativity scene that included depictions of gay and lesbian couples was vandalized."
"12/19/2011","Long Beach","CA","Legal Developments","Marquise Lucas, 19, and Sierus Dunbar, 27, were charged with one felony count of battery with serious bodily injury and one felony count of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury for allegedly using anti-gay epithets and assaulting two men near a gay and lesbian center on Halloween night. Lucas was also charged with a second felony count of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and Dunbar was also charged with a felony count of assault with a deadly weapon, not a firearm, with great bodily injury."
"12/15/2011","Sacramento","CA","Legal Developments","Joel Baltazar Olivarez, 30, pleaded guilty to felony battery charges for using an anti-gay slur and beating a man outside a bowling alley on June 5."
"12/15/2011","Santa Ana","CA","Legal Developments","Jonathan Michael Schmidt, 31, was sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to hate crime charges for yelling racial slurs at a Latino woman, spitting on her and trying to run her down with his bicycle in October."
"12/12/2011","Los Angeles","CA","Arson","A Korean church was set on fire and racist graffiti was scrawled nearby."
"12/03/2011","Rowland Heights","CA","Vandalism","Graffiti was found at a Mormon church."
"11/21/2011","Oxnard","CA","Legal Developments","Brandon McInerney, 17, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, one count of voluntary manslaughter and one count of use of a firearm for the 2008 shooting death of his 15- year-old gay classmate, Larry King. McInerney was sentenced to 21 years in prison."
"11/21/2011","San Jose","CA","Assault","A Hindu man whose family is originally from India was allegedly beaten by a group of men who called him a `terrorist.`"
"11/15/2011","Palm Desert","CA","Vandalism","Two swastikas were cut into the lawn at a senior center."
"11/06/2011","Pomona","CA","Rally","More than 50 members of the neo- Nazi National Socialist Movement held an anti-immigration march and rally."
"11/05/2011","San Luis Obispo","CA","Legal Developments","Jeremiah Hernandez, 32; Jason Kahn, 36; Sara Matheny, 24; and William Soto, 20, were charged with arson, conspiracy and hate crime allegations for allegedly burning a cross near a black family's home in March 2011."
"10/31/2011","Indio","CA","Legal Developments","David John Reed, 52, was sentenced to death for the 2004 racially motivated stabbing death of a homeless black man, Ricky Mosley."
"10/31/2011","Long Beach","CA","Assault","Two men leaving a gay and lesbian center were allegedly attacked by two other men who used anti-gay epithets. A 19-year- old and a 27-year-old were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The incident was being investigated as a hate crime."
"10/31/2011","Milpitas","CA","Vandalism","Pentagrams and vulgarities were spray-painted on a Lutheran church."
"10/31/2011","San Francisco","CA","Assault","A transgendered man was allegedly assaulted by a man, armed with a knife, who threatened repeatedly to kill him because he was transgendered. Ricky Hodge, 38, was charged with suspicion of aggravated assault, making terrorist threats and hate crime enhancements."
"10/25/2011","Westminster","CA","Assault","Jennifer Renee Vanveldhuizen, 36, pleaded guilty to a felony count of hate-crime battery causing injury for yelling racial slurs at a Latino maintenance worker then punching him in the face in Huntington Beach on Oct. 4. Vanveldhuizen was sentenced to three years of probation, 90 days in an alcohol rehabilitation program and a 10- week anger management program."
"10/21/2011","San Francisco","CA","Assault","An interracial couple pushing their two children in a stroller was allegedly attacked by a man who made a comment about the race of their children, punched the man and woman and kicked the stroller, striking one of the children in the head. Hosea Matavao, 48, was charged with three counts of assault, one count of endangering a child and one count of battery. Four of the charges have hate crime allegations attached."
"10/17/2011","San Francisco","CA","Assault","Three men were allegedly beaten outside a restaurant by five men who yelled anti-gay slurs."
"10/06/2011","Westminster","CA","Legal Developments","Jonathan Michael Schmidt, 31, was charged with two felony counts of hate crime battery and one felony count of hate crime assault for allegedly yelling racial slurs at a Latino woman and spitting on her before trying to run her over with his bike."
"10/04/2011","Ingleside","CA","Assault","Kevin Guerin allegedly punched and choked his neighbor while using anti- gay slurs."
"09/30/2011","San Fernando","CA","Legal Developments","Francisco Vasquez, 34, and Anthony Gonzales, 19, were convicted of a hate crime and attempted murder for yelling a racial slur and opening fire on two black men in May 2010."
"09/28/2011","Carlsbad","CA","Legal Developments","Arturo Santiago, 22, was arrested for investigation of a hate crime and assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly used racial slurs and hit a fellow bus passenger on the head with a bottle on April 4."
"09/28/2011","Ventura","CA","Legal Developments","Nicholas Klopp was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of felony assault with a deadly weapon with a hate-crime allegation. In December, Klopp yelled sexual slurs and threw a drinking glass that slashed a gay man's face during a birthday party at a restaurant."
"09/20/2011","Sacramento","CA","Assault","A black man allegedly yelled sexual epithets at two men who were holding hands and then struck one of the men in the head with a sharp object."
"09/18/2011","San Diego","CA","Legal Developments","Halbert Sadler, a black man, was charged with suspicion of a hate crime after he allegedly yelled racial slurs at a white couple and tried to rob them."
"09/17/2011","Davis","CA","Assault","Peter Lloyd Zuniga, 25, was charged with felony assault and committing a hate crime after he allegedly beat and kicked a female convenience store clerk because of her Russian heritage."
"09/15/2011","Cambria","CA","Vandalism","Anti-gay slurs were spray-painted on a house three times in one week."
"09/14/2011","Calabasas","CA","Legal Developments","Two 17-year-old boys confessed to spray-painting swastikas and anti-Semitic and racist graffiti at the local high school in April. After admitting to the charge of felony vandalism with a hate crime allegation, they were ordered to complete 100 hours of community service, pay $6,000 in restitution and attend a program at the Museum of Tolerance."
"09/12/2011","San Luis Obispo","CA","Legal Developments","Jeremiah Hernandez, 32; Jason Kahn, 36; Sara Matheny, 24, and William Soto, 20, were ordered to stand trial on arson, conspiracy and hate crimes charges for allegedly burning a cross outside a black family's residence in March. All four defendants are either white or Latino."
"09/11/2011","Orangevale","CA","Arson","Anti-Arab graffiti and a swastika were spray-painted on a dry cleaners owned by Palestinian immigrants. The building was then set afire."
"09/08/2011","Palm Springs","CA","Legal Developments","David John Reed, a 51-year-old white man, was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2004 racially motivated stabbing death of Ricky Mosley, a black man. Reed, who has tattoos reading `white pride` and `Peckerwood,` was sentenced to death."
"09/01/2011","Los Angeles","CA","Threat","An immigrant rights activist allegedly received hundreds of threatening phone calls after a radio show known for its inflammatory anti- immigrant rhetoric aired his personal cell phone number."
"09/01/2011","Norwalk","CA","Vandalism","Two Latino men allegedly spray- painted racist graffiti on the outside of a black woman's house then forced themselves into her house but fled after the woman fired a gun at them."
"08/31/2011","Ventura","CA","Legal Developments","Daniel Dockery, 22, was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to making a felony criminal threat. Dockery allegedly told two teenage boys in the Ojai area that he was a skinhead before making racial slurs, slapping one and threatening to kill both of them slurs, slapping one and threatening to kill both of them in June."
"08/25/2011","Long Beach","CA","Legal Developments","Jorge Jhovanoy Ibarrias, 21, pleaded no contest to one count of felony battery with serious bodily injury with a hate crime enhancement for punching a gay man in the face on July 24. He was sentenced to five years in prison."
"08/16/2011","Antelope","CA","Vandalism","Racist and anti-Semitic graffiti was written on fences, cars, garages and mailboxes."
"08/14/2011","Pasadena","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti targeting Latinos was scrawled on a planter outside a fast food restaurant."
"08/08/2011","Pasadena","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and racist and anti-gay graffiti were spray-painted on residential, commercial and city- owned buildings."
"08/03/2011","Ventura","CA","Assault","Patrick Fitzgerald, 24, was arrested for a hate crime and assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly called people slurs based on their race and skin color and then was involved in a fight."
"06/30/2011","Lancaster","CA","Vandalism","Anti-gay graffiti that advocated killing homosexuals was spray-painted on three businesses."
"06/30/2011","Meiners Oaks","CA","Legal Developments","Two teens, one of them Latino, were allegedly threatened by a man and a woman. Self-identified skinhead Daniel Dockery, 22, was charged with suspicion of making criminal threats, a hate crime enhancement and possession of a controlled substance after he allegedly said he hated `Mexicans,` shouted racial and sexual slurs at the youths and slapped one in the face. Shauna Criner, 29, was charged with suspicion of making criminal threats and possession of a controlled substance."
"06/21/2011","Santa Monica","CA","Harassment","Members of a high school wrestling team chained an African-American teammate to a locker and hung a noose around a brown wrestling dummy."
"06/19/2011","Santa Ana","CA","Legal Developments","Marten Joseph Brandel, 45, was arrested on suspicion of a hate crime for allegedly hanging a noose in the doorway of a gay rights organization in October."
"06/10/2011","Los Angeles","CA","Legal Developments","A 25-year-old gang member has been sentenced to life in prison plus 40 years in the racially-motivated drive-by killing of a bowling alley employee."
"06/09/2011","Van Nuys","CA","Legal Developments","Reported Latino gang member Martin Soleto, 25, was sentenced to life in prison plus 40 years for his part in the 2008 racially motivated drive-by killing of a black man. Richard Bordelon, the alleged shooter, was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 47 years to life."
"06/05/2011","Elk Grove","CA","Legal Developments","Joel Olivarez, 30, was charged with aggravated battery as a hate crime after he allegedly shouted anti-gay slurs and attacked a man in the parking lot of a bowling alley."
"05/22/2011","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were painted on three cars."
"05/18/2011","Calabasas","CA","Legal Developments","Three high school students were charged with vandalizing their campus with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti."
"05/14/2011","Vallejo","CA","Vandalism","Racial epithets were written on the doorway and mailbox of a community radio station founded by a black man. The slurs were also written on a vehicle owned by the man's son."
"05/04/2011","Santa Monica","CA","Assault","A black high school student allegedly found a brown mannequin with a noose tied around its neck in the school's wrestling practice room. The student then was allegedly chained to a locker by two fellow members of the wrestling team who made racial remarks."
"05/03/2011","Escondido","CA","Assault","Richard Jason Mazon, 18, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, exhibiting a deadly weapon, criminal threats, a hate crime and carrying a concealed weapon for allegedly threatening a black man with a hatchet and yelling racial epithets at him in a parking lot."
"05/03/2011","Orcutt","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was scrawled on walls at an elementary school."
"04/27/2011","Arroyo Grande","CA","Legal Developments","Two 15-year-olds and one 14- year-old were arrested on suspicion of hate speech, burglary, vandalism and criminal conspiracy after graffiti that included swastikas and racial and ethnic slurs was written in classrooms at a middle school where the teens had been former students."
"04/23/2011","Stockton","CA","Arson","A mosque was set afire."
"04/23/2011","Calabasas","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and anti-Semitic and racial epithets were spray-painted on doors, walls, sidewalks and a stop sign on a high school campus. Three students were arrested on suspicion of vandalism."
"04/06/2011","Coto de Caza","CA","Assault","A man was allegedly beaten and robbed in a park by two men who shouted anti-Semitic epithets. Matthew Gregory Branstetter and Nolan John Wickham, both 19, were charged with aggravated assault and second-degree robbery with hate crime enhancements."
"03/03/2011","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was drawn on the sidewalk in front of a landmark Jewish Temple."
"02/18/2011","Long Beach","CA","Vandalism","A man was arrested for vandalizing gay and lesbian-owned businesses."
"02/14/2011","Burbank","CA","Leafletting","Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were left on lawns."
"02/02/2011","Hollywood","CA","Vandalism","A Church's sign supporting marriage equality was vandalized."
"01/30/2011","Rowland Heights","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was painted on two local churches."
"01/26/2011","San Francisco","CA","Threat","State Senator Yee received death threats including a graphic of an American flag adorned pickup truck dragging a noose."
"01/25/2011","San Diego","CA","Vandalism","An LGBT center was targeted in a paintball attack."
"01/12/2011","Santa Ana","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was sprayed on a county building."
"01/12/2011","Anaheim","CA","Vandalism","Anti-religious graffiti was painted on a church."
"10/28/2010","Pasadena","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and other racial slurs were discovered written across the door of an African American man's apartment."
"09/10/2010","Thousand Oaks","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti and swastikas were painted on garage doors and cars."
"09/05/2010","Redlands","CA","Assault","Three men claiming to be white supremacists attacked a 16-year-old boy because of this dark complexion."
"07/29/2010","San Diego","CA","Harassment","A noose was found in a campus building of UCSD."
"07/28/2010","Oak Park","CA","Vandalism","""Get out of Oak Park"" was painted on a synagogue."
"07/19/2010","Santa Ana","CA","Legal Developments","Two white men who attacked a Hispanic janitor outside a hamburger stand in 2007 must pay $50,000 to the victim."
"07/08/2010","Victorville","CA","Legal Developments","Two teenagers accused of shouting racial slurs and assaulting a black family pleaded guilty."
"06/29/2010","Sacramento","CA","Legal Developments","Georgia Silva, 52, and her husband, Joseph Silva, 56, were sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for shouting ethnic slurs and beating a native of India at a South Lake Tahoe beach in July 2007."
"06/25/2010","Costa Mesa","CA","Legal Developments","Ronald Allen Bramlett, a 65-year- old white man, was sentenced to eight years in prison for using racial slurs and threatening a 16- year-old black youth with a knife outside a drugstore in December."
"06/22/2010","Fresno","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was carved into an African-American family's fence."
"06/21/2010","Victorville","CA","Threat","Tommy Lee Rhea, 19, and Richard Butler Cambria, 17, were accused of shouting racial slurs and threatening a black family with a knife and baseball bats. Rhea pled guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and admitted to participation in a criminal street gang and was sentenced to four years in prison. Cambria pled guilty to assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury and is awaiting sentencing. Neo-Nazi and gang writings and graffiti were allegedly found in Rhea's residence."
"06/20/2010","Palm Springs","CA","Vandalism","A 14-year-old boy was charged with suspicion of vandalism and damaging property to violate civil rights for allegedly spray-painting derogatory statements and pictures on homes and vehicles of several residents that referred to the victims' perceived sexual orientation."
"06/20/2010","Ventura","CA","Assault","Matt Engeman, 54, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, making criminal threats, resisting an officer and a misdemeanor hate crime charge for allegedly attacking his landlord and using racial slurs against him in front of police."
"06/12/2010","Sunnyvale","CA","Assault","Teenagers assaulted a Muslim man while calling him a ""terrorist."""
"06/02/2010","Santa Ana","CA","Assault","An Iranian man attacked two Latinos in a car at an intersection."
"05/31/2010","Moreno Valley","CA","Vandalism","Vandals painted satanic symbols on a church bus."
"05/30/2010","Moreno Valley","CA","Vandalism","Satanic symbols were spray-painted on a church bus."
"05/28/2010","Santa Ana","CA","Legal Developments","Arash Riazati, 31, was charged with felony aggravated assault, felony hate crime-motivated assault and misdemeanor violation of civil rights by causing property damage after he allegedly threatened two Latino men with a metal chain."
"05/27/2010","Riverside","CA","Murder","A gang member killed two teens because they were Latino and was charged with two counts of murder and committing a hate crime."
"05/24/2010","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","The numerals `666` were scrawled in the kitchen of a Catholic church, a knife was stuck into a religious painting and feces were left in the church's auditorium."
"05/22/2010","Richmond","CA","Assault","Three Latino men allegedly shouted racial slurs and beat a white man."
"05/17/2010","San Francisco","CA","Legal Developments","Katherine Dunbar, 24, was charged with felony vandalism and hate crime for allegedly spray-painting swastikas and the letters `KKK` on several buildings, vehicles and portable toilets between January and May."
"05/15/2010","San Diego","CA","Harassment","A man used racial slurs during an attack on an Afghan-American taxi driver."
"05/02/2010","Castroville","CA","Vandalism","Joseph Hardy, 32, was charged with suspicion of vandalism and a hate crime for allegedly spitting on and vandalizing a sport-utility vehicle decorated with Mexican flags."
"04/24/2010","Long Beach","CA","Assault","A transgendered student was attacked inside a campus restroom at California State University."
"04/18/2010","Los Angeles","CA","Rally","Members of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement rallied against illegal immigration."
"04/16/2010","Fullerton","CA","Legal Developments","David Anthony Parga, a 24-year- old reputed member of a Latino street gang, was charged with one count of a special circumstances hate crime for the benefit of a street gang, one count of street terrorism and a sentencing enhancement for criminal street gang activity and using a firearm in connection with the 2006 shooting death of a college student at a party in 2006. Prosecutors alleged Parga was motivated to commit the crime by his gang's hatred of blacks."
"04/13/2010","Los Angeles","CA","Threat","Four Hispanic teenagers were charged with a hate crime after threatening local Jewish residents with a baseball bat."
"04/10/2010","Rialto","CA","Leafletting","Fliers from Aryan Nations were left on lawns and driveways."
"04/04/2010","Oakland","CA","Vandalism","A swastika, racial slurs and profanity were spray-painted on walls and grounds at a cathedral."
"04/02/2010","Apple Valley","CA","Legal Developments","Thomas McManus, 44, was charged with suspicion of a hate crime and felony vandalism for allegedly trying to force his neighbors to move by using racial slurs and vandalizing their house in April."
"03/31/2010","Tarzana","CA","Vandalism","Police investigate hate crime at Lutheran church."
"03/28/2010","Oakland","CA","Vandalism","The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension was vandalized with racist graffiti."
"03/24/2010","San Francisco","CA","Legal Developments","A man was convicted of a hate crime for punching a black man in the face and knocking him unconscious after uttering racial slurs."
"03/22/2010","San Bernardino","CA","Vandalism","Hate graffiti was found on a residence hall at Cal Poly Pomona University."
"03/16/2010","Davis","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was carved into a dormitory bulletin board at the University of California, Davis."
"03/15/2010","Thousand Oaks","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was painted on a car window and a dorm window at California Lutheran University."
"03/10/2010","San Bernardino","CA","Leafletting","An Aryan Nations group distributed flyers."
"03/06/2010","Costa Mesa","CA","Legal Developments","A woman pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a Latino man in connection with a skinhead attack in Huntington Beach."
"03/06/2010","Dos Pasos","CA","Rally","A KKK rally was held in largely-Latino Merced County."
"03/04/2010","Davis","CA","Vandalism","Three swastikas were found spray-painted around the University of California, Davis ."
"03/03/2010","San Diego","CA","Harassment","A KKK-style hood was found on the UC San Diego campus."
"02/27/2010","Davis","CA","Vandalism","Anti-gay slurs were painted on the campus Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center."
"02/27/2010","San Diego","CA","Harassment","A noose was found hanging in the library of the University of California San Diego."
"02/06/2010","National City","CA","Rally","Fifteen to twenty members of a neo-Nazi group protested outside an ACORN office, with at least 20 police officers watching."
"01/12/2010","Calabasas","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was carved into a Calabasas High School student’s car."
"01/04/2010","Santa Cruz","CA","Assault","A gay man was beaten at a nightclub after being verbally attacked for his sexual orientation."
"12/29/2009","Costa Mesa","CA","Assault","""Ronald Allen Bramlett, a 65-year-old white man, was charged with felony aggravated assault, criminal threats and an enhancement of an alleged hate crime for allegedly calling a black teenager racial slurs and threatening him with a knife."""
"12/20/2009","Huntington Beach","CA","Legal Developments","Three white supremacists who stabbed a Latino man in an unprovoked attack pleaded guilty to multiple felonies and were sentenced to prison terms."
"12/01/2009","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","Religious wall hangings and a bookshelf that held the Quran were vandalized at West Sacramento Islamic Community Center."
"11/18/2009","San Diego","CA","Legal Developments","Three teenage boys were charged with vandalism and arson for allegedly torching two city vehicles and part of an outbuilding and scrawling racist graffiti at a municipal maintenance yard in August."
"11/10/2009","Carmichael","CA","Vandalism","""A swastika, other Nazi symbols and the words `Kristallnacht still lives` were spray- painted on a synagogue. """
"11/05/2009","Sutter Creek","CA","Harassment","The grandson of Holocaust survivors found a swastika carved into his school desk."
"10/29/2009","North Hollywood","CA","Assault","Two Jewish men were shot as they were entering a synagogue. Police were investigating the incident as a hate crime."
"10/26/2009","La Mesa","CA","Legal Developments","""Walter Bagdasarian, 48, was sentenced to two months in a halfway house for writing two racially charged Internet threats to then-presidential candidate Barack Obama."""
"10/24/2009","Riverside","CA","Rally","Members of the National Socialist Movement held an anti-immigration protest."
"10/21/2009","Newport Beach","CA","Arson","""Izad Chavoshan, 30, was charged with arson and attempted arson as a hate crime for allegedly trying to set fire to his former church."""
"10/20/2009","Orinda","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was written in a high school restroom."
"10/16/2009","San Bernardino","CA","Legal Developments","""Christopher Fulmer, a 21-year-old alleged white supremacist, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for the fatal hate-motivated shooting of a Latino man and the wounding of another man in December 2007. """
"10/14/2009","Whittier","CA","Vandalism","""Three swastikas were spray-painted on a synagogue and other graffiti was painted on  a tree, a curb and a tarp on a nearby fence. """
"10/08/2009","Fullerton","CA","Assault","""Darrel James Allen, a 23-year-old black man, was charged with a hate crime battery causing injury, robbery, assault and violation of civil rights for yelling racial slurs and punching a Latino man unconscious."""
"10/06/2009","Martinez","CA","Harassment","At a skate park, a group of white teens shouted ""white power"" and waved a Confederate flag at a mixed-race 10-year-old and his mother."
"10/06/2009","San Francisco","CA","Legal Developments","""John Gimbel, 59, pleaded not guilty to federal charges associated with sending racist, threatening E-mails to President Barack Obama and other officials."""
"09/30/2009","Mountain View","CA","Assault","A Hispanic man was arrested on suspicion of a hate crime and assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly yelling a racial slur at an African-American couple, punching a man and throwing a beer can at him."
"09/17/2009","San Bernardino","CA","Legal Developments","Skinhead convicted of hate crime manslaughter."
"07/09/2009","Los Angeles","CA","Legal Developments","Twenty more members of the Varrio Hawaiian Gardens street gang have been arrested in an investigation that charges them with waging a racist campaign to eliminate black people."
"07/04/2009","Ladera Ranch","CA","Assault","A Hispanic woman was stabbed and robbed by two men. They told her ""they didn't like Mexicans."""
"06/19/2009","Lucerne Valley","CA","Vandalism","Vandals sprayed-painted swastikas and obscene images on cemetery headstones."
"06/15/2009","Salinas","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and ethnic slurs were found on a synagogue's property."
"06/07/2009","Lodi","CA","Vandalism","Three dead baby goats were found mounted on the lawn of a church."
"06/06/2009","San Diego","CA","Assault","The executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride was attacked."
"06/06/2009","Irvine","CA","Vandalism","Vandals spray-painted a threat on an office
door because of occupant's public support of same sex marriage."
"06/04/2009","Santa Cruz","CA","Threat","A  man was arrested after allegedly brandishing a knife and threatening to kill a stranger because of his sexual orientation."
"06/03/2009","Cypress","CA","Vandalism","A mosque was vandalized with graffiti including expletives and threats, shortly after President Barack Obama's address in Egypt."
"05/22/2009","Pasadena","CA","Legal Developments","Two admitted gang members were found guilty in a racially motivated assault on a group of Hispanic students."
"05/21/2009","Los Angeles","CA","Legal Developments","About 150 members and associates of a predominantly Latino street gang were indicted in the shootings of black victims and other crimes."
"05/21/2009","Riverside","CA","Legal Developments","A gang member who shot a boy in a racially-motivated attack was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole."
"05/21/2009","Merced","CA","Vandalism","A woman discovered a four-foot swastika burned into her front yard."
"05/15/2009","San Luis Obispo","CA","Vandalism","A man was arrested in connection with arson and vandalism of a church known for promoting tolerance of people of all sexual orientations."
"05/09/2009","Duarte","CA","Vandalism","Vandals broke into a house and spray painted racist slurs and gang symbols in every room."
"04/23/2009","Redding","CA","Murder","Three teenage boys were arrested in the fatal beating of a homeless man."
"04/22/2009","Victorville","CA","Legal Developments","Eight members of a skinhead gang have pleaded not guilty to drug, weapon and assault charges."
"04/22/2009","Pasadena","CA","Murder","Two men were arrested in connection with the murder of an African-American man. One of the men was an avowed skinhead."
"04/20/2009","San Bernardino","CA","Legal Developments","A yearlong investigation of a hate gang calling itself the Inland Empire Skinheads resulted in the arrests of seven people."
"04/12/2009","Santa Monica","CA","Vandalism","Officials of St. Monica Catholic Church discovered a statue of the Virgin Mary beheaded shortly before Easter services commenced."
"04/10/2009","Santa Barbara","CA","Assault","On the University of California's Santa Barbara Campus, two Asian students were injured in a racially motivated assault."
"04/08/2009","Los Alamitos","CA","Vandalism","Racial epithets, symbols and the initials of a white supremacist group were spray-painted on a minivan."
"04/06/2009","Tulare","CA","Vandalism","A red swastika was painted on the front of St. Aloysius Catholic Church."
"04/06/2009","Sprin Valley Lake","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti were spray painted on a car."
"04/05/2009","Costa Mesa","CA","Assault","Two white men yelled racial epithets at a Latino man before attacking him."
"04/01/2009","Fullerton","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were painted on a local high school and nearby houses."
"03/26/2009","Riverside","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti written in German and swastikas were spray-painted on a Jewish community center."
"03/18/2009","Modesto","CA","Vandalism","Police are investigating the recent vandalism of a synagogue as a hate crime."
"03/17/2009","San Jose","CA","Vandalism","A 20-foot wide swastika was burned into a high school's front lawn with road salt."
"03/16/2009","Torrance","CA","Assault","A man who used a campaign sign opposing same-sex marriage to attack a gay man was ordered to take anger management courses."
"02/21/2009","East Palo Alto","CA","Assault","""Frisco Tuipulotu, Caroline Evaimalo and Richard Juarez, all 23, and Tuuta Tuipulotu, 20, were charged with suspicion of committing a hate crime for allegedly punching and kicking four people of Indian descent while making racially charged comments."""
"02/17/2009","Thousand Oaks","CA","Vandalism","Someone painted a swastika on the locker of a Jewish student."
"02/14/2009","Lassen County","CA","Vandalism","Deputies arrested two juvenile boys who are being held without bail on charges of burglary, vandalism and a hate crime at the Honey Lake Valley Assembly of God Church."
"02/13/2009","Los Angeles","CA","Assault","""A group of about 20 Hispanic youths allegedly attacked a black minister and his sons, chasing them into their church and pelting them with rocks."""
"02/12/2009","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Vandals slashed tires and sprayed the word ""Nazi"" on two cars and a house. The attack occurred in the same neighborhood where vandals scrawled similar hate messages on cars and houses that displayed signs supporting President Barack Obama."
"02/07/2009","Palo Alto","CA","Assault","""Miguel Luis Carlson, 31, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and a hate crime for allegedly attacking and choking a man in a convenience store while using a racial slur and telling the man to `go back to his country.`"""
"02/05/2009","Torrance","CA","Vandalism","The word `Nazi` was spray-painted on two cars and the residence of a white man and his Chinese wife. The tires of two of their vehicles were also slashed."
"01/30/2009","San Fernando Valley","CA","Legal Developments","""Samuel Apatiga and George Navarro, both 21, and Erik Castaneda, 29, were each charged with three counts of  making criminal threats and two counts of assault with a firearm after they allegedly threatened a barbershop owner and his patrons, all of whom are black. The three men, along with Andy Moran, 18, were also accused of threatening a black man and his girlfriend. Moran was charged with two counts each of making criminal threats and assault with a firearm in connection with the incident. The charges include hate crime allegations.   """
"01/27/2009","San Jose","CA","Assault","Police say a 53-year-old San Jose man was assaulted because he was having a conversation on his cell phone in Spanish. The suspect allegedly punched the man a couple of times before taking off on foot."
"01/24/2009","Richmond","CA","Assault","Seven men were arrested on suspicion of beating a black man, fracturing bones in his face and yelling racial epithets during the attack."
"01/23/2009","Stockton","CA","Arson","Firefighters received a report  of a car on fire near 74th Ave. Investigators said both fires appear to be work of arson. One of the vehicles was spray painted with a racial slur."
"01/21/2009","Malibu","CA","Vandalism","Unknown suspects urinated on the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue's property, shattered a glass door, littered the property with broken beer bottles and used shaving cream to draw swastikas, sexual symbols and crosses on the center's walls, doors and windows."
"01/18/2009","San Jacinto Valley","CA","Assault","Five recent attacks by white supremacists on blacks and Latinos in the San Jacinto Valley are part of a violent backlash to the election of Barack Obama as the first black president in U.S. history, police said."
"01/18/2009","Canoga Park","CA","Assault","Three Latino street gang members have been charged with the racially motivated homicide of a black father of two who was shot to death Dec. 22 outside a bowling alley where he worked."
"01/08/2009","Oroville","CA","Legal Developments","""Alleged white supremacist Ricky Allen Snow, 31, was sentenced to 31 years to life in prison for threatening to kill two Oroville residents while breaking into their home in 2007. Snow was convicted of burglary, vandalism and making terrorist threats in April 2008."""
"01/04/2009","Dana Point","CA","Harassment","About 20 members of the Minuteman Project squared off with a small group of anti-Minutemen protesters at a day laborer pick-up site."
"01/04/2009","Mountain View","CA","Harassment","Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga, the city's first Asian-American female mayor, received e-mail through her public City Hall address. ""I can't believe this city elected a stupid Asian-American like you."""
"01/04/2009","San Francisco","CA","Vandalism","""Swastikas and graffiti about Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, was scrawled on a Catholic church."""
"01/02/2009","Hemet","CA","Assault","Reputed white supremacist gang members Crystal Lee McCann, 22, Derek Shane O'Brien, 22 and Darrin Peter Thibault, 24, were arrested in connection with the November beating of a 19-year-old Latino that inflicted permanent brain damage."
"01/02/2009","Vallejo","CA","Assault","Fredrick Martin, 31, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and committing a hate crime after gunning his car toward a group of immigrant day laborers on the side of a road."
"01/01/2009","Camarillo","CA","Vandalism","For the third time in a year, the Gan Camarillo Preschool was defaced with swastikas and ""White Power"" graffiti."
"12/31/2008","Camarillo","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and the words 'white power' were painted on the sidewalk in front of a Jewish preschool."
"12/30/2008","Irvine","CA","Vandalism","""Anti-Jewish, pro-Hamas signs were posted on a rear door of a synagogue and on a metal utility box and a signal box near the building."""
"12/13/2008","Richmond","CA","Assault","""Humberto Hernandez Salvador, 31, Josue Gonzalez, 21, and two teens were arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a woman while taunting her for being a lesbian."""
"12/13/2008","Richmond","CA","Assault","In a case being investigated as a hate crime, two men and two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape in December of a 28-year-old lesbian, Richmond police said Thursday."
"12/07/2008","Loleta","CA","Assault","A Latino man allegedly was attacked by an American Indian man wielding a golf club and making racial slurs."
"12/05/2008","Mountain View","CA","Threat","On Dec. 5, three white teens, ages 14 and 15, were arrested by police and charged with hate crimes, making criminal threats, brandishing a replica firearm and conspiracy to commit a felony. According to police, four 11-year-old Latino students were walking home from school. As they walked, the teens shouted racial comments from the open window of a house and threatened to kill the students. Then the teens chased the students down the street."
"11/22/2008","Kernville","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and racial slurs were spray-painted on a vacant building, a museum, a welcome sign and community group signs."
"11/12/2008","San Francisco","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were drawn on a Holocaust memorial sculpture."
"11/12/2008","Saugus","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was painted on the gym locker of Jewish twins at a high school."
"11/11/2008","Temecula","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and an anti-Obama slogan were spray-painted on a sidewalk."
"11/11/2008","Fullerton","CA","Assault","Two reported Hispanic gang members allegedly shouted racial slurs and an anti-Barack Obama slur and demanded money from a black man and then beat him. Nathan Robert Mancillas, 23, and Juan Jose Carbajal, 22, face felony charges of attempted robbery, street terrorism and hate crimes-related battery."
"11/10/2008","San Jose","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and Stars of David were painted on two churches."
"11/08/2008","Redondo Beach","CA","Vandalism","A racial slur was spray-painted on the garage of a supporter of President-elect Barack Obama."
"11/08/2008","Torrance","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and racial slurs were spray-painted on the residences and cars of people who displayed campaign signs or bumper stickers supporting Barack Obama."
"11/03/2008","Piedmont","CA","Vandalism","A racial slur was spray-painted on a wall next to a black teacher's office at an elementary school."
"10/31/2008","Mountain View","CA","Vandalism","Elementary school district signs informing Spanish-speaking parents about school registration were stolen and the words ""No More Aliens"" written on them."
"10/30/2008","San Marcos","CA","Vandalism","Racist threats against Barack Obama, blacks and Muslims were spray-painted on an electric utility box and in other locations in the area."
"10/28/2008","Covina","CA","Vandalism","A racial epithet was spray-painted on a black woman's vehicle."
"10/27/2008","Hacienda Heights","CA","Vandalism","A note with anti-gay slurs was left on a car that had a bumper sticker opposing California Proposition 8, which revokes the right of gay people to marry."
"10/23/2008","Truckee","CA","Harassment","Two high school students were arrested on suspicion of committing a hate crime for allegedly harassing a disabled student on a school bus."
"10/19/2008","Oceanside","CA","Assault","Robert Charles Woods, 23, was arrested for allegedly assaulting two Latino men and a Filipino man while using racial slurs and making white supremacist remarks."
"10/01/2008","Butte City","CA","Legal Developments","Michael Anthony Cevallos, 49, was charged with suspicion of cruelty to a dependent adult, terrorists threats, sexual battery, torture, assault with a deadly weapon and hate crimes after he allegedly tried to rape a woman and threatened, attacked and used racial slurs against a disabled man who was with the woman."
"10/01/2008","Torrance","CA","Vandalism","A sign supporting Barack Obama was stolen from a black man's yard and burned."
"09/26/2008","Irvine","CA","Legal Developments","Adrian Jesse Botelho and Jeffrey John Caballero, both 19, were arrested on hate crime charges after they allegedly challenged a man to a fight while using racist language."
"09/17/2008","Berkeley","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic remarks and symbols were written on a poster promoting Israeli- Palestinian peace at a bus stop outside the University of California Berkeley."
"09/17/2008","Sacramento","CA","Assault","A 39-year-old lesbian woman was beaten and robbed of her wallet and cell phone by two men."
"09/11/2008","Chula Vista","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and anti-Mexican remarks were written inside a pediatrics center."
"09/09/2008","Lakeview","CA","Assault","One member of the California National Socialist Movement was convicted for hurling racial slurs and beating up Eduardo Callete."
"09/04/2008","Anaheim","CA","Legal Developments","Ryan Joseph Swanson, 19, and Nicholas Tyler Gibbs, 20, were arrested for allegedly beating and stomping a man who told them he is half-Salvadoran."
"09/02/2008","Highland","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and a racial epithet were spray- painted on a brick wall near an elementary school playground."
"09/01/2008","Highland","CA","Vandalism","The words ""white power"" were spray- painted on a driveway."
"08/31/2008","Saugus","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and a racial slur were written in shoe polish on a pickup truck."
"08/30/2008","Poway","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and other anti-Semitic epithets were scrawled on a synagogue for the second time in four months."
"08/22/2008","Modesto","CA","Legal Developments","Bradley Smith, 25, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison, followed by three years of probation, for a series of racially motivated threats against a black person who moved into his community."
"08/15/2008","Camarillo","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were painted on nine properties."
"08/09/2008","Santa Clarita","CA","Assault","Cameron Campbell, a 21-year-old white man, was charged with felony vandalism and assault after he and three Latino men allegedly assaulted a black man who was sitting in a car with a white woman."
"08/08/2008","Santa Cruz","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on a parking garage wall."
"08/07/2008","Oroville","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was spray-painted on an interracial couple's vehicles."
"08/07/2008","Redlands","CA","Assault","Two Latino teens, 16 and 17, were arrested on suspicion of a hate crime and a gang enhancement for allegedly yelling racial slurs at two black people and stabbing one of them during a fight. The 16-year-old was also charged with assault with a deadly weapon."
"08/01/2008","El Monte","CA","Legal Developments","Bobby Perez, 22, and Jonathan Carrion, 21, were convicted of two counts each of attempted premeditated murder with special gang and hate crime allegations for the attempted racially motivated murders of two black victims."
"07/30/2008","San Francisco","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti written with feces was smeared on a wall near a florist shop."
"07/30/2008","Santa Cruz","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and the words ""white power"" were spray-painted throughout a skate park."
"07/27/2008","San Francisco","CA","Assault","A gay male was allegedly robbed and stabbed by a group of assailants."
"07/26/2008","Lancaster","CA","Vandalism","An anti-white epithet and an obscenity were written on a man's truck."
"07/20/2008","Santa Clarita","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and the word ""Confederate"" were spray-painted on a black woman's car."
"07/17/2008","Vallejo","CA","Vandalism","A gay pride flag at the home of a lesbian couple who recently were married has been repeatedly vandalized."
"07/16/2008","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were carved into park benches."
"07/13/2008","Carmel Valley","CA","Vandalism","Five teenagers were arrested on suspicion of vandalism and a hate crime enhancement for allegedly vandalizing three homes, two of which were occupied by Jewish families. A swastika was duct- taped on the window of one of the homes."
"07/10/2008","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted at a summer camp operated by a Jewish community center."
"07/08/2008","Santa Cruz","CA","Leafletting","Fliers from the California chapter of the United Realm of America of the Ku Klux Klan were distributed in two neighborhoods."
"07/07/2008","Palmdale","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was spray-painted on two vacant houses."
"07/06/2008","Granite Bay","CA","Vandalism","Sexual and racist graffiti, some of it targeting a local Laotian immigrant, was spray-painted on county signs and other areas."
"05/24/2008","Hemet","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas, racial slurs and profanities were spray-painted on a middle school."
"05/20/2008","Redwood City","CA","Assault","Herbert Santos-Coy, 30, was charged with assault and a felony hate crime after he allegedly attacked his gay neighbors while making anti-gay comments."
"05/19/2008","Fresno","CA","Legal Developments","Bradley Smith was convicted of the federal charge of race-based interference in connection with a series of racially motivated threats against a black man who moved into Smith's community of Modesto. The incidents stretched from June 2005 to May 2007. Smith also was convicted of providing a false statement to an agent of the FBI."
"05/15/2008","Sacramento","CA","Legal Developments","Gregory Lee Winfield and Robert Lee Denor, both 20, and Micah Jontomo Tasaki, 21, were charged on suspicion of five felonies, including two hate crime charges, for allegedly assaulting a gay man and his cousin."
"05/13/2008","Paramount","CA","Vandalism","The numbers '666' were scrawled on an apartment door and a racial epithet was written on a black family's door."
"05/10/2008","Trinidad","CA","Assault","Collin Gregory Roczey, 18, and Kevin Scott Wallace, 35, were arrested for allegedly beating a Latino man in a beach parking lot while yelling racial slurs."
"05/08/2008","Arcata","CA","Vandalism","A trailer at the city's corporation yard was spray-painted with graffiti that included racial epithets. Other city vehicles were also damaged."
"05/06/2008","Santa Cruz","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti depicting the images of the Star of David between what appears to be the World trade Center towers was found on a stall in a men's restroom at the university's Porter College."
"05/02/2008","Panorama","CA","Arson","Two churches and a Jewish center were set afire with Molotov cocktails."
"04/29/2008","Santa Cruz","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti depicting the Star of David resting between the World Trade Center towers as an airplane approaches was scrawled on a wall outside a classroom at Oakes College."
"04/26/2008","Poway","CA","Vandalism","White supremacist and anti-Semitic remarks and symbols were spray-painted on a synagogue."
"04/22/2008","San Dimas","CA","Assault","Aaron Mark Duggan, 27, was charged with attempted murder as a hate crime after he allegedly stabbed an Asian man who was walking on a junior high school track with a friend. A 15-year-old boy was also charged with attempted murder, the hate crime allegation, two counts of assault and one count of battery in connection with the incident."
"04/21/2008","Pinole City","CA","Intimidation","A noose was found hanging from a tree at a high school. One student made the noose, while another hung it from the tree."
"04/20/2008","San Fernando","CA","Arson","A church was set afire."
"04/18/2008","Moorpark","CA","Vandalism","Pentagrams, upside-down crosses and the words ""Hail Satan"" were spray-painted on a church."
"04/10/2008","Rohnert Park","CA","Vandalism","Racial epithets were written on campus campaign signs at Sonoma State University."
"04/08/2008","Pomona","CA","Legal Developments","Ryan Christopher White, 30, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the attempted murder and assault of a black man in December 2006. Anthony Scott Allen, 24, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with the attack, which occurred the day before White, Allen and a third man, Joseph Dale McCool, were to attend a white supremacist rally in Westwood."
"04/07/2008","Discovery Bay","CA","Vandalism","Graffiti that contained swastikas, racial epithets and other white supremacist references was spray-painted in three different sections of the city."
"04/07/2008","Oceanside","CA","Vandalism","Atticus Carr, 19, and Desmond Woody, 20, were arrested on suspicion and felony vandalism and hate crimes after they allegedly spray-painted racial slurs in the hall of an apartment complex."
"04/07/2008","San Jose","CA","Vandalism","Two 13-year-old girls were cited and released to their parents after they allegedly wrote anti-Semitic epithets at a residence."
"04/06/2008","Lake Elsinore","CA","Vandalism","William Nye, 18, and a 16-year-old were charged with felonious vandalism to a place of worship as a suspected hate crime for allegedly painting a swastika, the numbers ""666"" and other symbols on a church."
"04/06/2008","Santa Cruz","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted on a footbridge for the fourth time in several weeks."
"03/21/2008","Fontana","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was scrawled on the front window of a black-owned barbershop that was broken into. A couch inside was set afire."
"03/10/2008","Malibu","CA","Threat","A threat targeting seven black male high school students and citing the date of Abraham Lincoln's assassination was written in a boys' bathroom at the school."
"03/06/2008","Auburn","CA","Legal Developments","Lance Clements, 37, was arrested on hate crime related charges after he allegedly made racial slurs against a black student and a Hispanic student during an altercation."
"03/05/2008","Alameda","CA","Vandalism","The word ""gay"" was written in mud on the side of a lesbian couple's residence."
"03/01/2008","Long Beach","CA","Assault","A man was allegedly shot by a group of black men and a Latino female was stabbed by a group of black women."
"02/26/2008","Huntington Beach","CA","Assault","A 16-year-old teen was beaten by a man who shouted ""Nazi"" and ""I hate Mexicans."""
"02/24/2008","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and other graffiti were spray- painted on the walls and gates of a cheder, a Jewish elementary school building."
"02/18/2008","West Hills","CA","Vandalism","A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a building at a Jewish center."
"02/16/2008","Vacaville","CA","Leafletting","Racist leaflets from the neo-Nazi Church of Jesus Christ Christian/Aryan Nations were left on driveways throughout the city."
"02/12/2008","Oxnard","CA","Murder","Brandon McInerney, 14, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder and a hate crime for allegedly shooting Lawrence King, an openly gay 15-year-old student, in the head at school."
"01/26/2008","San Luis Obispo","CA","Vandalism","The numbers ""666"" and a satanic pentagram were scrawled in a church where pews were also vandalized."
"01/21/2008","Bakersfield","CA","Intimidation","A Nazi flag was hung from a flagpole on a high school campus during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend."
"01/18/2008","Tracy","CA","Threat","A 14-year-old teen was arrested on suspicion of interfering with the exercise of someone's civil rights after he allegedly called a black family and claimed to be a Ku Klux Klan member, made death threats and threatened to burn a cross on their lawn."
"01/17/2008","Encino","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted along a two-mile-long wall."
"01/15/2008","Santa Maria","CA","Vandalism","An 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy were arrested on suspicion of spray- painting  swastikas and the words ""white power"" and ""KKK for life"" on the walls of an elementary school and a junior high school."
"01/14/2008","Tarzana","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic comments were spray-painted on a wall."
"01/02/2008","San Francisco","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and other Nazi graffiti were sprayed on plaques at the Pink Triangle Memorial Park, which honors lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered victims of the Holocaust."
"12/20/2007","Canyon Country","CA","Legal Developments","A 19-year-old male allegedly attempted to rob a store, threatened the clerk with violence, then shouted ""white power"" and made a Nazi salute before fleeing. The man was charged with burglary and making terroristic threats."
"12/17/2007","Davis","CA","Vandalism","A 17-year-old was charged with vandalism with a hate crime enhancement for allegedly scrawling racist graffiti on two garages on Dec. 15. Charges are pending against another youth who was not yet in custody."
"12/13/2007","Lancaster","CA","Legal Developments","Mark Broussard, 15, pleaded no contest to assault and a hate crime allegation after Broussard and five other youths allegedly participated in a racially motivated assault on two boys walking home from school."
"12/13/2007","Poway","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and profanity smeared in feces were found on a window at a high school."
"12/13/2007","San Diego","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and a profanity smeared in feces were discovered on a window at a high school."
"12/05/2007","San Diego","CA","Assault","A woman who had earlier attended a ""Rally Against Hate"" protest was allegedly attacked by a man who choked her with a rope from behind and called her a ""faggot lover."""
"12/02/2007","Mammoth Lakes","CA","Legal Developments","Anthony Carlos Saucedo and Kevin Michael Malburg, both 21, were arrested on charges of alleged assault with a deadly weapon with a hate crime enhancement after they and another man allegedly yelled racial slurs at a black man and beat him with their skateboards. Police were still searching for the other alleged participant."
"11/27/2007","Poway","CA","Vandalism","A noose and a racial epithet were discovered on the stage of a high school's performing arts center."
"11/24/2007","Los Gatos","CA","Vandalism","Racist, sexist and anti-religious epithets were scrawled on two churches and a pharmacy."
"11/19/2007","Fullerton","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and satanic symbols were found painted on classroom walls at a local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints."
"11/15/2007","Lodi","CA","Legal Developments","Trent Martin, a 22-year-old white man, was charged with making racial threats and assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly going with at least six other people to a black neighbor's residence, making racial slurs and hitting a 17- year-old youth in the head with a beer bottle."
"11/12/2007","Redwood City","CA","Legal Developments","Robert Delavictoria, 25, allegedly scrawled threatening anti-gay messages on the car and residence of a transgender woman."
"11/10/2007","Bakersfield","CA","Vandalism","Two men allegedly entered the women's section of a mosque and yelled anti- Middle Eastern slurs such as ""terrorists go home,"" and later that day about 10 people allegedly smashed windows and damaged cars at the mosque."
"11/07/2007","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Several nooses were spray-painted in a common area at California State University Fullerton on the same day an annual rally against hate was scheduled."
"10/31/2007","Sacramento","CA","Intimidation","A black mannequin with a noose around its neck was found in the machine shop at a county landfill."
"10/14/2007","Palmdale","CA","Intimidation","Fliers that were signed ""KKK"" and depicted prominent black activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton hanging from a tree were distributed in a neighborhood."
"10/03/2007","Porterville","CA","Legal Developments","Self-proclaimed white supremacist Jeffrey David Lodor, 27, was arrested on suspicion of intimidation/criminal threats, hate crime based on ethnicity/ religion and defacing the real or personal property of another with intent to deprive or interfere with the victim's constitutionally guaranteed rights after racist fliers from the Creator Skinhead Movement were left at a jewelry store owned by a Jewish man."
"10/02/2007","San Jose","CA","Arson","A Jewish organization's sukkah, a representation of the huts that Moses and the Israelites lived in while wandering the desert for 40 years, was set afire."
"09/29/2007","Covina","CA","Assault","Two 15-year-old Latina girls were arrested for allegedly attacking and robbing a black woman while shouting racial slurs."
"09/25/2007","Oakland","CA","Vandalism","Racial slurs and the words ""white power"" were spray-painted on a black woman's car."
"09/20/2007","Palm Springs","CA","Assault","A gay man was allegedly attacked by a man who bit off part of his ear and made comments about the victim being ""straight."""
"09/19/2007","Pasadena","CA","Legal Developments","Marcus Howze, 17, of Pasadena, was found guilty of misdemeanor assault and battery as a hate crime for attacking a Latino couple and yelling racial slurs."
"09/09/2007","Antioch","CA","Assault","Phillip Hale, 18, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy and committing a hate crime after he and a 17-year-old boy allegedly taunted a group of deaf people and attacked them with a stick, a hoe and a brick. The 17-year-old was taken to juvenile hall."
"09/05/2007","West Marin","CA","Vandalism","Racist comments were scrawled on a highway sign and a tarp."
"08/31/2007","San Clemente","CA","Legal Developments","Travis Roy Davis, 29, a suspected member of the white supremacist Public Enemy Number One was arrested for the attempted murder of a suspected gang member. Roy allegedly stabbed and partially disemboweled a 23-year-old man at a local motel."
"08/23/2007","Los Angeles","CA","Harassment","Two men in a car allegedly yelled anti- Semitic remarks and fired several rounds of pellets at a group of young Jewish people dressed in traditional clothing."
"08/22/2007","Brentwood","CA","Arson","A black family's residence was burned and racist graffiti was spray-painted on it. A vehicle was also stolen from the home; it was found Aug. 25 stripped and burned."
"08/19/2007","Campbell","CA","Vandalism","Anti-gay epithets were spray-painted on a church sign."
"08/17/2007","Gilroy","CA","Arson","A black-owned nightclub was set afire and racist messages were painted at the scene."
"08/11/2007","Marina","CA","Assault","A Latino day laborer was allegedly beaten by a white male who offered him work."
"08/10/2007","Seaside","CA","Legal Developments","Glenn Michael Blevins was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, infliction of great bodily injury and unlawful imprisonment for allegedly beating a Latino day laborer."
"08/08/2007","Westminster","CA","Assault","Justin Louis Mullins, 23; Cheyne Danica Wilson, 25; and James Joseph Kelly, 26, were charged with felony aggravated assault with a hate crime enhancement after they allegedly pulled a Latino man out of his car and beat and kicked him while yelling racial slurs."
"08/01/2007","San Leandro","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was spray-painted outside a sports bar."
"07/28/2007","Davis","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were spray-painted on a car. Two  teens, 16 and 17, were charged on July 31 with felony and misdemeanor vandalism and a hate crime enhancement."
"07/26/2007","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti and drawings were spray- painted along a bike path."
"07/22/2007","Clovis","CA","Threat","Derik Wolff, 26, David Bradley, 36, Michael McDonald, 23, and Gabriel Ditommaso, 25, were arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats and  a hate crime after they allegedly yelled racial slurs and chased and threatened to kill another man."
"07/20/2007","Porterville","CA","Leafletting","Literature from the Creator Skinheads was wrapped in newspapers and stuffed inside mailboxes."
"07/15/2007","Modesto","CA","Vandalism","Racist and anti-gay graffiti was scrawled on garage windows and at least nine vehicles."
"07/14/2007","Placerville","CA","Legal Developments","Joseph Silva, in his 50s, and Georgia Silva, 49, were charged with assault and committing a hate crime after they allegedly yelled racial epithets and beat an Indian American man in Lake Tahoe on July 14."
"07/12/2007","Lakeside","CA","Assault","A black man was allegedly attacked by a man who displayed a tattoo of a swastika. Timothy Michael Caban, 40, was charged with battery causing great bodily injury with a special circumstance that the attack was a hate crime."
"07/08/2007","Union City","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was spray-painted on a predominantly black church."
"07/07/2007","Tarzana","CA","Arson","A small fire was started in the sanctuary of a Jewish temple and racial slurs were spray-painted in the area."
"07/03/2007","Los Angeles","CA","Legal Developments","Adonis Irwin, 32, was sentenced to nine months in jail for pasting swastikas on the entrance of a city councilman's office. Irwin also received three years of probation after pleading no contest to vandalism, posting a swastika on private property and a hate crime charge."
"07/02/2007","Manteca","CA","Assault","A black woman was allegedly attacked by a man who yelled racial slurs. Mike Pulliam, 42, was charged with felony battery, felony violation of a person's civil rights and a misdemeanor for being drunk in public."
"06/12/2007","Petaluma","CA","Vandalism","A 15-year-old white boy allegedly shattered a window with his fists and yelled racist remarks at a Latino teen who was with the youth's ex-girlfriend. The 15-year-old was charged with suspicion of committing a hate crime, violation of gang probation and vandalism."
"05/29/2007","Stockton","CA","Vandalism","Racial slurs, a swastika and other graffiti were spray-painted on a residence."
"05/25/2007","Temple City","CA","Assault","A black man was allegedly beaten and stabbed by three white youths at a fast-food restaurant. Christopher Mitcheltree, 18, and two teens, ages 16 and 17, were charged with suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon."
"05/16/2007","Sherman Oaks","CA","Threat","An anti-Semitic letter was sent to a Jewish community center."
"05/15/2007","Oceanside","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic graffiti was scrawled on one of the church buildings of the Rosicrucian Fellowship."
"05/12/2007","Huntington Beach","CA","Vandalism","An anti-gay slur was written on the wall of a gay couple's residence."
"05/08/2007","Palm Desert","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and other graffiti were spray- painted on a residence and two cars. Chaz Shapiro, 20, was charged in the incident."
"04/30/2007","Scotts Valley","CA","Vandalism","A swastika, racist graffiti and apparent references to the SVA, or the Scotts Valley Aryans, were painted in a high school gym. The school was also the target of a false bomb scare."
"04/28/2007","Woodland","CA","Vandalism","Anti-gay epithets were scratched onto two cars at a residence."
"04/24/2007","Westwood","CA","Legal Developments","Kevin William Ridenour, 21, and Nicholas Edward Craig, 18, pleaded guilty to felony interference with the housing rights of a black priest. Ridenour and Craig admitted to burning a large wooden cross on March 23 on the street in front of a rectory attached to a Catholic church."
"04/23/2007","Pacifica","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas, racist and anti-gay epithets, and white supremacist slogans were painted on a high school."
"04/18/2007","Costa Mesa","CA","Assault","Anthony Tabarsi, 41, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with a hate crime enhancement after he allegedly taunted with ethnic remarks three men who were speaking Arabic at a coffeehouse and pulled a knife on one of them."
"04/10/2007","Riverside","CA","Assault","A black man was allegedly beaten with baseball bats by six to eight Latino men who yelled racial slurs."
"04/09/2007","Berkeley","CA","Leafletting","Copies of the neo-Nazi White Aryan Resistance's tabloid were left on sidewalks."
"04/05/2007","Palm Springs","CA","Assault","A black man and a black woman were allegedly stabbed behind a coffeehouse by a self-proclaimed member of a white supremacist group. Mandie Kearns, 28, was charged with suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crime."
"04/02/2007","San Francisco","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was drawn on a wall of the city's largest synagogue on the eve of Passover."
"04/01/2007","Kelseyville","CA","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were posted on bulletin boards throughout the town."
"03/31/2007","Rancho Cucamonga","CA","Rally","About 10 members of the Ku Klux Klan crashed a rally organized by the anti-illegal immigration group the Minuteman Project."
"03/29/2007","Redding","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were spray-painted on a garage, a mailbox and a street. Racial epithets were also spray-painted on the mailbox. A 14-year-old girl was charged with suspicion of vandalism and committing a hate crime."
"03/20/2007","Oakhurst","CA","Legal Developments","Donna Hubbard received three years of formal probation and 400 hours of community service for weapon possession charges. Hubbard was also accused of assaulting and yelling racial slurs at a Jewish woman."
"03/10/2007","Santa Rosa","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and racist messages were scrawled on several churches throughout the city."
"03/09/2007","Harbor Gateway","CA","Murder","Jonathan Fajardo, 18, and Ernesto Alcarez, 20, both suspected members of the 204th Street gang, pleaded not guilty to capital murder in connection with the December shooting death of a black eighth-grade girl that may have been racially motivated."
"03/09/2007","Redondo Beach","CA","Assault","A teenage boy was stabbed and beaten with a baseball bat, allegedly by two men who made disparaging remarks about his perceived sexuality. Brandon Blaxland, 19, and a 17-year-old boy were both charged with suspicion of a hate crime, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon."
"03/04/2007","Elk Grove","CA","Assault","Five white men allegedly attacked a 19- year-old black man while yelling a racial epithet."
"03/04/2007","San Mateo","CA","Assault","Tiffany Adler, 20, was charged with suspicion of two counts of misdemeanor hate crime and two counts of misdemeanor battery for allegedly throwing apples and asparagus while yelling a racial slur at a gay couple."
"03/02/2007","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and a racial slur were written on three campus buildings."
"02/21/2007","Redlands","CA","Assault","A homeless man was beaten by a group of people. A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon."
"02/16/2007","Fullerton","CA","Assault","Patrick John Dizon Solis, 22, and Michael Douglas Rama, 24, were charged with committing hate crimes as well as civil rights violations for allegedly beating disabled men who were in their care."
"02/13/2007","Ventura","CA","Assault","A 19-year-old man and his 15-year-old brother were arrested for allegedly starting a fight that is being labeled a hate crime because the 15-year-old used a racial slur."
"01/27/2007","Elk Creek","CA","Assault","Christopher Wayne Fisher, 22, was charged with battery with serious injury and threatening with intent to terrorize for allegedly punching Gaurav Kumar Sharma and yelling racial slurs when Sharma's father began to speak in his native language, Punjabi."
"01/26/2007","Bakersfield","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was burned into the lawn of a residence."
"01/26/2007","San Diego","CA","Assault","A man was punched and part of his ear was bitten off allegedly by a black man who made anti-gay remarks."
"01/23/2007","Yuba City","CA","Assault","Aaron Scott Miller, 20, was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats after he allegedly used racial epithets and attacked an East Indian man with a box cutter."
"01/22/2007","Huntington Beach","CA","Assault","Ronald Lee Bray, 25, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to committing a hate crime and making a criminal threat for spitting on a black man in a wheelchair and pushing him into a light pole."
"01/22/2007","San Francisco","CA","Vandalism","The letters 'KKK' were scrawled on the front door of a business."
"12/26/2006","San Jose","CA","Legal Developments","Gary Klamm, 54, faces felony stalking charges with a hate crime enhancement for allegedly leaving racist notes for his African-American neighbor and her 10-year- old daughter."
"12/15/2006","Los Angeles","CA","Murder","A 14-year-old black girl was gunned down allegedly by a Latino gang that has a reputation for targeting blacks. Reputed gang member Ernesto Alcarez, 20, was charged with hate-crime murder in connection with the incident."
"12/14/2006","Baldwin Hills","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was written on the walls of a state-operated Headstart school with a predominantly black student body."
"12/14/2006","Orange","CA","Legal Developments","Fifty-seven white supremacists were charged with a variety of offenses including possession of illegal weapons, narcotics violations, forgery and identity theft. The arrests were made in a sweep by officers investigating alleged death threats against Orange County law enforcement officials by the white supremacist Public Enemy Number 1, or PEN1."
"12/09/2006","Pasadena","CA","Assault","Bogos Barsegian, a 59-year-old cab driver, was charged with suspicion of hate crimes, attempted robbery and making terrorist threats after he allegedly knocked two black women to the ground and threatened to blow up their house when one of the women couldn't pay her cab fare."
"12/08/2006","Claremont","CA","Legal Developments","Chad Timothy Milson, 20, of Yucca Valley; Anthony Scott Allen, 23, of Big Bear City; Ryan Christopher White, 28, of Joshua Tree; and Joseph Dale McCool, 20, of Yucca Valley were charged with allegedly stabbing a black man while the four were on the way to a neo-Nazi rally in Los Angeles."
"11/20/2006","Taft","CA","Threat","Russell J. Bacon, 25, was charged with committing a hate crime, making criminal threats and burglary after he allegedly hurled racial slurs at two black children playing in their front yard and threatened to hang them and their father."
"11/09/2006","Santa Maria","CA","Vandalism","Sixteen suspected neo-Nazis, ranging in age from 16 to 24, were arrested after allegedly scattering candles and tearing up floral wreaths placed on a stone memorializing the 68th anniversary of Kristallnacht, a 1938 prelude to the Holocaust when thousands of Jewish homes, synagogues and businesses were destroyed."
"10/31/2006","Long Beach","CA","Assault","Ten black youths, nine of them females, ranging in age from 12 to 17 years old, were charged with a hate crime attack after they allegedly attacked a group of white girls and shouted racial slurs."
"10/04/2006","Lake Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","The letters 'KKK' were scratched on the vehicle of an African-American worker at a local park."
"10/01/2006","Davis","CA","Assault","Sean Kennedy, 18, and a 17-year-old boy were charged with battery and hate crime for allegedly beating an 18-year-old Jewish man."
"09/21/2006","San Francisco","CA","Vandalism","Obscenities and anti-gay and ethnic slurs were written on a teacher's desk."
"09/08/2006","Burlingame","CA","Vandalism","Anti-gay and anti-Semitic slurs were painted on the outside of a residence and toilet paper was thrown in the trees."
"09/07/2006","Red Bluff","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and a racial slur were spray- painted on a black man's vehicles."
"09/04/2006","Petaluma","CA","Assault","A black man was allegedly assaulted by three white men who yelled racial slurs and told the victim he did not belong in their neighborhood."
"08/19/2006","Irvine","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was scrawled on a black family's car and on surrounding streets."
"08/19/2006","Santa Ana","CA","Legal Developments","Chad E. Moreland, 27, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for shouting racial slurs and threatening to kill a black man in September 2004."
"08/01/2006","San Diego","CA","Assault","Three boys allegedly attacked a male security guard while yelling anti-gay epithets."
"07/30/2006","Edgewood","CA","Legal Developments","William York, 21, and Leroy Segura, 19, were charged with aggravated battery, kidnapping, false imprisonment and conspiracy to commit kidnapping after they allegedly beat a gay man and his female companion because York allegedly thought the man had touched him at a party."
"07/29/2006","Mountain View","CA","Assault","A black man was allegedly beaten by two white men who shouted 'white power' and gave Nazi salutes. Joseph Adam Krueger, 21, and Jonathan Rhodes, 18, were charged with assault and a hate crime."
"07/27/2006","Costa Mesa","CA","Threat","Dionicio De Dios-Matias, 33, and Francisco Rendon Barrios, 25, were arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats related to a hate crime after they allegedly threatened to kill a man because he was gay."
"07/25/2006","Riverside","CA","Assault","Patrons at a gay bar were allegedly assaulted by three men who yelled anti- gay epithets and shattered a window. Juan Anthony Mauricio, 20, and Sergio Roberto Rodriguez and Gerald Abraham Gallo, both 18, were each charged with three counts of assault and committing a hate crime."
"07/20/2006","Merced","CA","Assault","A black man on a bicycle was allegedly stabbed by a man who yelled that he and his companion were tired of black people in their area. Joseph Faustino Gonzales, 24, was charged with suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon."
"07/08/2006","Lake Elsinore","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was spray-painted on a black family's garage door."
"07/07/2006","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Semitic slurs were scrawled on a synagogue and a fire was lit outside the building."
"07/07/2006","San Francisco","CA","Assault","Six Asian teenagers allegedly attacked and robbed a Latino teenager while yelling racial epithets."
"07/06/2006","Cameron Park","CA","Vandalism","Fliers from the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement were distributed throughout a neighborhood."
"06/26/2006","Chino","CA","Intelligence","Shayne Allyn Ziska, 44, a former officer at the California Institute for Men, was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for helping a white supremacist prison gang, the Nazi Low Riders, assault inmates and distribute drugs."
"06/23/2006","Santa Ana","CA","Legal Developments","Abel Castaneda was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for shouting racial epithets at a black man and threatening to kill him while wielding a knife in August 2005."
"06/14/2006","Hercules","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was scrawled on a school."
"05/26/2006","Coarsegold","CA","Rally","About 70 people attended ""Unity Fest,"" a racist rally held by a white supremacist group from Fresno."
"05/16/2006","Jamul","CA","Arson","Anti-Mexican graffiti was scrawled on a Mexican restaurant that was then set afire."
"05/06/2006","Bakersfield","CA","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were left on driveways in a neighbhorhood."
"04/13/2006","Davis","CA","Legal Developments","Christopher Jon Vochatzer, 29, pled no contest to felony assault with a deadly weapon in connection with an April 2005 baseball bat beating involving a local skinhead group. Vochatzer also admitted to hate crime enhancements for gang and hate crime, causing great bodily harm and a personal use of a deadly weapon after he beat a man who the skinhead group thought was `not racist enough` to suit them. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison."
"03/29/2006","Ventura","CA","Legal Developments","Bridget Callahan, 34, was sentenced to nine years in prison for her role in the Skinhead gang murder of a 17-year-old in 1998."
"02/01/2006","Agoura Hills","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and racist graffiti were etched into a car."
"02/01/2006","Ukiah","CA","Threat","A 14-year-old Jewish girl received a threatening letter with anti-Semitic language and Nazi pictures. Two boys, 15 and 16, were arrested on hate crime charges."
"01/13/2006","Bakersfield","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was scrawled on a black teenager's car."
"01/09/2006","Santa Rosa","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and anti-Mexican slogans were spray-painted on a Mexican restaurant."
"01/06/2006","Santa Rosa","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was dug in the ground near a school."
"12/31/2005","Novato","CA","Vandalism","An anti-Semitic message made out of toilet paper was left in front of a Jewish family's home."
"12/25/2005","San Jose","CA","Vandalism","The word 'fag' was etched on a car and burned into a man's yard."
"11/18/2005","Elk Grove","CA","Vandalism","Racial slurs, swastikas and profanity were spray-painted on a high school."
"11/16/2005","Boulder Creek","CA","Threat","Miles O. Kelly, 21, was arrested after he allegedly threatened a motorist while using a racial slur."
"11/14/2005","Davis","CA","Harassment","An 18-year-old white man was allegedly taunted about his race by seven black juveniles as he was boarding a bus on the University of California - Davis campus."
"11/04/2005","Marysville","CA","Threat","Nicholas David Thomas, 20, was arrested for hate crimes after allegedly pointing a plastic pistol and making ""white power"" statements to a store clerk."
"11/03/2005","Ventura","CA","Vandalism","The phrase ""Whites only"" was painted on a vacant house."
"09/26/2005","Marysville","CA","Assault","Daniel J. Farris, 18, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, causing pain, suffering or injury to an elder or dependent adult and an hate crime for allegedly beating an elderly black man while yelling racial slurs."
"09/22/2005","Los Angeles","CA","Legal Developments","Former Jewish Defense League member Earl Krugel, 62, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for plotting to blow up a mosque and the office of an Arab-American congressman in December 2001."
"09/17/2005","El Cerrito","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was scrawled on a bathroom door at a school."
"08/11/2005","Palm Desert","CA","Legal Developments","Two 13-year-old girls were arrested for, and allegedly confessed to, hate crimes involving the vandalism of 12 houses and vehicles."
"08/08/2005","Merced","CA","Harassment","A trailer with swastikas and the letters ""KKK"" was parked in front of a black woman's home."
"08/07/2005","Palm Desert","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was spray-painted on a wall at a Jewish school."
"07/06/2005","Riverside","CA","Vandalism","Racist slogans and epithets were scrawled on the inside and outside of a black man's garage."
"07/05/2005","Anderson","CA","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi White Aryan Resistance were distributed throughout a neighborhood."
"06/02/2005","Orinda","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti were scrawled on the walls of a school."
"05/18/2005","San Jose","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were burned in several yards in a neighborhood."
"05/04/2005","Mill Valley","CA","Vandalism","The phrase 'die fag' was scrawled on the car of a 17-year-old girl who beongs to a gay and lesbian organization."
"04/26/2005","San Diego","CA","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were distributed throughout a neighborhood."
"04/18/2005","Ventura","CA","Legal Developments","Skinhead David Ziesmer, 32, was found guilty of fatally stabbing a teenage girl who he believed was a police informant in 1998."
"04/16/2005","Santa Rosa","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and white power insignia were scrawled over a Jewish synagogue sign."
"03/26/2005","Riverside","CA","Legal Developments","Dorian Lee Gutierrez, 22, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing a gay man outside a bar in 2002."
"03/21/2005","Elk Grove","CA","Vandalism","Derogatory language, the letters 'KKK' and a swastika were scrawled on the residences of two black families, a white family and an Asian-American family."
"02/27/2005","Davis","CA","Vandalism","Racist messages were left on an Asian student's answering machine."
"02/18/2005","Riverside","CA","Legal Developments","Dorian Lee Gutierrez, 21, was convicted of second-degree murder for the June 2002 stabbing death of a gay man outside a downtown bar."
"02/14/2005","Roseville","CA","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were dropped on the lawns of residences throughout a neighborhood."
"02/11/2005","Lodi","CA","Leafletting","Racist literature was left at a residence."
"02/04/2005","Simi Valley","CA","Legal Developments","Patrick Rea, 17, was ordered to spend nine months in a Los Angeles County probation camp for participating in the December 2004 assault on a black teenager in Simi Valley."
"01/31/2005","Elk Grove","CA","Intelligence","Two 16-year-old high school students admitted conspiring to commit murder in a hate crime attack planned at their school for February 2004. A hate crime enhancement acknowledged that they planned to target blacks and other racial minorities, including one particular black student."
"01/28/2005","Riverside","CA","Legal Developments","Arturo Martinez Plasencia, 26, was sentenced to 83 years to life in prison for the attempted murder of two black men in 2002."
"01/19/2005","Simi Valley","CA","Legal Developments","Two 16-year-olds convicted of beating an African-American newspaper vendor in December 2004 were sentenced to serve time in juvenile hall.  One teen was sentenced to 270 days and the other to 240 days."
"01/19/2005","Ventura","CA","Legal Developments","Kyle Lofton and Chad Alvis, both 16, were ordered to serve time for beating a black teenager in December 2004 because of his race. Lofton was ordered to serve nine months in juvenile detention for being the first of four teens to attack the teen because of his race. Alvis was ordered to spend eight months in custody for his part in the attack."
"01/17/2005","Paradise","CA","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi White Aryan Resistance were left at residences and businesses."
"01/07/2005","Riverside","CA","Legal Developments","Ramon Meza Rabago, 21, was sentenced to nine years in prison for his involvement in a fight that led to the death of a gay man in June 2002."
"01/04/2005","Simi Valley","CA","Legal Developments","One of three Simi Valley teenagers charged in a December 2004 attack on a 17-year- old black newspaper vendor was found guilty of committing a hate crime."
"12/29/2004","Lancaster","CA","Legal Developments","Michael Kelly, 20, of Lancaster was sentenced to 8 years for the racially motivated drive-by shooting of an African-American man in July 2003."
"12/27/2004","Lancaster","CA","Assault","Michael Kelly, 20, a reputed white supremacist was sentenced to eight years in prison for a racially motivated drive-by shooting of an African-American man in July 2003."
"12/23/2004","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and other graffiti were found on a chalkboard outside a classroom."
"12/09/2004","San Diego","CA","Assault","A 34-year-old man allegedly used a racial slur against a San Diego County sheriff's deputy, then punched him outside a fast-food restaurant."
"12/08/2004","South Lake Tahoe","CA","Vandalism","A Nazi lightning bolt symbol, two swastikas and the words 'Die Jew' were spray-painted on the door of a synagogue."
"11/17/2004","Manteca","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were spray-painted on mail boxes and on a water well pump."
"10/27/2004","Fair Oaks","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas, a bullet hole, and graffiti attacking presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry were spray-painted at the northeast Sacramento Democratic headquarters."
"10/16/2004","Sonora","CA","Harassment","Bruce Thomas Synder, 18, and Travis Leif Eriksen, 23, were accused of allegedly using racial slurs against three black people in a restaurant and spitting on and throwing food at them."
"10/16/2004","Tulare","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and the numbers '88', which stand for 'Heil Hitler' were spray-painted on a trash bin."
"10/09/2004","Lancaster","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and a pentagram were carved into a car."
"10/03/2004","San Diego","CA","Assault","A black man allegedly stabbed a Latino man while using racial epithets."
"10/01/2004","Sacramento","CA","Legal Developments","Christopher Easely, 22, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for burning a cross in a black family's yard in January."
"09/25/2004","San Francisco","CA","Legal Developments","Steven Holten, 40, the Nevada state leader of the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations, was charged with allegedly sending an E-mail threatening Jewish organizations, government officials and media organizations."
"09/19/2004","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Several windows were broken and two rainbow flags were stolen from a gay resource center on the UCLA campus."
"09/16/2004","Alameda","CA","Intimidation","Three men allegedly used racial slurs and hurled water bottles at eight Muslim students."
"09/11/2004","Sutter","CA","Vandalism","Jared Oreste Giampaoli, 19, was charged with vandalism for allegedly painting a 20- foot swastika on a street."
"09/11/2004","Turlock","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was spray-painted on an elementary school."
"09/09/2004","Victorville","CA","Legal Developments","Christophe Tolliver, 26, a reported member of the neo-Nazi White Aryan Resistance, was charged with armed robbery for his alleged participation in the Aug. 11 robbery of three U.S. Navy sailors."
"09/06/2004","Elk Grove","CA","Vandalism","Racist graffiti was spray-painted on a residence."
"08/28/2004","San Diego","CA","Assault","Two 15-year-olds were arrested for assaulting a black student outside a high school."
"08/27/2004","Watsonville","CA","Assault","A driver allegedly yelled slurs and threw an object at a young man because of the victim's alleged sexual orientation."
"08/20/2004","Antelope","CA","Vandalism","The letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on the garage door of a Jewish couple's residence  and a swastika was spray-painted on the garage door of an African- American couple's house."
"08/20/2004","Tracy","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were spray-painted on 15 vehicles in a neighborhood."
"08/10/2004","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","Anti-gay and racist epithets were spray-painted on homes, cars and garages throughout a neighborhood."
"08/04/2004","San Francisco","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were scrawled on campaign signs."
"08/03/2004","Elk Grove","CA","Vandalism","Anti-gay and racist epithets were spray-painted on cars, garage doors and houses."
"07/16/2004","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were carved into picnic tables."
"07/14/2004","Chico","CA","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi White Aryan Resistance were left on doorsteps in several neighborhoods."
"07/08/2004","Citrus Heights","CA","Leafletting","Leaflets from the neo-Nazi White Aryan Resistance were distributed."
"07/08/2004","Rocklin","CA","Vandalism","Two red swastikas were painted on portable toilets near partially constructed homes that were set afire."
"06/28/2004","San Bruno","CA","Vandalism","An anti-Semitic slur was scrawled across a church."
"06/27/2004","Lancaster","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and the letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on a car and residence."
"06/23/2004","Valencia","CA","Vandalism","Racial slurs and swastikas were spray-painted throughout a park."
"06/19/2004","Anderson","CA","Leafletting","Swastika-emblazoned fliers rolled up inside literature from the neo-Nazi White Aryan Resistance were thrown onto lawns and driveways of more than 150 residences."
"06/07/2004","Oakland","CA","Vandalism","A racial slur and threats were written on a restaurant owned by a Korean-American man."
"06/06/2004","Santa Cruz","CA","Arson","Newspapers were stuffed into a mail slot at the offices of a Jewish student organization and set afire."
"05/29/2004","Fremont","CA","Assault","A 28-year-old Afghan man was allegedly beaten by a group of Latino men who chased his car after he scolded two children for using racial epithets and cursing at his pregnant wife and young son."
"05/26/2004","Marin City","CA","Assault","Dion Ray Moore, a 27-year-old black man, was charged with a hate crime after his pitbull allegedly attacked a white plumbing repairman. Moore was charged with attempted robbery, assault with a deadly weapon (the pitbull), and assault likely to cause great bodily injury."
"05/25/2004","Azusa","CA","Intimidation","Christopher K. Rangel, 19, and two teenage boys were charged with suspicion of committing a hate crime for allegedly yelling racial slurs at a black man."
"05/25/2004","Redlands","CA","Vandalism","Two churches were defaced with satanic symbols."
"05/05/2004","Placerville","CA","Legal Developments","Jordan Elliott Immer, 22, and Joseph Stephen Seniceros, 23, admitted to physically assaulting two African- Americans in a racially motivated hate crime."
"04/28/2004","Sun City","CA","Vandalism","Two juveniles were arrested for leaving a sign with racist writings in a black family's yard."
"04/22/2004","Ventura","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas, racial slurs and derogatory remarks against teachers were spray- painted in a high school and and 50 door locks were glued shut."
"04/19/2004","Davis","CA","Vandalism","A freshman student was charged with possession of stolen property and a hate crime for allegedly stealing the Israeli flag from the exterior of the Davis Hillel House at the University of California."
"04/16/2004","San Bernardino","CA","Vandalism","Red, white and blue paint was smeared on the front steps of a Catholic church that hosted a forum to give drivers' licenses to undocumented immigrants."
"04/10/2004","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","Windows of a synagogue were shattered during Passover week."
"04/10/2004","Placerville","CA","Vandalism","Graffiti that included swastikas and the words 'Happy Holocaust' and 'white power' was scrawled on the walls of an elementary school."
"04/07/2004","Glendora","CA","Vandalism","Racial slurs were painted on the walls of a black family's home."
"04/07/2004","Sebastopol","CA","Leafletting","Fliers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were distributed throughout a neighborhood."
"04/05/2004","Los Angeles","CA","Vandalism","A Japanese cultural center and a Japanese theatre were vandalized."
"03/22/2004","Petaluma","CA","Leafletting","Literature from the neo-Nazi group National Alliance was distributed throughout a neighborhood."
"03/22/2004","Rohnert Park","CA","Leafletting","Literature from the neo-Nazi group National Alliance was distributed throughout a neighborhood."
"03/04/2004","Sacramento","CA","Legal Developments","Two 15-year-old students were each charged with felony conspiracy to commit murder and attempted burglary for allegedly plotting to attack black students."
"02/15/2004","Murrieta","CA","Vandalism","White supremacist symbols were painted on a mailbox."
"02/15/2004","Sacramento","CA","Leafletting","Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were thrown on lawns in a neighborhood."
"02/14/2004","Petaluma","CA","Leafletting","Flyers from the neo-Nazi group National Alliance were distributed throughout a neighborhood."
"02/02/2004","Pacific Palisades","CA","Leafletting","Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance  were distributed in a neighborhood."
"01/26/2004","Davis","CA","Vandalism","The phrase 'I will kill young loud n----- rappers' was written in the men's restroom in a local park."
"01/25/2004","Jackson","CA","Leafletting","Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were distributed in various neighborhoods."
"01/04/2004","Colton","CA","Vandalism","The words 'Satan is our god,' '666' and 'antichrist' were spray-painted on the walls of a Christian fellowship temple."
"01/02/2004","Anderson","CA","Cross Burnings","A cross was burned in a black family's yard."
"12/14/2003","Westlake Viliage","CA","Vandalism","A flag that read 'Happy Hanukkah' was burned at the home of a Holocaust survivor. Authorities have labeled the incident a hate crime."
"11/29/2003","Sunnyvale","CA","Vandalism","Two swastikas were drawn on an elementary school parking lot."
"11/26/2003","Mira Loma","CA","Vandalism","A silver swastika, the words 'Norco Boys' and other graffiti were scrawled on the garage door of a black resident."
"11/03/2003","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was carved in the door frame of a residence."
"10/16/2003","Sacramento","CA","Vandalism","Anti-Catholic graffiti was found on the campus of a high school."
"10/08/2003","Mountain View","CA","Assault","Jerrod Cohn, 36, Brian Walter, 26, and Michael Daugherty, 30, were charged with assault with a hate crime enhancement for allegedly beating a 22-year-old man because they believed he was gay."
"10/04/2003","Petaluma","CA","Leafletting","Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were distributed in a neighborhood."
"09/26/2003","Campbell","CA","Leafletting","Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were left on vehicle windshields."
"09/26/2003","West Hollywood","CA","Legal Developments","Three men were sentenced to prison for attacking a gay man in September 2002. Torwin Sessions, 20, was sentenced to 21 years; Larry Walker, 30, to 13 years; and Vincent Dotson, 19, to seven years."
"09/20/2003","Palm Springs","CA","Assault","Two alleged white supremacists, Terrance P. Gallagher, 22, and William Edic, 21, were charged with suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly attacking two Polish tourists."
"09/12/2003","Folsom","CA","Leafletting","Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were distributed throughout a neighborhood."
"09/10/2003","Los Angeles","CA","Legal Developments","Ever Wilfredo Rivera, 20, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for two separate incidents where he attacked men he thought were gay. Selvin Orlando Campos, 20, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the attacks."
"09/01/2003","Santa Rosa","CA","Leafletting","Flyers from the neo-Nazi National Alliance were left on driveways, lawns, and windshields throughout a neighborhood."
"08/03/2003","Chino","CA","Assault","Daniel G. Garibay Jr. and Andrew A. Sanchez were charged with allegedly attacking a black man while yelling racial slurs."
"08/01/2003","San Jose","CA","Harassment","Edward Neil Crutchfield, 47, was sentenced to six months in jail on charges of disturbing the peace and violating a restraining order for harassing an Iraqi family in June."
"07/23/2003","Poway","CA","Vandalism","The home of a mixed-race couple was vandalized and racial slurs were spray-painted on the walls."
"07/17/2003","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and Stars of David were found etched into wooden picnic tables and spray-painted on aluminum tables in a community."
"07/16/2003","Palo Alto","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas were spray-painted and carved into tables and benches in a local park."
"07/16/2003","Quincy","CA","Murder","Kevin G. Rikard and Jonathan G. Appley, both 21, were charged with premeditated murder, robbery and committing a hate crime for allegedly killing a man they believed was gay. Jesse W. Rath, 21, faces a felony charge of being an accessory after the fact for his alleged role in the crime."
"07/02/2003","Eureka","CA","Vandalism","A swastika was burned in the sand at a local beach."
"06/21/2003","San Jose","CA","Harassment","Edward Crutchfield, 47, was arrested on suspicion of a hate  crime and making criminal threats, along with other charges for allegedly yelling racial slurs at his  neighbors."
"06/12/2003","Riverside","CA","Assault","Matthew Beaudin, 21, was arrested on  suspicion of battery, making criminal threats and committing a hate crime after he allegedly shoved a transgendered woman to the ground."
"06/08/2003","Rocklin","CA","Vandalism","A swastika and the letters 'KKK', 'WP', and 'SWP' were written on the windows and door of a car and a swastika and the words 'For sale' were written on the windows and doors of another car."
"06/07/2003","Hesperia","CA","Leafletting","Racist literature from the neo-Nazi White Aryan Resistance was distributed in a neighborhood."
"06/06/2003","San Francisco","CA","Assault","Five Chinese-American youths allegedly were attacked by as many as 20 white teens who shouted racial epithets."
"06/06/2003","Fremont","CA","Assault","An Asian teenager was hit in the head with a baseball bat during a fight where he allegedly was called racial slurs."
"06/04/2003","San Diego","CA","Leafletting","Hundreds of copies of a publication portraying Muslim women as  sexual objects and ridiculng Jews, Jesus and Palestinians were distributed at the University of California-San Diego."
"05/27/2003","Ventura","CA","Legal Developments","Former Skinhead gang member Michael Bridgeford, 26, was sentenced to 58  years in prison for killing a teenager almost five years ago."
"05/27/2003","Riverside","CA","Murder","Jesus A. Gomez, 20, a suspected gang member, was charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder and other charges after he allegedly targeted and killed a 13-year-old boy because he was black."
"05/20/2003","Santee","CA","Vandalism","Nazi symbols and profanities were spray- painted on walls around an elementary school."
"05/09/2003","Visalia","CA","Vandalism","Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti were painted on a synagogue."
"05/03/2003","Novato","CA","Threat","Several white men allegedly yelled racial epithets and threatened a 21-year-old black man."
"04/23/2003","Anaheim","CA","Assault","A group of teenagers allegedly attacked an 18-year-old Lebanese-American teen."
"04/15/2003","San Francisco","CA","Murder","Dominique England, 23, Jeanne Soja, 29, and Daymon Schrock, 20, were charged with murder, conspiracy, kidnap, torture and a hate crime after allegedly killing a  bisexual man."