Incidents of apparent hate crimes and hate group activities listed here are drawn primarily from media sources.
These incidents include only a fraction of the approximately 260,000 reported and unreported hate crimes that a 2013 government study estimated occur annually.
The letters `KKK,` Nazi symbols and racial epithets were spray-painted throughout a new community park.
Reported May 17, 2010
Legal Developments
San Francisco, California
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.
Reported March 07, 2010
Rally
Dos Pasos, California
A KKK rally was held in largely-Latino Merced County.
Reported March 04, 2010
Harassment
San Diego, California
A KKK-style hood was found on the UC San Diego campus.
Reported January 16, 2008
Vandalism
Santa Maria, California
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.
Reported October 14, 2007
Intimidation
Palmdale, California
Fliers that were signed "KKK" and depicted prominent black activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton hanging from a tree were distributed in a neighborhood.
Reported January 23, 2007
Vandalism
San Francisco, California
The letters 'KKK' were scrawled on the front door of a business.
Reported October 04, 2006
Vandalism
Lake Los Angeles, California
The letters 'KKK' were scratched on the vehicle of an African-American worker at a local park.
Reported August 08, 2005
Harassment
Merced, California
A trailer with swastikas and the letters "KKK" was parked in front of a black woman's home.
Reported March 22, 2005
Vandalism
Elk Grove, California
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.
Reported August 20, 2004
Vandalism
Antelope, California
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.
Reported June 27, 2004
Vandalism
Lancaster, California
A swastika and the letters 'KKK' were spray-painted on a car and residence.
Reported June 08, 2003
Vandalism
Rocklin, California
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.
