The Berkeley Police Department and City Council released a joint statement on Monday afternoon condemning hateful messages left on the doorsteps of houses in the north Berkeley hills. According to the statement, “hundreds” of neighbors found plastic sandwich bags on their doorsteps on Feb. 20 that were “filled with hateful,

Oakland police are investigating a graffiti incident in Chinatown as a possible hate crime.  Tony Cheung, who owns New Tin’s Market on 7th Street where the graffiti was found last week, was shocked when he saw the handwritten message written on the shop’s exterior wall. The market is located just

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

Prosecutors with the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office announced that they’ve filed felony criminal threat charges with a hate crime enhancement against a 55-year-old San Francisco man. Steven Cibotti, the accused, allegedly approached a family who were sitting down to eat together at Flights Restaurant in Burlingame on June

Across America a spree of coordinated bomb threats and hate crimes targeting Jewish community centers, schools, and graveyards are being reported.  There have been so many incidences of anti-Semitic vandalism and anonymous threats in the past week it is dizzying. All across the United states +20 Jewish community centers were targeted

Guest Post by Maya Hampton The U.S. government acknowledges that there is a spike in hate crimes whenever the political or social environment becomes contentious around issues of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. The election of Donald Trump is certainly one of the most contentious political and social

  For the third time, in less than a month, a simple, yet powerful, art installation has been marred by hate. Manuel Paul’s Por Vida, which was installed to great fanfare from the queer Latino community on June 13th, was defaced again late Monday, this time by arson. That it