vandalism

A group of business owners in San Francisco’s Ingleside District on Wednesday launched a fund to help businesses on Ocean Avenue that have recently been the victims of repeated vandalism — for no apparent reason.

Three women have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the one-time Northern California home of a former police officer who testified on behalf of the former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin by splashing pig blood on it and leaving a pig’s head near the front porch.

Santa Rosa police say a bizarre crime in the area is related to the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Police say vandals threw blood and a pig’s head at a home once owned by retired Santa Rosa officer Barry Brodd, who recently testified in the Derek Chauvin trial.

Police are looking for a group of people they say vandalized downtown Walnut Creek with anti-police graffiti. Police say about 20 to 30 people came into the downtown area Wednesday night.

Security footage captured a couple in Seoul, South Korea, accidentally vandalizing a painting worth $500,000 after thinking the display was participatory art.

An artist’s tribute to the memory of Breonna Taylor in Downtown Oakland that was vandalized over the weekend, and left in pieces, has now disappeared.

An artist’s tribute to the memory of Breonna Taylor in Downtown Oakland that was vandalized over the weekend, and left in pieces, has now disappeared. Melissa Colorado reports.

Black Lives Matter D.C. condemned vandalism to several downtown churches that took place during Saturday night’s protests, claiming D.C. police officers “physically protected white supremacists, as they threatened lives, damaged historic churches and destroyed and burned property.” Black Lives Matter organizers and one of the churches claim the damage was done by members of the Proud Boys and by...

Authorities in Idaho are investigating after what’s believed to be the only memorial in the U.S. dedicated to Holocaust victim Anne Frank was desecrated with Nazi propaganda earlier this week, NBC News reports.

An East Bay family woke up to find their new home vandalized with a profanity.

An East Bay family’s new home was vandalized with a profane message. Jodi Hernandez reports.

Lafayette police are investigating vandalism near downtown that included a swastika, plus the word “Trump,” spray-painted on a residential garage, a Lafayette spokesman said Tuesday.

Angry crowds took to the streets in West Philadelphia overnight after police shot and killed a man armed with a knife Monday, with some in the crowds throwing rocks and bricks at police and some looting or vandalizing businesses.

The recent vandalism of a memorial to two Vallejo police officers who were killed in the line of duty is being investigated, police said.

A mural honoring George Floyd in Woburn, Massachusetts, has been vandalized for the second time in less than two weeks. The tribute to Floyd, located in the Tri-Community Greenway on the Woburn-Stoneham Line, was found covered with red paint this weekend. After the painting was defaced the first time, the artist, 42-year-old Esben Rey, vowed to repaint it. The Jamaica…

Oakland police on Monday morning reported that about 60 people were arrested during Sunday’s demonstrations over the death of black man George Floyd under the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer last week.

Looters and vandals ransacked a San Leandro Walmart, and a fire broke out in the store. It was just one of many stores damaged across the East Bay. Thom Jensen reports.

The city of San Jose announced Sunday a citywide curfew will be enacted after days of protests that began as peaceful but ended with looting and rioting in instances that officials don’t think were intended by protest organizers. Thom Jensen reports.

Looters and vandals ransacked a San Leandro Walmart, and a fire broke out in the store. It was just one of many stores damaged across the East Bay. Bob Redell reports.