Police in Los Angeles have arrested two men suspected to be part of a group that has been plastering graffiti across 30 floors of an under-construction high-rise building. LAPD said early Friday that Victor Daniel Ramirez, 35, and Roberto Perez, 25, both from LA, were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of trespassing and released from […]
A 34-year-old Eugene man has been charged with hate crimes after multiple incidents of antisemitic graffiti were reported at the Temple Beth Israel synagogue. Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Rubenstein at Temple Beth Israel says the most recent tagging incident occurred on Jan. 14 and was discovered when she and a community member checked on the building […]
Taggers have graffitied what appears to be more than 25 stories of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper that’s been sitting dormant for several years. Construction on Oceanwide Plaza, a $1 billion mixed-use retail and luxury apartments project with three towering unfinished structures, stalled in January 2019 after the Beijing-based developer lacked the funds to complete […]
FRANKLIN LAKES — The Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education is continuing its investigation into swastika graffiti found at Ramapo High School. At Monday’s Board of Education meeting, interim Schools Superintendent James Baker referred to “recent concerns with some hate issues” and meetings with rabbis and the Jewish Federation of New Jersey to discuss “solutions […]
FALL RIVER — A TV show taped in Fall River last summer focused on the wealth of outdoor activities available within the city limits. The challenge now, city tourism experts said, is to learn from this experience and help visitors explore Fall River for themselves. “I think that Fall River has an outdoor brand that […]
“I feel dusty.” That’s the translation of what Google says is an Indonesian phrase — “Mersa Dustoe” — found sprawled across the top of the entrance of the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel on Sunday morning. Related Articles While no one would dispute that the tunnel is a bit dusty after more than two years undergoing […]
Here’s a roundup of recent incidents and announcements from Ventura County agencies: Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run identified The name of a pedestrian fatally struck in a hit-and-run collision on Harbor Boulevard in Ventura last week has been released by authorities. Peter Bashkiroff was 75, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office. Bashkiroff was described […]