By Selen Ozturk Hate crimes are mounting in rural California, where many ethnic minorities are too distrustful of the government to report them. In response to this rise, California launched CA vs Hate, a reporting and resource hotline for those facing hate to find support in the form they want. Since the initiative’s May 2023 ...

By Agustin Duran As hate crimes reach their highest curve in recent years, California ethnic media face an end to critical state funding. Media representatives learned that the Stop The Hate (STH) program, administered by the state Department of Social Services, would not be renewed for the 2025 fiscal year, even as a new incoming ...

Key findings show a sharp increase in victimization across multiple groups, with record levels of hate crimes targeting African Americans, Asians, Jewish people, Latino/as, LGBT* individuals, and transgender people. The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (LACCHR) released its annual analysis of hate crimes reported throughout Los Angeles County in 2023. Since 1980, LACCHR ...

by Barbara Smith With the increase of hate crimes in our communities, California has stepped up in its mission to combat hate with its California vs Hate Resource Line and Network. In its first full year of operation, the statewide reporting hotline for victims of hate incidents and crimes received 1020 reports, according to preliminary ...

As part of California’s coordinated response to a nationwide increase in hate, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), alongside state and community partners, released new data highlighting the impact of California vs Hate in its first year of operation and announced new and ongoing initiatives to combat hate across the state. Officially launched a year ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent As the nation commemorates the second anniversary of the heinous Buffalo mass shooting that claimed the lives of 10 Black individuals at a Tops supermarket, a painful reality emerges: hate crimes against Black communities continue unabated, casting a long shadow over efforts for justice and equality. “It ...

As part of a statewide effort to address hate, California Attorney General Rob Bonta was joined by Irvine Mayor Farrah N. Khan and local leaders for an anti-hate roundtable discussion. The roundtable in Irvine is the 13th in a series of meetings led by Attorney General Bonta across the state to bring together local elected officials, law enforcement officers, and community leaders ...

Following on the heels of what authorities suspect was a hate-fueled murder a Southern California mountain community, the latest report by Cal State San Bernardino’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism (CSHE) shows that three of the largest percentage increases in reported hate crimes in major American cities in 2022 were against members of the ...

By Daniella Masterson It fills our social media feeds and dominates the news cycle.  From political leaders’ racist rhetoric to neighbors’ deadly intolerance, hate is rising. “While we would like California to be an exception, hate, unfortunately, it has no borders,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. “Even California is not immune.” Bonta recently held ...

By Dianne Anderson Murderous acts of race hate spanning generations require financial compensation to start the healing, but communities of color standing in solidarity is something money can’t buy. Hassam Ayloush said the Antisemitic flyers recently distributed in Redlands reflect a larger uptick in hate flyers against groups across southern California. But he feels part ...