#vandalism

#vandalism

A great demolition is also an act of creation, so long as its execution is bold and impressive enough, so long as it clears out the dead wood and opens up the terrain. It's the ethos that links Pablo Picasso to 1970s punk, Shiva the Destroyer to the anarchist hero of Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. Rip it up and start again. Or rip it up for the pure thrill of the ripping.

there's a man going around with an axe up there breaking up cars

The public outcry was swift and furious-this was, after all, by some reports, the most photographed tree in the country, the so-called Sycamore Gap Tree. "The senseless destruction of what is undoubtedly a world-renowned landmark-and a local treasure," was how one law enforcement official described it in the pages of the New York Times, before the culprits had even been apprehended.

A man was charged with four felonies for allegedly smashing the windshields of four different vehicles with bricks and rocks, court records show. The 44-year-old Pleasanton man was charged with four counts of vandalism in connection with the Jan. 14 incident. Police say they received reports of a man throwing bricks at cars around 4:40 p.m. that day, on the 1800 block of Santa Rita Road.

Shoplifting: An employee at Safeway in the Argonaut Center on Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road reported the suspect entered the store about three months prior and stole merchandise valued at approximately $131. Jan. 13 Attempted residential burglary: At 11:45 a.m., two suspects broke a window and attempted to gain access to a residence in the 20000 block of Miljevich Drive but fled the scene when they saw the victim in the home.

"When homophobia runs out of ideas," text over the video showing the front windows covered in the contents of eggs read. "Our gay shop's been egged," Claire says in a sarcastic tone. "Eggs are expensive! Throwing one at a shop window is a choice, and if your enemy is a shop window you're already losing," she adds in a patronising manner. "Anyway, we're still extremely gay - come on in," she concludes, opening the door unfazed.

The request follows bakery staff posting security footage of the Dec. 17 confrontation and assault and encouraging tipsters to contact the San Jose Police Department with information that could lead to the man, pleading with viewers to help us find him. Around 2:20 p.m. on the day of the crime, the man entered the Alum Rock Avenue shop a San Jose institution for nearly a century and solicited staff to buy cleaning wipes he was carrying with him.

Your cooperation is vital in helping us identify and apprehend those responsible for jeopardizing the safety and holiday spirit of our community.

May Sun stood on Wilshire Boulevard in Koreatown on Tuesday morning, looking through the fence at the memorial she and another artist designed to honor Robert F. Kennedy near the site of his 1968 assassination. Graffiti smeared the monument. Scattered trash included a potato chip bag, a smashed beer bottle and a sneaker. Weeds poked up from neglected garden beds and dozens of orange sandbags sat on ledges and columns, for no apparent reason.

True Brading, 26, admitted to assault on a police officer and will spend 30 days in jail and 120 days on house arrest. Brading was driving as Yahyaa ran from police and ran over Officer Dan Pojanamat's foot during their escape. Yahyaa and Brading were tracked down and arrested in Berkeley later that week. The couple signed the plea deal with Deputy District Attorney William Bobseine on Oct. 27 and will be formally sentenced at the Palo Alto Courthouse on Dec. 17.

District employees discovered the damage around 10:45 a.m. Sunday and reported it to police. Officers said the vandalism spanned multiple areas including the gym, boys' and girls' locker rooms, weight room, wrestling room and stage and involved a broken skylight, torn curtains, a damaged TV and other destruction. Slater Middle School closed in June after the 2024-25 school year.

Marin County sheriff's deputies arrested a Bolinas woman for allegedly stealing a neighbor's dog and then attacking the pet and its owner during an argument. The incident began late Monday night when the dog owner left his pet at his residence in Bolinas. A witness called him about a woman entering the home and removing the dog, sheriff's Lt. Brennan Collins said. The dog owner spotted a driver with his dog in her vehicle in downtown Bolinas.