The Mill Valley Police Department in Northern California's Marin County reported recent incidents of vandalism in which someone spray-painted a black swastika on Ukrainian flags on private property.
Unhoused people in California are not protected under hate crime statutes despite the growing number of violent attacks in the state and nationally targeting them.
The Hmong diaspora worldwide have lost a one-of-a-kind, modern day hero in Tou Ger Xiong, said Mee Moua, his close friend and former Minnesota State Senator.