vandalism

A popular mural in San Francisco’s Chinatown was defaced by taggers this week.

A man who jumped in front of a moving ambulance in the middle of Harbor Drive was taken into custody after San Diego police used a stun gun to take him down near Seaport Village on Sunday.

The firearm was used to shoot windows as well as a door lock, according to authorities.

An arson investigation is underway in Moreno Valley, after one of the city’s veterans memorials was vandalized early Saturday morning.

The catalytic converter thieves also bashed in the tail lights on one victim’s car. Hetty Chang reports for NBC4 on March 15, 2022.

While authorities work to locate a man accused of vandalizing several properties and breaking into a home in Poway, one of his victims is recalling the gutting moment he realized his house was burglarized.

A vandal with a bone to pick spray-painted “Mike is a cheater” on an SUV parked in Washington, D.C. But it wasn’t Mike’s car.

Schools from SoCal to the Bay Area have had to close student bathrooms, after TikTok’s “devious licks” trend encouraging students to vandalize their schools caused hundreds of dollars of damage. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Sept. 22, 2021.

Two fired Torrance officers have been charged with felony vandalism and conspiracy to commit vandalism. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on August 19, 2021.

Two former Torrance police officers were charged with felony vandalism and conspiracy to commit a crime involving a swastika that was spray-painted inside an impounded vehicle in January 2020.

19 businesses along Ventura Boulevard had their windows shattered, likely by a vandal in a car with a BB gun, overnight. Kim Baldonado reports for NBC4 on July 7, 2021.

Nineteen businesses along Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley are sweeping up glass Wednesday morning after someone drove along the street and used a BB gun to shoot out their windows.

Several businesses along Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley had their windows shot out Wednesday morning. LAPD is investigating. Today in LA reports on July 7, 2021.

Vandals outside the Sun Valley home of the president of LA City Council, Nury Martinez, were caught in the act pouring some type of liquid on her car and then leaving a mark on the driveway pavement.

Vandals were seen on surveillance video outside the Sun Valley home of the president of the LA City Council, Nury Martinez, pouring some type of liquid on her car and then leaving a mark on the driveway pavement. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, June 4, 2021.

Southland Jewish leaders Friday condemned an overnight vandalism attempt at a Century City synagogue, where surveillance video captured a man try to throw a block of concrete through two windows.

It was in the Pico/Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, May 28, 2021.

Police are looking for vandals who have been shooting out the windows of at least eight businesses in Culver City in a string of crimes dating back to April.

Culver City police think whoever owns the Range Rover sport featured in the surveillance video is responsible for recent vandalism attacks. Robert Kovacik reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on May 24, 2021.

One of several vendors in Huntington Beach is speaking out about the TikTok viral partygoers that vandalized her small business. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on May 23, 2021.