Vandalism

In L.A., polishing up the pedways

2013-05-23 00:00:00

In downtown Los Angeles, elevated pedestrian walkways — called pedways — slice the air between tall buildings on Bunker Hill, like a 1970s vision of a future metropolis. That's exactly what they were intended to be — the first phase of...

Officials address restroom problem at Locke High

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Chris Tellez sat in class, his stomach grinding. The 15-year-old felt fine in his first class two weeks ago at Animo Locke Charter High School 2 in Watts, but by second period he could wait no longer. "I had to use the restroom," he said. "But the...

Two women, believed in all-female graffiti gang, arrested in Vista

2013-05-11 09:34:00

Two young women have been arrested on suspicion of being part of the Cali Female Bombers (CFB) graffiti crew responsible for hundreds of acts of spray-painted vandalism in the city of Vista in northern San Diego County. Ramona Montes, 18, and...

Graffiti-scarred canyon in Joshua Tree National Park still closed

2013-04-30 21:48:00

A picturesque canyon in Joshua Tree National Park that was scarred by graffiti will remain closed due to an extensive clean-up operation, officials said Tuesday. Rattlesnake Canyon was defaced by vandals who used social media to boast about their...

Historic Joshua Tree sites blighted by city's ills

2013-04-12 18:21:00

JOSHUA TREE — Along the saw-toothed ridge of Rattlesnake Canyon, crude graffiti invades the crevices that offered shade to nomadic Indians trekking across the Mojave hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago. "Skunk,'' "oatmeal cookie" and "punx"...

Joshua Tree targeted by graffiti vandals using social media

2013-04-13 22:15:00

Joshua Tree National Park has become a destination of taggers, and the graffiti has visitors and park officials outraged. "We come to this place because it's not as touristy as surrounding national parks, and you don't run into as many people. You...

Social media suspected in vandalism at Joshua Tree National Park

2013-04-08 22:56:00

A popular canyon area of Joshua Tree National Park has been shut down because vandals have defaced the area with graffiti splashed across rocks and archeological sites, officials said Monday. Rattlesnake Canyon has been shut down temporarily as park...

Coroner probes death of alleged tagger found hanging from office tower

2013-04-02 18:41:00

The can of spray paint sat on the ledge of a downtown Sacramento office tower. A tool for etching glass lay below. The body of Craig Fugate was tangled in some ropes about nine stories up the tower. Authorities on Tuesday were trying to piece together...

Tagger falls to death from freeway overpass in Sacramento

2013-03-20 07:54:30

12-year-old arrested in vandalism of middle school

2013-03-13 16:03:43

Joshua Tree's Barker Dam closed after names etched onto structure

2013-02-22 12:32:04

Adam Mansbach's 'Rage is Back' dips into the graffiti life

2013-02-01 11:40:00

-------------------- Rage is Back A Novel Adam Mansbach Viking: 304 pp., $26.95 -------------------- "I always had this sense that there was a great American graffiti novel waiting to be written," Adam Mansbach says. Best known as the author of...

The vandal who destroyed six vintages of fabled Case Basse Brunello di Montalcino gets four years from an Italian judge.

2013-03-21 13:10:40