Tagged: California
SHE WAS ON GENE SIMMONS’ ‘FAMILY JEWELS’—NOW SHE SELLS MERCH AT NAZI METAL SHOWS
by ROCK WILLIAMS | ROBERT SANDS | October 23, 2024
Lesson number one: when sending LCRW angry hate-filled emails about our reporting, it’s probably best not to use your legal name, or a personal email and, maybe, don’t send two of them. If you can’t do the first two, you should, especially, not try the third. But, alas, Cindy Reyna—the current romantic partner of neo-Nazi […]
NAZI BANDS TRYING FOR HALLOWEEN SHOW IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
by ROBERT SANDS | October 18, 2024
Nazi bands are planning a show in Ontario, California. The venue owner is letting it happen despite advertising the space as LGBTQ+ friendly.
VIOLENT RHETORIC INCREASES AS FEUCHT & OTHER CHRISTIAN SUPREMACISTS ACTIVATE FOR SUMMER
by KATE BURNS | July 24, 2024
As Sean Feucht and other christian nationalists campaign this year, their rhetoric is getting more violent.
NAZI MARINE IS OUT OF THE BRIG AND TRYING TO MAKE PRIZE FIGHT MONEY
by ABNER HÄUGE | April 5, 2024
Mohammed Wadaa, cofounder of the neo-Nazi “Clockwork Crew” is out of the brig at Camp Pendleton and doing MMA fights.
AN OAKLAND NONPROFIT FOUNDER’S HISTORY OF FAR-RIGHT ALIGNMENT
by MARK MISOSHNIK | March 15, 2024
Profile of Seneca Scott, head of Neighbors Together Oakland, who has a history of transphobic and antisemitic statements and flirtations with the far right.
HATE GROUPS, STREET BRAWLERS AND FAILED QANON CANDIDATE ORGANIZING FOR SCHOOL TRANS BAN INITIATIVE
by ABNER HÄUGE | February 29, 2024
A large Korean church is hosting a meeting by violent fascists to pass an anti-trans initiative this election.
FEUCHT’S KINGDOM: HOW A SINGING HATE-PREACHER WANTS TO PUSH CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM ON AMERICA
by KATE BURNS | February 2, 2024
“Superspreader” Sean Feucht is taking an overtly Christian
SAN DIEGO COUNTY SUPERVISOR POSTS MISINFORMATION ABOUT OPEN-AIR DETENTION SITES, MUTUAL AID GROUPS
by JOE ORELLANA | January 11, 2024
SD Supervisor (D5) Jim Desmond spread misinformation about tax dollars funding immigrants in a video on Twitter early this month.
SAN DIEGO ACTIVISTS BLOCK CONSTRUCTION OF BORDER WALL
by JOE ORELLANA | September 26, 2023
Activists temporarily stopped construction at a border wall section in California.
CEDAR GLEN SHOOTER STEWED IN GAB PLATFORM’S BIGOTED CESSPIT FOR YEARS
by ABNER HÄUGE | August 24, 2023
A man who murdered a woman for displaying a pride flag at her store was a longtime Gab user, just as the Tree of Life shooter was.
SAN DIEGANS FEEL RUSHED, MISLED BY SDPD AS ADVISORY BOARD VOTES NO ON SURVEILLANCE PROPOSAL
by JOE ORELLANA | June 23, 2023
San Diego’s privacy advisory board voted against recommending an SDPD surveillance tech proposal.
FAR RIGHT GROUPS SURVEIL, ANNOY SANTEE PRIDE
by JOE ORELLANA | June 14, 2023
Far-right agitators tried to heckle and surveil a pride march in Santee.
WHAT IF THERE WERE TWIN BOMBING CAMPAIGNS IN CALIFORNIA & NOBODY NOTICED?
by MICHAEL BOORMAN | March 7, 2023
CA cops announced arrests of suspects in 2 apparently separate bombing campaigns – 1 in San Jose & 1 in Fresno. They received no coverage until the arrests.
HERE’S THE GORE ARTIST TURNING TERRORGRAM MANUALS & MANIFESTOS INTO AUDIOBOOKS
by SOCAL RESEARCH CLUB | MICHAEL BOORMAN | March 1, 2023
A terrorgram propagandist has a long, sordid posting history & dates a convicted pedophile.
PREACHING FASCISM: INSIDE SAN DIEGO’S AWAKEN MEGACHURCH
by KATE BURNS | February 21, 2023
An overview of Awaken megachurch in San Diego & their connections to TPUSA & other bigots.
SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN NATIONALISTS BRIGADE SCHOOL BOARD, CITY COUNCIL
by LCRW STAFF | February 11, 2023
San Diego public meetings were recently flooded by out-of-town extremists.
PROUD BOYS & OTHER BIGOTS WAGE LOW-EFFORT INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN AT RIVERSIDE DRAG STORY HOUR
by ABNER HÄUGE | January 16, 2023
Proud Boys stickered and banner dropped but a Riverside Drag Story Hour still happened.
THE SILENCE OF THE DOLPHINS: ARREST UNCOVERS BOOGALOO BOY NETWORK
by MICHAEL BOORMAN | February 9, 2022
Another day, another Boogaloo arrest: this time an overconfident gun technician and a brand new network of civil war wannabes. Thanks to a tip from the extremely handsome and charismatic Seamus Hughes at the George Washington University Project on Extremism LCRW is both amused and depressed to report the recent arrest of Matthew Chen, 26, […]
FBI ARRESTS CALIFORNIA BOOGALOO BOY ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
by MICHAEL BOORMAN | December 3, 2020
The FBI arrested another member of the Boogaloo movement in California on Wednesday–this time, for involvement in child pornography. Robert Jesus Blancas, described as ‘a transient resident of the Bay Area’ was arrested on December 1st and arraigned in San Francisco. If convicted, he faces the possibility of life in prison. The FBI’s interest in […]
POLICE ALLOW DRUNKEN RACISTS TO INTIMIDATE MARTINEZ ANTI-WHITE SUPREMACY MARCH
by HARVEY EISNER | ABNER HÄUGE | July 18, 2020
There were a few disturbing incidents in the lead-up to the rally in Martinez on the 11th. In late June, white supremacist fliers calling Black Lives Matter a terrorist organization and saying “We (whites) our[sic] the chisen[sic] people” (probably meaning to say “We are the chosen people”) were found near downtown. The fliers may be […]
RACIST MOB ATTACKS BLM PROTESTERS AT NORCO MARCH
by ABNER HÄUGE | July 3, 2020
“I’ve never in my life seen the cops get so scared that they turned away from protesters and were facing Nazis with their batons out,” Jen said. “Never seen that shit. That never happens. At least not down here.” On Monday, protesters at a Black Lives Matter rally in Norco, a city in Riverside County, […]
CALIFORNIAN ANTI-QUARANTINE PROTESTORS USE LITTLE-KNOWN APP TO ORGANIZE RALLIES AFTER PARTIAL FACEBOOK SHUTDOWN
by ABNER HÄUGE | April 25, 2020
On the streets this week, they held signs calling for businesses to opened back up–public health be damned. But behind closed virtual doors, they’re talking about getting armed. “Time to form a militia!” Matthew Hinrichs wrote on a closed Facebook group planning the “ReOpen California” protests across the state on May 1st. LCRW received a […]
TAX DAY RALLY IN SONORA, CALIFORNIA GIVES SNAPSHOT OF THE STAY-AT-HOME-ORDER PROTESTS
by ABNER HÄUGE | April 19, 2020
Nearly 100 protestors, mostly small business-owners and church-goers, gathered in Courthouse Park in Sonora Wednesday to protest the stay-at-home order to slow the spread of COVID-19. One man held a sign that said “Give me liberty or give me death!” with his Twitter handle, @libertylover61, on the bottom. “I’m here to support the small business […]
GROYPERS IN THE GOLDEN STATE: BEN SHAPIRO SPENDS MOST OF STANFORD SPEECH TRYING TO DIFFERENTIATE HIMSELF FROM ALT-RIGHT
by ABNER HÄUGE | November 18, 2019
If you’ve only ever been to Stanford’s campus in the dark, it’s a hell of a maze to try to navigate. Luckily, I found the auditorium quickly because of the chanting. “Say it loud! Say it clear! Ben Shapiro’s not welcome here!” I could hear protestors shouting before I reached the place. Here was some […]
TRANS ACTIVIST CITED BY POLICE FOR HATE CRIME FOR PROTESTING ANTI-LGBTQ+ GROUP
by ABNER HÄUGE | June 11, 2019
This is an updated version of a story that ran yesterday. It includes an interview with the activist at the center of the incident and information from police documents. “The pride festival was over, and initially we were just trying to walk from it to other local festivities. We hear the religious protesters,” Marcello recounts, […]
ANTI-LGBTQ+ DEMONSTRATORS SHOVE, THREATEN QUEER ACTIVISTS AT CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL DURING PRIDE WEEKEND
by ABNER HÄUGE | June 10, 2019
In Angie’s video, her friend Marcello, a queer activist in a tie-dye shirt, holds a trans pride flag and dances around in front of a bearded street preacher with a red tie and a suit vest. Angie said that she and Marcello and went to confront them outside of the Capitol Building and that other […]
LAURA LOOMER DRESSES UP AS RACIST CARICATURE AND GETS ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING AT GOVERNOR’S MANSION
by ABNER HÄUGE | January 31, 2019
“How many people do we have on the livestream so far?” Laura Loomer asks, standing on the sidewalk by the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento. It’s Wednesday January 30th. Ben Bergquam grins in the foreground. “I have to do my botox smile.” He says. They’re both dressed as racist caricatures of Mexican people, wearing ponchos and […]
ALL WEST COAST “ALPHA MARCHES” CANCELLED EXCEPT FOR LAS VEGAS
by ABNER HÄUGE | December 28, 2018
Denise Ruiz, self-identified III% member and official MAGA Girl store owner, announced a change of plans recently. In the description of a livestream interview Sunday, fellow III% supporter Erin A. Gooch said that the only west coast rally for the nationwide “Alpha March” on January 19th would be in Las Vegas. In the livestream, Ruiz […]
FAR-RIGHT ACTIVISTS ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR WOMENS’ MARCH COUNTER PROTEST IN FRESNO
by ABNER HÄUGE | December 14, 2018
On January 19th the “Alpha March” is set to counter what its organizers call the “Anti-American haters” of the nation-wide Womens’ March. “They might be a women’s organization that is paid & funded by leftist foundations but we have the man power to march along side our real women’s National Community of Alpha’s who know […]
ALLEGATIONS OF PROUD BOYS VIOLENCE LEAD BAY AREA VENUES TO CANCEL SHOWS
by ABNER HÄUGE | December 10, 2018
Ollie Cline’s band, White Lighter, is having some bad luck lately. Last month, they were booted from historic Berkeley venue 924 Gilman. Two other Bay Area venues cancelled their shows shortly after. Why? It started with a hoodie. White Lighter was on the bill at Gilman on November 3rd. They loaded their gear in and […]