COUNTY OFFERS REWARD TO FIND PARK VANDALS.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A $10,000 reward was offered Tuesday for information leading to the conviction of the vandals who over the weekend spray-painted racial symbols and slurs at three Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. schools, a church and a park. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San offered the reward from his discretionary fund for those who sprayed swastikas and racial epithets at Stevenson Ranch Elementary, Pico Canyon Elementary, Meadows Elementary, Christ Lutheran Church Christ Lutheran Church is a common name for churches, including:
Anyone with information is asked to call the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's station at (661) 255-1121. The vandalism was classified as a felony hate crime because of the nature and the extensive damage. The intruders hit over the weekend at the various locations in Stevenson Ranch and Valencia. Sheriff's officials believe youths are responsible because the vandalism didn't make sense - for example, anti-Jewish swastikas were left on a Christian church. No suspects had been arrested by late Tuesday afternoon, sheriff's officials said. Also on Tuesday, the Anti-Defamation League Anti-Defamation League B’nai B’rith organization which fights anti-Semitism. [Am. Hist.: Wigoder, 33] See : Anti-Semitism praised sheriff's officials for the quick reaction to the incidents. ``The Sheriff's Department should be commended for their swift response and for treating this matter seriously,'' said Gennady Shtern, Valley director of the Pacific Southwest Region of the ADL. ``Defacing public or private property with insignias of hate is an act of hostility that affects our entire society, not just the groups identified in the graffiti. The Sheriff's Department has demonstrated that these acts will not be tolerated,'' Shtern said. |
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