The suspects have been charged for more than 70 cases that occurred between October 2020 and this September, and hate crime enhancements have been added because the men allegedly frequently targeted Asian females who ended up injured in robberies

Two men have been charged with hate crimes in Santa Clara County for separate assaults against an Asian American woman walking her dog in Los Gatos and a 93-year-old Persian American in San Jose. According to a press release today by the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, Richard Hanford, 62, of Los Gatos, told an Asian American woman: “This is America, (expletive deleted)” before striking her on a sidewalk in Los Gatos. David Greenburg, 56, of Redwood City, spit at an elderly San Jose Persian American man and told him: “Go back to your (expletive deleted) country.”

Both are charged with misdemeanor hate crime charges.

“These three suspects worked in concert to commit dozens of robberies throughout the Bay Area, many in San Jose,” San Jose police said. “Asian females were frequently targeted, and many of them were injured during the robberies.”

Japantown residents have stepped up to protect seniors and businesses from violence and petty crimes that locals say are on the rise.

As anti-Asian hate crimes spread through Silicon Valley, one Los Gatos resident has a plan to fight them that starts in the classroom.

A diverse crowd of protesters, young and old, marched down Calaveras Boulevard in Milpitas to City Hall Sunday.

Prosecutors say Alena Jenkins physically attacked two fast-food employees while calling them “stupid” and “f*cking Mexicans.”

Johan Strydom’s arraignment is set for 1:30pm today in Department 24 of the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice.

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Palo Alto Police Department at 650.329.2413 or [email protected].

Anyone with information about the vandalism reported at Congregation Emeth can call Morgan Hill police at 408.779.2101.

The City Council meets at 1:30pm Tuesday inside the council chambers at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St.

Law enforcement officials applauded the moment as a sign that a more progressive era of policing has come to Silicon Valley.

Residents and local officials gathered at the Mountain View Senior Center on Saturday for the region’s first listening forum on LGBTQ issues.

San Jose State students found two swastikas and “hateful language” in campus dorms Tuesday, prompting an investigation into the incident.

On Monday, a jury found three former San Jose State students guilty of battery—but not hate crimes—against another student.

More than a year after San Jose upped its minimum wage to $10 an hour and as the conversation around pay increases for low-paid workers ramps up on a national scale, Santa Clara County is starting to look at enacting a similar measure for unincorporated parts of the region. Supervisor Dave Cortese, who’s also running for mayor of San Jose, will lead the discussion when the Board of Supervisors meets on Tuesday. A county ordinance comes with many more challenges than a citywide measure, Cortese notes.