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This aerial image shows the Islamic Center of San Diego, on May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
May 21, 2026, 11:35 am
San Diego mosque shooters, who met online, called for genocide of Jews and Muslims
Holocaust-denying teens praised Hitler, called all women ‘evil,’ in violent writings; terrorists killed beloved security guard Amin Abdullah as he protected 140 schoolchildren
By AP and Leon Kraiem
People embrace near the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego Monday, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (AP/Gregory Bull)
May 19, 2026, 6:12 pm
Police investigating deadly San Diego mosque shooting as hate crime
‘There was definitely hate rhetoric that was involved,’ says police chief; teenage shooter’s mother contacted police before attack began, reporting her son as suicidal, armed
By Agencies
Police stage at the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (Gregory Bull/AP)
May 19, 2026, 3:00 am
Teen gunmen kill 3 in apparent hate crime at California Islamic Center
Assailants found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds in car near scene; security guard among victims; all children attending school housed in San Diego compound accounted for and safe
By Agencies
Rabbi Hanan Leberman leads attendees at the AJC Global Forum in the singing of Tfila Leshlom Hamedina at the Davidson Plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem in June 2018. (Screenshot via JTA)
January 22, 2026, 8:17 am
San Diego Jewish groups decry rabbi’s ‘disinvitation’ from Martin Luther King Day event
Hanan Leberman asserts he was excluded due to connection to Israel; organizers say he was asked not to speak over ‘potential disruption related to Zionism’
By Grace Gilson
This photo provided by US Attorney's Office shows clothing displaying antisemitic, anti-Israel, and extremist symbols that were found in former Navy SEAL Seal Gregory Vandenberg vehicle by authorities. (US Attorney's Office via AP)
January 14, 2026, 2:15 am
Neo-Nazi convicted of planning to fire explosives at cops during San Diego anti-Trump rally
Messages found by investigators show ex-Navy SEAL Gregory Vandenberg was mad at the president because he believes the US government is controlled by Israel and the Jewish people
By AP
Illustrative: American performer Kehlani attends the 2024 WeHo Pride Parade on June 2, 2024, in West Hollywood, California. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images/AFP)
June 10, 2025, 5:43 am
All Jewish groups bolt San Diego Pride festival over anti-Israel singer’s performance
Organizations cite ‘serious safety concerns’ due to Kehlani’s ‘repeated amplification of violent antisemitic rhetoric’
By Grace Gilson
El Cajon, California, Mayor Bill Wells speaks at a vigil in memory of Dr. Benjamin Harouni, a Jewish dentist who was murdered at his practice on February 29, 2024, in El Cajon, March 3, 2024. (Screenshot from video via JTA)
March 4, 2024, 12:53 pm
Calls mount to investigate killing of San Diego Jewish dentist as a hate crime
Benjamin Harouni allegedly shot dead by 29-year-old Mohammed Abdulkareem; multiple Jewish advocacy groups demand police look at antisemitism as motive; mayor vows to ‘get to truth’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Participants in a Hands of Peace summer program posing for a group photograph. (CC BY-SA 4.0, Hands of Peace, Wikipedia)
December 6, 2023, 2:45 am
US-based summer dialogue program for Israeli and Palestinian youth announces closure
After 21 years, Hands of Peace says its shutting down due to funding shortages; alumnus Naama Levy is being held hostage in Gaza
By Iddo Schejter
Borussia Dortmund player Mats Hummels participates in a Holocaust education program at the San Diego Jewish Academy, July 28, 2023. (Courtesy of Borussia Dortmund via JTA)
August 2, 2023, 11:04 am
German soccer team joins US Jewish school to honor children murdered in Holocaust
Students and pro soccer players paint ceramic butterflies together to commemorate victims from Westphalia, where team is based, as part of The Butterfly Project education program
By jacob gurvis
In this April 30, 2019, file photo, John T. Earnest appears for his arraignment hearing in San Diego. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool, File)
October 1, 2021, 1:18 am
California man gets life sentence for 2019 Poway synagogue shooting
Agreement with prosecution that spared John T. Earnest the death penalty left little suspense about outcome, but hearing gives 13 victims, families chance to address killer
By Elliot Spagat
From left: Sammi Rotibi as 'Nate' and John Berchtold as 'Isaac' in 'The Forbidden Wish' (Underdog Overkill Productions)
May 4, 2021, 3:42 am
Convinced he’s dead, a young man asks a rabbi to recite mourner’s prayer for him
Michael Carnick writes and directs ‘The Forbidden Wish,’ an intense encounter between an Ethiopian-Israeli rabbi and a US Jew who talk racism, faith and the meaning of life
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Members of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, California are seen in their habitat on January 10, 2021 (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Safari Park via AP)
January 12, 2021, 9:14 am
In 1st known primate case, gorillas test positive for virus at San Diego Zoo
8 gorillas believed to have virus and several have been coughing; appears infection came from member of zoo’s team
By JULIE WATSON
Smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego Sunday, July 12, 2020, in San Diego after an explosion and fire Sunday on board the ship at Naval Base San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
July 13, 2020, 1:10 am
18 injured in explosion, fire aboard US warship at Naval Base San Diego
Not immediately clear what caused blaze on USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault vessel; Navy says wounded hospitalized with ‘non-life threatening injuries’
By AP
Poway synagogue shooting suspect John Earnest during a preliminary hearing in Superior Court in San Diego, on September 19, 2019. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
October 6, 2019, 9:02 pm
Accused Poway synagogue gunman pleads not guilty to deadly shooting
John Earnest faces murder and hate crime charges for attack that killed Lori Gilbert-Kaye and injured three; also denies arson at mosque month before gun assault
By JTA
Heavily armed San Diego police officers approach a house thought to be the home of 19-year-old John T. Earnest, the alleged shooter in the fatal attack at a synagogue in Poway on April 27, 2019, in San Diego, California. (John Gibbins/ The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
June 18, 2019, 12:03 am
Poway synagogue shooter inspired by Hitler, unsealed affidavit shows
John T. Earnest believed Jews were ‘destroying the white race,’ started becoming anti-Semitic 18 months before deadly attack, according to search warrant
By AP
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