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Two teens face felony charges for a hate crime incident at a Ventura County high school campus

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Teens charged with painting hate images and words at Newbury Park High School.

Two teens are facing felony criminal charges for a hate crime incident at a Conejo Valley high school.

On February 27, someone painted hate crime symbols and words on the quad at Newbury Park High School.

Detectives identified two teen boys as possible suspects. A 15-year-old from Thousand Oaks and a 17-year-old from Simi Valley were cited after search warrants were served at their homes Thursday.

They're charged with being responsible for a hate crime, creating a hate symbol, and vandalism.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.