LOS ANGELES—The delicate, gold-specked mosaic that hangs above the entrance to St. Peter’s Italian Catholic Church on the edge of Chinatown was marred with bright red paint Monday morning in an apparent act of vandalism, officials said.
A small crowd had gathered at the building by noon, where detectives investigating the scene said it appeared to be linked to the day’s holidays, which include Indigenous Peoples Day and the former Columbus Day.
