"The incident happened around 2 pm on December 5 at Hillel House, which is located on Banbury Drive near the SF State campus. Students were inside preparing for a Hanukkah-themed Shabbat service, and a suspicious fire was set outside the building, which ultimately caused damage to the structure and the building's basement, a second-floor bathroom, as well as "most student programming materials" according to a Facebook post by the Jewish Community Relations Council."
"The San Francisco Police Department announced Wednesday that they had made an arrest a day earlier in connection with the incident, which has officially been deemed an arson by the SFFD. 36-year-old Mitchell Hoyt of San Francisco was re-arrested Tuesday on suspicion of arson, and for causing a fire to an inhabited structure, after he was already in custody at SF County Jail on an unrelated matter."
The fire occurred around 2 pm on December 5 at Hillel House on Banbury Drive near the San Francisco State campus. Students were inside preparing for a Hanukkah-themed Shabbat service when a suspicious fire was set outside. The fire damaged the structure, the basement, and most student programming materials. The San Francisco Fire Department deemed the incident an arson. San Francisco police re-arrested 36-year-old Mitchell Hoyt on suspicion of arson and for causing a fire to an inhabited structure. The SFPD said there is no probable cause to charge Hoyt with a hate crime at this time. Hillel House has been closed and the final Shabbat of the semester was canceled.
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