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"Our community is being attacked. We are dying to be heard."

Rise in attacks on elderly Asian Americans in Bay Area prompt new special response unit CNN 2/9/2021 By Eric Levenson, Stephanie Becker and Dan Simon, CNN © KGO Actor Daniel Wu, who grew up in the Bay Area, spoke at a news conference Monday condemning anti-Asian bias in Oaklands Chinatown. Several unprovoked attacks on elderly Asian Americans, including at least three in the Bay Area captured in disturbing videos in recent days, have raised concerns about anti-Asian bias re...

Print Oakland police have arrested a man suspected of assaulting three people in a string of brazen, seemingly unprovoked attacks that set the city’s Chinatown on edge. The Alameda County district attorney’s office on Monday charged Yahya Muslim, 28, with assault, elder abuse and special allegations of causing great bodily injury and committing a crime while on release pending the resolution of another case, according to court records. One of the attacks was captured on video. A 91-year-ol...

A northern California district attorney announced Monday that a new special response unit was created in the wake of recent attacks against Asians, particularly elderly Asians, in Oakland’s Chinatown, as activists have argued that other violence in San Francisco and New York shows a pattern of abuse related to blame placed on the Asian American community for the coronavirus pandemic.

Several unprovoked attacks on elderly Asian Americans, including at least three in the Bay Area captured in disturbing videos in recent days, have raised con...

Actors Daniel Dae Kim (a Bethlehem native) and Daniel Wu are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of a person who violently attacked a 91-year-old man in Oakland’s Chinatown district.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A suspect is now facing charges in connection with an attack on a 91-year-old in Oaklands Chinatown. As this happens, community members are stepping up and some have a strong message. Volunteers like Jimmy Bounphengsy and Kelley Mea could be seen walking the streets of Oakland Monday night - Specifically, Oaklands Chinatown and the outlying streets after at least three vicious attacks on seniors. Their message is a simple one. "We out here trying to protect and I dont w...

Police arrested a suspect in the string of attacks on older adults in in Oakland’s...

White House responds to recent attacks on Asian Americans in shocking Bay Area incidents KGO Share: SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took time during her press briefing Monday to address the escalating hate crimes that have been documented in recent days, yet just represent the latest spike in alarming incidents against Asian Americans since the very outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Im not aware that hes seen the videos," responded Psaki to one reporter during Monda...

A 28-year-old man, who was arrested on unrelated charges, has been charged over the recent series of unprovoked…