One service in the Bay Area has received more than 2,000 volunteer applications Katrina Ramos, left, meets with Compassion in Oakland volunteers in Oakland's Chinatown in March. (Compassion in Oakland) Cathy Free 5h In February, after a number of anti-Asian attacks in the Bay Area, Jess Owyoung’s sadness quickly turned to outrage. “I felt like it could have happened to my grandparents,” said Owyoung, 37, a fourth-generation Chinese American who lives in the Bay Area. She already felt traumatized by news stories she’d seen about the nationwide rise of anti-Asian hate crimes, and knowing that similar violent acts had happened just a few miles from her home left her with a sick feeling, she said.