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Asian women attacked in Oakland Chinatown, feet away from Thursday's attack Two women were attacked in Oakland's Chinatown, not far from where a two people were pistol-whipped. OAKLAND, Calif. - Muggers attacked and robbed Asian victims in Oakland Chinatown for the second time in two days on Friday. Surveillance video shows two women, one of them is elderly, walking on Ninth Street near Harrison Street, when two men got out of a car, grabbed their purses, knocked them to the pavement, and drove off with a third person behind the wheel. The younger woman suffered a cut on her finger in the att...

Moved by security camera videos of older Asians being viciously attacked in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jacob Azevedo, a young Latino man, offered in an Instagram post to escort anyone in Oakland’s Chinatown who felt unsafe. Others saw the message and wanted to help him: Compassion in Oakland launched in February and has grown from hundreds to more than 2,000 orange-vested volunteers and is working to take the initiative to cities across the country. “This [violence] is the worst we have ever seen, but it’s the best response I’ve ever seen myself, because when the worst came, we are...

Moved by security camera videos of older Asians being viciously attacked in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jacob Azevedo, a young Latino man, offered in an Instagram post to escort anyone in Oakland’s Chinatown who felt unsafe. Others saw the message and wanted to help him: Compassion in Oakland launched in February and has seen volunteer applications grow from hundreds to more than 2,000, and the organization is working to take the initiative to cities across the country. “This [violence] is the worst we have ever seen, but it’s the best response I’ve ever seen myself, because when th...

The patrol group aims to partner with the Oakland Police Department to report incidents, the organization said. "I'm here to help with reports," said Officer Mae Phu of the Oakland Police Asian Community Liaison. Phu’s job is to collect evidence faster by breaking down language barriers. "A person that hopefully they can trust and be able to speak with," he said. In recent weeks, Asian Americans have been the targets of violent attacks in Oakland and other Bay Area cities. One Oakland incident involved a 71-year old who was robbed and attacked. In San Francisco, an 84-year-old Asian man wa...