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TV personality Cheryl Burke said she worries for her mom in the San Francisco Bay Area as hate crimes spiked during the pandemic, with many Asian Americans and women becoming victims. The attacks “hit too close to home.”

San Diego leaders are joining forces to provide support for local Asian-American-owned businesses and their employees in the wake of heightened attacks against their community nationwide.

NBC 7’s Allison Ash has the takeways from a public safety symposium dedicated to reporting acts of violence toward Asian communities.

As attacks and hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community increases nationwide, San Diego County leaders will participate in an event to discuss the matter on Wednesday.

San Diego County leaders stood in solidarity with members of the Asian-American and Pacific Islanders communities Wednesday to denounce a rise in hate crimes and attacks against their people.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports from a vigil in Tuesday night in support of the victims of violent crimes against Asian Americans and Asians in America.

In City Heights, some 200 people of many faiths and cultures gathered for a prayer vigil to remember the victims of the murder spree at three Atlanta spas last week. One week ago, to the day, eight people working in three Atlanta area Spas were killed, six of them of Asian descent. The killings spread fear among many members of…

Rallies against anti-Asian hate crimes stretched from San Francisco to DC this weekend, and the San Diego area was no exception.

Rallies against anti-Asian hate crimes stretched from San Francisco to D-C this weekend, and the San Diego area was no exception. NBC7’s Alexis Rivas is in Del Mar at one of at least four such protests today.

A Filipino-American college student reacts to recent attacks on the AAPI community

Attacks on Asian-Americans around the country during the pandemic, including this week’s mass shooting in Georgia, have hit close to home in San Diego’s neighborhoods and communities, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.

This week’s deadly spa shootings and Congressional hearing have put a new focus on a recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.

As more and more reports pour in nationwide of racist attacks and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, San Diegans are stepping up in solidarity of the marginalized community.

San Diegans are speaking out against the racism occurring against Asian-Americans over the last year. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez spoke to the rally’s organizer.

NBC 7’s Mark Mullen heard from a local leader in the Asian American community about the recent attacks, and his message for his community.