On Sunday, a handful of Asian American and Pacific Islanders gathered in City Heights to address mental health. They discussed the increase in violence towards their community since the pandemic.
SAN DIEGO — Members of San Diego's Asian American and Pacific Islander community filled a room as they aired their concerns around violent crime.
"This just doesn’t happen in the Chinese community,” said Cassandra Wong, the Principal at the Chinese School of San Diego. One woman who attended the event owns a Thai restaurant in Poway, Takhrai Thai, which has been broken into several times since 2020. Mayor Todd Gloria said San Diego's overall crime rate dropped last year, but hate crimes specifically increased by about 65%."I don't know that I have all the answers. I wish I did," said Wong when she was asked what will prevent violent crimes like the one in Monterey Park.
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