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news, new york and the u.s. has also seen an alarming rise in anti-asian attacks we ve been reporting about. here in los angeles there s an effort to teach people in the community to defend themselves kim tobin from our station knbc reports reporter: tucked away off the streets of downtown los angeles, family traditions are being kept alive while all restaurants have been struggling through the covid crisis, leo and lydia lee s rice box faced an added challenge we get phone calls all the time saying like oh, do you serve covid? or like is corona here reporter: when people are trying to draw that connection, it must still be difficult. it was hurtful. it definitely hurt and we didn t know how to speak up. reporter: at the height of the pandemic their son ari was born and their hearts sank as they saw the rise in hate crimes targeting asian americans. up a staggering 189% nationwide one study showed nearly a third of asian adults feared someone might threaten or physically at

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