A 74-year-old Filipina woman was shoved to her death in front of an oncoming BART train in San Francisco last week, rekindling fear in a community of Bay Area Asian seniors who have been spat upon, harassed and assaulted.

“My heart just sank,” said Dr. Lingsheng Li, a geriatrician and research fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. 

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Anna Leah comes to Local News Matters from over fifteen years in documentary film – including a docu-series examining the national reach of conspiratorial thinking, never-before-seen materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, and a history of currency. Currently, she is earning a master’s degree in feature writing, investigation, and data at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism (part of CUNY – the City University of New York). She focuses on building empathy with people who are often overlooked or oversimplified. More at annaleah.com.