as nancy chen reports, some are finding new ways to protect each other. >> reporter: they keep happening, including a 75-year-old woman punched to the ground without warning last week in new york. there alone, 86 anti-asian hate crimes have been reported so far this year. up from 19 in 2020. in response, people are finding ways to help their neighbors. med student michelle tran has been distributing 14,000 self-defense devices paid for with donations. >> having a personal alarm or pepper spray or feeling equipped enough to feel more protected walking down the street is what we are -- we're hoping to achieve with this project. >> reporter: the nypd created an asian hate crimes task force last year. it includes 25 investigators of asian descent speaking a combined 11 languages. they patrol asian american communities, often under cover, and work with detectives to solve hate crimes. inspector tommy eng heads the task force. >> i came to this country in 1988. i was a victim of a robbery when delivering food. never reported it to the police. i didn't speak the language that well. i felt embar

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this country, asian americans have faced a dramatic spike in violence in recent months as cbs' nancy chen finding new ways to protect each other. >> reporter: they keep happening, attacks on asian americans nationwide, including a 75-year-old woman punched to the ground without warning last week in new york. there alone, 86 anti-asian hate crimes have been reported so far this year, up from 19 in 2020. in response, people are finding ways to help their neighbors, med student michelle tran has been distributing 14,000 self defense devices, paid for with donations. >> having a personal alarm or a pepper spray or being equipped enough to feel more protected walking down the street is what we are hoping to achieve with this project. >> reporter: the n.y.p.d. created an asian hate crimes task force last year. it includes 25 investigators of asian descent speaking a combined 11 languages. they patrol asian american communities, often undercover, and work with detectives to solve hate crimes. inspector tommy ng threads task force. >> i came to this country in 1988. i was a victim of a robbery wh

as cbs's nancy chen reports rs, some are finding new ways to protect each other. >> reporter: they keeppening. attacks on asian americans nationwide, including a 75-year-old woman, punched to the ground without warning in new york. there alone, 86 anti-asian ate crimes have been reported this year. up from 19 in 2020, in response, people are finding ways to help their neighbors. med student michelle tran has been distributing 14,000 self defense devices. paid for with donations. >> having a personal alarm or pepper sprayer on feeling equipped enough to feel more protected walking down the street is what we are wanting to achieve with the project. >> reporter: the nypd created an asian hate crimes task force. and it include whiches 25 investigators of asian decent, speaking a combined 11 languages. they control asian american communities often undercover and work with detectives to solve hate crimes. this inspector heads the task force. >> i came to this country in 1988, i was a victim of robbery delivering food. and i did not go to the police, i did not speak the language, i felt embarr

nancy chen introduces us to some of the people trying to make the world safer by offering everythingalls herself new york tough. >> it would be good ton what to do when it's a frontal attack. >> reporter: tyler chang says she's been forced to get even tougher. >> i always check before i leave my house now, phone, wallet, keys, i make sure i have pepper spray and also my alarm. >> reporter: did you have that before? is that something new? >> that wasn't something that i carried until recently. >> reporter: that's because of recent scenes like these -- a 31-year-old woman in new york brutally attacked in the head with a hammer. a father of a 1-year-old knocked to the ground and punched repeatedly in san francisco. and two women in baltimore were hospitalized after this assault involving a cement block. >> i warn my friends, you think that it won't happen to you. but it would. you just have to be prepared. mentally, physically. you got to be on high alert. >> reporter: being prepared by taking this self-defense class. >> you have to turn the whole way -- >> reporter: offered for free by

cbs' nancy chen introduces us to the pied dog walker. >> reporter: steven watson has been walking dogsore followers in bangkok than i do in boston. >> reporter: for the past several years, watson has been posing his pups and posting the pictures. one shot recent went viral when a passerby snapped him in action on boston's longfellow bridge. >> it got a lot of traction on twitter, and pretty soon my instagram was blowing up. >> reporter: watson's canine clients follow him around town for hours each day, stopping for pictures at landmark locations or wherever inspiration stri th they're a bit tired but not totally wiped out. >> repor t really nice about bringing people some joy. >> the dogs help people forget their problems for a little bit. paw? >> reporter: 2 1/2-year-old magnus had to try out for the pied pack. the lab radar retriever has become a local celebrity. >> we've had four and five encounters where people ikeare like, is that magnus? i follow him. i wanted to say hi. >> reporter: magnus' owner said watson bonds with the dogs from day one. >> he's not just their dog walker, he

our nancy chen paid her a visit at a place where simple, fresh food makes the clock tick a little slower in the right mindset for arriving. >> it makes this a really special little enclave. there aren't that many cobblestone streets left in new york. >> reporter: when donna lennard opened il buco 26 years ago, its location was already characterized by a storied past. >> it was rumored that edgar alan poe was inspired by the wine cellar downstairs to write his famous story about a gentleman who is podantic about his wine and his, quote unquote, friend brings him down and buries him inside a wine cave. >> reporter: but it's what's being crafted above, the fresh dishes simply prepared but brimming with taste that has made il buco so cherished. >> what influences the food here? >> we're not strictly tied to a specific region, even if umbria is our inspiration. we really just love good food made with the best ingredients we can find. >> reporter: a network of producers and harvesters, salt orchards in upstate new york. beginnings as an antique store in 1993. >> how's the paella. >> so good. >

but as cbs' nancy chen tells us, restaurants nationwide are struggling to keep up with new customersecause of an employee shortage. >> reporter: business is back at the loft restaurant in poulsbo, washington. the owners are serving up meals to a growing number of diners. there's a key ingredient missing -- workers. >> this is the hardest it has ever been in my 30 years in this industry to find anyone to come and cook. >> reporter: establishments nationwide are facing staffing shortages at all positions. the mill in upstate new york is offering gift cards to customers who help find new employees. when restaurants shut down last spring, many workers found jobs in different industries. for others, it pays more to stay home and collect government benefits. the shortages are forcing restaurants across the country to readjust their business model. the owner of nicoletta's in florida can't find enough help so he closes on mondays. >> i have to be able to not run them into the ground, run myself into the ground. so we need to take a day off, let everybody relax a little bit. >> reporter: the