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Domestic violence and mass shootings are intimately linked. But Asian Americans face barriers to confronting abuse.

“Your ‘no’ [as a mother] is the start of everything,” Pusey said. “I would encourage folks who are in an unhealthy relationship and have a gun in the home to call and make a safety plan,” she said. “We want to go upstream and prevent these things from happening.” “They don’t want the stigma of coming from a broken family, so they try to stay in a relationship that really hurts them.” “Now women know that verbal and mental [abuse] is also domestic violence,” she said. California is one of 19 states where a judge can issue a “gun violence restraining order” to temporarily take firearms from an alleged abuser, Lui and her colleagues don’t know what happens to their clients after they leave the 52-week court-ordered program. Survivors and perpetrators say, “this is my family issue,” said the psychologist, who runs a court-mandated intervention program for abusers, one of the few Chinese-language options in the state. But if they’re in middle school, high school, preparing to go to college, it’s harder.” To be sure, “Asian” is a broad umbrella encompassing many distinct ethnic groups, faith traditions, languages and cultures. “They don’t want physical violence, but having to leave or having him jailed or deported does not make their lives better. “I want to know why, I know our City Council and elected officials want to know why.

Back-to-back mass shootings in California have claimed the lives of people who loved to dance at a studio in Monterey Park and farm workers in the coastal ...

"He came to buy cheese." Tom's family said she died on Sunday after being taken to hospital in critical condition following the shooting, according to a statement seen by ABC News. And he said, 'Come sit down with us'," Perez recounted. We are left frustrated, stuck with this vicious cycle," the family said. "She will never be able to witness what she dreamed of for all these years." Taiwan's de facto consulate in Los Angeles said two Taiwanese expatriates also were killed.

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — For decades, Monterey Park has been a haven for Asian immigrants seeking to maintain a strong cultural identity — and a ...

A lot of people travel far away to Monterey Park to eat and dine.” “It was the first ‘ethnoburb’ in Southern California for Asians,” Hsieh said. But, they remained in their ethnic enclaves and mingled among themselves, which means they have limited spaces to gather as they age.” Some dedicated dancers who came to the ballroom showed up after work and on the weekends. Hsieh, the professor, grew up in Santa Clarita, but has deep connections to Monterey Park. Monterey Park’s transformation to a predominantly Asian city was the brainchild of Fred Hsieh, a Chinese immigrant who was also a savvy real estate developer. For decades, the city has been revered as the flagship location in Southern California for authentic Asian food, particularly Chinese cuisine from various regions. In Chinese culture, the number eight is seen by some as a symbol of prosperity and good fortune. That sense of peace was shattered after a gunman killed 11 people in their 50s, 60s and 70s and wounded nine others last Saturday during a Lunar New Year celebration at the Star Dance Ballroom. When Hiseh died in 1999, Monterey Park had at the time become the only U.S. And residents in their golden years enjoy karaoke, the Chinese tile game mah jong and — as the outside world learned last week after a horrific mass shooting — ballroom dancing. Signs across the vibrant suburb are written in English and Chinese.

In Half Moon Bay — a beach town south of San Francisco — a 66-year-old Asian American man killed 7 people, including Chinese and Latino farm workers on Monday.

Members of both the Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay communities are responding with mutual aid and financial support for the victims and their families. Beyond the help that’s focused on victims, experts and organizers are also urging stricter gun laws, more mental health resources for aging people, and greater scrutiny of domestic violence within the Asian American community. Historically, Monterey Park has been a “vibrant Asian American enclave,” says Kulkarni, and “one of the first suburbs in the United States to have an Asian majority,” according to Zarsadiaz. Farm workers have long faced [challenging working conditions](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/living-in-shipping-containers-making-9-an-17742337.php) in the state, including low wages, overcrowded housing, and workplace exploitation. [according to the Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-24/half-moon-bay-shooting-victims). [told the San Francisco Chronicle](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/half-moon-bay-s-close-knit-farmworker-community-17738895.php). The violence in a historically safe space for Asian Americans has inspired both immense grief and solidarity. Since the 1970s, Monterey Park has established itself as a “suburban Chinatown” and become a central, middle-class hub of Asian American restaurants, strip malls, and gathering places. Given the limited information on the motives of these attacks, many in the Asian American community are still trying to wrap their heads around both the causes behind them, and some of the similarities between the shooters. [Sam’s Club parking lot](https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/report-sams-club-stabbing-suspect-thought-family-was-chinese-infecting-people-with-coronavirus/) and a 2021 mass shooting in [multiple Atlanta-area spas](https://www.vox.com/22335666/asian-spa-shooting-atlanta) that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent. We have just experienced a set of storms,” says Chrissy Lau, a history professor at California State University Monterey Bay, who specializes in Asian American studies. These shootings follow anti-Asian attacks that surged in recent years as Asian Americans were scapegoated for the spread of the coronavirus.

Pope Francis has expressed his great sadness for the tragic shootings that killed eleven people during Lunar New Year in Monterey Park, California, last weekend ...

In a back-to-back mass shooting in northern California just two days afterwards, seven people were shot dead in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay. According to the Associated Press, the suspect was found dead on Sunday, apparently having died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a van. Authorities say he fled in the van after people thwarted his attempt to perpetrate a second shooting at the Lai Lai Ballroom in the nearby city of Alhambra on Saturday night. In it, he said he was "deeply saddened" to learn of the shooting that took place in the US. Pope Francis concluded, by sending his Apostolic Blessing "as a pledge of strength and peace in the Lord." The Holy Father's message came on Wednesday in a telegram sent on his behalf by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and addressed to the Archbishop of Los Angeles, Archbishop José H.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified multiple weapons used by the suspected shooter, who killed 11 people at the Star Dance Ballroom Studio in ...

Constitution recognizes Americans have a fundamental right to own firearms and the U.S. [illegal possession](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime) of a firearm, Luna said. [CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink) The abundance of ammunition is also legal to own and is common across California. The U.S. The attachment seemed to have a cloth or another material wrapped around the barrel. It is being tested by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Luna said. Large capacity magazines, defined by California law as anything carrying more than 10 rounds, are illegal in the state. A motorcycle was also placed at the scene by the presumed shooter at some point before the shooting. The rifle is considered a hunting sports rifle and is legal in the state. [most restrictive gun laws](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/personal-freedoms/second-amendment) in the U.S., especially on “assault weapons.” However, a Californian is allowed to legally possess a weapon that is later outlawed. The weapon also had a modification to its trigger, although it is not clear if the weapon was modified to be fully automatic.

Among the 11 people killed when a gunman opened fire during a Lunar New Year celebration at a Los Angeles-area dance hall popular with older Asian Americans ...

When his father's friends said he'd never made it to lunch the next day, the family reported to police that he was missing. Szu Fa Yu said that if his father was a dancer, he didn't know about it. The couple emigrated from China more than 25 years ago and did everything together, Ms Blees said. He saw his wife collapse, Ms Blees said. His family said that he was the kind of friend who was generous with his time, and to his children "he was generous with words of love and affirmation." This month, Ms Ung's daughter was visiting her from overseas. She was everyone's biggest cheerleader," Ms Liou wrote. "She was kind to all strangers. He was described by those who knew him as always smiling, helping out and making people feel welcome. Mymy Nhan, 65, was a regular at Star Ballroom. Valentino Alvero, 68, was remembered as a dedicated family man who loved ballroom dancing and was "the life of any party," his family said in statement. Diana Tom, 70, was a "hard-working mother, wife and grandmother who loved to dance," her family said in a statement provided to The Associated Press.

As mass shootings rise, with two in California in the last week alone, so do memorials that mark their memory — including a thoughtful new one in Tucson.

Afterward, the names of the dead were recited, each accompanied by the ding of a bell. The shooting took place on a brilliant, sunny morning — much like the morning of the anniversary. Earlier this month, a group of survivors and their families — about two dozen people — gathered within one of the berms to mark the anniversary. At 10:10 a.m., the time of the shooting, the assembled group observed a moment of silence. “It allowed us to develop a layer of messaging that was about the context as opposed to just talking about a small moment in time.” In the George Floyd moment, artists and designers are changing the nature of monuments and the histories they honor. The memorial is known as “the Embrace” — a concept rendered as a pair of symmetrical V-shaped berms containing two low-lying fountains circumnavigated by a gravel path. state at the beginning of the 20th. [unveiled](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-11-13/sandy-hook-memorial-opens-nearly-10-years-after-massacre-that-killed-20-first-graders) its own monument to the [Sandy Hook elementary school shooting](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-dec-15-la-na-connecticut-shooting-20121216-story.html) of 2012, an attack that took the lives of six educators and 20 very young students. Last year, the Curtain of Courage, designed by landscape architect [Walter Hood](https://www.hooddesignstudio.com/curtainofcourage), was [ unveiled](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/arts/design/mass-shooting-memorials-san-bernardino-pulse-newtown.html) at a county building in San Bernardino to mark [the 2015 mass shooting](https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-san-bernardino-shooting-sg-20151202-storygallery.html) that left 14 dead and 21 injured. Across the plaza, to the west, lies City Hall; to the north, the Tuscon Museum of Art. [Moody Graham](https://moodygraham.com/project/guardians-of-the-first-amendment-memorial-duplicate) to [the 2018 murder](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-07-15/gunman-criminally-responsible-killing-5-capital-gazette-newspaper) of five people in the Capital Gazette newsroom.

Yet, by the end of the day Diaz and her mother, Isis Calderon, were left traumatised and fearing for their lives after a shocking shooting outside the service ...

In the eulogy, I wrote just like her name, she was sweet like a flower.” That was how Diaz and Calderon wanted people to remember them. Diaz says that Fresia dreamed of regenerating the cacao farm her family owned in Colombia where she hoped to grow fruits. I was looking forward to having the people that supported their journey, their friends and family to really be together for once in their name.” “Sara had a special relationship with the staff members there,” Diaz said. She says that as a Colombian, she had already faced micro-aggressions, but now these have been compounded by the claims in the media. Diaz and Calderon were keen to emphasise that Sara did not have a relationship with her father. When Sara was awake at nine, she was back in the hospital,” Calderon says, speaking from her flat in London. A lot of people were helping her, helping us, to pick up her son from school, or take some food for them to eat in the hospital.” But when her aunt and cousin died within a month of each other, she was desperate to put together a memorial service in honour of the people they were. One of the women, aged 48, has “potentially life-changing injuries”, and remains in hospital, the Metropolitan police said. She paid close attention to every detail, from the music they chose to the poems that were read out.

Police also confirmed that a total of three firearms registered to the suspect were recovered by detectives -- along with a motorcycle that belonged to the ...

Investigators believe it was placed there by the suspect as an alternate getaway vehicle,” police said. “The weapon was not registered in the state of California and was purchased by the suspect on February 9, 1999, in the city of Monterey Park. The weapon used by the suspect to commit suicide inside the white van was identified as a Norinco 7.62 X 25mm pistol.

Pope Francis has expressed his great sadness for the tragic shootings that killed eleven people during Lunar New Year in Monterey Park, California, last weekend ...

In a back-to-back mass shooting in northern California just two days afterwards, seven people were shot dead in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay. According to the Associated Press, the suspect was found dead on Sunday, apparently having died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a van. Authorities say he fled in the van after people thwarted his attempt to perpetrate a second shooting at the Lai Lai Ballroom in the nearby city of Alhambra on Saturday night. In it, he said he was "deeply saddened" to learn of the shooting that took place in the US. Pope Francis concluded, by sending his Apostolic Blessing "as a pledge of strength and peace in the Lord." The Holy Father's message came on Wednesday in a telegram sent on his behalf by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and addressed to the Archbishop of Los Angeles, Archbishop José H.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna is giving a update on the Monterey Park mass shooting.

"The suspect was not married," said Luna in response to reports that Tran may have been targeting his wife. "Every which way, with the goal of trying to find a motive, hopefully we can." Two other weapons, one used by Tran to take his own life and another that was found in his home in Hemet, were registered.

Authorities say the 72-year-old gunman who sprayed bullets into a Southern California ballroom dance hall, killing 11 people, had no known connection with ...

And it kind of burns the image into your brain.” [Kamala Harris](/topic/kamala-harris) visited the memorial Wednesday, adding her own bouquet, before heading to a senior center to talk to relatives of the victims. Marlene Xu gathered with fellow dancers by a row of flower-framed photos of the victims. Tran, who was of Vietnamese descent and lived in Hong Kong, had been in the U.S. He said notifying other local, state and federal agencies gave them the ability to get the word out. Hundreds of people carrying flowers, candles and incense showed up for a vigil. "It’s like a part of your life is gone.” Luna said Tran used a registered semiautomatic handgun when he died by suicide, and a registered bolt-action rifle was found at his home in Hemet, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) from Monterey Park. The gun and the high-capacity magazine are illegal in California. Saturday occurred just an hour or so after tens of thousands of people attended Lunar New Year festivities in the city. He bought the machine pistol in Monterey Park in 1999 but it was not registered in California, the sheriff said. Tran later shot himself in the van where his body was found Sunday morning.

Chunli Zhao, the defendant in the Half Moon Bay mass shooting that left seven people dead and one injured, admitted during a jailhouse interview Thursday ...

He bought the gun used in the killings in 2021 and didn't run into any obstacles when making the purchase. Zhao said he endured years of bullying combined with long hours working on the farms, and those issues were never addressed. Zhao told Wang he has been in the U.S.

The suspect in the Half Moon Bay, California, mass shooting was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in what ...

and said she mbelieved her son was involved in the shooting. The firearm – which sources say was then used to identify the suspect – is believed to have been the murder weapon, Luna said. He then dropped the magazine from the gun and reached into his bag for another and approached the victims again who were on the floor, officials said. “Investigators believe it was placed there by the suspect as an alternative getaway vehicle.” and walked around for about 40 seconds without interacting with anyone or buying anything, according to investigators who reviewed surveillance video, the court documents said. The suspect was a “coworker or former coworker” of the victims at each shooting site and evidence points to the attack being an instance of workplace violence, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said. - The semi-automatic handgun believed to have been used by the Half Moon Bay suspect was legally purchased and owned, authorities have said. He died following a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the sheriff previously said. It really doesn’t,” the sheriff added, explaining that investigators are working to find a motive. Court documents revealed Wednesday that the shooting suspect’s mother called police in the hours after the attack, saying she believed her son was involved in the shooting. It came as investigators to the south were still piecing together what led up to a mass shooting in Here are more details of some of the recent shootings.

It was hard for Erlin Ortiz and her sister, Miriam Ortiz, to believe the horror that was unfolding in front of their eyes.

We believe the answer is no.." "We saw him get on the forklift, and when he turned to see us, he was making fun of the situation." More information and a sign-up page [are available online here](https://forms.gle/CXsan9Pu5j26BJVv8). We believe the answer is no. "The question was whether there is any evidence of a copycat of Monterey Park. [Half Moon Bay mass shooting: Suspect charged with 7 counts of murder; Victims identified](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-victims-identified-killed-with-purpose-with-intent-execution-style/) [Were warning signs missed in two California mass shootings?](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/were-warning-signs-missed-in-two-california-mass-shootings/) ['Shame on them;' Newsom excoriates gun control opponents following California mass shootings](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-mass-shootings-gavin-newsom-half-moon-bay-oakland-monterey-park/) [Oakland shooting kills 18-year-old, injures 4; Others hurt in crash while fleeing](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/one-dead-7-injured-after-mass-shooting-at-oakland-video-shoot/) [Deadly gunfire shatters the laid-back lifestyle of big surf mecca Half Moon Bay](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/deadly-gunfire-shatters-the-laid-back-lifestyle-of-big-surf-mecca-half-moon-bay/) ['Scourge of gun violence;' Local politicians react to Half Moon Bay mass shooting](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/scourge-of-gun-violence-local-politicians-react-to-half-moon-bay-mass-shooting/) [AG Bonta warns of crowdfunding scams in wake of Half Moon Bay, Monterey Park shootings](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/half-moon-bay-monterey-park-mass-shootings-ag-bonta-warns-crowdfunding-scams/) [Half Moon Bay mass shooting devastating to local farmworker community](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-devastating-to-local-farmworker-community/) [The U.S. As for the shooting investigation, there were several new pieces of information passed along. "There was a note inside the car," Wagstaffe said. Wagstaffe went on to say his office believes that they know a motive in the shooting, but he wouldn't divulge that, saying the focus now is on the prosecution and keeping the details out of the public eye to ensure a fair trial. More than 60 people have been killed.](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/39-mass-shootings-first-23-days-of-year/) [Motive sought for Monterey Park mass shooting that left 11 dead during Lunar New Year celebrations](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monterey-park-mass-shooting-california-motive-lunar-new-year-celebrations/) [Baby, teen mom among 6 victims in massacre at Central Valley home](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/central-valley-goshen-6-killed-in-shooting-baby-teen-mom-among-victims-tulare-county/) HALF MOON BAY -- It was hard for Erlin Ortiz and her sister, Miriam Ortiz, to believe the horror that was unfolding in front of their eyes. "He was laughing, he was smiling," Erlin Ortiz said.

Daniel Harris faces jail after being convicted of publishing terrorist material from his grandfather's house in Glossop.

He said the teenager’s videos were “not simply hateful – they’re trying to motivate and instruct”. Harris’s barrister, James Walker, said the teenager had acknowledged that “he needs to change his behaviour” but was the subject of “significant failings” by his family and the local authority. He was arrested two days later after an undercover sting at a motorway service station.

Police tape marks off the scene of a shooting after a gunman killed seven people at two agricultural businesses in Half Moon Bay. (Aaron Kehoe / Associated ...

Steven Wagstaffe at a news conference Wednesday described the “squalor” that employees live in, and said the county executive told him in a phone call that morning, “Now we know about it, and we have to act on it.” “California is investigating the farms involved in the Half Moon Bay shooting to ensure workers are treated fairly and with the compassion they deserve.” About 2,500 to 3,000 farmworkers live in the town at any given time, officials said. Farm owners have also pointed to the state’s extreme weather, with floods and heavy winds, devastating their fields and the surrounding infrastructure. [after a mass shooting](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-22/la-me-monterey-park-mass-shooting-lunar-new-years-eve) in Monterey Park that [killed 11 people](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-24/monterey-park-mass-shooting-victims-indentified), has drawn attention to what advocates say is a well-known secret: Farms across the state — and the United States — often thrive on poor and vulnerable agricultural workers, many of whom are undocumented and are unaware of their rights. [has worked at and resided in trailers](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-24/half-moon-bay-shooting-victims) at Mountain Mushroom Farm, was “a co-worker or former co-worker of the victims at each shooting site,” the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said. San Mateo County Dist. [snapped](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-25/half-moon-bay-farm-worker-snapped-before-shootings-sheriff-says)” because of a still-unknown grievance. [first attack](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-25/half-moon-bay-farm-worker-snapped-before-shootings-sheriff-says), and Concord Farms on Cabrillo Highway, the site of the second attack. [Chunli Zhao](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-25/half-moon-bay-shooting-gunman-victims), 66, opened fire at both locations, killing seven people and injuring one in what authorities have characterized as a case of workplace violence. [seven people dead](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-25/half-moon-bay-shooting-victims) and cast a spotlight on the lives of California’s farmworkers who often live and work in dangerous conditions. California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the labor commissioner’s office confirmed they’re investigating the two work sites in Half Moon Bay for potential labor and workplace safety and health violations.

Deputies, Kentucky State Police, and the Barbourville Police Department responded to reports of a shooting on Wednesday, according to the sheriff's office. When ...

There were candlelight vigils at Star Dance Studio and East Los Angeles College on Wednesday night.

[resources available](https://laist.com/news/health/after-the-deadly-shootings-mental-health-becomes-a-concern-for-the-aapi-community) at the Asian Mental Health Project and elsewhere. [Eleven people](https://laist.com/news/monterey-park-mass-shooting-day-overview#victims) were killed in that incident — mostly men and women in their 60s and 70s who were there to enjoy a night out at the ballroom. “It makes you have a wake-up call," she said. We celebrate sacred holidays together and through dancing together in places just like this. A mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park late in the evening on Saturday, Jan. [Coping in the Aftermath of a Shooting](https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D001fg7TKB2N0noA8O3LYF-u3Zf7WrAKvjCwwleDz6LjPyujtm9Y7o-5kuDsd9htDgBYr20wuN_5N2-S9z_HhYg1ShKxPShZHEZUEBvCgK22o1LxvUVQqlBOcPTdEfSGDWV-UpHQOMWsVQT-4MEQCM3yNDiOhqAbjQ2DKXLbovGs61KKZGOxbdl3cc1DDSmwLfQ_fnhwsFip5fcD7LuROtO1Iy6oCTA0Ze8p%26c%3DXJ8tlDG_8yJrkJoBwIZNYMnG5-4jwAfKWIDem-CSY5mcr-AMIeEfTw%3D%3D%26ch%3DO0-GBeL7-ISYB2Ws_uKQaKpsQGfx9OQjw1h_AuVZETIgQWFWNpYJCA%3D%3D&data=05%7C01%7Ctmarcano%40scpr.org%7C5a96dfcb9f854f427ab308da3ddf94e9%7C8245ecb6b08841218e216c093b6d9d22%7C0%7C0%7C637890327752980192%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=eluFX5AX0anKB7wq8LGCFKRf8%2FSrn0DkgXe20sDlhcY%3D&reserved=0)(American Counseling Association) [Supporting Employees in Coping with Community Violence](https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D001fg7TKB2N0noA8O3LYF-u3Zf7WrAKvjCwwleDz6LjPyujtm9Y7o-5knB-ZAWmphmdfqv32JMBbQ6XKEW4lZRoOIhZrwHaJY8Issi7FxR6iA62dvQ59zwoRYvkv4qOn-fw1wVfgZqe6CedJ33CTfNA6DXanzmfmFFM5nWUt6YiI4q5ACV746G3dgzDY0X7SR6p_Xw8h262yUxVM60Z22EE0Rq_3DfuTTgq3PPEQTRzHftFbXXys0OZujqwhXXyDw_l4RllWiZ2Av9ULjIyjHK_A9eDI9gLZt66vpmTwhoLdAlazICDoQZ_DbG1rwQDe9NZfnGsDStED2p0g6dob8wrStbZ9YIZeJTkKKc-BvEAKHPj_pfZJQnYoqvisMeqMijIZUq6sUz9kRPlpAnC8YRwPg%3D%3D%26c%3DXJ8tlDG_8yJrkJoBwIZNYMnG5-4jwAfKWIDem-CSY5mcr-AMIeEfTw%3D%3D%26ch%3DO0-GBeL7-ISYB2Ws_uKQaKpsQGfx9OQjw1h_AuVZETIgQWFWNpYJCA%3D%3D&data=05%7C01%7Ctmarcano%40scpr.org%7C5a96dfcb9f854f427ab308da3ddf94e9%7C8245ecb6b08841218e216c093b6d9d22%7C0%7C0%7C637890327752980192%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EB1Fv014yGvm8PXLSoB6g%2FLlkN6agjnQNnE1GUO9thU%3D&reserved=0)(Employee Assistance for Education – EASE) [Trauma and Disaster Mental Health](https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D001fg7TKB2N0noA8O3LYF-u3Zf7WrAKvjCwwleDz6LjPyujtm9Y7o-5kuDsd9htDgBYSG902a1bPtYk2htshppVNjUf11O4-IhijS3648VIGdN_gHh4baS7esA91i5M0yyF8pFzx8G9Xdg4f8kvr45ZW22DUkfc_8lZMQauPxrOQA78Sxqc1SsrK6jIj2jPfkqqleuqrW4CL2gGXKab_HE82F0cyR742ar0Sn23y-ski3Q%3D%26c%3DXJ8tlDG_8yJrkJoBwIZNYMnG5-4jwAfKWIDem-CSY5mcr-AMIeEfTw%3D%3D%26ch%3DO0-GBeL7-ISYB2Ws_uKQaKpsQGfx9OQjw1h_AuVZETIgQWFWNpYJCA%3D%3D&data=05%7C01%7Ctmarcano%40scpr.org%7C5a96dfcb9f854f427ab308da3ddf94e9%7C8245ecb6b08841218e216c093b6d9d22%7C0%7C0%7C637890327752980192%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=spz%2Ba6pAvbTJXvcs8hOC9RvCDQaaHt5c5lm1VXvJsbQ%3D&reserved=0)(American Counseling Association) “We show our love for each other by sharing food at our favorite restaurants. “What was amazing about teacher Ma is that when you called him he was there,” said Monterey Park community member Cindy Wu. 21, left 10 people dead at the scene and 10 others wounded. - Still searching for a reason. [in an update Wednesday](https://laist.com/news/monterey-park-mass-shooting-day-overview) that deputies still have not made the connection between the victims and the shooter. [found a sense of home in Monterey Park](https://laist.com/news/why-monterey-park-community-holds-a-special-place-in-las-asian-community-and-far-beyond).

Marciano Martinez Jimenez, age 50, was among the mushroom farm workers shot and killed in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Monday. Friends are remembering him as a ...

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Marciano Martinez Jimenez, age 50, was among the mushroom farm workers shot and killed in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Monday. Friends are remembering him as a ...

“One of the worst,” he said. Monday afternoon's mass killing — which left seven people dead at California Terra Garden and another nearby mushroom farm — was ...

We don’t want to stay here for the rest of our lives, but we have a roof, we have a job,’ and we have to be able to respect that,” he said. “We are hoping for changes,” Jimenez said about the living and working conditions. In the Half Moon Bay shootings, authorities recovered a semiautomatic handgun from the vehicle the suspect was located in. A [weekend shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/23/monterey-park-shooting-what-happened/?itid=lb_more-on-the-california-shootings_2) left 11 people dead, and seven people were killed in related shootings at two locations around Half Moon Bay. In 2017, a homeless man and registered sex offender was found guilty of felony reckless burning in a fire that damaged several greenhouses on the farm. “Everybody was pretty raw and you could see the fear in people’s eyes,” King said of his interactions with survivors Wednesday. Jimenez, the vice mayor, said he knew a lot about the farm from his work with the nonprofit ALAS, whose full title in Spanish means Helping Latinos to Dream. One worker said he had spent two years at the farm and it was his first job in the United States after migrating from Guatemala. “We’re the most expensive place in the country to live and these are the most vulnerable of the vulnerable; they’re hit harder than anyone else.” Researchers at the UC Merced Community and Labor Center who surveyed more than 1,300 farmworkers found that the median wage for California farmworkers is $21,915 a year and about half had access to health insurance. Police called the massacre a case of “workplace violence.” California Terra Garden, which took over from previous operator Mountain Mushroom Farm last year, grows shiitake and oyster mushrooms in greenhouses tucked amid cypress and eucalyptus trees on a 150-acre property that it leases a couple of miles from the coast.

Five Chinese citizens were among the victims in a shooting in the California town of Half Moon Bay, the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco said.

"The Consulate General is in communication with the relevant U.S. [two gun rampages](/world/us/california-shooting-victims-who-died-monterey-park-half-moon-bay-attacks-2023-01-26/) in California in recent days in which a total of 18 people were killed. BEIJING, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Five Chinese citizens were among the victims in a shooting in the California town of Half Moon Bay, the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco said.

The 11 victims of the Monterey Park shooting on Lunar New Year's Eve loved to dance, sing and socialize at Star Ballroom Dance Studio.

“He treasured his friendships, and enjoyed spending time with the people he loved.” A daughter of Ung migrated to a different country, and they were recently reunited for the first time in many years. “He was a faithful servant of God and we know that he would want the world to lift his family in prayer more than anything.” Yu was originally from Taiwan, according to his sons — one of whom declined to be interviewed further but called his father a “private person.” The elder Yu was living in the U.S. He said he didn’t know his father to be a dancer, but knew he had planned to meet up with friends to celebrate the upcoming holiday. “He was always there to lend an ear to listen and to put a smile on our faces. “Please remember that Valentino is more than just a headline or a news story,” the family wrote in a statement. Because Yu knew that her father liked reading the newspaper and that he sometimes had trouble walking, she would buy him a paper and drop it off so he wouldn’t have to leave home. “She will never be able to witness what she dreamed of for all these years.” “Dance was her life,” he said, adding that she attended classes every night of the week. “She was always checking in on our progress, whether it be high school, basketball games,” he said. “Having a place where people from all over the world can come together and communicate through dance is how I can help.”

Marciano Jimenez Martinez was also "a good son, brother, uncle and a great friend." He and six others killed in the Half Moon Bay shootings are recalled by ...

Bing’s wife flew to California for a visit in November, the friend said. “Jose immigrated to this country with a great dream of working for his own family,” Renato Juarez Perez wrote. He described Bing as a man of few words but someone who always cared for others and could “eat bitter” — a Chinese term meaning endure hardships. He was quiet and kind, she said. After several years of working with mushrooms in New Jersey, Bing temporarily relocated to Half Moon Bay in December 2021. He was a volunteer at RotaCare, his brother said. His brother was now in heaven along with their parents, he said. The pair met through Bing’s wife, who first came to the United States in 2016. At the nearby Taqueria Tres Amigos, an employee who declined to give her name said Jimenez Martinez was closely connected to the local Oaxacan community. “He took on the father role for all of us.” As of Tuesday, he was in stable condition, authorities said. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Five of the seven people killed in the Half Moon Bay shootings in California were Chinese citizens, China's consulate in San Francisco said Thursday.

He was a “coworker or former coworker” of the victims at each shooting site, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s office said. “We are in close contact with relative departments in the US and actively monitoring any update of the investigation,” the statement said. But officials said Tuesday the attack was a “workplace violence incident,” and that Zhao had targeted specific people.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California mushroom farm where four people were killed Monday had another shooting la...

Charging documents obtained by The Associated Press say that neighboring trailer was occupied by Yetao Bing and Ping Yang. The bullet went through the trailer and into a neighboring one. Court documents and a case summary from the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office show California Terra Gardens manager Martin Medina was charged with attempted murder after he threatened to kill the other manager and then fired a gun into the man’s trailer.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Authorities in Half Moon Bay, Calif., have identified those killed in the mass shooting there this week. They were seven men and women.

So when a tragedy like this happens, they're left feeling speechless. SANCHEZ: (Speaking Spanish). Sanchez and Martinez Jimenez were also from the same pueblo in Oaxaca. BOLANOS: He'd walk by and say, oh, your dog is always there, he's so cute, she says. BOLANOS: When they were in school, she says, he told her he wanted to work hard to send money back home to his parents in Oaxaca. MARTINEZ: (Speaking Spanish).

I've written many times about how the shooting industry is intent on manipulating the narrative surrounding the illegal killing of birds of prey.

see [here](https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2018/08/10/moorland-associations-response-to-peregrine-persecution-on-bleasdale-grouse-moor/) and [here](https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2018/08/10/moorland-associations-response-to-peregrine-persecution-on-bleasdale-grouse-moor/)). see [here](https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2023/01/09/how-has-the-game-shooting-industry-reacted-to-the-conviction-of-gamekeeper-paul-allen/), [here](https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/01/29/how-has-the-game-shooting-industry-reacted-to-the-conviction-of-gamekeeper-john-orrey/), [here](https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2017/08/14/grouse-shooting-industry-silent-on-marsh-harrier-persecution/)). You’ll note that all three ‘partners’ from the shooting industry are intent on watering down North Yorkshire Police’s statement, moving the focus away from the police’s assertion that the stamping and killing of the hen harrier chicks in their nest was “deliberate“, and instead suggesting that it was “apparently deliberate“. It’s quite obvious that publicity about these crimes is bad news for the shooting industry – it damages their reputation and will, sooner rather than later, lead to statutory reform of game shooting as is now happening in Scotland, in large part because the public has been made aware of what’s going on and has demanded the Government takes action. To recap the details of that horrific story, which for some strange reason only emerged six months later in December 2022, please see [here](https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2022/12/14/hen-harrier-chicks-stamped-to-death-in-nest-on-grouse-moor-in-yorkshire-dales-national-park/). Here is the Partnership’s final statement, which was published on the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s website on 15th December 2022. Here is his draft press release (please pay close attention to the words I’ve underlined in red): Prior to this appeal for information being published, the previous week North Yorkshire Police had sent a final draft to the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) so they wouldn’t be unsighted by the news when it was published. I want you to pay attention to the unequivocal words used by the police to describe this incident (underlined in red, below): that they suspected the nest of hen harrier chicks had been “deliberately destroyed by human activity“: And this leads me to the latest example of how the narrative is being manipulated. This sly under-handedness only comes to light after freedom of information requests by those of us who are unwilling to believe a word the shooting industry says when it comes to illegal raptor persecution. Whether that be by publishing blatant propaganda about the extent of these crimes, so distorted the truth is barely recognisable (e.g.

Five people killed in shootings at two farms in Northern California this week were Chinese citizens, according to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO — (AP) — The shooting that left four dead at a California mushroom farm on Monday was at least the second time an employee tried to kill a ...

Newsom’s office said some of the farmworkers told him they made $9 an hour and lived in shipping containers. Many workers have no choice but to tolerate the conditions provided to them by their employers," Newsom spokesperson Daniel Villaseñor said in a statement. Zhao spoke of returning to China to retire but Li did not know anything about when Zhao moved to the U.S. “The conditions farmworkers shared with the Governor ... The charges against Zhao include additional allegations that could result in the death penalty or life in prison without parole, though Gov. Zhao spoke in Mandarin with the television station reporter during a 15-minute interview at a county jail in Redwood City. He said, though, that Zhao would tattle on people he didn’t like, to Li. He was planning to turn himself in to authorities when he was spotted by deputies who arrested him Monday. Zhao’s wife lived on the farm with him but did not work there, Li said. Prosecutors say Zhao then drove to a nearby farm where he used to work and killed three more people. Martin Medina, a manager at California Terra Garden, was charged with attempted murder after he threatened to kill another manager and then fired a shot into the man’s trailer. Zhao said he has been in the U.S.

The 66-year-old who allegedly killed seven people in two locations in Half Moon Bay, California, said in a jailhouse interview he has endured years of ...

In a [press conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjncz5rc9xM) on Tuesday, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said Zhao, 66, [targeted](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/01/25/heres-what-we-know-about-the-66-year-old-suspect-in-the-half-moon-bay-shooting/?sh=dea98bd3234f) specific co-workers at the farm, where he had lived and worked for the past several years. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) in 2019 [imposed](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/california-governor-announces-moratorium-on-executions) a moratorium on executions. Speaking in Mandarin, Zhao said he has a green card and has been living in the U.S. [shooting](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/01/24/at-least-seven-dead-in-californias-second-major-mass-shooting-in-three-days/?sh=2c4abd08204d) on Monday at a mushroom farm on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay left four people dead and one injured, before Zhao went to a second location, killing three more people—just two days after another deadly mass shooting in California left 11 people dead. Local police told [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/half-moon-bay-shooting-suspect-chunli-zhao-what-we-know/index.html) they had seen no previous warning signs from Zhao, although court documents from 2013 revealed a former roommate of Zhao’s in San Jose, California, filed a restraining order against him after Zhao attempted to suffocate him and cut him with a knife, the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/us/half-moon-bay-shooting-suspect-chunli-zhao.html) reported. Police then removed Zhao from his vehicle and arrested him in the parking lot.

Chunli Zhao, the farmworker accused of carrying out two shootings on farms in Northern California earlier this week, admitted to killing seven people and ...

The gun Zhao allegedly used is a Ruger semiautomatic firearm, according to Wagstaffe, the county’s district attorney. Zhao was arrested minutes later after law enforcement surrounded his vehicle, Wang said. “Meanwhile, the trauma and the damage the devastation is felt for generations in some cases – communities being torn asunder, no one feeling safe.” During the 15-minute interview, Zhao said he wasn’t in his right mind and didn’t know “what was happening mentally” when the shootings occurred Monday afternoon, Wang said. He was also a former employee of the other nearby farm where he’s accused of killing three former colleagues, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said, who characterized the He also said he had undergone years of bullying and many work-related concerns, Wang said. “This is something that we get to watch on the news. His workplace, California Terra Gardens, previously told CNN in a statement that they have good living conditions and benefits. “Today, we are the news.” He was also subject to a temporary restraining order after a former coworker and roommate accused him of attacking and threatening him in 2013, the records show. “I feared two days ago that Monterey Park would give way to other headlines. Little did I know I’d be up here,” California Gov.

In a jailhouse interview with KNTV, Zhao Chunli said he believes he suffers from mental illness that contributed to Monday's shooting rampage at two farms.

Authorities arrested [67-year-old Zhao Chunli](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/24/half-moon-bay-suspect/?itid=lb_more-on-the-california-shootings_5) in connection with the Half Moon Bay shootings. A [weekend shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/23/monterey-park-shooting-what-happened/?itid=lb_more-on-the-california-shootings_2) left 11 people dead, and seven people were killed in related shootings at two locations around Half Moon Bay. In the Half Moon Bay shootings, authorities recovered a semiautomatic handgun from the vehicle the suspect was located in. [He admitted to the shooting rampage at two farms](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/27/half-moon-bay-zhao-chunli-interview/?itid=lb_more-on-the-california-shootings_6) and said he was bullied. Authorities have not released the victims’ identities in the Half Moon Bay shooting. Toward the end of his jailhouse interview, Zhao told Wang that he lives with his wife in Half Moon Bay. Zhao told the reporter he does not know where his wife is and cannot get in touch with her. When he did not see anyone in the front lobby of the substation, Zhao waited in his car for about two hours until an officer spotted the car and began taking pictures of his license plate, according to KNTV. Jose Romero Perez, the seventh person killed, was identified in the document charging Zhao. “He says he sees things unclearly and wants to be evaluated by a doctor,” the reporter said. Zhao used a legally purchased Ruger semiautomatic handgun during the shootings at Mountain Mushroom Farm and Concord Farms, according to authorities. Zhao was asked by Wang whether he had any regrets for the killings.

A British teenager who made far-right extremist videos that "influenced" the mass shooter who killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket was ...

Harris was found guilty after a trial of five counts of encouraging terrorism and one count of possession of material for terrorist purposes, which referred to a 3D printer he was attempting to make firearm parts. The court heard the videos he made glorified mass murderers and encouraged others to emulate them, with one video called “How to Achieve Victory” promoting “total extermination of sub-humans once and for all.” A British teenager who made far-right extremist videos that “influenced” the