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California farmworkers cheer new housing in town scarred by mass shooting

California’s high cost of living has pushed many agricultural labourers into cramped and unserviced housing.

Al Jazeera · May 18, 2024

State of California fines farms where Half Moon Bay shooter killed 7 people

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — State officials fined two farms where a mass shooter killed seven people in January for failing to provide employees with active shooter training that could’ve saved their lives, according to a Monday announcement.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023

Anita Chabria: The 'plantation mentality' of farm work means brutal housing conditions are normal

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The bloodstains that mark the violent deaths of Aixiang Zhang and her husband, Zhishen Liu, are still visible on the ground of the mushroom farm where they were shot last month — fading patches that will be gone with the next rain.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 10, 2023

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Who was responsible for livable housing at Half Moon Bay farms? County officials deflect after mass shootings reveal ‘deplorable’ conditions

There’s no question the employees on two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms lived in desperate circumstances. Many of their homes were flimsy shacks propped up on wooden pallets. The roofs leaked. There was often no running water or kitchens.

Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2023

Farmworkers back at work after Half Moon Bay shootings, and advocates voice concern

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Less than a week after seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay, agricultural workers returned to work at the sites where their colleagues and neighbors were gunned down.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 2, 2023

Half Moon Bay mass shooting illuminates ‘deplorable’ conditions for farmworkers

Leaking roofs, rain-soaked bedding, ankle-deep flood waters. Camp stoves for cooking and mattresses in shacks jacked up off the ground by wooden pallets.

Tribune News Service · Jan 30, 2023

Eight days, 25 dead: California shaken by string of mass shootings

A series of four attacks have upended communities across the state, from a city to farming towns

The Guardian - US · Jan 25, 2023

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Half Moon Bay shooting suspect lived at mushroom farm where 4 were killed, vice mayor says

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The shooting rampage in Half Moon Bay that left seven people dead Monday in the coastal agricultural community in San Mateo County appears to be a case of workplace violence, law enforcement officials said.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023

7 people killed in Half Moon Bay shootings; suspect arrested

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — A 67-year-old “disgruntled worker” shot and killed four people at a coastal farm and three more people at another farming business near the heart of Half Moon Bay on Monday afternoon, authorities said, marking the state’s second mass shooting focused on Asian Americans in the…

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2023

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