President Joe Biden honoured 18 people killed in two California mass shootings, saying "we have to be there" with the communities that have been forever scarred by gun violence.
"Our prayers are with the people of Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, and after yet another spree of gun violence in America," he said at a Lunar New Year reception at the White House.
Eleven people were killed at a Southern California ballroom dance hall late Saturday and seven others died Monday at two mushroom farms in the northern part of the state.
