MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — It was quiet in the parking lot of the Cantonese restaurant. By then, the news helicopters had left Monterey Park airspace.
Lina Situ wore a purple mandarin-collar jacket and stood in front of a makeshift altar, bowing her head in reflection. She was joined by her colleagues outside the restaurant she co-owns, Taste of MP.
Before her, a round table draped in a red cloth was laden with offerings to Tsai Shen, the god of wealth in Chinese folk religion.
