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We took over 200 photos between the iPhone 16 Pro Max and Galaxy S24 Ultra to see which comes out on top in being the best camera phone.

Tom’s Guide · Sep 21, 2024

A mass shooting revealed their brutal living conditions. Will new housing ease these farmworkers’ trauma?

Survivors of the 2023 massacre in Half Moon Bay, California, were moved from dilapidated sheds to subsidized housing but struggle with a sense of security and normalcy

The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2024

Farm owners in California mass shooting to pay workers $450,000

Workplace killings in 2023 revealed hazardous working conditions of migrant farmworkers in Half Moon Bay

The Guardian - US · May 22, 2024

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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

California mass shooting survivor sues farm owner for negligence in attack

Pedro Romero Perez, 24, was shot five times in the 2023 attack at a mushroom farm that left seven people dead, including his brother

The Guardian - US · Apr 6, 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

Suspect in Half Moon Bay mass shooting pleads not guilty

The 66-year-old former farmworker is accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings in California last month.

Al Jazeera · Feb 17, 2023

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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

Workers at Half Moon Bay farm describe trauma from shooting

Farmworkers at two mushrooms farms in California's Half Moon Bay are back at work barely a week after seven of their colleagues were shot and killed

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2023

California gun laws can’t stop mass shootings without federal support

The Golden State will struggle to stop mass shootings and protect citizens until uniform federal laws on firearms are signed

The Guardian - US · Feb 3, 2023

Boy, 5, saved by mum after terrifying mountain lion attack leaves him in hospital

Jack, 5, was walking near the family farm in Half Moon Bay, California, US, on January 31 when he was savagely attacked by a mountain lion as he suffered a fracture and cuts near his eye

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 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

Child sent to hospital after mountain lion attack in northern California

Youngster was attacked in rural area south of Half Moon Bay in San Mateo County

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

California shooting underscores strain on state’s farmworkers

The state’s agricultural workforce has long struggled with low wages and vulnerability stemming from immigration status.

Al Jazeera · Jan 31, 2023

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Tribune News Service · Jan 31, 2023

Half Moon Bay farm admits worker housing not up to code, pledges fix

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The owner of a mushroom farm that was the scene of last week’s deadly mass shooting acknowledged Monday that its onsite worker housing — where the accused gunman lived and that a county supervisor had called “deplorable” — wasn’t permitted or up to code and…

Daily Mirror · Jan 30, 2023

Half Moon Bay gunman who killed 7 'snapped after being made to pay $100 repair bill'

Chunli Zhao, 66, who has been charged with killing seven people across two farms, was being made to pay for damages to a forklift truck

WEKU · Jan 29, 2023

The Half Moon Bay shooting was prompted by a $100 repair bill, local prosecutor says

The man charged with killing seven people in Half Moon Bay this past week reportedly told police he carried out the attack after a supervisor demanded he pay to repair a forklift damaged at work.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 28, 2023

‘I want to be heard’: Half Moon Bay farmworkers struggle in ‘deplorable’ conditions

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — It’s not news to Bernardina Medrano and Margarita Martinez that many migrant farmworkers along the San Mateo County coast live in “deplorable” conditions, as Gov. Gavin Newsom and county Supervisor Ray Mueller have described.

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Los Angeles Times · Jan 27, 2023

Commentary: Older mass shooters are rare. Here’s how they differ from young assailants

The killing of 18 people in California just two days apart — 11 in Monterey Park and seven in Half Moon Bay — are the latest horrors in America’s long history of gun violence. But there is a factor in these mass shootings, and with the suspects, that stands out.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 26, 2023

Suspect admits to killings in Half Moon Bay shootings in jailhouse interview

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The man charged with killing seven co-workers in a pair of mass shootings at farms in Half Moon Bay admitted to his role in the deadly shootings in a jailhouse interview Thursday.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 26, 2023

Accused Half Moon Bay gunman claims he suffered ‘years of bullying’ before killing 7

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Amid a state investigation into workplace conditions at the San Mateo County farms where seven people were killed this week, the farmworker charged in the massacre said he had experienced “years of bullying” and working long hours before opening fire.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023

Half Moon Bay shooting: Massacre fueled by simmering tensions among farmworkers, sources say

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The shooting massacres at two coastal mushroom farms earlier this week were fueled by the suspected gunman’s mounting frustrations with his job conditions and simmering tensions with other colleagues at the farm where he lived and worked, a law enforcement source told the Bay Area…

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023

Farmworker tells TV station he killed 7 on California farms

A farmworker charged in the killings of seven current and former co-workers at two Northern California mushroom farms has admitted during a jailhouse interview Thursday that he committed the fatal shootings

Los Angeles Times · Jan 26, 2023

Half Moon Bay shooting suspect charged with 7 counts of murder, is eligible for death penalty

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The man accused of killing seven people in a shooting rampage at a farm and nursery in Half Moon Bay — unleashing waves of terror, shock and grief throughout this rural coastal community — faces felony charges that could make him eligible for the death…

Al Jazeera · Jan 25, 2023

Half Moon Bay shooting suspect faces seven murder charges

California authorities identify six of the seven victims, as US reels from mass shootings and gun violence ‘epidemic’.

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