Half Moon Bay focuses on farmworker housing as community mourns [Video]

The Half Moon Bay community on Friday is again remembering seven farmworkers who died in a mass shooting two years ago. 

A public memorial will be held between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday night. But as Half Moon Bay continues to focus on healing, it is also moving forward with plans to improve housing for farmworkers.

It was Jan. 23, 2023, when an employee in the farmworker community killed four of his co-workers at one farm and then drove more than two miles and killed three others at a second farm.  

While the shootings remain a deep scar in this coastside community, the victims will never be forgotten.  

“It is a very sad reminder of what our farmworkers went through, the victims, their families, the loss. As we remember their lives, we honor them, we honor the work and what they contributed and continue to contribute to the …