Cassandra Garibay and Hiram Durán, El Tímpano Farmworkers sat in the crowd, often with earpieces to hear live translations, listening to their peers and other Half Moon Bay residents give public comment before the council voted on the appeal of the Half Moon Bay City Council Planning Commission’s decision to approve the building of a five-story affordable housing building at 555 Kelly Ave. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America...

Farida Jhabvala Romero Jan 23 Half Moon Bay Mayor Joaquin Jimenez speaks during a roundtable discussion at the ALAS Sueño Center in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 23, 2024, on the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at two farms that claimed the lives of 7 people in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 23, 2023. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) Residents of Half Moon Bay gathered Tuesday to commemorate the first anniversary of a tragic pair of shootings that left seven farmworkers dead, shocking the small oceanfront town...

Naomi Vanderlip Jan 22 An aerial view of some trailers that house farmworkers and their families at California Terra Garden in Half Moon Bay, as seen on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. The suspect in the mass killing is believed to have lived with his wife in one of the trailers. (Paul Kuroda/Washington Post, via Getty Images) The five Chinese farmworkers sitting together in Half Moon Bay Library on a foggy afternoon last month were there to receive information about their permanent homes. It had...