Music Cures: The Healing Power of the Accordion After a Shooting

By Julieta Martinelli and Erica Hellerstein Oct 3, 2025 California Family Health Immigration Music This story was produced in collaboration with El Tímpano , a civic media organization serving and covering the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrant communities. Original reporting of this story can be found here and here . A farmworker opened fire at two farms in Half Moon Bay, California, in January 2023. He killed seven men, six co-workers and a supervisor, all immigrants. He also shot an...