“The victims and their families are in our thoughts and prayers,” said San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan
A mass shooting in Los Angeles late Saturday night on Lunar New Year’s Eve that killed 10 people drew condolences from multiple Bay Area officials and dampened the mood at celebrations on Sunday as law enforcement beefed up security at local events in San Jose and San Francisco.
“The victims and their families are in our thoughts and prayers,” he wrote. “Locally, we’ll continue using a sensible approach to reduce gun harm and get illegal guns off the streets.” At the Vietnamese American Cultural Foundation’s Lunar New Year festival in San Jose, organizers said they never hesitated to continue with the festivities after news broke overnight of the shooting. On Sunday, the event carried on at History Park with singing and artistic performances, while many in attendance wore traditional ao dai attire.
She said that she makes a point to visit Lunar New Year celebrations across the Bay Area annually because they always offer such a strong sense of community. Still, she said she didn’t think twice about attending Sunday’s event. She has visited the annual celebration every year for more than a decade, and she said she wouldn’t allow the shooting in Southern California to sway her plans.
Stop AAPI Hate, an S.F.-based nonprofit, wrote, “The motive is unclear, but no matter why or who, the undeniable truth is that Asian communities are hurting from this mass shooting. As a group that represents Asian Americans, it’s important to acknowledge moments of shared pain. We see you, we hear you & we will heal together.”
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