#half-moon-bay

#half-moon-bay

Judge Jeffrey R. Finigan set a trial date of Jan. 25, 2027, for Chunli Zhao, the Peninsula man accused of gunning down seven fellow migrant workers in the county's deadliest mass shooting on record. If the trial date holds, it would come almost exactly four years to the day after authorities claim Zhao carried out the killings at two mushroom farms in and around the coastal community of Half Moon Bay.

After years of stalled promises and mounting pressure from Gov. Gavin Newsom, Half Moon Bay is moving forward with an affordable housing project for aging farmworkers who have spent decades working the coast's fields. On Thursday, city officials authorized staff to draft a 99-year, $1-per-year land lease for a five-story development at 555 Kelly Ave. that will provide 40 units for retired and working farmworkers aged 55 and older.