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Redwood City seeks tighter control of retail gun and ammunition sales

Pamela Cruz

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2023.03.30

Redwood City seeks tighter control of retail gun and ammunition sales

In response to community concerns, the Redwood City Council is considering new regulations to further control retail sales of guns and ammunition within City limits and has asked residents to take a survey and attend public meetings to discuss the issue.

This proposal will affect all retail stores that sell these products, including all sporting goods stores and gun stores. On October 24, 2022, the City Council enacted a temporary moratorium on the establishment of new retail sales of guns and ammunition. The temporary moratorium is in effect until regulations are established, or until October 23 of this year.

All residents who would like to provide their comments through a poll, which is available in English and Spanish.

Or go directly to the next public meeting, which will be held entirely in Spanish on April 5th at 6:00 p.m. at the Community Activities Building, located at 1400 Roosevelt Ave.

Additionally, residents can also email firearm_sales@redwoodcity.org

Verbal comments will be accepted at the Planning Commission meeting tentatively scheduled for May 2.

What is under consideration?

The City Council will consider regulating the retail sale of guns and ammunition, while key goals of the developing city ordinance include limiting unsupervised children's exposure to firearms; and protecting places such as schools, daycare centers, places of worship, libraries and parks from proximity to gun and/or ammunition sales.

Map of locations with sensitive uses such as schools, daycare centers, places of worship, libraries and parks, close to the sale of weapons and/or ammunition.

Additionally, ensuring that law enforcement can confirm that firearms and ammunition are securely stored and accounted for at retail establishments; and requiring local municipal permits to open retail gun and ammunition stores.

The city government said it is not seeking to ban all firearm or ammunition sales in Redwood City, nor to regulate the right to own, acquire or carry a firearm or ammunition.

Key dates

The proposal will be refined on April 5, while the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on May 2 and recommend the adoption of a resolution ‒with a 10-day hearing notice‒.

A City Council public hearing and first reading/introduction of the Ordinance is expected to take place on May 22; the second reading/adoption of the proposed ordinance by the City Council will take place on June 12; and a decision on whether to adopt the proposed Ordinance will be made on July 12.

It should be recalled that on October 24, 2022, the City Council voted to adopt Ordinance No. 2515 as an urgent precautionary measure, imposing a 45-day moratorium on the establishment of new retail uses dedicated to the sale of firearms or ammunition.

The City Council adopted the temporary Moratorium after residents, through detailed correspondence and public testimony, expressed concern that a new retail establishment dedicated to the sale of firearms and ammunition could open a location in the City, without the City having the opportunity to consider planning and zoning issues regarding the location, for example, retailers in proximity to sensitive uses such as schools, parks, and residences, or regarding conditional use provisions.

Currently, Redwood City does not have specific regulations for firearms retailers, so it is treated like any other commercial retail business.

The 45-Day Moratorium was adopted to “pause,” in the short term, the establishment of new firearms and ammunition retailers to allow the City time to study and analyze the planning and zoning regulations governing the establishment of new retailers engaged in the sale of firearms and ammunition, including with respect to the appropriate processes, locations, and conditions for the approval and establishment of such retailers.

However, on November 28, 2022, the City Council adopted a new ordinance extending No. 2515 to allow the City time to study and consider enacting zoning measures for future retail uses of firearms or ammunition.

The temporary moratorium extension is through October 23, 2023, although staff anticipates that the City Council will consider policy recommendations in May 2023, and the temporary moratorium will end once local regulations are adopted.

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San Francisco hotel industry to hire 1,200 employees per tourist season

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2023.03.30

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San Francisco hotel industry to hire 1,200 employees per tourist season

Union Square Alliance Executive Director Marisa Rodriguez presents a five-point plan to revitalize Union Square on Nov. 22, 2022. (Olivia Wynkoop/Bay City News)

By Olivia Wynkoop. Bay City News.

As San Francisco's hotel industry makes plans to revive its Union Square shopping district, hotels in the city are looking to hire 1,200 employees for the holiday season.

During a joint news conference Tuesday at a downtown hotel, national, state and local hotel leaders said they have high hopes for a bustling summer tourism season as the industry slowly recovers from COVID-19 shutdowns.

The city's hotel occupancy rate remains down 24 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels, but the tourism sector is optimistic that as international travel restrictions ease, group tourism picks up and conferences return to the city, downtown will be vibrant again.

To accommodate the projected increase in visitors and conference attendees, the industry wants to hire and retain hotel workers by providing above-average-paying jobs with benefits and career paths.

The announcement comes on the heels of the mayor's London Breed and the supervisor Aaron Peskin will introduce legislation on Monday that aims to convert vacant Union Square retail stores into vibrant spaces.

If approved, building code policies would change so that multi-level buildings could be converted into office space, restaurants and retail stores all at once.

“The challenges facing our downtown require us to imagine what is possible and create the foundation for a stronger, more resilient future,” Breed said.

After about 18 months of lockdown restrictions, San Francisco’s 200-plus hotels lost a large portion of their 25,000-person workforce; at the peak of the pandemic, the industry lost about 70 percent of its workers. Today, the workforce is about 75 to 80 percent of what it was before the pandemic, said San Francisco Hotel Council President and CEO Alex Bastian.

"We are thinking about really growing again, we are thinking about returning this community to where it was before and taking it even further," Bastian stressed.

Bastian said now is the time to double down on hospitality, especially as the tech and finance industries face difficulties. Tourism is an industry that provided about $440 million in direct tax revenue in 2019, and getting back to those numbers could directly improve the city’s overall conditions, he said.

“We’ve been through earthquakes, we’ve been through pandemics, we’ve been through tech bubbles; and every time we go through whatever challenge it is, we always come back better,” Bastian said. “We always come back stronger. And that’s what we’re going to do collectively in this room, and that’s what we’re going to do as San Franciscans.”

California Hotel & Lodging Association President and CEO Lynn Mohrfeld said he is “very pleased” with how San Francisco is working to recover from the pandemic, which hit hotels in major cities in the state hard. Across the country, people weren’t looking to urban destinations with so much uncertainty about the virus, he said.

"Our success in the hotel industry is tied to the vitality of the city," Mohrfeld said.

The hotel’s revitalization also goes hand-in-hand with a reduction in office vacancies and the return of San Franciscans to Union Square, said Marisa Rodriguez, executive director of the Union Square Alliance. She said she wants residents to feel like Union Square is their “living room.”

“When local hotels thrive, so do Union Square businesses,” Rodriguez emphasized. “That’s because hotel guests support local shops, restaurants and other small businesses when they visit San Francisco. We’re excited to partner with city leaders and hotels to ensure our beloved downtown reaches its full potential.”

To learn more about available hospitality jobs, residents can visit a job fair at the Ferry Building scheduled for April 12, hosted by the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development.

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Myths about COVID-19 that persist among Bay Area youth

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2023.03.29

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Myths about COVID-19 that persist among Bay Area youth

By Mateo Diaz-Magaloni and Ben Fry

Although masks have come off, mandates have been lifted, and lives are starting to return to normal, there are still lingering fears and myths about COVID-19. One of the most widespread myths is about the COVID-19 vaccine. Mateo Diaz-Magaloni and Ben Fry with Peninsula 360 Press interviewed several teens and young adults in the Bay Area to see how these myths have affected young people’s perception of the vaccine and rumors about its effects.

During the first distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, logging into various social media sites made it easy to find information about the vaccine. Several “influencers» and individuals shared their opinions about the vaccine on Instagram and Twitter. Some of this led to misinformation being spread on the platform, with myths about the vaccine becoming a widespread problem on social media.

This misinformation was considered dangerous as it spread unnecessary fear. For this reason, Instagram found it beneficial to provide a COVID-19 fact-checking service on posts related to the topic, while Twitter kept an eye on accounts that sought to spread myths.

This is important because even before COVID-19, misinformation, especially in politically charged messages, was found to spread at an even higher rate than truthful information (Langin 2018).

While Instagram has maintained its fact-checking capabilities, placing a flag on posts that spread falsehoods, Twitter has stopped monitoring accounts and even restored some that spread vaccine myths after the recent acquisition of Elon MuskGiven how social media has spread myths about the vaccine, what have people heard, how did they hear it, and why does it matter?

When we asked young people why they got vaccinated, the top reason they gave was that it was to protect their families. Most did so because of their family values, even if they had varying levels of confidence in its effectiveness. One senior at Palo Alto High School said, “I got vaccinated as soon as I could, with boosters too, I did it because everyone around me did and it was important to my parents.”

Additionally, when asked if they were afraid of the vaccine, one Mountain View resident stated that they were “more afraid of getting COVID… than they were afraid of the vaccine itself.” This is not the same experience that everyone has regarding the vaccine.

When speaking with a Mountain View High School sophomore, they said they were afraid of the effects of the vaccine. They explained that a lot of these fears came from their friends and what they were told. They noted that many of their friends did not get vaccinated due to fears, however, they chose to go against those fears because it was important for their families.

The same interviewee explained that this fear came from the belief that there was “a chip that they put in you so the government can spy on you.” This belief was corroborated by a senior at Palo Alto High School who also claimed to have the same belief, about microchips in the vaccine. We asked where they had heard these myths and both responded that they originated through social media platforms such as TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram.

The second major myth with the COVID-19 vaccine was the belief that after being vaccinated you can develop autism. One Stanford student we interviewed explained that he had heard through social media that getting the vaccine would cause autism. They say spreading myths about autism is harmful to people on the autism spectrum.

Both myths seem to be widespread, despite different stances, with some considering them as jokes and others with a sense of fear regarding them. Despite the feeling that these myths are more like jokes, they are dangerous as they create fears about the vaccine and unnecessary stigma towards others.

The overwhelming consensus from our interviewees was that the spread of false information does have a detrimental impact on the safety, trust, and transparency of their communities. Given that young people today spend a significant amount of time on social media and are heavily influenced by their peers, it stands to reason that those in the Bay Area who are surrounded by friends who believe these falsehoods are more likely to accept them as truth.

For example, when we asked our participants about their beliefs in vaccine myths, they all expressed skepticism towards such claims. Interestingly, that individual was part of a social circle where most people were unvaccinated. It is crucial for young people today to be able to discern fake news and navigate social media without blindly believing everything they come across.

With the increasing use of social media, more and more people are making use of sites like Twitter and Instagram to stay up to date. The problem is that the rates of myths and misinformation being spread on these platforms are alarmingly high. While some people can discern fact from falsehood, the spread of misinformation is still dangerous as seen with COVID-19.

The spread of these myths represents a great danger to our society as it creates fear and mistrust. This point was excellently made by one interviewee who said: “The spread of myths gives rise to fear where there need be no fear.” It is essential to eradicate these myths and provide only the truth when there are many doubts and questions about a new topic.

Mateo Diaz-Magaloni:
She is 18 years old and a senior at Palo Alto High School. She has written extensive research papers on issues related to social justice in Latin America and the United States. She has interned at a consulting firm in Berlin, Germany, for German anthropologists in Mexico, and for the Stanford Center on the Economy and Institutions of China lab. She helped write a scholarly paper for the lab.

Benjamin Fry:
He is an 18-year-old student at Palo Alto High School. He is a Bay Area native and has lived in Fremont his entire life. For the past several years, he has written works primarily related to psychology, often involving adolescents and young adults. These topics range from gambling addiction to migration stress. He is currently conducting his own research project for a class that delves into the psychology of young adult gambling addicts.

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CDC reports higher prevalence of autism based on data from 11 US communities.

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Pamela Cruz

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2023.03.28

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CDC reports higher prevalence of autism based on data from 11 US communities.

One in 36 (2.8 percent) 8-year-old children has been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to an analysis published last week in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ‒CDC, for its acronym in English‒.

The new findings are higher than the previous estimate from 2018 that found a prevalence of 1 in 44 — 2.3 percent. The data comes from 11 communities in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (ADDM) and is not representative of the entire United States.

A second report on 4-year-olds in the same 11 communities highlights the impact of COVID-19 and shows disruptions in progress in early detection of autism.

The study notes that in the early months of the pandemic, 4-year-olds were less likely to be screened for or identified with ASD than 8-year-olds were when they were the same age. This coincides with disruptions in childcare and health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Disruptions due to the pandemic in timely assessments of children and delays in connecting children to the services and supports they need could have lasting effects,” said Karen Remley, director of CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.

“The data in this report can help communities better understand how the pandemic impacted early identification of autism in young children and anticipate future needs as these children grow older,” she added.

Demographic changes among children identified with autism

The prevalence of ASD among Asian, African American, and Hispanic children was at least 30 percent higher in 2020 than in 2018, while among white children it was 14.6 percent higher than in 2018.

For the first time, the percentage of Asian/Pacific Islander (3.3 percent), Hispanic (3.2 percent), and African American (2.9 percent) children identified with autism was higher than among white 8-year-olds (2.4 percent). This is the opposite of racial and ethnic differences seen in previous ADDM reports for 8-year-olds. However, these changes may reflect improved detection, awareness, and access to services among historically underserved groups.

Furthermore, the analysis notes that disparities due to concurrent intellectual disabilities have persisted, with a higher percentage of African-American children identified with autism and intellectual disabilities compared to white, Hispanic, Asian, or Pacific Islander children with autism.

These differences, she said, could be partly related to access to services that diagnose and support children with autism.

Overall, the prevalence of autism within ADDM sites was nearly four times higher for boys than for girls. Still, this is the first ADDM report in which the prevalence of autism among 8-year-old girls has exceeded 1 percent.

Notably, the prevalence of autism in the 11 ADDM communities ranged from 1 in 43 (2.3 percent) in children in Maryland to 1 in 22 (4.5 percent) in California.

Established in 2000, the ADDM Network is the only network that tracks the number and characteristics of children with autism and other developmental disabilities in multiple communities across the United States. It provides estimates of the prevalence and characteristics of autism among 8- and 4-year-old children in 11 communities in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin.

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Palo Alto police cite 15-year-old for bringing pellet gun to school

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2023.03.28

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Palo Alto police cite 15-year-old for bringing pellet gun to school

Palo Alto police cited a 15-year-old girl for bringing a pellet gun to school — .

By Jeff Ballinger. Bay City News.

Palo Alto police have cited a 15-year-old Palo Alto High School student suspected of bringing a pellet gun to campus in December, police said Monday.

Officers responded Friday to a call at 11:28 a.m. from school administrators who said students had alerted them that the girl had posted images on social media of herself holding a firearm.

Students also claimed the girl had brought the gun to campus months ago and let another student hold it while she was in the school bathroom.

An investigation found an image dated December 2022 of the girl holding a gun, which police said they believe could have been a BB gun that fires plastic pellets.

Authorities cited the student on suspicion of possessing a weapon on a school campus and released her to her family.

Police searched the student's home and did not locate the gun, which is now believed to be out of state in the custody of the relative who owned it, according to police.

Palo Alto police praised the students who reported what they had seen online, as well as others who cooperated and helped with the investigation.

Police urge anyone with information about the case to call their 24-hour dispatch center at (650) 329-2413. Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text or voicemail to (650) 383-8984.

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Infonavit adds new options for payment of credits from the US.

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2023.03.28

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Infonavit adds new options for payment of credits from the US.

New options for payment of Infonavit credits from the US. — Mexicans will now have new options for paying Infonavit loans from the U.S.

The National Workers' Housing Fund Institute (Infonavit) in Mexico added Solopin to the network of remittance companies with which it has an alliance, to receive payment of loans from Mexicans living in the United States.

Thus, through the Infonavit Sin Fronteras Program, the Institute is now an ally of five remittance companies, bringing the total to around 6,000 branches in 43 states in the United States.

The Institute explained that, with Infonavit Sin Fronteras, the Institute assumes the cost of the commission for sending the funds to Mexico, whether to pay the credit of the holder, that of a family member, partner, or that of a third party.

It should be noted that, from January 2019 to February 2023, Infonavit has received more than 516 million 336 thousand pesos in payments through this program, which translates into the payment of 10,338 loans.

The Institute stated that it has assumed more than 10 million 468 thousand pesos in commissions, resources that represent savings for the accredited.

Please note that to make a payment for your loan or that of a family member or friend, Mexicans living in the United States can go to any of the participating remittance company branches with the 10-digit loan number and make the deposit.

Or if you prefer, you can send the funds on the website or mobile application of one of the remittance companies that have these options available.

Those interested in learning all about Infonavit credits, procedures and services can do so through the site https://infonavitfacil.mx/.

Infonavit is a social security institution of the Mexican State that aims to provide cheap and sufficient credit so that workers can access adequate housing and build assets.

Since its creation in 1972, the organization has issued more than 12 million loans.

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From garbage to art, the contest that challenges children to transform waste

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2023.03.28

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From garbage to art, the contest that challenges children to transform waste

The "Art with Garbage 2023" contest challenges children to transform waste — *Photo:* rethinkwaste.org

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” the saying goes. And RethinkWaste’s 2023 Art with Trash contest is now open, where students in grades 3-5 can create a work of art using materials that would otherwise have been thrown away or recycled.

Each school year, RethinkWaste hosts the Spring Trash Art Contest, which is designed for students who attend schools located in the public waste management agency's service area.

To this end, students eligible to participate must be attending an elementary school in Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, and unincorporated parts of San Mateo County and the West Bay Sanitary District.

This year there are two categories: Group Category for classes from 3rd to 5th grade and Individual Category for students from 3rd to 5th grade.

So it's time to get your tools and creativity ready, as children who wish to participate can do so through different art mediums, including sculptures, collages and murals.

It is important to note that at least 90 percent of the piece must be made of recyclable material or trash and must not exceed 3 x 3 feet in height. Also, keep in mind that the works must be delivered in person.

Submissions are due Friday, April 7 at 4:00 p.m. RethinkWaste's main office is on the second floor of the San Carlos Library, located at 610 Elm Street.

Winning artworks will be announced on Friday, April 14. All winners will be publicly recognized at the RethinkWaste Earth Day event on Saturday, April 29 at the Shoreway Environmental Center.

Interested parties must fill out a form, which is available at Spanish e English.

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Science fiction: a way of making visible the social problems of ethnic groups

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2023.03.28

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Science fiction: a way of making visible the social problems of ethnic groups

For years, ethnic groups and the problems that afflict them have been rendered invisible, however science fiction has become a tool to bring them to everyone's attention.

The struggle of ethnic groups to be visible has crossed many borders and has managed to use a literary genre as an instrument of visibility, since its characteristics allow to show the impact that situations such as technological, scientific and social advances have on society.

Without a doubt, showing the reality of racial and ethnic groups is essential and literature is creating a bridge to disseminate it.

"These stories are starting to look at science fiction beyond the stereotype of traveling through space and conquering it and seeing it as something much more regional, localized and connecting with communities and how they're experiencing the world right now," said Ericka A. Hoagland, associate professor and coordinator of Graduate Studies, English and Creative Writing at Stephen F. Austin State University, at a press conference organized by Ethnic Media Services.

Hoagland discussed some science fiction stories that help make ethnic groups visible and recommended showing students that literature can provide great lessons, and that it is not only for white men, but that women and communities of color can also write and be successful in this genre.

"American science fiction in the mid-20th century was very exclusive and exclusionary, considering which authors were being published and promoted, and many women and people of color were not being promoted and took much longer to be able to write," she explained.

And due to various reasons such as discrimination, racism and the gender gap, the path of writers of color has been more complicated and to date, they still struggle to have more dissemination and support for their dissemination.

"I'm still learning how deep this diverse history of science fiction goes," he said.

In her turn, Libia Brenda, a writer, editor and translator who currently resides in Mexico City, pointed out that at least in Mexico and Latin America, although there are serious situations such as poverty, violence, murders and femicides, there are authors from other generations who influence literature, but also culture and the fact that they are colonized countries.

"In Mexico, when we imagine a future - especially young women - we try to imagine something based on hope, not an impossible world, but a world that is the product of change," she stressed.

She also pointed out the need to write things that focus on the different voices and origins that exist, avoiding ethnocentrism, that is, avoiding a single vision of the world.

For his part, Ken Liu, an American author of speculative fiction and winner of the Nebula, Hugo and World Fantasy awards, pointed out the need to "redefine" technology - understanding that it is a manifestation of human patterns in the world where there are cultural factors, capital and ideologies - through science fiction literature, to make it part of the construction of modernity and the future.

Isis Asare, CEO and founder of Sistah Scifi — the first Black-owned science fiction and fantasy bookstore in the United States — said, “As a queer woman of color in America, where there are so many limitations, science fiction is a place where you can ignore class and gender limitations and explore the world.

"Science fiction is about developing practices and exploring themes to re-imagine," she said, noting that in her experience, oppression is what limits imagination.

Finally, Samit Basu, an Indian novelist and filmmaker of science fiction, fantasy and superhero novels, children's books, graphic novels, short stories and non-fiction works, pointed out the importance of writing stories that consider the different filters of reality in which we are living.

"I live in a part of the world and I'm writing a book where I hope to capture everyday reality, even though everyone says it's a dystopia. And I realized that a dystopia is a function of distance, where my reality, for other people, can be seen as a complaint or a criticism," she said.

Science fiction is certainly capable of showing the multiplicity of cultures, characteristics, social problems and hopes of each region about which it is written.

This publication was supported in whole or part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.

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At least 39 migrants die after a fire in a temporary residence center in Ciudad Juárez

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2023.03.28

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At least 39 migrants died after a fire in a temporary residence center in Ciudad Juárez — At least 39 migrants died after a fire at a temporary shelter in Ciudad Juarez. INM Commissioner Francisco Garduño Yañez visits local hospitals to check on the health of migrants hospitalized after the fire at the INM Temporary Shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. Photo: Twitter INM

At least 39 foreign migrants died on Monday after a fire that started shortly before 10:00 p.m. in the accommodation area of the Provisional Shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.

In response, the National Migration Institute (INM) of the Mexican Ministry of the Interior stated that 68 adult men from Central and South America were being housed at the immigration headquarters.

Of these, 29 more foreign migrants were injured in the accident and were transferred in a "critical to serious" condition to four local hospitals for immediate care.

In light of this, the authorities reported that they have established communication and coordination with consular authorities from different countries to implement actions that allow for the full identification of deceased migrants.

In this regard, the INM expressed its willingness to assist in legal investigations in order to clarify the unfortunate events.

After regretting the death of these people, the INM also reported that a complaint was filed with the corresponding authorities to investigate what happened and, if necessary, proceed accordingly.

The immigration authority stated that it will closely monitor the progress of the health of those who are hospitalized and will provide all support to the families of the victims.

"The National Migration Institute strongly rejects the actions that led to this tragedy," INM said.

Likewise, the Mexican immigration authority said that it had given notice to the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) to intervene in the legal proceedings and safeguard foreign persons.

For his part, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said during his morning press conference on Tuesday that the fire that killed 39 people was started by migrants protesting against deportation.

"This had to do with a protest that they started, we assume, when they found out that they were going to be deported, mobilized, and as a protest at the door of the shelter they put mats and set them on fire, and they did not imagine that this would cause this terrible disaster," López Obrador said.

From the National Palace, the Mexican president explained that what is known so far is that the majority of the deceased migrants are from Central America and some from Venezuela.

"We still don't know the names and nationality of those who lost their lives. It's very sad that this is happening," he added.

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Nashville school shooting leaves three children, three adults dead

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2023.03.27

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Shooting at a Nashville school leaves three children and three adults dead — Photo: Twitter Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

A shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee has left at least 7 people dead this Monday morning.

The death toll from a shooting on March 27 at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, is at least three children and three adults, police in that city reported at a press conference.

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said the three students and three adults who were inside the school were "fatally wounded" by a 28-year-old woman, whose identity "has not been confirmed" at this time.

All three children were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt told WTVF and WZTV.

The Nashville Fire Department said there were "multiple patients" in the hospital due to the incident.

Authorities said the alleged attacker was confronted by at least five police officers and is dead.

The attacker was carrying at least two assault rifles and a handgun. Efforts are currently focused on identifying the woman who decided to commit these acts.

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