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A wounded city marks the Lunar New Year

One year after a mass shooting left 11 dead and nine injured at Star Ballroom Dance Studio during a Lunar New Year dance party, Monterey Park, Calif., is preparing for its annual festival. But the festivities will carry a different weight this year.

The city—typically the first in the region to kick off Lunar New Year—pushed back its annual festival by a week, to Jan.

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