Chicago Lunar New Year after California mass shooting

China Lunar New Year — Chinese artists dressed in traditional costume perform an ice frolic on a frozen lake at the Yuanmingyuan Garden during the second day of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China. Each year is named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac in a repeating cycle, with this year being the Year of the Rabbit. For the past three years, celebrations were muted in the shadow of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Chicago Asian Americans reflect on Lunar New Year after California mass shooting

A mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park killed 11 people and injured nine more.

Chinese artists dressed in traditional costume perform an ice frolic on a frozen lake at the Yuanmingyuan Garden during the second day of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China. Each year is named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac in a repeating cycle, with this year being the Year of the Rabbit. For the past three years, celebrations were muted in the shadow of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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By Brenda Ruiz Micah Yason

Lunar New Year started Sunday and is meant to be a time of celebration and gathering with friends and family. But how might a shooting targeting Asian Americans impact local Lunar New Year events in the Chicago area?

Reset is joined by the people organizing Lunar New Year celebrations around the city to talk more about making sure the community feels safe celebrating together.

GUESTS: Tuan Huynh, owner and founder of Vietfive

Van Huynh, executive director of the Vietnamese Association of Illinois

Alderwoman Nicole Lee of the 11th ward

Stephanie Foerster, chair of the Uptown Chamber of Commerce