Thousands expected to attend Ontario memorial for slain San Bernardino County employees

While the conference center would remain closed indefinitely, the two main buildings reopened with heightened security on Monday. They were motivated by radical Islamist beliefs, according to the FBI.The conference building did not reopen Monday, and its unclear when it might.In the afternoon, a memorial service for victims of the shooting was planned for county employees so they can mourn together.At the center, staff members have missed each others friendly faces and hallway chit chat, said Lavinia Johnson, the executive director.

No patients will be visiting the center this week, Johnson said.

The conference building did not reopen Monday, and it’s unclear when it might.

Security was tight and the mood was somber as employees returned to the site of the December terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif.

The center’s executive director says Monday’s reunion will be welcomed by the staff as a return to the camaraderie of working together.

Pollakoff is a client at the center and wanted to show his support.

“We want to send to them our condolences today”, she said.

The center three buildings hold 600 employees who arrange services for more than 30,000 people with developmental disabilities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, east of Los Angeles.

The plan for Monday morning is, after a welcome and some food in the lounges, to do what social workers and counselors do best – sit and talk.

Syed Farook, who worked for the department, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire on the gathering, killing 14 and leaving more than 20 others wounded.

Warren urged the employees not to bottle up their grief or become bitter and to accept help from others when they need it.

“Come to San Bernardino now and spend money and tell the terrorists ‘screw you, ‘” Giuliani told the crowd to boisterous applause.

Inside the darkened arena, choirs sang “Lean on Me” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, and Supervisor Josie Gonzales led the audience in a call-and-response poem titled “We Remember Them”. “He was a very important part of our daily rituals…we will all miss him”.

The couple attacked the California holiday party just weeks after gunmen and suicide bombers linked to the Islamic State militant group killed 130 people in a series of coordinated attacks in Paris.

“I don’t think we’re ever going to just, you know”, he said, with his voice trailing off. “No, it’s too big”.