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New Jersey voters want their say with balance of power up for grabs
While voter turnout is historically low in midterm years, many in New Jersey said this election is one of the most consequential.
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Christina Fan joined CBS2 News as a general assignment reporter in spring of 2019.
She has provided extensive coverage of the coronavirus pandemic's impact on Asian Americans, from the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China to the rise of COVID-related hate crimes locally. Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, she covered the ensuing protests for weeks as demonstrators called for police and criminal justice reform in New York City.
Before joining WCBS, Christina spent three years at the ABC O&O in Fresno, California. She traveled across the state reporting on record-breaking wildfires, the Oroville dam crisis, as well as President Barack Obama's visit to Yosemite. Her career started at WOWK-TV in Charleston, West Virginia, where she shot, wrote and edited all her stories.
Christina graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with dual majors in Broadcast Journalism and International Studies. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and loves to travel. So far she's visited 24 countries across five continents.
Christina is proud to be from Central Jersey, where her parents still live. She is thrilled to be back home and visits her family every week, where she enjoys eating her mom's home-cooked meals and then tries burning off the calories by playing tennis. Christina is a diehard fan of Novak Djokovic.
While voter turnout is historically low in midterm years, many in New Jersey said this election is one of the most consequential.
The odds of winning are just 1 in 292 million. But it doesn't take much convincing for people to buy in with a record-shattering prize.
Democrats are trying to stave off major losses nationwide, including in New York's tightening battle for governor.
A third incident, which police say is unrelated, happened at the school's Student Center.
Hundreds rose from their seats and delivered a standing ovation to the man who touched thousands of lives.
The storm killed 48 people in New York, 12 in New Jersey and five in Connecticut.
Friday, Gov. Phil Murphy toured Port Monmouth flood protection project that aims to prevent future disaster.
The shooting happened as hundreds of students were waiting to get picked up outside after dismissal.
The woman was not the intended target. She was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
The shooting happened on St. Mark's Place, in a bustling neighborhood lined with restaurants and apartments.
The teen was waiting for a No. 6 train when the group started punching and kicking him, police said.
By all accounts, the home of the New York Philharmonic is grander with better acoustics and more intimate seating.
Calls are also intensifying to modernize the island's antiquated and unreliable electric grid.
Some ran, some walked, but they were all united by a common purpose -- remembering the heroism and lives lost.
A contingent of New Jersey state police and New York state troopers boarded a plane for Puerto Rico on Saturday.