--- title: President Obama to Meet with Victim Families in California description: President Obama will make a stop in San Bernardino, Calif., on Friday before he travels to Hawaii for Christmas. canonical: https://time.com/4151965/president-obama-to-meet-with-victims-families-in-san-bernardino/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-16T18:49:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:26:29.400Z article:section: Politics og:title: Obama to Meet with Victims' Families in San Bernardino og:description: Before heading to Hawaii for Christmas. og:url: https://time.com/4151965/president-obama-to-meet-with-victims-families-in-san-bernardino/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta62939673e709e57/698875acf887dc4c08e93c3f/barack-obama-san-bernardino.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: A bartender at a hotel near the Inland Regional Center watches President Obama speak on TV during the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed 14 people on Sunday, December 6, 2015 in San Bernardino, California. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama to Meet with Victims' Families in San Bernardino twitter:description: Before heading to Hawaii for Christmas. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta62939673e709e57/698875acf887dc4c08e93c3f/barack-obama-san-bernardino.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Obama to Meet with Victims' Families in San Bernardino > Sponsored content. 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A bartender at a hotel near the Inland Regional Center watches President Obama speak on TV during the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed 14 people on Sunday, December 6, 2015 in San Bernardino, California. PATRICK T. FALLON—AFP/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Dec 16, 2015 6:49 PM UTC President Obama will make a stop in San Bernardino, Calif., on Friday before he travels to Hawaii for Christmas. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday the visit will mirror a trip the president took to Oregon earlier this year in the wake of a mass shooting at a community college. While in San Bernardino, Obama will meet privately with families of victims of the mass shooting, which federal authorities are investigating as an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack. Fourteen people were killed and 22 were injured in the shooting, carried out by Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a couple said to have been radicalized not long ago. **Read Next:** [_Why the San Bernardino Shooting Is Unprecedented_](http://time.com/4135049/san-bernardino-shooting-psychology/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4151965/president-obama-to-meet-with-victims-families-in-san-bernardino/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4151965/president-obama-to-meet-with-victims-families-in-san-bernardino/"},"headline":"President Obama to Meet with Victims' Families in San Bernardino","datePublished":"2015-12-16T18:49:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:26:29.400Z","description":"Before he heads to Hawaii for the holidays","url":"https://time.com/4151965/president-obama-to-meet-with-victims-families-in-san-bernardino/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","Obama","Terrorism","ISIS","san bernardino"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta62939673e709e57/698875acf887dc4c08e93c3f/barack-obama-san-bernardino.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta62939673e709e57/698875acf887dc4c08e93c3f/barack-obama-san-bernardino.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A bartender at a hotel near the Inland Regional Center watches President Obama speak on TV during the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed 14 people on Sunday, December 6, 2015 in San Bernardino, California.","caption":"A bartender at a hotel near the Inland Regional Center watches President Obama speak on TV during the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed 14 people on Sunday, December 6, 2015 in San Bernardino, California.","creditText":"PATRICK T. 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