Since arriving in the U.S. with her teen daughter on Nov. 2, 2015, Thailand native Saruedolkorn “Spicy” Pathomkrut often worked multiple jobs at once to make ends meet.

A Monterey native was in Thailand Friday when a magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked Southeast Asia, killing at least 150 people. Lexi Rohrer has been living in Bangkok since August and was at home on ...