A powerful explosion at an oil refinery on Wednesday morning ripped apart structures and shook homes for miles around the blast site in southern Los Angeles County. The Torrance ExxonMobil Refinery, located on W. 190th St. just south of the 405 freeway, blasted apart at 8:50 am, leading to an air quality advisory due to the…
A powerful explosion at an oil refinery on Wednesday morning ripped apart structures and shook homes for miles around the blast site in southern Los Angeles County. The Torrance ExxonMobil Refinery, located on W. 190th St. just south of the 405 freeway, blasted apart at 8:50 am, leading to an air quality advisory due to the…
FILIPINO-American leaders and organizers nationwide applauded a new bill proposed in Congress that would amend the Immigration Act of 1990, which helped lead to the naturalization of Filipino World War II veterans, but did not apply for their spouses and children. The summary for the bill reads briefly: “[HR 483] Amends the Immigration and Nationality…
Filipinos still awaiting TPS relief LOS ANGELES – Since President Barack Obama announced his executive action on immigration last November, hundreds of departments and organizations have been gearing up to implement the plans that are estimated to affect millions of undocumented residents living in the United States. Federal agencies such as the United States Citizenship and…
Filipinos still awaiting TPS relief LOS ANGELES – Since President Barack Obama announced his executive action on immigration last November, hundreds of departments and organizations have been gearing up to implement the plans that are estimated to affect millions of undocumented residents living in the United States. Federal agencies such as the United States Citizenship and…
About 480,000 Americans die each year as a result of smoking, the US surgeon general revealed. However, new analysis by researchers from the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, and other sources suggest that this figure is actually way bigger. Twenty-one causes of death that have been officially blamed on smoking accounted for 83…
As California’s weather gets warmer, fines for wasting water in unincorporated, standalone areas of Los Angeles County are expected to rise sharply. On Tuesday, Feb. 10 the Board of Supervisors gave preliminary approval to a measure that would boost water-wasting fines from $100 to $100 for each offense. The increase would also bring the county…
Believed by family to be a hate crime The quiet North Carolina town of Chapel Hill was shaken Tuesday, Feb. 10 when a young Muslim family was found shot dead in their home, in what is being labeled by critics a “hate crime.” Officers were called to the scene, after getting reports of gunshots around…
Get vaccinated, Bay Area. Contra Costa County public health officials announced that BART riders commuting to San Francisco may have been exposed to the measles, after a passenger who traveled from Feb. 4-6 tested positive for the virus over the weekend. The unnamed infected rider traveled between Lafayette and San Francisco during the morning and…
As California’s weather gets warmer, fines for wasting water in unincorporated, standalone areas of Los Angeles County are expected to rise sharply. On Tuesday, Feb. 10 the Board of Supervisors gave preliminary approval to a measure that would boost water-wasting fines from $100 to $100 for each offense. The increase would also bring the county…
Get vaccinated, Bay Area. Contra Costa County public health officials announced that BART riders commuting to San Francisco may have been exposed to the measles, after a passenger who traveled from Feb. 4-6 tested positive for the virus over the weekend. The unnamed infected rider traveled between Lafayette and San Francisco during the morning and…
LOS ANGELES — Ethnic minorities are the most targeted communities for scam artists, who offer fake services on everything from loan modifications to travel agencies. Many of these “businesses” are convincing and have tricked tens of thousands into buying into their products/services. Even worse, many of these ethnic communities are also too afraid to come…
LOS ANGELES — Ethnic minorities are the most targeted communities for scam artists, who offer fake services on everything from loan modifications to travel agencies. Many of these “businesses” are convincing and have tricked tens of thousands into buying into their products/services. Even worse, many of these ethnic communities are also too afraid to come…
WEST Coast seaports could shut down as soon as next week if dockworkers and their employers cannot reach a new contract, according to Pacific Maritime Association officials intending to pressure an agreement between the unionized naval industry workers, after nine months of labor strife negotiations. Operators of port terminals and shipping lines do not want…
Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, will address a joint meeting of Congress on Sept. 24 of this year, House Speaker John Boehner confirmed on Thursday, Feb. 5. This is the first time a leader of the Roman Catholic church has done so. Though the Pope’s visit to the East Coast (including Pennsylvania, Washington DC, and…
Police shot and killed a man after he allegedly robbed a bank in Corona, Calif. and led officers in a car chase that ended in Chino on Feb. 4. Few details were released about the shooting, which happened on Pine Avenue, between Fern and Euclid avenues in Chino. The alleged bank robber, who remained unidentified,…
Welcomes the Dalai Lama and major faith leaders at National Prayer Breakfast President Obama condemned terrorists seeking to use religion as a rationale for carrying out violence around the world, declaring that “no god condones terror.” “We are summoned to push back against those who would distort our religion for their nihilistic ends,” said Obama…
Amid the fallout of the Sony Pictures hacking crisis, studio head co-chair Amy Pascal is stepping down from her post. The departure was widely expected, ever since the entertainment studio became caught in one of the worst cyberattacks in corporate digital history. Pascal has already announced her plans to launch a new production venture at…
Stronger regulations and protection for open Internet Net neutrality advocates celebrated a victory on Wednesday, Feb. 4 with promises of stronger federal authority to enforce and protect open broadband Internet. Under new rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission this week, internet service providers, including those selling wireless connections, would be prohibited from slowing down…
Police shot and killed a man after he allegedly robbed a bank in Corona, Calif. and led officers in a car chase that ended in Chino on Feb. 4. Few details were released about the shooting, which happened on Pine Avenue, between Fern and Euclid avenues in Chino. The alleged bank robber, who remained unidentified,…
Senate Democrats put Congress on hold for a second time Wednesday, Feb. 4, blocking a Republican bill that would finance the Department of Homeland Security along with rollbacks of President Barack Obama’s executive immigration policies. The vote set up an urgent confrontation over the department, which will see its funding run out by the end…
A SURPRISING trend among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in the professional landscape is developing. Despite abating union memberships nationally, a close look by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) revealed a rise in union membership among AAPIs, up from 9.4 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent last year—an increase of roughly…
“I don’t want to be an ‘anti,’ against anybody. I simply want to be the builder of a great affirmation: the affirmation of God, who loves us and who wants to save us.” The words of Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was killed in 1980 by the military regime in El Salvador, still echo in the…
The national debate over vaccinations has spilled over into the 2016 race for the White House. Potential Republican candidates New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, brought up an ongoing nationwide debate over whether parents should have a say in vaccinating their kids. Following the recent measles outbreak in California, which rapidly spread from…
The budget proposal unveiled by President Barack Obama to Congress on Monday earmarks more than $1 billion for California transportation and construction projects, including $330 million that Los Angeles city officials called crucial to extending an essential transportation line. Overall, Obama would spend more than $800 million on transit throughout the state: including $165 million…
New case prompts daycare center closure A baby is one of the latest victims of the California measles outbreak, prompting the closure of a child-care center on the Santa Monica High School campus which regularly cares for 24 infants and toddlers. The infant is younger than 12 months and therefore hasn’t been immunized for the…
President Barack Obama sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget on Monday, Feb. 2, pushing past tight federal spending caps. As outlined in his State of the Union address in January, the new budget plan would boost taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations and provide relief to the middle-class. Obama’s budget, which will likely set…
New case prompts daycare center closure A baby is one of the latest victims of the California measles outbreak, prompting the closure of a child-care center on the Santa Monica High School campus which regularly cares for 24 infants and toddlers. The infant is younger than 12 months and therefore hasn’t been immunized for the…
French authorities filed preliminary terrorism charges last week against a wanted Frenchman extradited from Bulgaria, who admitted his connection to the gunmen behind the terrorist massacres in Paris. Fritz-Joly Joachin, 29, was arrested Jan. 1 on an unrelated warrant while trying to cross from Bulgaria into Turkey. Police say that he was an associate of…
Many parents hold firm to anti-vaccine beliefs With the state gripped by a measles outbreak, many California families are taking different approaches to protecting their kids from the severely contagious virus. Gary Monahan, a councilman for the city of Costa Mesa, remembers his son’s temperature spiking after getting the first dose of the MMR (measles,…
