CD13 Pinoy stakeholders welcome proposal LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles City Councilmembers Mitch O’Farrell (Council District 13) and Felipe Fuentes (Council District 7) recently introduced a motion in the city council, which seeks to establish an affordable housing policy for Los Angeles. The two councilmembers said in the motion that the city needs to create…
To benefit Typhoon Haiyan victims LOS ANGELES – Filipino-British Hollywood actress and humanitarian Cassandra Hepburn, a native of Leyte, is inviting the Filipino community in Los Angeles to come and support a fundraising event on December 15 in Malibu, which will benefit the typhoon victims in her home province. Hepburn, who was born to an…
LOS ANGELES – With the holiday season now officially in full swing, people can’t help but feel excited for the season. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) and some private companies held a press conference on Wednesday to remind Angelenos about the importance of taking smart safety measures during the holidays. Fire safety LAFD Public…
HAWAIIAN GARDENS – Community members, city officials, family members, students, and friends came together on Sunday, Dec. 1, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the the Hawaiian Gardens Bingo Club. The bingo club, run by the the Moskowitz Foundation, celebrated the milestone by holding a day of fun, food, and festivities at the bingo club…
LOS ANGELES – The Filipino American Service Group Inc. (FASGI), together with the newly-formed Fil-Am Emergency Disaster Communications Los Angeles (FEDComm LA), recently opened a radio facility that will provide free communication services to Filipinos in LA with relatives in areas hard-hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). With much of the telecommunication infrastructure in the…
LOS ANGELES – Grace Grande, the embattled former mistress of a Philippine congressman, emerged victorious this week when the US courts announced a motion to drop the extradition charges against her. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Grande expressed her gratitude to those who supported her and vowed to continue the fight for freedom and…
LOS ANGELES – Grace Grande, a former mistress of a Philippine party-list representative, now has a reason to celebrate Thanksgiving. According to initial statements by community groups, the Philippine government has officially rescinded its request for the extradition of Grande. The case sought to bring Grande back to Manila to face extortion charges filed by…
HAWAIIAN GARDENS – One of America’s biggest donors in humanitarian efforts, The Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation, made a generous donation on Thursday, November 21 to the American Red Cross for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. Sal Flores, a representative from the foundation, presented a check amounting to $100,000 Donya Webb, Director of Development for the…
LOS ANGELES—The LA Auto Show is upon us again, and this year’s iteration of the car expo promises to be a big one. Environment-friendly cars, concept models, and innovative technologies will take center stage at the annual car exhibit held at the LA Convention Center this weekend, Nov. 22 to 24. General Motors Although GM…
Air pollution ‘chokes’ young boys and girls – Sen. De Leon LOS ANGELES – On Thursday, November 14, a diverse coalition of community-based, public health science and conservation groups launched, a campaign that looks to put one million light, medium and heavy duty electric vehicles on California roads within the next 10 years. In a…
HOLLYWOOD – In a youthful show of solidarity, as many as 800 Filipino-American students gathered in Hollywood on Monday to show support for their lolos and lolas on Veterans Day. Led by Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV), a grassroots organization supporting the cause of WWII FilVets, Fil-Am students from as far as San Diego…
Appeals for add’l donations, body bags as rescue and relief efforts pick up pace LOS ANGELES – Overwhelmed with support flowing in from all over Los Angeles and other parts of her jurisdiction, Philippine Consul General Hellen Barber-De La Vega said that it was a ‘good kind of inundation’ that she was experiencing. Throughout the…
LOS ANGELES – On Monday night, President Benigno S. Aquino III declared a state of national calamity in order to expedite the government’s rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts in the provinces devastated by Yolanda. The state of national calamity will remain in effect until lifted by Aquino. According to a Philippine Daily Inquirer report, as much as…
LOS ANGELES – Amid ‘conflicting’ and ‘misleading’ information about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), in a press briefing, officials of Asia Pacific Health Care Ventures (APHCV) emphasized that proper education about the health reform law is vital, so that people can understand what they’re going to get under the law and be able to take…
Builds on gang prosecution success LOS ANGELES – A Filipina lawyer is banking on her success as a gang homicide prosecutor to serve as a springboard for her bid to become the next Judge for the LA County Superior Court. Teresa Pineda Magno, a 14-year veteran Deputy District Attorney in LA, seeks a seat on…
LOS ANGELES – Sharon Arlanza Yost, a 33-year-old Filipina based in San Diego, is suing the United States government for negligence, false imprisonment and for negligent and intentional infliction of distress. Yost claims that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wrongfully imprisoned her from May to December 2011. She also alleges that ICE officials then…
GLENDALE – Calm, cool, and collected, Glendale City Mayor Dave Weaver seems like he’s always prepared to answer any questions fielded his way wherever he may be. In an exclusive interview with the Asian Journal at Max’s Fried Chicken in Glendale, Weaver casually talked about his love for Filipinos, and his work as a public servant. Love…
LOS ANGELES – Historic Filipinotown (HiFi) Council officials announced on Wednesday that they will hold a Lantern Festival and a Christmas Chorale Competition on Dec. 14, 2013 at the Silverlake Medical Center grounds. During a press briefing held at the Philippine Consulate, HiFi officials said that there will also be a parol designing competition where…
LOS ANGELES – A new scam has got the Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) and Filipinos in LA worried. Apparently, scammers are using the soon-to-open Larry Itliong Village (an affordable housing project for low-income individuals) as bait to take advantage of people, who are hoping to get a chance to rent a unit in the village…
LOS ANGELES – As the partial shutdown of federal government ended on Thursday, Oct. 17, Filipino American advocates continued to push for immigration reform as if the stoppage never happened. In Pasadena, Filipinos joined immigrant rights activists and religious groups for a prayer vigil calling for the US Congress to come up with a comprehensive…
LOS ANGELES – Jeane Napoles, daughter of the accused mastermind behind the P10-billion pork barrel scam, is no longer selling her unit in the posh Ritz Carlton in Los Angeles. Her mother, Janet Napoles, who witnesses said was linked to the pork barrel and Malampaya fund scams, had earlier admitted having bought the property as…
LOS ANGELES—The second Philippine-born US citizen to be promoted to the officer rank of General in the US Army, is the AARP’s newest endorser. Gen. Taguba, or Tony to his friends and family, is a decorated military hero known for his advocacy work to break down racial barriers in the army. Born in the Philippines…
LOS ANGELES – Top officials of the Philippine Social Security System (SSS) kicked off their US outreach mission with a community briefing at the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles on Friday, October 11. Headed by SSS President and CEO Emilio S. De Quiros, Jr., the SSS delegation consisted of Vice President Maria Lourdes N….
ROSEMEAD – In July 2013, Southern California Edison (SCE) filed a Notice of Dispute with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in an attempt to recover all damages caused by what the power giant is calling as “Mitsubishi’s failed design and manufacture” of the San Onofre Replacement Steam Generators (RSGs) that led to the shutdown of the plant….
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a motion to provide a $50,000 reward for information leading to arrests in solving a fatal hit and run case in Hollywood. In the incident, the victim was identified by LAPD detectives as Keymontae Mackenzie, a 22-year old transgendered woman. On September 27, the victim…
Asian businesses, big factor in CA growth – Lieu LOS ANGELES – California State Senator Ted W. Lieu was one of the five individual awardees that were honored at the 20th Annual Asian Entrepreneur of the Year Awards held on Friday, Sept. 27 at the Beverly Hills Hilton. Lieu shared the 2013 Public Servant Advocates of…
Community groups to further educate Angelenos on health reform LOS ANGELES – Unfazed by the partial government shutdown, Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange, opened for business to provide Californians and small businesses access to affordable health care coverage from leading health insurance companies. During a festive launch event held at Union Station in…
LOS ANGELES – LA Councilman Mitch O’Farrell introduced a motion on Wednesday which seeks to preserve the identity of Historic Filipinotown (HiFi) while concurrently preparing for future growth in the neighborhood. In a statement on www.cd13.com, O’Farrell said that his motion “would establish long-range planning tools that will help absorb new growth, while preserving the…
LOS ANGELES – With the open enrollment season for California’s health care exchange about to open on Oct. 1, consumers are using the Internet to acquire more information about the Affordable Care Act and Covered California (the state-run marketplace where Californians can shop around, compare and apply for health coverage plans). However, on Friday, a…
Filipinos have least incidence of poverty, low-income LOS ANGELES – In a report released by Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA) on September 25, the Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities LA County remained as the fastest-growing groups in the last decade — accounting for the county’s increasing diversity. The report (entitled…
