Covering the week’s most noteworthy news stories impacting the lives of the Filipino-American community in the State of California.
By Jennifer Gollan, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting She alights from a black Ferrari convertible, her Christian Louboutin stilettos glinting in the sunlight. The lid of her black…
by Ana B. Ibarra / Kaiser Health News CALIFORNIA will ban the use of a widely used pesticide in the face of “mounting evidence” that it causes developmental problems in…
THE Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) and the California Domestic Workers Coalition have unveiled the California Homecare Agency Labor Violations Tip Line, a hotline that allows caregivers, consumers and agencies in…
By Samantha Young/Kaiser Health News CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the state to provide health coverage to low-income young adults who are in the country illegally, but his plan would…
Life can change in an instant, whether it’s your health or your personal situation. Elvira of Los Angeles lost her health insurance when the auto dealership she worked for closed…
by Samantha Young California regularly portrays itself as a national trendsetter on political issues, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is claiming that title on prescription drugs. Newsom has a plan…
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Despite facing opposition, the newly-elected California governor reaffirms his executive order, signaling a shift in the American perspective on capital punishment WHEN California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a moratorium on…
By Ana B. Ibarra and Harriet Blair Rowan | Kaiser Health News SACRAMENTO — “Vivan los inmigrantes!” echoed through the halls of the state Capitol on Wednesday as immigrants and…
Executive order suspends death penalty as long as he’s governor On Wednesday, March 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that put a temporary moratorium on the state’s…
by Anna Gorman Jennifer Millar keeps trash bags and hand sanitizer near her tent, and she regularly pours water mixed with hydrogen peroxide on the sidewalk nearby. Keeping herself and…
Last year more than 1.4 million Californians claimed $346 million on their taxes from California’s Earned Income Tax Credit (Cal EITC). CalEITC4Me is the statewide outreach campaign to promote the…
by Anna Maria Barry-Jester Imagine identifying a toxin so potent it could rewire a child’s brain and erode his immune system. A substance that, in high doses, tripled the risk…
Alongside representatives from the California Charter School Association, California Teachers Association, California School Employees Association, California Federation of Teachers and SEIU California, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 126 on…
by Anna Gorman and Ana B. Ibarra Staff members at immigration detention centers in California delayed medical appointments for patients complaining of shortness of breath. They inadequately supervised suicidal youths….
With the highest poverty rate in the nation, low-income Californians need the protection offered by SB 616 SACRAMENTO – Low-income Californians would finally get the protection they need from debt…
THE news of President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration has now reached a legal challenge in the form of a lawsuit on Monday, Feb. 18 led by the attorneys general…
AFTER multiple crashes due to extreme snowy and icy conditions at the California-Nevada stateline on Monday, Feb. 18, Caltrans has reopened the I-15 freeway after a four-hour closure that caused…
by Harriet Blair Rowan A rash of recent measles outbreaks in New York, Texas and Washington state shines a light on California’s largely successful effort in recent years to suppress…
SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday, February 11, announced that he has signed a General Order rescinding previous authorization for California National Guard operations at the U.S.-Mexico border that…
A FILIPINA doctor has been named the chief of staff at Dignity Health-Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale, California, becoming the first person of Filipino descent to hold that position and…
Twenty-five years ago this week, the 1994 Northridge Earthquake rattled Southern California and left behind an aftermath of collapsed freeways, widespread power outages, leveled buildings, and thousands of heavily affected…
California needs at least 200k new residential construction workers OAKLAND, Calif. — According to California’s Housing and Community Development Department (HCD), the golden state must dramatically increase the productive capacity…
by Samantha Young and Ana B. Ibarra Kaiser Health News SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled his first state budget, one that leads California down a very different…
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom sworn into office, puts forth statewide single-payer healthcare plan, reinvention plan for DMV As California Gov. Gavin Newsom was inaugurated this week, a coalition of 40…
by Samantha Young WASHINGTON, D.C. — Each of the seven California Democrats who flipped Republican congressional seats in the midterm election campaigned for more government-funded health care — with most…
California’s House representatives join 116th US Congress’ most diverse class The 116th United States Congress and its freshman class convened on Thursday, Jan. 3, and its ethnic and gender makeup…
Women in leadership, tighter gun control, climbing minimum wage among new policy changes FOLLOWING the fireworks, toasts, and New Year greetings that took place during the midnight transition into the…
FOLLOWING a rather tumultuous year of voter registration errors, still long lines, and the recent issues with its Real ID protocol, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) looks ahead…
by Anna B. Ibarra SACRAMENTO, Calif. — What do hip-hop dancing and health insurance have in common? For one, you sure do hope that the break dancer busting backflips is…
