Covering the week’s most noteworthy news stories impacting the lives of the Filipino-American community in Northern California.
TO be a good leader, Filipino American Loretta Adrian, president of Coastline Community College in Orange County, says one must be open to criticism, be a good listener, and love…
With emerging smartphone app technology, the demand for ride-hailing services around the country has continued to increase for business and personal travel. In California, many of these ride-sharing services, such…
THE California Assembly approved 69-0 a bill that allows companies like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar to offer shared rides to passengers with similar pickup and drop-off locations. However, each person’s…
Ready California looks to assist undocumented for DAPA, expanded DACA Immigrants’ rights advocates on Tuesday, May 19, launched a statewide campaign to prepare California’s immigrants communities for the executive action…
Facebook is pushing to secure higher pay and better benefits for contract workers who support its employees, including janitors, receptionists, security workers and cooks. In a blog post on Tuesday,…
THE state Senate approved a controversial bill on Thursday, May 14, that would eliminate California’s personal belief exemptions for vaccinations and require that schoolchildren be immunized. The measure, introduced by…
A $20 million budget proposal to assist California’s immigrant community would be economically beneficial to the state, leaders of California community organizations say. Under the proposal, ONE California, $20 million…
SAN FRANCISCO—Families living in the South of Market area and community advocates participated in a protest along Natoma Street on May 13 to bring focus on the plight of long-time…
DESPITE California leading the nation in expanding healthcare insurance to include everybody, nearly 1.8 million of its residents remain uninsured. According to research from teams at University of California, Los…
PARENTS nationwide have been expressing their concern for the new Common Core state standards, which proponents say focus on critical thinking and problem solving. In California, which first adopted the…
EXTENDING state-subsidized healthcare coverage to undocumented immigrants could cost the state of California as much as $740 million annually, according to a Senate fiscal analysis released Monday, May 4. If…
THE minimum wage issue both in the federal and state governments has been long debated, and multiple legislations have been written and changed as different economic, labor and political groups…
California Gov. Jerry Brown announced legislation on Tuesday, April 28 that would increase water wasting fines and authorize local government agencies to levy such penalties. In a meeting with 14…
THREE Filipino senior men were killed Wednesday, April 22, in a fiery head-on crash when a wrong-way driver on the westbound side of Highway 50 collided into their truck. The…
The California Senate Education Committee on Wednesday, April 22, approved a bill requiring that children be vaccinated before entering school. The legislation would eliminate California’s personal belief exemption, including those…
AFTER weeks of rallying to officials, the Filipino community in San Francisco finally won its battle in asking to provide funding and support for Filipino language classes in city schools….
FOOD prices in the United States may rise as California farmers cope with the state’s fourth year of drought by reducing water use and planting fewer crops. The Golden State…
CALIFORNIA lawmakers on Wednesday, April 8, approved a bill that would ban parents from opting out of vaccinations for their school-enrolled children due to personal or religious beliefs. In a…
CALIFORNIA Governor Jerry Brown’s administration is overhauling its proposal for a controversial tunnel project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, despite public doubts on whether water exporters can meet the stringent…
A CALIFORNIA appeals court on Friday, April 3, upheld a lower court ruling that incorporating yoga into physical education at a San Diego County school district does not violate the…
WHO doesn’t like free college? If you’re an accepted, incoming student at Stanford University whose parents make less than $125,000 a year, you’re in luck. For the first time in…
Gov. Brown issues executive order combating water waste THE balmy, arid weather in California has officially become so dry that Governor Jerry Brown made a decision Wednesday to make the…
OFFICIALS announced Thursday, March 26 that the California government would stop enforcing a key provision of a voter-approved law prohibiting all registered sex offenders from living close to schools. The…
THE California Department of Public Health released two television ads on Monday, March 23 to inform the public of risks associated with e-cigarettes. “California has been a world leader in…
In corporate America, life can get hectic. But for 20 years, Allison Kim, thrived in that work environment as a civil engineer in transportation. She would arrive at her office…
State water board approves new conservation regulations AS California enters its fourth year of drought, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders on Thursday, March 19 proposed legislation to accelerate more…
In corporate America, life can get hectic. But for 20 years, Allison Kim, thrived in that work environment as a civil engineer in transportation. She would arrive at her office…
A 17-year-old Fil-Am, Christian Rasner, is in critical condition after a brutal beating from two unidentified men in a shopping center parking lot on Wednesday, March 11. The beating took…
The Filipina owner and a top administrator of a now-closed senior care facility in Castro Valley were charged Monday, March 9, with 14 counts of felony elder abuse, officials said….
The Filipina owner and a top administrator of a now-closed senior care facility in Castro Valley were charged Monday, March 9, with 14 counts of felony elder abuse, officials said….
