Affordable Care Act enrollment grows to 12.7M
425,000 enroll in Covered California THE White House announced that nearly 13 million Americans have signed up for the Affordable Care Act for 2016, before open enrollment deadline on Jan….
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Chargers to stay in San Diego in 2016, reach deal with Rams to share Inglewood stadium
THE San Diego Chargers and Los Angeles Rams reached an agreement on Friday, Jan. 29, in principle to share a future football stadium in Inglewood, California that is set for…
Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton victorious in Iowa Caucus
THE Iowa Caucus on Monday, Feb. 1 – the first major hurdle on the narrow road to the presidential elections – proved to be a night of political surprises. Thousands…
Fil-Am microbiology student receives scholar award at the 28th CSU Biotechnology Symposium
LOS ANGELES — Karl Liboro, a microbiology major at Cal State LA, has been honored with the Howell-CSUPERB Research Scholar Award. Liboro is one of only 12 students in the…
Obama proposes new rules to advance equal pay
THE Obama administration on Friday, Jan. 29, announced new rules aimed at ensuring equal pay for all American workers. The proposal would require companies with more than 100 employees to…
Longer build, lower cost for CA bullet train
CALIFORNIA’S high-speed rail, connecting Los Angeles with the San Francisco Bay Area, could take longer to build than previously estimated, and its overall cost is “difficult to predict,” said the…
WHIAAPI, federal agencies boost outreach efforts in Fil-Am community
ASIAN American media crowded the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 27, where the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) hosted an…
Longer build, lower cost for CA bullet train
California’s high-speed rail, connecting Los Angeles with the San Francisco Bay Area, could take longer to build than previously estimated, and its overall cost is “difficult to predict,” said the…
Fil-Am mother and son charged with smuggling gun parts
A Filipino-American woman from Long Beach, California and her son have been charged with smuggling ammunition and firearm parts to the Philippines. Marlou Mendoza, 60, was arrested last week at…
Flu season at a low in California
Experts say weather helps INFLUENZA was responsible for the deaths of 146 Californians between October 2014 and late January 2015. When the flu season ended that year, over 400 people…
Gov. Brown warns funding caution in the State of the State
IN his address to the state of California, Governor Jerry Brown warned residents about economic downturn, and challenged lawmakers to restrain from spending, despite surpluses in the state budget. “The…
Report: Humans to lose 5 million jobs to robots by 2020
BY the year 2020, humans are expected to lose a net of 5.1 millions of jobs to robots and artificial intelligence, according to a report from the World Economic Forum…
California to investigate Exxon Mobil climate change case
KAMALA D. Harris, Attorney General of California, opened an investigation whether Exxon Mobil Corp. lied to the public and its shareholders about the risk to its business from climate change,…
Filipino in Virginia Beach wins $1-M from Powerball
WHILE most people were closely watching the national Powerball lottery drawing live on television on Wednesday, Jan. 13, an 82-year-old Filipino man from Virginia Beach, Va. was not one of…
Long Beach City Council approves minimum wage hike
THE Long Beach City Council on Wednesday, Jan. 20, voted 6-2 to create a pathway to gradually raise the minimum wage to $10.50 per hour by 2017, $12 in 2018…
White House encourages AAPIs to get health insurance before deadline
Since open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act–also known as Obamacare–began in 2013, the number of people in the United States without health insurance has fallen by nearly 18 million,…
Democratic candidates face off on health care, Wall Street and guns
HILLARY Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O’Malley met for their fourth debate, which aired live on Sunday, Jan. 17 on NBC. It was the Democratic contenders’ final face-off before the…
Supreme Court to review Obama’s immigration program
THE Supreme Court announced on Tuesday, Jan. 19, that it will decide whether President Barack Obama has the executive authority to declare that millions of undocumented immigrants can be allowed…
Good news for football fans: St. Louis Rams relocating to Los Angeles
AFTER a two-decade absence, the NFL is coming back to Los Angeles. NFL owners voted 30-2 on Tuesday, Jan. 12 to ratify the relocation application of the St. Louis Rams…
3 from California, Florida, Tennessee, win record $1.6 billion Powerball
THREE winners from California, Florida and Tennessee won the record-high $1.58 billion Powerball lottery on Wednesday, Jan. 13. As of press time, only the winner from Tennessee had been confirmed….
Coalition launches API human trafficking task force
IN 2014, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center reported that California, which has the largest number of Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) in the country, sees the most human trafficking cases…
Highlights from 6th GOP debate
Angry Trump, candidates criticize Ted Cruz THE sixth Republican debate took place the night of Thursday, Jan. 14 in North Charleston, South Carolina, with seven hopeful candidates in the primetime…
Fil-Am sworn in as president of Nevada State Board of Nursing
Filipino-American Dr. Rhigel Jay Alforque-Tan took oath as president of the Nevada State Board of Nursing on Jan. 6, in a ceremony presided by Honorable Judge Cheryl Moss and joined…
Macy’s closing 40 stores
MACY’S will close 36 of its 770 stores following “disappointing” sales and earnings last year and weak holiday sales, as part of its plan to shut down 40 locations across…
Trump: Syrian Refugees ‘could be ISIS’
Silent Muslim protester removed from campaign rally GOP frontrunner Donald Trump said Syrian refugees are “probably” ISIS during a campaign rally in South Carolina that was quickly disrupted by protesters,…
Gov. Brown proposes $171-B state budget
CALIFORNIA Governor Jerry Brown announced a $170.6 billion spending plan for the state, covering funding for schools, climate change programs, and services for the poor, elderly and disabled. At a…
LAPD: Crime in Los Angeles rose rapidly in 2015
LAST year, for the first time in over a decade, all categories of crime rose across Los Angeles, according to data from the Los Angeles Police Department. As law enforcement…
US auto sales hit record in 2015, poised for bigger year in 2016
THE auto industry closed 2015 with an all-time high of 17.47 million vehicles sold, surpassing the 2000 record of 17.35 million by 5.7 percent. Given the average national price of…
Insufficient deep sleep could lead to Alzheimer’s
NOT getting enough deep sleep could set the stage for Alzheimer’s, according to a Jan. 4 report from National Public Radio (NPR). During sleep in animals, the brain seems to…
Walmart supplier recalls approx. 90K pounds of meat
A COMPANY supplying Wal-Mart with meat is recalling about 90,000 pounds of product due to potential contamination from extraneous wood material, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday, Jan….