California drought could raise food prices
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…
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California senate committee passes bill to limit vaccines exemptions
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…
LA to spend $1 billion to fix sidewalks
THE Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, April 1, agreed to spend more than $1 billion to repair the city’s sidewalks as part of a lawsuit settlement filed by residents…
$25-billion Sacramento-San Joaquin delta tunnel project reconsidered
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…
California appeals court rules yoga does not infringe on religious freedom
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…
Stanford waives tuition for students whose parents make less than $125K
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…
LA to spend $1 billion to fix sidewalks
THE Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, April 1, agreed to spend more than $1 billion to repair the city’s sidewalks as part of a lawsuit settlement filed by residents…
Starbucks now offers employees 4 years of college tuition
Starbucks will now offer four years of free college tuition to its employees, up from its previous tuition plan of two years, the coffee company announced on Monday, April 6,…
Mayor Garcetti releases eco-friendly sustainability plan for LA
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled a citywide sustainability plan on Wednesday, April 8 that seeks to reduce the amount of imported water used by Angelenos, improve overall air quality…
Jury reaches verdict in Boston Marathon bombing trial
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found guilty of all 30 charges in deadly attack Almost two years after two pressure-cooker bombs exploded through a crowd of spectators near the finish line of the…
Mayor Garcetti releases eco-friendly sustainability plan for LA
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled a citywide sustainability plan on Wednesday, April 8 that seeks to reduce the amount of imported water used by Angelenos, improve overall air quality…
Obama issues executive order against ‘malicious and threatening’ cyberattacks
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has declared a “national emergency” against cyberattacks. The President signed an executive order on Wednesday, April 1 to authorize sanctions against criminals who engage in “significant malicious”…
McDonald’s workers remain displeased with company $10-per-hour wage hike
LABOR organizers dissatisfied with McDonald’s Corp’s announcement on Wednesday, April 1, to boost the minimum hourly wage for about 90,000 employees to $10 by July 1, conducted nationwide demonstrations Thursday,…
SF police chief moves to fire officers for racist texts
SAN Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr recommended that several officers allegedly involved in the exchange of “reprehensible” text messages about lynching Blacks and burning crosses, among other topics, be fired….
Delay in executive action on immigration ‘harms cities and counties nationwide’
State and city leaders file a joint legal brief LEADERS from more than 70 cities and counties nationwide joined a legal brief filed Monday, April 6, asking the US District…
Report: Low-income AAPIs financially vulnerable, lack access to financial mainstream
A NEW report released by the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPCD) indicates a growing financial vulnerability among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), despite being…
Calif. orders first-ever mandatory water cuts
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…
US pledges greenhouse gas emissions cut to UN
The Obama administration on Tuesday, March 31, pledged to take further steps in addressing climate change by cutting United States greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28 percent, based on…
Business development center in LA Chinatown opens to enhance community
LOS ANGELES – A business development center focused on meeting the financial needs of small business owners in Chinatown held its grand opening on Thursday, March 26. The Chinatown Neighborhood…
Business development center in LA Chinatown opens to enhance community
LOS ANGELES – A business development center focused on meeting the financial needs of small business owners in Chinatown held its grand opening on Thursday, March 26. The Chinatown Neighborhood…
Boston Marathon bombing trial continues
Prosecution shows victims’ gruesome autopsies PROSECUTORS rested their case on Monday, March 30 in the Boston Marathon bombing trial, after a morning full of grisly testimony from physicians who conducted…
Fort Meade shooting leaves one dead
NSA crash attempt failed TWO people tried to ram the main entrance gate of the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters at Fort Meade, Md., on Monday, March 30. An NSA…
Fil-Am Elito Santarina re-elected to Carson City Council
CARSON Mayor Pro Tem Elito Santarina was re-elected to the Carson City Council and sworn-in Tuesday, March 24, at a swearing-in ceremony at the city’s community center. Santarina’s new four-year…
Fil-Am Elito Santarina re-elected to Carson City Council
CARSON Mayor Pro Tem Elito Santarina was re-elected to the Carson City Council and sworn-in Tuesday, March 24, at a swearing-in ceremony at the city’s community center. Santarina’s new four-year…
California loosens rules on sex offenders living near schools
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…
California health department releases ads against e-cigarettes
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…
Trade group sues FCC for net neutrality rules
A trade group and broadband provider on Monday, March 23, sued the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) due to new net neutrality rules, claiming they overstep the government’s authority. The U.S….
Federal judge threatens sanctions on Obama’s executive order on immigration
A FEDERAL judge on Thursday, March 19, threatened to sanction the Justice Department if it is found that government lawyers misled him about the implementation of President Barack Obama’s executive…
From corporate to cancer: How one woman beat the disease and changed her lifestyle
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…
AAPI community leaders get ‘Ready For Hillary’
LOS ANGELES – Community leaders, activists and political leaders in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and Los Angeles County on Thursday, March 19, gathered in Downtown LA’s Chinatown…