San Diego City Council adopts Complete Streets Policy
Goal is to make streets safe, attractive and accessible SAN DIEGO – The San Diego City Council has adopted the city’s first-ever Complete Streets Policy, which reflects and guides the…
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Have a happy and sustainable holiday season
THE holiday-and-gift seasons are back! Giving them and receiving them help put the happy in the holiday season. But remember to consider sustainability this year as you make your gift-giving…
Effort to plan long-term vision of mid-city communities launches
Plan update will create opportunities for new homes, businesses and infrastructure in City Heights, Eastern Area, Kensington-Talmadge and Normal Heights SAN DIEGO – To plan for the long-term growth of…
City of San Diego alerts local businesses to dangerous synthetic intoxicating hemp products
Letter directed to retailers warns of unlawful sales and enforcement action SAN DIEGO – In order to ensure compliance with the laws regulating the sale of cannabis, the City of…
City of San Diego winter festivals offer joyous fun this holiday season
Parks and Recreation centers citywide offer free family events in December and January SAN DIEGO – With the holiday season in full swing, the City of San Diego is inviting…
Consul General Ferrer meets with CAS official
PHILIPPINE Consul General to San Francisco Neil Frank R. Ferrer met with Dr. Terrence M. Gosliner, Senior Curator of the California Academy of Sciences on November 29, 2023 at the…
Board of Supervisors adopt Mayor Breed’s legislation to waive fees for outdoor entertainment permits
The new legislation will waive permit fees to provide support for San Francisco nightlife and entertainment businesses using the City’s JAM permitting program SAN FRANCISCO – On Tuesday, December 12 the Board…
Attorney General Rob Bonta comes to Daly City to swear in newly elected mayor
DALY CITY – The City Council of the City of Daly City held a Special Meeting on December 11, 2023 for the City Council Reorganization. As part of this Reorganization, Juslyn…
San Francisco’s iconic cable car is dressed up for Christmas, Filipino-style
SAN FRANCISCO – It’s beginning to look like Pinoy Christmas with the launch of the first-ever Filipino Christmas-themed cable car in San Francisco. The San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF MUNI)…
$5.5 million in stolen wages returned to residential caregivers
Settlement makes California’s largest residential care facility wage theft case LOS ANGELES – One hundred and forty-eight individuals who worked at Adat Shalom Board and Care for the Elderly in…
Who are America’s new ethnic voters?
At a Dec. 8 Ethnic Media Services briefing, experts discussed who these new ethnic voters are, what motivates them, and how their affiliations compare to their white counterparts. AAPI party…
99 Ranch Market opens 61st store in Torrance
LOS ANGELES — Tawa Services Inc. (TSI), the largest Asian store chain in the United States, has recently opened its 61st 99 Ranch Market store branch in Torrance, California. A grand…
Brutal attack on elderly Asian man is not a hate crime, says LA County Sheriff’s Department
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says it will not investigate as a hate crime the sucker-punching of an elderly Asian American man who was taking a walk in Calabasas,…
Green cities: A matter of life and death
by Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services As humankind grows increasingly urban, planting trees and parks — far from merely beautifying cities — increasingly becomes a matter of life and death….
Mayor Gloria announces ‘Mayor for a Day’ contest for San Diego students
Third annual contest invites city’s K-12 students to submit essays about how they would make San Diego a better place as mayor SAN DIEGO – Mayor Todd Gloria announced the launch…
City of San Diego announces 60 artists creating projects to increase awareness of urgent issues
Far South/Border North grant program brings jobs and public awareness campaigns to San Diego, Imperial counties SAN DIEGO – This month, residents in San Diego and Imperial Counties will begin…
City of San Diego receives an ‘A’ rating for climate action efforts
Carbon Disclosure Project bestowed the honor to only 119 cities worldwide SAN DIEGO – The City of San Diego recently received global recognition for its ongoing climate action and sustainability…
County’s first park in Alpine takes shape
THE County approved the environmental review documents for Alpine Community Park on Wednesday, December 6, clearing the way toward hiring a contractor to begin phase one of Alpine’s first county-managed…
Mayor Breed’s small business reforms approved by Board of Supervisors
The approved legislation will move forward 100 changes to the Planning Code to improve the small business permitting process and help fill commercial vacancies faster SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor London N….
PH CONSULATE IN SF ATTENDS WARRIORS’ FIRST FILIPINO HERITAGE NIGHT OF THE NEW NBA SEASON
Dubnation and basketball fans in the Bay Area were treated with a night of Pinoy culture in the first Filipino Heritage Night of the Golden State Warriors of the 2023-2024…
Visual feast: Amira Humes’ vibrant Filipino mural unveiled in Brooklyn
Before earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, Filipino-American illustrator Amira Humes had illustrated her mom’s sinigang recipe for a project, resulting in the artwork being featured in a…
Project Hulmahan Los Angeles launches exhibit
The University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Greater Los Angeles (UPAAGLA) and partner Bayanihang Marikenyo at Marikenya (BM+M) officially launched Project Hulmahan Los Angeles exhibit on November 11, 2023….
Los Angeles sees hate crimes surge in 2022
Hate crimes in Los Angeles County surged in 2022, with attacks targeting a wide spectrum of racial and ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities. The increase is attributed in part to…
Mayor Gloria signs Smart Streetlights, new Safe Sidewalk program into law
Initiatives designed to make communities safer for San Diego residents
County of San Diego awarded grant for bicycle and pedestrian safety program from the Office of Traffic Safety
THE County of San Diego announced on Wednesday, November 29 that it received a $125,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support its Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program. This grant…
Queer Filipina American coming-of-age play to debut in San Diego this December
SAN DIEGO – Spare Pen presents the premiere of “Every Day Vanilla,” the debut play of writer-actor Lani Gobaleza. Performances begin at MOXIE Theatre on Thursday, December 14 through Friday,…
County teams up with MIT Global Research Center
THE County of San Diego has been chosen to team up with a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) global research center, which will provide technical assistance on the evaluation of…
Sheriff Reentry Program wins taxpayers association award
THE San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is being recognized by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association for giving men and women in county jails a second chance to successfully prepare…
FIL-AM COMMUNITY LEADER CELEBRATES 82ND BIRTHDAY
Forever Young club president Tess Gregorio, also known as the Filipino American community’s Singer for All Occasions, celebrated her 82nd birthday with a luncheon held at Isla Restaurant in Newark…
SF Police retail theft blitz operations result in hundreds of arrests, expanding with new state grand funding
Police have conducted 40 operations at local retailers leading to over 300 arrests and will be expanding these efforts going into the holiday shopping season SAN FRANCISCO – With the holiday shopping season starting, Mayor London N. Breed on Monday,…