Covering the week’s most noteworthy news stories in the United States for the Filipino-American and Global Filipino community.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A few months ago, the boxy, teal truck parked outside a McDonald’s in this Inland Empire city might have drawn hundreds of people willing to stand…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Getting clean drinking water cost Ignacio Padilla his health insurance. The World War II veteran needed to repay the loan for the water pump installed on his…
The summer games are officially underway. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics — pushed back one year due to the pandemic — began on Friday, July 23 and are set to end…
By Elisabeth Rosenthal / Kaiser Health News The drugmaker Pfizer recently announced that vaccinated people are likely to need a booster shot to be effectively protected against new variants of…
LOS Angeles County is observing a “rapid rise” in COVID-19 transmission with cases doubling over the last 10 days, according to the county Department of Public Health. As of Thursday,…
FILIPINA American Iraq War veteran Gina Ortiz Jones has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the undersecretary of the Air Force, becoming the first woman of color to serve…
EMPLOYEES in Clark County—which includes the Las Vegas area—will be required to wear masks while working in indoor public spaces amid a new spike of COVID-19 cases in the region….
Officials detail a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ as cases surge across the country WEEKS after counties and cities across the country began reopening public life and slackening social distancing mandates,…
A FILIPINO American defense attorney has made history after being appointed as the new Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge. Hon. Jerry Bustos Vinluan III, 49, is the county’s first…
Ito ay serye ng Medicare Tips hatid ng Clever Care Health Plan, isang nangungunang tagapagbigay ng East meets West Medicare services na sensitibo sa kultura ng kanilang mga miyembro. Para…
CALIFORNIA Attorney General Rob Bonta recently announced the launch of the Office of Community Awareness, Response, and Engagement (CARE) within the California Department of Justice (DOJ). As part of the…
THIS September, Hayley Arceneaux will be the first pediatric cancer survivor and youngest American to go to space, all to raise awareness and support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®….
SANTA ANA, Calif. — One week the food pantry had frozen crabmeat; other weeks, deli meat or plant-based “meat.” The week before the Fourth of July, there was no meat…
County reports more than 1,000 new cases a day for the past week AS a response to the mounting coronavirus cases, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will…
Current DACA recipients will not be affected A United States federal judge on Friday, July 16 blocked new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama-era…
By Sunita Sohrabji/Ethnic Media Services contributing editor ASIAN Americans cheered the July 12 passage of California’s API Equity Budget, a three-year $156 million initiative which seeks to equip the AAPI…
A FILIPINA was shot and killed by her live-in partner in Minot, North Dakota over the weekend. According to the Minot Police Department, it received a call just before 5…
The Los Angeles County Health Officer has issued a Heat Alert as high temperatures have been forecast for the following areas: • Antelope Valley – Saturday, July 17 through Tuesday,…
THE Chula Vista Police Department has released an investigative update detailing its efforts in the search for Maya “May” Millete, a Filipina American mother from the Southern California city who…
I got my COVID vaccine last week just like we always talked about. Those may not be the actual opening lyrics to the 2021 hit “drivers license,” but it is…
AS more Americans receive COVID vaccinations, debatable philosophies surrounding mask-wearing continue to generate confusion over whether vaccinated people should continue to wear face coverings in public. Public recommendations on mask…
THE United States has warned China anew that an attack on Philippine armed forces in the South China Sea would trigger a 70-year-old mutual defense treaty. “The United States reaffirms…
Deadline to apply for ‘Pinays Rising’ scholarship for the 2021-2022 school year is July 15 AMONG Filipino American families, higher education is non-negotiable. Regardless of generation, attending college and earning…
THE California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is reminding unvaccinated Californians that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe, free and provides excellent protection from severe COVID-19 illness, hospitalization and death. Out…
A GoFundMe page has been started on behalf of a Filipino American family who lost their mother after the birth of their third son. MariCris Morales Delgado is survived by…
By Samantha Young/Kaiser Health News When a parent takes an infant to the Children’s Health Center in San Francisco for a routine checkup, a pediatrician will check the baby’s vitals…
CALIFORNIA Attorney General Rob Bonta this week announced the release of initial guidelines and protocols for the state’s Department of Justice to investigate fatal officer-involved shootings of unarmed civilians. Assembly…
THE Foundation for California Community Colleges (Foundation CCC) announced the appointment of Rowena A. Robles, Ph.D., as executive director for the California Medicine Coalition (CMC). In their announcement, Foundation CCC…
Ito ay serye ng Medicare Tips hatid ng Clever Care Health Plan, isang nangungunang tagapagbigay ng East meets West Medicare services na sensitibo sa kultura ng kanilang mga miyembro. Para…
IN the past two weeks, many medical experts started to question whether the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is administered in a single dose, would be as effective as the…
