LA Launches National Park Equity Model
By Selen Ozturk As the national park ranking of Los Angeles plunges year after year, access to green space is at the heart of the problem. A 2024 Trust for…
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Los Angeles County Has Cut Homelessness, but Wildfires Threaten To Erase That Gain
By Angela Hart February 26, 2025 ALTADENA, Calif. — As flames engulfed a nearby canyon, dozens of residents in a sober-living home fled to an unoccupied building about 30 miles…
Health Clinic Workers Brush Up on Constitutional Protections as Immigration Raids Loom
By Jackie Fortiér February 26, 2025 The lobby at this St. John’s Community Health clinic in South Los Angeles bustles with patients. But community health worker Ana Ruth Varela is…
LA Fire Chief Appeals Dismissal: City Council to Decide Fate Amid Public Safety Debate
Kristin Crowley served as the 19th Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) from March 25, 2022, to February 21, 2025. She was the first woman and the first…
Egg Prices Soar: How Filipino Families and Businesses Are Coping with the Surge
Filipino desserts heavily rely on eggs as a key ingredient. The egg shortage significantly impact the cost of these beloved treats. LOS ANGELES, CA – The rising cost of eggs…
California K-12 students encouraged to get artistic about keeping California clean
Clean California program accepting multimedia art contest submissions until Mar. 24; Cash prizes awarded for winning entries SACRAMENTO — A statewide multimedia contest led by the Clean California program is…
Tulong sa Kawalan ng Trabaho Dahil sa Sakuna (DUA) magagamit na ngayon para sa mga manggagawa sa Los Angeles County na apektado ng mga sunog sa California at malakas na hangin
Photo provided by EDD SACRAMENTO – Ang mga manggagawa sa County ng Los Angeles na naapektuhan ng matinding sunog at hangin ay maaari na ngayong mag-aplay para sa federal Disaster…
Nevada Judiciary Expands Free Legal Resources with Self-Help Website
Nevada Judiciary Expands Free Legal Resources with Self-Help Website Enhanced legal self-help resources, including multilingual AI-powered support and step-by-step guides, assist self-represented litigants. Carson City, NV – The State of…
Inside the DOGE Revolution: Trump and Musk Push to Streamline Government
The Doge Office at The Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington DC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ A Radical Approach to Bureaucracy? In a bold move to overhaul federal operations, President Donald Trump launched…
MedNews capsules
A SMALL study about “Post COVID Vaccination Syndrome (PCVS),” a very rare condition following vaccination that causes some neurologic symptoms, has recently hit the news media. The gullible and anti-vax…
NaFFAA Supports the ABC Act to Empower Filipino American Caregivers
NaFFAA Supports the ABC Act to Empower Filipino American Caregivers Washington, D.C. – The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) strongly supports the Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act,…
Urgent CDC Data and Analyses on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate
Amy Maxmen Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other…
Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, Again?
Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got…
Under Trump, Press Freedom Under Heat
By Selen Ozturk Three weeks into Trump’s second presidency, press freedom is in danger for newsrooms nationwide. San Francisco radio station KCBS is facing a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation…
USAID Shutdown Puts the Health of Americans at Risk
By Sunita Sohrabji The abrupt shutdown of USAID-funded projects has sent shockwaves through the global health community, with experts warning of severe consequences for disease research, vaccine development, and international…
Get set to make a splash! Pechanga Resort Casino opens The Cove, its 4.5-acre pool oasis, February 24 for the season
PECHANGA Resort Casino gives guests the chance to make a splash, just ahead of Spring Break. The Cove, Pechanga’s 4.5-acre pool oasis and one of the largest resort pool complexes at…
First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer resigns amid City Hall shakeup
New York City’s First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer announced her resignation on Monday, Feb. 17, stepping down alongside Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human…
Filipino Town Las Vegas to host public town hall meeting
Las Vegas, NV — Filipino Town Las Vegas will host a town hall meeting on February 28, 2025 at +6350 FIL-AM CENTRAL starting at 5:30 p.m. Filipino Town Cultural District is…
God is my GPS
OUR mental health is arguably more vital to our being than our physical health, although both are essential to our general well-being. A solid stabilizing anchor for all this is…
Steadfast LA Launches First Non-Profit Rebuild Initiative in Partnership With Samara to Support Wildfire Victims
Rick Caruso, founder of Steadfast LA, leads efforts to rebuild wildfire-affected communities in Los Angeles through innovative private-sector solutions. Asian Journal file photo LOS ANGELES, Calif. – February 19, 2025…
Graton Resort & Casino, proud sponsor of SF CNY Parade: Fortune & festivities in the new year
THIS February, welcome the new year with blessings and prosperity at Graton Resort & Casino! Guests celebrated last Monday, February 17 with the President’s Day Giveaway. Drawings were done every…
What Does Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Mean for Immigrants?
By Selen Ozturk The three weeks since President Trump’s inauguration has brought a regular slurry of executive orders — including one ending birthright citizenship. The order, issued on the first day…
As ICE Sightings Flood Social Media, Immigration Advocates Push for Accuracy
By Ethnic Media Services Alejandra Molina | Boyle Heights Beat As reports of alleged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sightings flood social media and new interactive mapping platforms, immigrant rights…
Medical practice today
AMERICANS are complaining that when they go to medical clinics or to the emergency rooms, they are seen by physician assistants or nurse practitioners, and not by physicians (MDs) anymore,…
US senators reintroduce bipartisan bill to reunite Filipino WWII veterans with family
A bipartisan group of United States lawmakers are reintroducing a bill that would speed up the visa process to reunite Filipino World War II veterans with their families. The Filipino Veterans…
Choosing our poison
THE World Health Organization observes “World No Tobacco Day” on May 31st of each year to remind people around the globe about the deadly effects on smoking and to inspire…
Filipina Assemblymember Caloza leads community swearing-in, files disaster-related bills
California state Assemblymember Jessica Caloza of District 52 took the oath of office administered by Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas during a community swearing-in ceremony at the Los Angeles River Center…
After LA Fires, Immigrants Face Deportation Threats
BySelen Ozturk After one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history burned over 50,000 acres of Los Angeles County, immigrants are already cleaning up. After one of the worst…
President Donald Trump holds swearing-in inside Capitol Rotunda
THE swearing-in of Mr. Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States of America, on January 20, 2025 was held inside the Capitol Rotunda due to extreme weather condition…
Fil-Am community leaders react to Trump’s return as president
UNITED States President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20 entered his second presidency with a renewed mission to “make America great again,” prompting a range of reactions from Filipino American…
