Covering the week’s most noteworthy news stories impacting the lives of the Filipino-American community in Southern California.
Attempting to persuade the Chargers to stay in San Diego, a mayoral committee proposed a financial plan this week for building an approximately $1.1-billion new NFL stadium. The plan includes…
According to a new report, the average worker needs to earn at least $30.92 an hour to afford the rent for a typical two-bedroom apartment in Orange County. The “Out…
According to a new report, the average worker needs to earn at least $30.92 an hour to afford the rent for a typical two-bedroom apartment in Orange County. The “Out…
Attempting to persuade the Chargers to stay in San Diego, a mayoral committee proposed a financial plan this week for building an approximately $1.1-billion new NFL stadium. The plan includes…
According to a new report, the average worker needs to earn at least $30.92 an hour to afford the rent for a typical two-bedroom apartment in Orange County. The “Out…
THE Los Angeles City Council approved a long-awaited plan to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Under the plan, which passed on Tuesday, May 19, LA will…
THE Los Angeles City Council approved a long-awaited plan to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Under the plan, which passed on Tuesday, May 19, LA will…
Ready California looks to assist undocumented for DAPA, expanded DACA Immigrants’ rights advocates on Tuesday, May 19, launched a statewide campaign to prepare California’s immigrants communities for the executive action…
Ready California looks to assist undocumented for DAPA, expanded DACA Immigrants’ rights advocates on Tuesday, May 19, launched a statewide campaign to prepare California’s immigrants communities for the executive action…
TWO Filipino male former registered nurses in San Diego were sentenced to jail last week on Tuesday, May 12, for reportedly engaging in lewd sexual acts in front of their…
TWO Filipino male former registered nurses in San Diego were sentenced to jail last week on Tuesday, May 12, for reportedly engaging in lewd sexual acts in front of their…
LOS ANGELES officials voted Tuesday, May 19 on a fiercely debated plan to hike the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Under a plan endorsed by a key panel…
LOS ANGELES officials voted Tuesday, May 19 on a fiercely debated plan to hike the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Under a plan endorsed by a key panel…
3 AAPI organizations recognized IN celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), the City of Los Angeles recognized three organizations on Friday, May 8, for their contributions to advancing…
3 AAPI organizations recognized IN celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), the City of Los Angeles recognized three organizations on Friday, May 8, for their contributions to advancing…
Facebook is pushing to secure higher pay and better benefits for contract workers who support its employees, including janitors, receptionists, security workers and cooks. In a blog post on Tuesday,…
THE state Senate approved a controversial bill on Thursday, May 14, that would eliminate California’s personal belief exemptions for vaccinations and require that schoolchildren be immunized. The measure, introduced by…
The homeless population in Los Angeles County rose 12 percent in the past two years to more than 44,000, due to high unemployment, low wages and skyrocketing rents, according to…
A $20 million budget proposal to assist California’s immigrant community would be economically beneficial to the state, leaders of California community organizations say. Under the proposal, ONE California, $20 million…
The homeless population in Los Angeles County rose 12 percent in the past two years to more than 44,000, due to high unemployment, low wages and skyrocketing rents, according to…
DESPITE California leading the nation in expanding healthcare insurance to include everybody, nearly 1.8 million of its residents remain uninsured. According to research from teams at University of California, Los…
PARENTS nationwide have been expressing their concern for the new Common Core state standards, which proponents say focus on critical thinking and problem solving. In California, which first adopted the…
A lawsuit by the city of Los Angeles claims Wells Fargo Bank employees opened unauthorized accounts for customers, sticking them with bogus fees and damaging their credit to meet rigid…
EXTENDING state-subsidized healthcare coverage to undocumented immigrants could cost the state of California as much as $740 million annually, according to a Senate fiscal analysis released Monday, May 4. If…
A lawsuit by the city of Los Angeles claims Wells Fargo Bank employees opened unauthorized accounts for customers, sticking them with bogus fees and damaging their credit to meet rigid…
THE minimum wage issue both in the federal and state governments has been long debated, and multiple legislations have been written and changed as different economic, labor and political groups…
California Gov. Jerry Brown announced legislation on Tuesday, April 28 that would increase water wasting fines and authorize local government agencies to levy such penalties. In a meeting with 14…
THE Carson City Council on Tuesday, April 21, approved a proposed NFL stadium that would be shared by the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders. “There are two things we…
ON the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, robot sculptures created with recyclable materials by students in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade were on display for the first time in the…
THREE Filipino senior men were killed Wednesday, April 22, in a fiery head-on crash when a wrong-way driver on the westbound side of Highway 50 collided into their truck. The…
