Covering the week’s most noteworthy news stories impacting the lives of the Filipino-American community in Southern California.
TWO years after the anniversary of super-Typhoon Haiyan, the city of Tacloban in the Leyte islands is slowly rebuilding. Despite a fading news coverage, the people have seen an outpouring…
HUNDREDS of teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will receive layoff notices this month, under a new budget plan approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday,…
HUNDREDS of teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will receive layoff notices this month, under a new budget plan approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday,…
TWO years after the anniversary of super-Typhoon Haiyan, the city of Tacloban in the Leyte islands is slowly rebuilding. Despite a fading news coverage, the people have seen an outpouring…
Long Beach, CA— The Filipino American Chamber of South Bay Los Angeles Area (FACC-SLAA will hold its quarterly mixer on Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 pm at the Long Beach…
CALIFORNIA Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) President Michael Picker told members of the National Diversity Coalition (NDC) on Friday, March 6, that minority communities can increase their impact on energy and…
CALIFORNIA Governor Jerry Brown has pledged $50 million to reward college campuses with creative, cost-effective approaches to getting more students to graduate with degrees faster, going on his promise to…
THE lungs of millennial children living in Southern California are in much better shape compared to those who grew up with more polluted air in the 1990s, according to a…
Undocumented and Uninsured campaign strives to help immigrants receive health care A STATEWIDE study on health care access made by and for undocumented immigrant youth was recently released by the…
LOS ANGELES – City Attorney Mike Feuer announced Friday, March 6 that his office has filed a civil lawsuit against PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), alleging the company fraudulently misrepresented its capabilities to…
THE lungs of millennial children living in Southern California are in much better shape compared to those who grew up with more polluted air in the 1990s, according to a…
CERRITOS’ first Filipino-American mayor, Mark Pulido, was re-elected to serve the Southern California city for an additional term on the city council. “Thank you, Cerritos, for re-electing me to the…
CERRITOS’ first Filipino-American mayor, Mark Pulido, was re-elected to serve the Southern California city for an additional term on the city council. “Thank you, Cerritos, for re-electing me to the…
A young Filipino-American, Robert “Bobby” Murphy, 26, is on Forbes list of world billionaires for 2015. Co-founder of the popular social media app Snapchat with his fraternity brother Evan Spiegel,…
Federal officials on Tuesday, March 3, searched through dozens of Southern California locations, raiding through “maternity hotels,” where foreign women allegedly give birth for the sole purpose of having a…
Federal officials on Tuesday, March 3, searched through dozens of Southern California locations, raiding through “maternity hotels,” where foreign women allegedly give birth for the sole purpose of having a…
POLICE shot and killed a homeless man on Skid Row Sunday afternoon, March 1 during a struggle where he “forcibly grabbed” a rookie officer’s gun, Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck said….
CALIFORNIA voters will get to weigh in on the state’s plastic bag ban, after opponents of the law collected and submitted enough signatures necessary to qualify a November 2016 referendum…
AS California enters what is likely its fourth straight year of drought, hundreds of farmers in the Central Valley were told on Friday, Feb. 27, they will receive zero water…
POLICE shot and killed a homeless man on Skid Row Sunday afternoon, March 1 during a struggle where he “forcibly grabbed” a rookie officer’s gun, Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck said….
THE Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted this week, to help eligible immigrants apply for President Barack Obama’s contested executive deferred action program, even as the fate of the…
Filipinos demonstrate support AT A public hearing on CIT Group’s $3.4 billion takeover of OneWest Bank, supporters said the merger would benefit minority groups and poor neighborhoods, while critics said…
Filipinos demonstrate support AT A public hearing on CIT Group’s $3.4 billion takeover of OneWest Bank, supporters said the merger would benefit minority groups and poor neighborhoods, while critics said…
THE Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted this week, to help eligible immigrants apply for President Barack Obama’s contested executive deferred action program, even as the fate of the…
25 February 2015 – The Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles has announced that it will move to its new location at 3435 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA…
CARSON, Calif. – Community leaders and residents gathered Friday morning, Feb. 20, to voice and encourage support for a possible football stadium in the city that would be shared by the…
INFECTED bacteria from contaminated medical instruments is suspected in a “superbug” outbreak at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center that has infected at least seven patients, two of whom died….
INFECTED bacteria from contaminated medical instruments is suspected in a “superbug” outbreak at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center that has infected at least seven patients, two of whom died….
A powerful explosion at an oil refinery on Wednesday morning ripped apart structures and shook homes for miles around the blast site in southern Los Angeles County. The Torrance ExxonMobil…
A powerful explosion at an oil refinery on Wednesday morning ripped apart structures and shook homes for miles around the blast site in southern Los Angeles County. The Torrance ExxonMobil…
