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California awards $116.8M to conserve agricultural lands across the state, strengthening rural economies and climate action

SACRAMENTO – The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) approved over $116 million in Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program grants recently to permanently protect approximately 50,500 acres of croplands and rangelands, as well as lands utilized by California Native American tribes for the cultivation of traditional resources. This year, for the first time, SALC funding will support…

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Asian Journal contributor decries the chaos, social decay in US

“THE sad and terrifying state of America today victimizes every citizen of the nation,” lamented Philip S. Chua, MD, FACS, a columnist of the Asian Journal, in his new book, “Where is My America?,” which was just released on Amazon. The book is an incisive, highly critical, penetrating, and honestly painful depiction of the chaos,…

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Keep your money safe from gift card scammers this holiday season

WHAT’S one way to keep your money safe from scammers during the holidays? If you’re in the check-out line buying gift cards, make sure they’re for gifts. Only gifts. Not because someone tells you to buy gift cards and give them the numbers off the back of the card. Only scammers say that. Gift card scams start with…

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[COLUMN] Christmas ailments

WHAT is Christmas Disease? This name does not have nothing to do with the Christmas season. Christmas Disease is a blood disease, also known as Hemophilia B or factor IX hemophilia. It is a hereditary bleeding disorder due to deficiency in coagulation factor IX. This condition is X-linked recessive inheritance, affecting only males, and occurs…

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Fighting car scams with the CARS rule

by Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services The risk of getting scammed when buying a car — the highest purchase many consumers make short of a house — can be as stressful as the risk of a pile-up commute. At a Friday, December 15 briefing hosted by Ethnic Media Services and the Federal Trade Commission, FTC…

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Manila International Film Festival Announces Screening Schedule

The inaugural Manila International Film Festival (MIFF) recently announced the screening schedule of its films, which comprise the 10 entries of the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). These films representing various genres and offering entertaining fare, starring the most exciting actors in Philippine cinema and directed by ace filmmakers, will premiere at the MIFF…

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Rift over when to use N95s puts health workers at risk again

by Amy Maxmen KFF Health News Three years after more than 3,600 health workers died of COVID-19, occupational safety experts warn that those on the front lines may once again be at risk if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention takes its committee’s advice on infection control guidelines in health care settings, including hospitals,…

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Storms are on the way. Are Californians prepared?

If your memories of last winter’s dozen “atmospheric rivers” have faded, Mother Nature is preparing a soaking wet reminder, with parts of the West Coast possibly looking at a month’s worth of rain by midweek and another close on its heels around Christmastime. The storms are part of the periodic El Niño weather pattern that…

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[COLUMN] What to do if you find out that you are not the biological father of the child after you have signed the voluntary declaration of parentage (VDOP)

The famous Michael Jackson song from 1982 called “Billy Jean” lays out the typical parentage situation where a mother accuses a man as being (“the one”) the biological father of her child and demands that he steps up to the responsibility of fatherhood or at the least pay child support.  In that song, Michael Jackson…

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Exclusive dinner series celebrates Las Vegas business icons

Las Vegas – In an unprecedented celebration of visionary leadership, an exclusive and intimate evening beckoned the distinguished C-suite executives of Las Vegas. The inaugural event of the quarterly dinner series, “Business Icons of Las Vegas,” was an extraordinary gathering honoring the influential architects of the city’s business landscape. Guests were treated to an exceptional…

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