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@kennethmejiaLA wins city controller race, becomes the first #Filipino elected official in #LosAngeles

"Run, don’t walk. Three amazing actors--Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, and @DarrenCriss in one great, limited engagement show," @AsianJournalCom's @momarski posted about @BuffaloBway.

The 64th annual #GrammyAwards are shaping up to be a prideful event for the #FilipinoAmerican community as artists #OliviaRodrigo, #HER, #Saweetie, #BrunoMars and #ElleKing have a collective total of 22 nominations. asianjournal.com/entertainment/…

Thank you so much for interviewing me and lovely chatting with you @momarski Salamat! 🙏🙏 Martha Millan grabs the spotlight as an undocumented Filipino character in ‘The Cleaning Lady’ asianjournal.com/magazines/mdwk… via @asianjournalcom

The gateway is completed, its just a matter of re-doing the colors as the hues are way-off the mark. I saw it. It's truly a sight to behold. Long-awaited gateway in Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown to be unveiled in May asianjournal.com/usa/los-angele… via @asianjournalcom

Community leader @MelissaRamoso ascended to mayor of #Artesia, California after the city council’s appointment. asianjournal.com/usa/southernca…

President Joe Biden on Monday, December 20 announced his intent to appoint three Filipino American leaders to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. asianjournal.com/usa/dateline-u…

US prosecutors have filed sex trafficking charges against against Filipino televangelist Apollo Quiboloy for coercing young girls and women to have sex with him under threats of “eternal damnation.” asianjournal.com/usa/dateline-u…

ICYMI: The Larry Itliong Resource Center was opened in Poplar, California in the Central Valley. asianjournal.com/usa/california…

"We, as Filipinos, are very private. So I think [domestic violence is] unreported because we don’t want other people to know that we have issues within our family." asianjournal.com/usa/southernca…

Anyone visiting most public businesses in the city of #LosAngeles will be required to show proof of #COVID19 vaccination or a negative test to enter, per a new city ordinance. asianjournal.com/usa/los-angele…

Kinilaw with Chenin Blanc, sparkling wine with Sisig, Syrah with lechon – these are some Filipino food & wine pairings according to award-winning sommelier Jhonel Faelnar asianjournal.com/magazines/life…

Filipina American singer #OliviaRodrigo has scored the most nominations at the 2021 American Music Awards, including artist of the year. #AMAs asianjournal.com/entertainment/…

A cleanup crew arrived at the home of the hoarder after many letters to the city of #LosAngeles and a successful plea to the media spearheaded by neighbor #Koreatown asianjournal.com/usa/los-angele…

#Filipina American Arleen Rojas continues to lead the pack of candidates for a city council seat in #Carson, California. asianjournal.com/usa/southernca…

i wrote about upcoming developments happening along the #LARiver // The new, equitable era of the Los Angeles River asianjournal.com/usa/los-angele… via @asianjournalcom

A community center in South #SanFrancisco has been renamed in honor of late Filipina leader Alice Peña Bulos, who is considered “The Grand Dame of Filipino American Politics.” asianjournal.com/usa/northernca…

Children as young as 5 years old in the United States can now get the #COVID19 vaccine as the country further expands its vaccination campaign. asianjournal.com/usa/dateline-u…

When Rose Cuison-Villazor was announced as the Co-Dean of @RutgersLaw, she became the first Asian American woman dean at the school and the first Filipina American dean of a U.S. law school. asianjournal.com/magazines/life…