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Family seeks help finding missing Fil-Am teen

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Jan 05 04:13 PM

SAN FRANCISCO - A Filipino-American family is asking the public for help in finding their missing teenage son.   Read more »

Legal cannabis to generate USD40-B, 400,000 jobs: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 11:06 AM

LOS ANGELES - The legal cannabis sector is expected to generate $40 billion and more than 400,000 jobs by 2021 in the United States, according to a study released Tuesday.   Read more »

Legal marijuana off to blazing start in California

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 05:02 PM

Desert Hot Springs - It's the first day that marijuana can be bought and sold legally in California, and store owner Nicole Salisbury's stock of pot edibles is already running low.   Read more »

California launches legal sale of cannabis for recreational use

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Jan 01 08:09 PM

California will launch the world's largest regulated commercial market for recreational marijuana on Monday, as dozens of newly licensed stores catering to adults who enjoy the drug for its psychoactive effects open for business up and down the state. Read more »

Blackout prompts evacuations at Disneyland California

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 28 12:45 PM

A blackout forced evacuations at a number of Disneyland attractions in California on Wednesday, which was crowded on a day many were off for year-end holidays.  Read more »

Lola patok ang panindang bibingka sa Amerika

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 26 09:26 PM

Nauwi sa negosyo ang pananabik ng isang lola sa Amerika sa bibingka, na itinuturing na isa sa mga sikat na pagkaing Pinoy tuwing Pasko. Read more »

California wildfire largest since 1932: Cal Fire

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 01:56 PM

LOS ANGELES, United States - A California wildfire that firefighters have battled for over two weeks is now the state's largest since at least 1932, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Friday.   Read more »

Diminished winds help California battle historic wildfire

Phoenix Tso, Reuters
Posted at Dec 18 08:13 AM

Calming winds on Sunday helped slow the spread of a California wildfire that already ranks as the third largest in state history, having scorched 269,000 acres (109,000 hectares) along the scenic Pacific Coast north of Los Angeles. Read more »

California wildfire becomes state's 3rd-largest, more evacuate

Caroline Anderson, Reuters
Posted at Dec 17 09:59 AM

A raging California wildfire became the state's third-largest on record on Saturday as fresh evacuations were ordered amid a resurgence of the harsh winds that have fueled the deadly blaze threatening to scorch 18,000 structures.  Read more »

Firefighter killed battling massive California blaze

Dan Whitcomb, Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 09:37 AM

A firefighter was killed while battling a massive wildfire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, fire officials said on Thursday. Read more »

Firefighters wrestle to control California wildfire

Ben Gruber, Reuters
Posted at Dec 13 05:37 AM

CARPINTERIA - One of the biggest wildfires in California's history grew on Tuesday as relentless wind gusts and bone-dry weather challenged firefighters seeking to gain control of the blaze. Read more »

Thousands battle Southern California wildfire

Robyn Beck, AFP
Posted at Dec 12 07:08 PM

A plane drops flame retardant on a luxury home threatened by the Thomas Fire, on a hillside in Santa Barbara, California, on Monday.  Read more »

California wildfire torches forest, forces new evacuations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 04:02 AM

One of the most destructive fires in California's history was raging in a sprawling national forest on Monday and creeping up the Pacific coast, forcing new evacuations. Read more »

New evacuations ordered as winds reinvigorate California wildfire

Phoenix Tso, Reuters
Posted at Dec 11 07:31 AM

California's largest wildfire pushed toward prosperous coastal cities on Sunday, prompting a new wave of evacuations as firefighters struggled to curb its destructive power with the gusty winds that have fueled fires for nearly a week. Read more »

New evacuations ordered as California wildfires rage on

Reuters
Posted at Dec 11 12:59 AM

Authorities ordered residents in parts of Carpinteria and Montecito to evacuate early on Sunday as the Thomas Fire edged closer to the city of Santa Barbara. Read more »

California contains half of wildfires: PH Consulate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 03:47 PM

Firefighters across Southern California have contained 3 of 6 wildfires that have killed at least 1 person, destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced more than 200,000 people from their homes this week, the Philippine Consulate in Los Angeles said Sunday. Read more »

California wildfire responders lose their own homes: 'It's sobering'

Ben Gruber, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 10 09:07 AM

California sheriff's Commander Dave Murray, usually the guy who helps others evacuate when wildfires rage through their communities, this week surveyed the charred ruins of his own home in a neighborhood north of Los Angeles. Read more »

In California, dozens of horses perish in fires

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 11:06 PM

BONSALL - A line of charred stables running down blackened hills have become graveyards for dozens of horses caught in the raging flames of a southern California wildfire that burned them alive. Read more »

Winds whip California fires as they spread south

Veronique Dupont and Robyn Beck, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 09:47 AM

BONSALL, United States – Unrelenting winds fanned towering flames Friday in southern California, where hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee multiple devastating fires in the Los Angeles area and new outbreaks near San Diego.   Read more »

Ilang Pinoy, apektado ng California wildfires

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 01:51 AM

Kabilang ang ilang Pinoy sa libo-libong napilitang lumikas sa mga emergency shelter dahil sa mga wildfire na nakakaapekto ngayon sa ilang lugar sa Southern California. Read more »