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LOS ANGELES — As Philippine Airlines passengers were settling in late Thursday morning for what was expected to be a 15-hour flight from Los Angeles to Manila, they never expected it would come fo this —...

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — A Filipino American family of five — father Michael Quitasol, and daughters Evan, Nicole and Angela, as well as their stepmother, Fern Sison — were happy to bond over scuba diving when...

MINNESOTA — The family of Roberto Hipolito, a 71-year old Filipino man facing manslaughter charges, are rallying support for his defense. Earlier this month Roberto, known to his family as Obet, was arrested for an accidental...

NEW MEXICO — Tragedy for one Filipino family, after their eldest child passed away on Saturday after drowning at a lake. According to a fundraising page for the family, the victim, Kingdom Ferdinand Cobol, was at Bottomless...

SAN FRANCISCO — A Fil-Am family is demanding for action to be taken, after a large tree branch collapsed onto several people during a company picnic last Saturday — including their two year old daughter. The incident...

Tragic news from north of Sacramento, California, where authorities there say they a body found Monday in Placer County’s American River is likely to be that of missing Fil-Am teen Ray Cabalfin. According to Ray’s family,...

by Connie Macatula-De Leon, ABS-CBN News “I love you mom. Have a safe trip. Call me when you get to the Philippines.” This was the last conversation Sheila Salvador had with her 20-year old daughter, Samantha...

SAN FRANCISCO – New legislation has been drafted in San Francisco that will prohibit tour bus drivers from simultaneously acting as tour guides. This was in response to community protests that stemmed from a fatal accident...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau April 2, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Philippine consulate officials in the Midwest are investigating if any Filipino students were hurt in a Missouri school bus accident Tuesday...