SF outreach worker allegedly sold RV permits for cash. Now, the city is investigating
San Francisco is investigating allegations that a city worker with the Homeless Outreach Team sold RV parking permits for cash.
S.F. Latino community is mourning Ricardo “Tigre” Peña. Help us celebrate his life
We invite you to share an anecdote, memory or photograph of Ricardo that you are willing to share with us.
Despite FDA warnings, this ‘supplement’ remains popular among S.F. immigrants
Despite FDA warnings, a “natural” pain supplement with hidden steroids remains widely sold in the Mission District, endangering Latino consumers.
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Newsroom News
El Tecolote wins national award for community-centered visuals
This award shows what’s possible when community comes first, and highlights how a small newsroom can punch above its weight.
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RV Community
These two S.F. neighborhoods reveal aftermath of RV crackdown — and it’s about to get worse
Two distinct neighborhoods reveal the fallout of the city’s rising RV crisis and the lives caught in between.
IMMIGRATION
Trump called off “surge” in the Bay Area. Inside El Tecolote’s immigrant-centered emergency response
During a tense 48 hours, El Tecolote was the only newsroom distributing live updates via mobile devices directly to Spanish-speaking audiences across the Bay Area.
Mental Health
She never worried about mental health — until her daughters left home
When Rosario Ortegón’s children left home to build lives of their own, she was hit by an unexpected state of distress.
From cold plunges to lotería, immigrant women are redefining mental health in S.F.
Immigrant women are combining traditional remedies and grassroots research to strengthen mental health care and heal their community from within.
How Latinx communities can find mental health services in San Francisco
How to access professional mental health services, with resources for Spanish-speaking children, adolescents and adults.
Day Laborers
Six ways to defend San Francisco’s immigrant day laborers
OP-ED: Immigrant advocate Francisco Herrera provides six concrete ways to protect at-risk immigrant workers from raids and deportation in San Francisco.
ICE fears and loss of work hit San Francisco’s day laborers hard
As ICE ramps up arrests across California, thousands of immigrant workers in San Francisco are bearing the brunt of the economic and emotional fallout.
An immigrant came to San Francisco for work. One injury changed everything
Day laborers are the unseen backbone of San Francisco’s economy, taking on its most dangerous and least protected work. This is the story of one man whose fragile stability shattered when a job cost him his leg.
