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S.F. Supervisors vote unanimously to preserve MCCLA building as Latino arts hub
San Francisco supervisors voted unanimously to preserve the Mission District’s historic Latino arts center at 2868 Mission Street, affirming the building’s future as a cultural hub amid MCCLA’s bankruptcy and a planned seismic retrofit.
These portraits show the Mission community’s fight to save S.F.’s MCCLA
Photo portraits capture artists, elders and families rallying to protect the Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts after its sudden closure in San Francisco.
‘We’re not criminals’: Hot dog vendors say S.F. is pushing them out for Super Bowl
During Super Bowl week, street food vendors say ramped-up enforcement pushed them from tourist areas, and many hope to earn income during the Big Game in Santa Clara.
Photos: Bad Bunny look-alike contest in San Francisco’s Mission District
Hundreds gathered at Tacolicious in San Francisco’s Mission District for a Bad Bunny look-alike contest ahead of the Super Bowl halftime show.
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ARTS & CULTURE
Super Bowl photos: Hundreds protest Trump’s immigration crackdown
More than 200 demonstrators gathered outside Levi’s Stadium to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies during Super Bowl LX.
‘Dr. Loco,’ legendary cultural icon and musician, dies at 84
Dr. José Cuéllar, known as Dr. Loco, a Chicano scholar, musician and cultural icon in San Francisco’s Mission District, died Jan. 21 at age 84.
Financial crisis forces S.F.’s Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts to close
A funding crisis has shuttered the Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts, jeopardizing decades of Latino cultural history and community programming.
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.
MORe STORIES
Public HealtH
‘We can’t food bank our way out of this’: Looming SNAP cuts threaten S.F. Latinos
Advocates warn that SNAP pauses and political standoffs are only a preview of looming, long-term federal cuts that could push more than half a million Californians into food insecurity,
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.
Across cultures, S.F. immigrants rally behind this 3,000-year-old ancient remedy
Immigrant communities in San Francisco are turning to acupuncture for pain relief and mental health support. Does the 3,000-year-old treatment work?
HOUSING
Who gets housing support in S.F.? Inside a system that frustrates homeless families
Many families with unstable housing describe the process of qualifying for housing support in San Francisco as opaque and emotionally exhausting. Here’s how it works.
Homeless mother fights to get disabled daughter into S.F. housing
Maria Zavala’s 7-year-old daughter is recovering in a hospital. Yet San Francisco’s housing system denied them help.
Homeless families secure $30M housing win, longer shelter stays
Homeless families in San Francisco secured $30 million in rent vouchers and longer shelter stays.
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.
