Civil-rights advocates concerned about “domestic spying” on San Francisco’s Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian (AMEMSA) communities are celebrating new legislation signed into law, May 9.

An army of roughly 170 children, some as young as two or three, took to the streets to protest $517 million in cuts, which threaten a program that they and their families rely on for education and social services. Marching through the Mission with approximately 70 teachers, volunteers and parents, they chanted “no more cuts” and “childcare keeps California working.”

In all of the discussion concerning the fate of the Bernal Heights Library Mural, very little time has been spent discussing the actual visual content of the original artwork. El Tecolote has tried to provide as much information as possible about the original mural, painted by Arch William, but some of it has been hard to come by.

In less than nine months, two pedestrians have been killed in San Francisco due to reckless cyclists; the most recent victim was injured on March 29.

Syndicated columnist and newspaper editor Gustavo Arellano’s new book, “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America,” the first comprehensive, written history of Mexican food in the U.S., hits shelves April 10.